They can refuse to hear screams or to peer inside cages;

他们可以拒绝听见尖叫或往牢笼里面看；

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They can refuse to hear screams or to peer inside cages;

他们拒绝听到尖叫声，不愿朝牢笼看上一眼；

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They can refuse to hear screams or to peer inside cages; they can close their minds and hearts to any suffering that does not touch them personally; they can refuse to know.

他们可以拒绝听到尖叫，或注目囚笼，他们可以关闭头脑和心灵对任何苦难与他们个人无关的，他们可以拒绝了解。

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Wilberforce may attack the complacency of the rich who refuse to hear about the suffering of the slaves, but Apted is candid enough to demonstrate that the privileges of wealth can be delightful: now and then, Wilberforce retreats to an estate in Yorkshire, where he lies on the grass in ecstatic communion with nature, and entertains the local poor in his fancy dining room.

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