Some evenings he whiled away the hours listening to the Voice of America or drinking with dissidents, whom he invited to his apartment to broaden his vistas.

• 他有时在晚上花几个小时听美国之音，或者同持不同政见的人物在一起喝酒，把那些人邀到自己的寓所里交谈，借此开阔自己的眼界。