With the many stands available, patrons like Erin Gigliuzza say they cannot help but learn something new about the environment.

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Patrons pay him and give him drinks to go up and repeat their words to other people in the bar.

当某人给钱,让他传话。

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For that reason, if you wanted to win a court case, it helped-- - or have somebody represent you in politics or all kinds of things-- it helped to have strong patrons.

所以如果你想赢诉讼-,最好找人在政治及其他事务上代表你-,有个强大的庇护人很重要。

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In doing this, the patrons titter; everybody sort of has fun with this.

理查的举动偷笑;,因为他们认为这很好玩。

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So you'd have a patron who would be higher class, richer, more powerful, have some political power, and you would be loyal to your patron, and your patron would then represent you in court, try to get you jobs, try to get you more business, do all the kinds of things that patrons do for their clients.

要找个比你社会地位高，比你有钱有权，有一定政治影响力的庇护人，你也要忠诚于他，庇护人会在法庭上代表你，帮你找工作，帮你介绍生意，各种庇护人为被庇护人做的事。

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This is what patrons do, you see.

这就是庇护人的典型行为。

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