After that she drew a gold ring, on which her name was engraved, off her finger, and put it upon one of his.

之后，她从手指上取下一枚刻有她名字的金戒指，戴在他的戒指上。

The lady opened her eyes, trembled with fear, drew the rings from her fingers and handed them to the man as if she wished to spare him unnecessary trouble.

女士睁开眼睛， 吓得浑身发抖， 摘下手指上的戒指， 递给男人，似乎是不想给他带来不必要的麻烦。

It seems that we use our language, not just to cooperate, but to draw rings around our cooperative groups and to establish identities, and perhaps to protect our knowledge and wisdom and skills from being stolen from outside.

似乎我们使用语言，不仅仅是为了合作，而且是为了围绕我们的合作群体建立联系，建立身份，也许是为了保护我们的知识、智慧和技能不被外界窃取。