16.Maybe I had just better begin to flush them down the toilet.Maybe I had better tear them to pieces and throw them into the toilet and flush them down.或许我最好还是现在就动手，把日记扔进马桶冲掉。
flush sth.down the toilet：用抽水马桶冲掉
eg：
Mary accidentally flushed her ring down the toilet.玛丽不小心把她的戒指掉到抽水马桶里给冲走了。
17.On the other hand ……I calculatedthat the secret police would seize the General Staff maps. 我估计秘密警察会没收那些军用地图。
19.The they would look at the layers of my broadcast scripts and I would point tothe censors' stamps of approvalon each page.他们会检查那一摞摞的广播稿，那我就会指着每一页上检查官所盖的批准的印章。
point to指向，指着
eg：He pointed to the box and asked，“whose it is？”他指着这个箱子问，这是谁的？
approval，n.approve，v.指着，同意
eg：Some contracts need not only be signed by the two sides but also be approvedby some leaders in charge.
有些合同不仅需要双方的签字，而且还需要有些主管领导的批准。
20.That would be this make a Gestapo official sit up and take notice The censors' stamps of approval would immediately
make sb.sit up （and take notice）：（口语） 使……吃惊，使……吓一跳；使警觉，引起……的注意
eg：The strange noise made all of us sit up and take notice.那奇怪的声音使我们都警觉起来。
eg：A few strange personal ads in the paper made Bob Sugg sit up and take notice，and he helped smell out a series of burglaries.报纸上几则蹊跷的个人启事引起了鲍勃？萨格的注意，他协助（警方）查出了一系列入室盗窃案。
21.It would give me prestige in his eyes，or at least make me less suspectforeigner though I was.—— This would make me look important in his eyes，or at least reduce his suspicion even though I was a foreign journalist.尽管我是外国人这也会让他对我刮目相看，至少也能减少他对我的猜疑。
it指上句所提的内容（他们对那些印章注目）
prestige：the respect and importance a person，organization，or profession has，because of their high position in society，or the quality of their work威信，威望，声誉
eg：He is a man of high international prestige.他是一个有着很高国际威望的人。
suspect adj：信不过的；可疑的。the suspected：嫌疑犯
foreigner though I was：though I was a foreigner，是正式的用法。
22.I was going to gamble on their inspection ending there，before they dug deeper to my diaries.—— The success of my plan would depend on their stopping the inspection when they saw the stamped broadcast scripts and not going further to find what was beneath the scripts.But this was a great risk to take.我要把宝押在他们的检查到此为止上，而不再往下翻到我的日记。
gamble on sth./ doing sth.：希望成功而冒着失败的危险做……，压赌注
eg：You shouldn't gamble on one exams.你不应该把命运压在一次考试上。
eg：He called for another vote，gambling on getting more support.
他要求再举行一次投票，冒着失败的危险寻求更
