17.A life-or-death situation can reveal whether somebody is panicky or coolheaded, whether the person is selfish or thinks about others. This also is true for a nation-state.
生死关头的表现展示一个人是惊惶还是沉着,自私还是有爱心,同理,对一个国野也是一样。
18.Perhaps the Force sees fit to spare these people rigors they aeren't ready for, but to me that sounds like a stretch when I think about the horrors Gopi Krishna barely survived.