这位农学家巧妙地反驳道，他的腰围很大，而且在国外有影响力的朋友网络，他回答道：“阁下，我身体的重量会压断绞刑架，声音大到在美国都能听到。”
(In a clever retort, alluding to both his considerable girth and to his network of influential friends abroad, the agronomist replied, Your Excellency, the weight of my body would break the gallows with a noise loud enough to be heard in America.)
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