"If I were to argue for federalism, I would be stoned to death," says an intellectual.

“如果我争着要联邦制，会被石头打死的，”一位知识分子说道。

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If you've read The lottery, you know that it describes a village in which one person is chosen each year, by lottery, to be stoned to death by his or her fellow citizens.

《彩票》的故事发生在一个村庄。在那里，人们每年都要通过抽彩的方式选出他们中的一员，被其他人处以石刑(乱石掷死)。

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In another, a teacher was accused of saying gays and lesbians should be stoned to death.

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The authorities have announced the public execution of a prostitute: She is to be stoned to death.

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For Amina it provides the chilling prospect that she will lose her appeal and actually be stoned to death.

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