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【牛津辩论】丘吉尔是一个英雄?

【牛津辩论】丘吉尔是一个英雄?

【牛津辩论】丘吉尔是一个英雄?

发布于 2026-03-25 · 时长 1:20:47

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0:28Amazing.厉害
0:29Without further ado, Adnan.别再说了,阿德南
0:32Madam President, ladies and gentlemen of the House, good evening.总统女士 女士们先生们 晚上好
0:35And to our opposition, good luck.对我们的反对, 祝你好运。
0:39In 1940, Britain stood at the edge of annihilation.1940年,英国站在毁灭的边缘.
0:42France had fallen, Europe trembled under the fist of Hitler,法国沦陷了 欧洲在希特勒的拳头下颤抖
0:46and the world seemed poised to surrender to tyranny.世界似乎准备屈服于暴政
0:49And in that moment, Winston Churchill did something remarkable.在那一刻,温斯顿·丘吉尔做了一件了不起的事。
0:53He stood firm, and he spoke not in whispers of caution,他站稳了,他没有隐讳地说话,
0:57but in words that roared across the nation.却用遍及全国的言语
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1Amazing.厉害
2Without further ado, Adnan.别再说了,阿德南
3Madam President, ladies and gentlemen of the House, good evening.总统女士 女士们先生们 晚上好
4And to our opposition, good luck.对我们的反对, 祝你好运。
5In 1940, Britain stood at the edge of annihilation.1940年,英国站在毁灭的边缘.
6France had fallen, Europe trembled under the fist of Hitler,法国沦陷了 欧洲在希特勒的拳头下颤抖
7and the world seemed poised to surrender to tyranny.世界似乎准备屈服于暴政
8And in that moment, Winston Churchill did something remarkable.在那一刻,温斯顿·丘吉尔做了一件了不起的事。
9He stood firm, and he spoke not in whispers of caution,他站稳了,他没有隐讳地说话,
10but in words that roared across the nation.却用遍及全国的言语
11Words that inspired courage, defied fear,这些话激发了勇气和恐惧
12and galvanised people to resist when resistance seemed impossible.在抵抗似乎不可能的时候,他们使人民奋起反抗。
13To lead in calm times is easy.在平静时期领导是很容易的。
14To lead when the skies are filled with smoke当天空充满了烟雾时,
15and bombs rain down upon your city, that is the measure of a hero.炸弹落在你的城市里 这是英雄的衡量标准
16Tonight's motion is so preposterous今晚的动议太荒谬了
17that it causes opposition speakers to drop out.导致反对派发言人退学。
18We are here today to debate a straightforward question of history.我们今天在这里辩论一个直接的历史问题。
19Was Winston Churchill a hero?温斯顿·丘吉尔是英雄吗?
20My answer is unequivocally yes.我的回答是肯定的。
21And I'll show you why, not by glorifying a man blindly,我会告诉你为什么,不是盲目的赞美一个人,
22but by examining what true heroism requires但通过审查真正的英雄主义需要什么
23and how Churchill embodied it when it mattered most.和丘吉尔如何体现它 当它最重要的。
24But firstly, it's my privilege to introduce some of the speakers.但首先,我荣幸地介绍一些发言者。
25I was hoping to go against my dear friend, Lisa Barkova,我想和我亲爱的朋友丽莎·巴科娃作对
26but there's been a lot of change recently,但最近发生了很多变化
27as you might have seen, with what's going on.正如你可能已经看到, 与发生了什么。
28所以首先 我们有Tanush Agarwal
29and Barath Ananthaman is going second.巴拉斯・阿南塔曼是第二位。
30These are two of Oxford University's finance debaters,这是牛津大学的两位金融辩论者
31and we're all looking forward to see how they go about我们都期待着看到他们如何去
32opposing the man that's consistently rated反对总是被评为
33as the greatest Britain of all time.作为有史以来最伟大的英国。
34Third, we have Professor Brendan Simms第三,布伦丹·西姆斯教授来了
35from the University of Cambridge.剑桥大学的
36And I hope you enjoy your time at the best university in the world tonight.我希望你能享受今晚最好的大学时光
37Now, I also wanted to thank Reform's Big Wigs现在,我也想感谢改革的大维
38for coming here tonight to the curtain raiser.因为今晚会来这里 来到拉窗帘的人。
39Who better to debate about the British bulldog谁最好辩论英国斗牛犬
40than those who specialize in dog whistle politics?比那些专攻狗口哨政治的人?
41Many people are wondering why a Wadamite许多人在想为什么是和田
42is here on the side of the Chamber.位于会议厅一侧。
43Well, if Nigel Farage becomes Prime Minister,如果奈杰尔·法拉吉成为首相
44I'm sure they'll want to pack the House of Lords.我相信他们会想收拾上议院的
45So we're hoping that if the cash-for-honor system is reintroduced here,所以我们希望如果在这里重新采用现金换收入制度
46a few of us are hoping for a student discount tonight.我们几个希望今晚有学生折扣
47Our London mayoral candidate, Leila Cunningham,我们的伦敦市长候选人 莱拉·坎宁安
48has recently suggested the idea of banning all Pakistanis on visas.最近有人建议禁止所有巴基斯坦人持签证。
49Madam President, the reason I raise it总统女士,我提这个的原因
50is because this House absolutely rejects那是因为这个天房是否认的,
51the notion of sowing such division.传播这种分裂的概念。
52Here at Oxford, many of our illustrious members, presidents,在牛津,我们许多杰出成员,总统,
53and even prime ministers come on that visa.连首相都签了签证
54Madam President, these are your speakers,主席女士,这些是你的发言者,
55and as always at the last Bastion of Free Speech,和往常一样 在最后的"自由演说",
56they are most welcome.他们非常受欢迎。
57Many heroes adorn our walls,许多英雄都装饰着我们的墙壁
58and when we invite speakers, we usually single out a few.我们邀请发言者时,通常只举几个人。
59The Queen, Albert Einstein, but always Winston Churchill.女王阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦,但总是温斯顿·丘吉尔.
60He represented ideals of courage,他代表着勇气的理想
61outstanding achievements, and noble qualities.杰出成就和崇高品质。
62He did not merely lead Britain through crisis.他不仅仅带领英国经历了危机。
63He redefined what leadership meant.他重新界定了领导的意义。
64Churchill was not just a hero of his time,丘吉尔不仅是他的英雄时代,
65but the reason Britain had a future at all,但英国有未来的原因
66in which we can sit here today and even debate him.今天我们可以坐在这里甚至辩论他。
67It may seem obvious now in hindsight,事后看来可能很明显
68but how could you trust a man like Hitler?但你怎么能相信希特勒这样的人?
69There were many individuals in his own cabinet,他的内阁里有很多人
70such as Lord Halifax, who were seeking to make deals with him.比如哈利法克斯勋爵 他试图与他交易
71Neville Chamberlain, Churchill's predecessor,纳维尔·张伯伦,丘吉尔的前身,
72sought appeasement in the 1930s,在1930年代寻求绥靖,
73resulting in the Munich Agreement,导致《慕尼黑协定》,
74an agreement that Hitler then violated six months later六个月后希特勒违反的协议
75when he invaded Poland.他入侵波兰时
76And yet Churchill stood resolute.然而丘吉尔却坚定不移
77He did not negotiate.他没有谈判。
78He did not wane.他没有弱。
79And he made it clear to his people他对他的宗族说得很清楚
80that he was ready to die fighting rather than surrender.他准备战死而不是投降
81The words of defiance are impassable from our minds and history.我们的思想和历史都无法容忍这种蔑视的言论。
82We shall fight on the beaches.我们要在海滩上战斗
83We shall fight on the landing grounds.我们要在着陆场战斗
84We shall never surrender.我们绝不投降。
85They remind us that heroism is not born of ease,他们提醒我们,英雄主义并非由轻松而生,
86but of courage in the face of overwhelming odds.面对重重的险境 却有勇气
87It was he who built the Grand Alliance of the U.S. and Russia.正是他建立了美俄大联盟.
88He recognized that, with exceptional clarity,他承认,非常明确,
89that the defeat of Nazi Germany纳粹德国的失败
90required a coalition that transcended ideology and national interest.需要一个超越意识形态和国家利益的联盟。
91In forging unity where none naturally existed,在没有自然存在的地方建立团结,
92Churchill demonstrated a form of heroism丘吉尔表现了一种英雄主义
93rooted not in sentiment, but in judgment and responsibility.根植于不是感情 而是判断和责任
94And his heroic acts were not confined just to World War II.他的英勇行为并不仅仅局限于二战.
95In 1899, he escaped from a prison of war camp1899年,他从战俘营逃出
96during the Second World War.第二次世界大战期间
97These words are lifted from his biography,这些话从他的传记中删除了
98and it gives you a flavor of his achievements.让你尝尝他的成就
99I reached Durban to find myself a popular hero,我来到德班是为了找个受欢迎的英雄
100welled along on the shoulders of the crowd,在人群的肩膀上,
101where nothing would content them but a speech.在那里,他们只得说几句。
102And then again, in World War I,在第一次世界大战中,
103he actively sought military service for his country.他积极寻求为本国服兵役。
104Leaning from the front and under enemy fire,在敌军的火力下从前线俯冲
105he often remarked to his soldiers,他常常对他的士兵说:
106It's no point ducking.躲起来没意义
107The bullets have passed.子弹已经过去。
108In the same war, he also championed the Brodie Helmet,在同一场战争中,他还卫冕了布罗迪·赫尔梅特的冠军,
109reducing fatalities from shrapnel by around 75%,将弹片造成的死亡减少约75%,
110ultimately saving thousands of lives.最终拯救了成千上万人的生命。
111Now consider the alternatives.现在考虑其他选择。
112Imagine Britain in 1940 with a different leader,想象一下英国在1940年 与另一个领导人,
113a prime minister who sought compromise with Hitler,一个寻求与希特勒妥协的总理
114who whispered of appeasement while Europe burned.在欧洲被焚毁的时候 悄悄地说着安抚
115Would history remember such a figure as heroic?历史会记得这样一个英雄人物吗?
116Certainly not.当然不会
117Churchill's heroism lies precisely in that choice,丘吉尔的英雄主义 恰恰在于这个选择,
118the courage to resist, to rally,反抗的勇气, 团结,
119and to lead against the tide of fear.并领导对抗恐惧的潮流。
120And his heroic acts are not limited他的英雄行为并不有限
121to wartime speeches or strategy alone.单凭战时演说或策略
122There is an abundance of examples.例子很多。
123Churchill understood the stakes of liberty,丘吉尔明白自由的意义
124freedom, and moral imperative to defend it.自由和捍卫自由的道德义务。
125When he refused to consider surrender,当他拒绝考虑投降时
126he inspired a nation to believe in itself.他激励一个国家相信自己。
127And as a result, he gave the world hope.于是他给世界带来了希望。
128Hope is, after all, the most heroic of gifts.归根结底,希望是最英勇的礼物。
129Now let's address the crux of the opposition's debate tonight.现在我们来谈谈反对派今晚辩论的症结
130If they're going to spend the next hour如果他们接下来要花一个小时
131calling Churchill a racist and imperialist,称丘吉尔为种族主义和帝国主义,
132I can save you some time.我可以救你一些时间。
133He absolutely was.他绝对是。
134These ideologies aren't acceptable now, then, or ever.现在、现在或永远都不能接受这些意识形态。
135But tonight's motion asks, was Churchill a hero?但是今晚的动议问,丘吉尔是英雄吗?
136And that, he most definitely was.他绝对是
137Heroism is not the absence of flaws.英雄主义并不是没有缺陷。
138Churchill made grave mistakes,丘吉尔犯了严重的错误,
139his record on the British Empire,他在大英帝国的纪录,
140his policies during the Bengal famine,他的政策 在孟加拉饥荒,
141causing the death of millions of people造成数百万人死亡
142in the Indian subcontinent,在印度次大陆,
143and described them, my ancestors, as beastly people,并描述他们,我的祖先, 作为野兽的人,
144and that the famine was their fault for breeding like rabbits.饥荒是他们像兔子一样繁殖的错
145To claim Churchill wasn't an imperialist or a racist丘吉尔不是帝国主义者,也不是种族主义者
146would be dishonest and unworthy of serious debate.这将是不诚实和不值得认真辩论。
147Such actions have and will always receive condemnation这种行动已经而且将永远受到谴责
148from both sides of the house.从两侧的房子。
149Therefore, I also hope the opposition因此,我也希望反对派
150will condemn Florence Nightingale, Horatio Nelson,将谴责佛罗伦萨·南丁格尔 霍拉西奥·尼尔森
151and other leading figures of the time who had similar ideas.以及当时其他有类似想法的主要人物.
152When the British people thought he was no longer当英国人民认为他不再
153the best person to lead them, he was duly replaced.他是领导他们的最佳人选 他被妥善取代了
154However, they never forgot Churchill and what they owed him.然而,他们从未忘记丘吉尔和他们欠他的东西.
155And in the end, gifted the honour of being the only non-royal最后,我有幸成为唯一的非皇帝
156in the last 100 years to be honoured with a state funeral.在过去的100年里 被授予国家葬礼的荣誉
157Sorry, there's a lot of disruption tonight,对不起,今晚有很多麻烦
158so I didn't think I would do any of this.所以我没想到我会做这些
159To judge Churchill only by his flaws仅凭丘吉尔的缺点来判断他
160is to misunderstand the essence of being a hero.就是要误解英雄的本质
161It is measured not by the absence of error,不以无差错为衡量标准,
162but by the courage to act when it counts,但凭勇气在有需要的时候采取行动,
163by the vision to see beyond oneself,以能见其外者发誓,
164and by the willingness to shoulder responsibility并愿意承担责任
165of the fate of others.将他人的命运
166Churchill's decisions not only changed the fate of Britain,丘吉尔的决定不仅改变了英国的命运,
167but of the free world.而是自由世界的
168His courage helped preserve democracy in Europe,他的勇气有助于维护欧洲的民主,
169halted the spread of fascism,制止法西斯主义的蔓延,
170and inspired generations to come.并启示后世。
171That is heroism in its purest form.这是最纯洁的英雄主义。
172Many can and should validly debate许多人可以而且应该进行有效辩论
173the legacy of the greatest Briton.伟大的布里顿的遗产。
174I mean, what's the point of having this chamber if we don't?如果我们不这样做,这个房间有什么意义?
175But in terms of tonight's motion, I agree unequivocally.但就今晚的动议而言 我明确同意
176When Britain and the world needed him,当英国和世界需要他时
177Sir Winston Churchill was the hero that saved us all from the Nazis.温斯顿·丘吉尔爵士是从纳粹手中拯救我们所有人的英雄。
178And I urge the honourable members to support the motion tonight.我敦促尊敬的成员支持今晚的动议。
179Thank you very much.谢谢
180Thank you.谢谢
181Thank you, Adnan.谢谢你,阿德南
182Next, I would like to invite Opposition Speaker Mr Tanush Agarwal接下来,我请反对党议长塔努什·阿加瓦尔先生发言。
183to deliver his speech.来发表演讲
184Okay.摆
185I know reform is often uneasy我知道改革常常很不安
186with the language of nuance and spectrums,以细微和频谱的语言,
187but history, inconveniently for them,但历史对他们来说是不方便的,
188has never operated in binaries.从未用二进制操作。
189When we ask whether Winston Churchill was a hero,当我们问温斯顿·丘吉尔是不是英雄时
190we are not asking whether he ever did anything good,我们没有问他有没有做过好事,
191or whether Britain survived moments of crisis英国是否在危机中幸存下来
192while he happened to be in office.他刚好在任期间
193History is full of powerful men历史充满了强大的人
194who are effective, decisive, and even victorious,他们是有效的,是果断的,甚至是胜利的;
195and yet all morally indefensible.却在道德上无可辩驳
196Tonight, heroism for proposition今晚,英雄主义为提议
197has a narrow and demanding burden,负担是狭隘和苛刻的,
198and it is this burden that they will be unable to discharge.他们不能履行这一重负。
199But before that, it falls upon me但在此之前,它落在我身上
200to introduce our proposition bench tonight.今晚介绍我们的建议席
201You have just heard from Dr Adnan Malik,你刚听到阿德南·马利克博士的消息
202an MBA student at Said.赛德的MBA学生。
203Now, prior to this debate, I had actually never met Dr Malik,在这场辩论之前 我从未见过马利克医生
204but I was surprised to hear that two reform people但我惊讶地听到两个改革者
205had managed to get someone with a PhD找了个有博士学位的人
206on their side of the house.在他们的房子一侧。
207But rest assured, as I found out,但请放心,我发现,
208Dr Malik is actually a doctor in medicine,马利克医生其实是医学博士
209urology to be exact,确切地说,泌尿科
210where he ranked as the second best surgeon他的外科医生排名第二
211in national selection.在国家甄选中。
212So for all you medics in the crowd,所以,对于所有 在人群中的医护人员,
213the second best future surgeon in the NHS sold out.未来第二好的外科医生 在NHS的销量。
214I don't want to hear anything about PPEists ever again.我不想再听到任何关于个人防护人员的消息
215Next, you will hear from Zia Youssef,接下来是齐亚·尤瑟夫的消息
216the current head of policy at Reform,现任改革政策主管,
217and a man who truly proves和一个能证明自己
218that when reforms say anti-establishment,当改革说反对建立,
219they really mean anti-current establishment.他们真的是指反当前机构。
220He's a tech entrepreneur and former banker他是一个技术企业家和前银行家
221who became the party's biggest donor and then its chair,他成为了党的最大捐赠者 然后是主席
222which I suppose is one way to do grassroots politics.我认为这是基层政治的一种方式。
223You start from the top and work your way down.你从头开始往下走
224Mr Youssef met Nigel Farage尤瑟夫先生认识了奈杰尔·法拉吉
225在Stuart Wheeler主持的鸡尾酒会上
226which is a funny enough sentence on its own,这句子很搞笑
227but gets even funnier when juxtaposed但更有趣 当并排
228against Mr Youssef's insistence反对尤瑟夫先生的坚持
229that reform is anti-elite,改革是反精英的,
230because nothing says more for the people因为对人民来说没什么比这更重要的了
231than a tech millionaire who met Nigel Farage比一个技术百万富翁 遇见奈杰尔·法拉吉
232在Stuart Wheeler主持的鸡尾酒会上
233though I guess I'm jealous,虽然我想我是嫉妒,
234I'm probably not British enough to be let in.我可能不够英国 被允许进入。
235I will say this, it is rare to see someone become party chair我要说,很少见到有人当党主席
236without first going through the inconvenience不首先经历不便
237of believing in the party,相信党,
238but I suppose miracles happen if you have enough money但我猜如果你有足够的钱 奇迹就会发生
239to be on the top of the donor list.在捐赠者名单中名列前茅
240Finally, you will hear from Leila Cunningham.最后,你将听到莱拉・坎宁安的消息。
241Now, the rows for Leila Cunningham are on that paper,现在,莱拉·坎宁安的行 在报纸上,
242which I threw on the floor,我扔在地板上,
243but I'll remember off the top of my head.但我会记住 从头到尾。
244About 70% of her early life page on Wikipedia在维基百科上她早期生命的70%左右
245is dedicated to her basketball talent,献身于她的篮球天赋,
246which, Ms Cunningham, if you were going to defect anyways,坎宁安小姐 如果你反正要叛变
247why not just go all the way to the Lakers?为什么不直接去湖人队?
248If you want to have fun failing,如果你想玩玩失败,
249I think there's better ways of doing that,我认为有更好的方法做到这一点,
250but I guess none would be as much of a guarantee但我想没有比这更好的保证了
251as running for reform in London, so fair enough.在伦敦竞选改革,那么公平
252Ms Cunningham defected, for those who don't know,坎宁安女士叛变了 对于不知道的人来说
253from the conservatives to reform,从保守派到改革,
254which, to be honest, is probably one of the most honest journeys老实说,这可能是最诚实的旅程之一
255I've seen in British politics.我看过英国政治
256I mean, they just skipped the whole, like, lie我的意思是,他们只是跳过 整个一样,谎言
257about believing in principles in the first place,确信原则,
258so fair enough to Ms Cunningham.对坎宁安女士来说太公平了
259But all jokes aside, I wish them good luck但除了笑话 我祝他们好运
260for the rest of this debate.接下来的辩论。
261Madam President, these are your guests, and they are most welcome.主席女士,这是你的客人,非常欢迎他们。
262Okay, let's begin.好了,开始吧
263I want to begin with a central moral question in this debate.我想从本次辩论中的中心道德问题开始。
264What does it mean to be a hero?做英雄意味着什么?
265Because tonight, I'm sure, and as you did just here,因为今晚,我敢肯定, 正如你刚刚在这里,
266you will hear the claim that heroes can be flawed你会听到英雄有缺陷的说法
267so long as they did heroic things.只要他们做了英雄的事
268And I wouldn't blame anyone in this crowd我不会责怪这群人中的任何人
269for holding this intuition,因为持有这种直觉,
270because I don't think it's necessarily wrong,因为我不认为这是必然错误的,
271it's just dangerously unspecific.它只是危险的不具体。
272Instead, there are three relevant constraints,相反,有三个相关的制约因素:
273and each one is fatal to Churchill.每个都对丘吉尔来说都是致命的
274First, heroism must necessarily be universal.首先,英雄主义必须具有普遍性。
275It is not enough to be a hero to some做英雄还不够
276while being an active source of suffering to others.同时也是他人痛苦的源头
277I would note that if you abandon universality,我要指出,如果你放弃普遍性,
278even history's worst villains can be called heroes甚至历史最坏的恶棍 也可以叫做英雄
279in the eyes of their supporters.在他们的支持者眼中
280So, you need the average moral human所以,你需要一个普通的道德人
281to rationally consider you a hero理性地认为你是英雄
282regardless of whether they were Bengali,无论他们是孟加拉人,
283Irish, or British.爱尔兰人,或英国人。
284Second, heroes can be flawed第二,英雄有缺陷
285because fear and error are human.因为恐惧和错误是人
286But in moments of fear, a hero acts bravely.但是在恐惧的时刻,一个英雄勇敢地行动.
287In moments of error, a hero corrects course.在错误的时刻,一个英雄会修正路线.
288The underlying character remains intact基本特征保持不变
289and crucially, morally salient.关键是,道德上的突出。
290But what is not a flaw,但这不是一个缺陷,
291and what simply can't be morally excused as mistakes,而那些在道德上不能被原谅的错误,
292is the repeated and deliberate use of power是反复和蓄意地使用权力
293to support oppression, repression, and violence.支持压迫、镇压和暴力。
294And that is what Barth will talk about in his speech这也是巴斯在演讲中要说的
295because what that points to is not just a moral flaw,因为那不仅仅是道德缺陷
296but a fundamentally morally abhorrent value system.但却是一个道德上令人憎恶的价值观体系
297Third, and most importantly,第三,最重要的是,
298some harms are so grave, so systemic, and so avoidable有些伤害是如此严重,如此系统,如此可避免
299that they ought to fundamentally dominate他们应该从根本上支配
300a person's moral legacy.一个人的道德遗产。
301Consider the situation of a serial killer考虑连环杀手的情况
302who, after every person he kills,他杀过每个人,
303saves a child from a burning building.将孩子从燃烧的建筑物中拯救出来。
304We may call the act heroic,我们可以称它为英雄行为,
305but we would not call that person heroic.但我们不会称他为英雄
306Because at that point, we are no longer weighing因为此时此刻 我们不再重
307moments of good and bad in life,生活中的好坏时刻
308we are actively weighing moral thresholds.我们正在积极权衡道德门槛。
309And for Churchill, this is the bodies对丘吉尔来说 这是尸体
310he must atone for in Bengal他必须在孟加拉赎罪
311and the topic of my speech today.还有我今天演讲的主题
312At this point, proposition may say,此时,提议可能说,
313well, this is an impossibly high standard.这个标准太高了
314But it is not.但事实并非如此。
315We do not struggle to identify heroes when they exist.当英雄存在时,我们并不为识别英雄而奋斗。
316People like Douglas Bader, who lost both his legs像道格拉斯·巴德尔这样的人 失去了双腿
317and still flew on during the Battle of Britain.在不列颠战役中依然飞翔
318Desmond Doss, who saved lives without taking them.德斯蒙德·多斯,他拯救了生命而不夺走他们.
319And if you need more examples,如果你需要更多的例子,
320I urge you to simply walk through the dozens of memorials我劝你走过数十座纪念堂
321within our own colleges在我们自己的学院里
322that list the names of these heroes.上面列出了这些英雄的名字
323So the standard in this debate is not unclear所以这次辩论的标准并不清楚
324and it is not high.却不高。
325Which brings us to the point where proposition's case这让我们想到了提案的理由
326stops being rhetorical and starts being historical.停止夸夸其谈,开始成为历史。
327Because if there's any single episode因为如果有单一的一集
328that tells us whether Winston Churchill's life这告诉我们温斯顿·丘吉尔的一生
329was heroic, it is the Bengal famine.是孟加拉饥荒,
330And no amount of speech making tonight今晚没有太多的演讲
331will feed three million people who are left to starve.{\fn华文楷体\fs16\1cHE0E0E0}能养活三百万饿死的人 {\fn华文楷体\fs16\1cHE0E0E0}我们不会放过你的
332Let me begin with what Bengal looked like.让我从孟加拉人的样子开始。
333In October 1943,1943年10月,任,.
334the AP reported from Dhaka达卡报告的《附加议定书》
335that the unclaimed body of a Hindu boy一个印度教男孩的无名尸体
336about 12 years old was found12岁左右被发现
337lying in front of a government grain shop躺在政府粮店前
338in Narayanganj.在纳拉扬甘杰
339His body had been devoured by jackals and vultures他的身体被狼和秃鹰吞噬
340as he was alive, starving on the ground.他活着,在地上挨饿
341Too weak to move太弱不能移动
342and too weak to flee.和太虚弱无法逃离。
343On the roadside, relief worker Sister Dolores在路边,救济工Dolores修女
344found a woman groaning in agony.发现一个女人在痛苦中呻吟
345When she approached, she realized当她接近,她意识到
346the woman's eyes were gone.那个女人的眼睛不见了
347Both eye sockets were open wounds两只眼睛都开着伤口
348full of maggots.满是蛆.
349The woman had been alive那个女人还活着
350as they ate through her face当他们从她脸上吃掉
351and she was too weak to resist.她太虚弱无法抗拒
352These are not metaphors.这些不是比喻。
353This is reality这是现实
354in 1943.1943年时.
355And what I want to make absolutely clear in this argument我想在这场争论中说清楚
356is that this famine was not inevitable.这场饥荒并不是不可避免的。
357It was the result of a predictable economic这是经济可以预测的结果
358collapse, exacerbated by deliberate倒闭,因故意
359policy decisions that Churchill is directly丘吉尔直接作出的政策决定
360responsible for.负责。
361Here's how it began.就是这样开始的
362By late 1942, Bengal was under the strain到1942年末,孟加拉人已经承受了压力
363of a wartime economy.战争时期的经济。
364Inflation was rising sharply.通货膨胀急剧上升。
365The bizarre bill rate sat at around 7%奇异的账单率大约为7%
366while bank deposit rates were around 2%.而银行存款利率约为2%。
367And I know Mr. Youssef used to work at Goldman我知道尤瑟夫先生以前在高曼工作过
368so I'm sure he understands what that means.所以我肯定他明白这是什么意思
369That rice, not bonds or savings, became大米,不是债券或储蓄,变成了
370the most profitable place to store wealth.最有利可图的地方储存财富。
371So naturally, anyone who had money很自然,有钱的人
372began to do so.开始这样做。
373At the same time,同时,
374British wartime policies created英国的战时政策
375priority classes in urban centers城市中心的重点班级
376like Kolkata for workers in war industries像加尔各答的工人在战争工业
377whose wages rose and whose access其工资上升,其获得
378to food was protected by the empire.食物被帝国保护
379But for over 90% of the Bengali但对于90%以上的孟加拉人来说
380population of agricultural农业人口
381laborers, fishermen, artisans,工人、渔民、工匠、
382there was no increase in purchasing采购没有增加
383power.权力。
384They produced food but they他们生产食物,但他们
385could not afford it.买不起
386So the poor所以穷人
387were priced out.被定价了。
388Starvation饥饿
389became visible.变得明显。
390Panic恐慌
391accelerated hoarding and the market加速囤积和市场
392collapsed.崩溃了
393Amartya阿玛蒂亚
394Sen once famously said that no森有一次很出名地说没有
395famine has ever taken place in the history历史上发生过饥荒
396of the world in a functioning democracy在世界任何有效民主中
397because in such situations, accountability因为在这种情况下,问责制
398forces intervention.部队干预。
399But instead of intervening to stabilize prices,而不是为了稳定价格而干预
400redistribute food, or protect rural或保护农村
401incomes, British policy poured fuel收入,英国政策注入燃料
402into the fire.进入火中。
403What did the British do?英国人做了什么?
404First, after Japan captured首先,日本俘虏之后
405Burma in early 1942, the British1942年初的缅甸,英国人
406government implemented what it called denial政府执行了所谓的否认
407policies in Bengal.孟加拉邦的政策。
408To prevent the Japanese为了阻止日本人
409from potentially capturing surprise, authorities当局可能感到惊讶
410removed or destroyed rice and paddy水稻和稻谷被拆除或毁坏
411in coastal districts such as Midnapore,在诸如米德纳波尔等沿海地区,
412Bakarganj, and Kulna.巴卡尔甘杰,和库尔纳。
413Then came the second blow, the boat denial然后,第二次袭击,船否认
414policy.政策。
415All boats that were capable所有有能力的船只
416of carrying over ten people were载着十多人
417confiscated, destroyed, or没收、销毁或
418otherwise removed.以其他方式删除。
419And Bengal was孟加拉语是
420a river province.一个河流省份。
421Boats were essential船是必需的
422infrastructure.基础设施。
423So when you take 45,000所以当你拿45,000
424boats, what you end up船,你最后会怎样
425with is the destruction of the livelihoods他们的生计将遭毁灭,
426of fishermen, crippled food渔民、残废食品
427distribution, and dramatically increased分配,大幅度增加
428transport costs.运输费用。
429And the result, well,结果呢?
430it was what you would expect.这是你所期望的。
431People sold their tools,人们卖掉工具
432then their homes, then their然后是他们的家,然后是他们的家,
433land.陆地。
434And when there was nothing left to sell,当没有什么可以卖,
435they walked, sometimes for days,他们走了,有时几天,
436to cities like Kolkata, dragging到加尔各答等城市,拖拽
437corpses onto the streets in hopes of尸体上街,希望
438sweet mercy from their colonizers,他们的殖民者的慈悲,
439for food and for scripts,食物和剧本,
440or if nothing else, death among或者,如果没有别的东西,死亡在
441others as opposed to alone.而不是一个人
442And all of this happened while the British这一切发生在英国人
443remained in control.继续控制。
444Which now brings us现在又来了
445to the question of responsibility.责任问题。
446First, even if Churchill was distant,首先,即使丘吉尔很遥远,
447Bengal was a colony.孟加拉是一个殖民地。
448Every law,每一个法律,
449decision, and government policy was政府的政策是
450controlled, especially during wartime,特别是在战时,
451by London and the war cabinet.伦敦和战争内阁。
452So at face value, in the same way that所以,在面值, 同样的方式
453being the face of the empire gives you moral作为帝国的面孔 让你道德
454credit for hope on their side of the house,感谢在他们家的希望,
455it means a duty of care that matters意思是谨慎的责任
456on ours.我们的。
457But Churchill was not但丘吉尔不是
458just a distant bystander.只是一个遥远的旁观者。
459He knew that this was happening.他知道这是真的
460Senior高级
461officials warned him repeatedly.官员一再警告他。
462The那个
463viceroy, Lorne Linlithgow, pressed London洛恩·林利思高 副州长 伦敦
464for emergency grain shipments, Leo Amory,紧急粮食运输,利奥·阿莫里,
465the secretary of state, wrote urgently国务卿写了紧急信
466that people were starving and that relief was needed人们正在挨饿,需要救济
467immediately.马上
468And to all of this,对于这一切,
469Churchill responded with delay,丘吉尔反应迟缓,
470obstruction, and contempt.阻挠和蔑视。
471In his own words, recorded by the secretary of state,用他自己的话 由国务卿记录
472Churchill dismissed the crisis by asking丘吉尔拒绝了危机,问
473why, if food was so scarce,为什么,如果食物如此稀缺,
474Gandhi had not starved yet,甘地还没有饿死
475or complained that Indians were breeding或者抱怨印第安人在繁殖
476like rabbits.像兔子一样
477And these aren't just这些不只是
478throwaway insults.丢弃的侮辱。
479They are moral他们是道德的
480evidence to Churchill's direct culpability证明丘吉尔的直接罪责
481in perpetration of this atrocity.犯下这种暴行。
482Now, they might say in response,现在,他们可能会说 作为回应,
483sorry, I thought it was 14-minute speeches,对不起 我以为是14分钟的演讲
484that Britain was fighting for survival.英国为生存而战
485Grain谷物
486was needed elsewhere in Europe, maybe in the Balkans,需要在欧洲其他地方,也许在巴尔干,
487and the shipping was scarce.而船运则稀少。
488But by不过
489mid-1943, the war had reached1943年中,战争已经到来
490a turning point.一个转折点。
491The German U-boat campaign德国U型潜艇战役
492in the Atlantic had been在大西洋上,曾经
493decisively broken.断了
494Black May forced黑五月强迫
495on its to withdraw submarines撤退潜艇
496after suffering catastrophic losses.在遭受灾难性损失之后
497In the Pacific, the US had expelled在太平洋,美国驱逐了
498Japanese forces from Guadalcanal and来自瓜达尔卡纳尔和
499the Solomon Islands.所罗门群岛。
500Japan could no日本不会的
501longer seriously threaten allied shipping lanes.更严重威胁盟军航道
502And this doesn't mean the war was over,这并不意味着战争已经结束了
503but it does mean the argument that shipping relief但是这确实意味着 航运救济
504poses an existential threat to war对战争构成生存威胁
505efforts no longer holds.努力已经停止。
506At the在那个
507same time, the Balkans were still under Nazi同时,巴尔干地区仍在纳粹统治之下
508occupation, meaning there couldn't be famine relief.也就是说不可能有饥荒救济
509And here's the thing that they won't tell you.他们不会告诉你的
510In 1943, Churchill himself1943年,丘吉尔本人
511directly decreed a diversion of Indian直接下令转移印度人
512registered ships to the North Atlantic向北大西洋的注册船舶
513supply effort, cutting Bengal's shipping供应努力,切断孟加拉的航运
514capacity by around 60% against大约60%的产能
515the advice of the secretary of state国务卿的建议
516and others within his war cabinet.以及他战争内阁中的其他人物
517By 1944, Britain had到1944年,英国
518so much shipping capacity in the North北方有这么多的航运能力
519Atlantic that cargo ships were大西洋的货船
520literally sailing half empty.从字面上说,航行半空。
521So when所以什么时候
522the government says that there was no shipping, which they might,政府说,没有航运, 他们可能,
523I don't know if they're prepared, what they're really saying我不知道他们有没有准备好,他们到底在说什么
524is that Churchill over-diverted out of fear是丘吉尔因恐惧过度溺水
525and did not correct course when并且没有纠正路线
526that fear proved unfounded, breaking恐惧证明是没有根据的 打破了
527rule two of heroism.英雄主义的规则二
528During 1942 to 43,1942至43年间,
529India experienced a net export of印度净出口
530approximately 360,000约360 000人
531tons of grain.粮食吨。
532When relief finally当解脱终于
533came in 1944, it amounted1944年来,就等于
534to only 80,000 tons, which至仅80 000吨,即
535wasn't even enough to feed the Indian army连印度军队都不够养活
536stationed in India.驻印度.
537By contrast,相比之下,
538Britain imported millions英国进口百万
539of tons of grain during the same period同期粮食吨数
540from the US and Canada.来自美国和加拿大
541So even if I'm being incredibly,所以,即使我令人难以置信,
542incredibly charitable,令人难以置信的慈善,
543this is the moral arithmetic that Churchill这是丘吉尔的道德算术
544chose.选择。
545Speculative, future投机,未来
546benefit for a养恤金
547number of people that was less, over人数少,超过
548certain, present death for millions.当然,现在的死亡为数百万。
549And ultimately, this is why最后,这就是为什么
550responsibility can't just be washed责任不能只是冲洗
551away by saying things like hope说出希望之类的话
552by bantering to the fact that Churchill was one of丘吉尔是
553the greatest Brits ever.最伟大的英国人
554He might have been他可能已经
555one of the greatest Brits ever, but I don't think that有史以来最伟大的英国人之一, 但我不认为
556excuses the three million people that died.为三百万死难者辩解
557Now, I could have spent time in this现在,我本来可以花时间在这
558speech elsewhere, as I'm sure you guys are probably thinking.在别处讲话,我敢肯定,你们可能在思考。
559I could have talked about Churchill's broader我本可以谈谈丘吉尔的宽度
560record across the empire, because Bengal整个帝国都有记录 因为孟加拉人
561was by far from the only place远在遥远的地方
562where he treated colonized lives as expendable.在那里,他把殖民者的生活当作牺牲品。
563I could have talked about how, as War Secretary,作为战争部长 我本来可以说
564he wrote that he was strongly in他写道,他强烈的在
565favor of using poisoned gas against喜欢用毒气对抗
566uncivilized tribes, because his words,不文明的部落,因为他的话,
567the moral effect, would be to spread道德效应,就是传播
568lively terror.生动恐怖.
569And any of those和其中任何一点
570points could be a separate argument tonight, and some点可以是一个单独的争论 今晚,一些
571of these will be made later on.这些建议将在稍后提出。
572But I am not going to do that, because I want to make但我不会这样做,因为我想
573one thing unmistakably clear.有一件事是绝对清楚的
574When they excuse his actions当他们原谅他的行为时
575because he gave hope,因为他给了希望,
576even if you knew nothing else about Churchill,即使你对丘吉尔一无所知
577even if you wiped the rest of his record即使你抹去了他剩下的记录
578clean and kept every other good deed he did保持他所做的一切善事
579in mind, there is no excuse.考虑到这一点,没有借口。
580No excuse tonight that is今晚没有借口了
581sufficient to wash the hands足够洗手了
582of the blood of three million300万的血迹
583Bengali citizens.孟加拉公民.
584Ten times十个
585more than the total death超过死亡总数
586toll the British faced through the entire整个英国都面临损失
587war, in one year!战争,一年之内!
588In one year.一年之内
589Winston温斯顿
590Churchill was a powerful man, and powerful丘吉尔是一个强大的人, 和强大的
591men are often judged by the decisions they男子往往根据他们的决定受到评判。
592make.做起来。
593In Britain, Churchill delivered在英国,丘吉尔交付
594brilliant speeches.精彩的演讲。
595In India,在印度,
596Churchill delivered murderous silence.丘吉尔给了谋杀的沉默。
597So as you walk out of these doors tonight,所以当你今晚走出这些门时
598remember this.记住这一点。
599The human history人类历史
600is filled with tales of the充满了传说
601strong, the brave, and the kind.强者,勇者,与类也.
602We glamorize the strong,我们迷惑强者,
603for we wish to conquer our enemies.因为我们希望征服我们的敌人。
604We glamorize the brave, for we wish to conquer我们闪耀勇士,因为我们想要征服
605our demons.我们的恶魔。
606And we glamorize the kind,我们闪耀这种,
607for we wish to conquer our selfishness.因为我们想征服我们的自私
608Winston Churchill, on occasion, showed温斯顿·丘吉尔偶尔会出现
609flashes of these traits.这些特性的闪光。
610But these flashes但是这些闪光
611were shadowed by his evils.被他的罪恶所笼罩
612This was a man who used his这是一个男人谁用他的
613strength to destroy the weak, performed摧毁弱者的力量,表现
614bravery to hold勇于坚守
615to his power, and weaponized他的力量,并武器化
616the kindness of the meek for his own ends.温柔的善良为他自己的目的。
617The halls of history are filled历史的大厅都满了
618with corpses of his consequences.带着他的后果的尸体
619The label of hero is not英雄的标签不是
620a moniker we give to the callous, nor我们给冷酷无情的人一个莫尼克尔
621is it a label we espouse to the rhetorical.这是我们在夸夸其谈的标签。
622To allow Mr. Churchill to允许丘吉尔先生
623stand in the hall of heroes is to站在英雄的大厅
624allow the putrid and sickening smell of让你闻到恶心的味道
625death to infect the memory死亡感染记忆
626of our civilization.我们的文明。
627There are heroes这里有英雄
628amongst us.在我们中间
629Let this intruder be banished让这个入侵者被放逐
630from our presence.从我们的存在。
631Thank you.谢谢
632Next, I would like to welcome Mr. Zia接下来,我要欢迎齐亚先生。
633Youssef for the proposition尤瑟夫的命题
634side.侧面。
635Good evening, everyone.大家晚上好,我们走
636I'm going to speak in favor of the motion我赞成这个动议
637that Winston Churchill is温斯顿·丘吉尔是
638a hero.一个英雄。
639So let's start by所以,让我们开始
640defining the term according to the根据
641Oxford dictionary.牛津词典.
642A hero is somebody who is admired英雄就是受人钦佩的人
643for their courage,他们的勇气,
644for their noble qualities, and their他们的高尚品质和
645outstanding achievement.突出成就。
646Not for不是为
647being perfect, not for being完美,而不是因为自己
648a saint, not for一个圣人,不是因为
649you know, moral purity你知道,道德纯洁
650decades after the event from people事发数十年后
651who scroll through their iPhones.他们通过他们的iPhone滚动。
652Ultimately, what this comes归根结底,会怎样
653down to is, Winston归根结底,温斯顿
654Churchill was probably the most丘吉尔是最厉害的
655courageous, inspirational Brit勇敢,鼓舞人心的英国人
656who ever lived.谁曾经活着。
657And, you know, this really而且,你知道,这个真的
658matters at this point in time.此时此刻很重要。
659Because in the decades since World因为在世界之后的几十年里
660War II, British people二战,英国人民
661have revered, indeed确已赞颂真主,
662admired Sir Winston Churchill.钦佩温斯顿·丘吉尔爵士
663His statue dominates他的雕像占主导地位
664Parliament Square.议会广场.
665And that matters because in这很重要,因为
666admiring Winston Churchill,钦佩温斯顿·丘吉尔,
667we are saying as a society我们说作为一个社会
668and as a nation that he作为国家,他
669embodies the qualities and the体现品质和
670virtues that we as a society我们作为一个社会的美德
671and as a nation aspire to.和作为一个民族渴望的。
672And that we as individuals作为个人
673in our own small way以我们自己的小方式
674may seek to emulate.可能试图效仿。
675So by turning our back on that所以,通过我们的背弃
676moral statement,道德声明,
677we're not simply reassessing a man,我们不只是在重新评估一个人
678we are repudiating an entire我们正在否定一个整体
679value system.价值系统。
680So this discussion we're having here tonight,所以今晚我们在这里讨论
681I know those are the jokes and a lot of fun,我知道这些是笑话和很多乐趣,
682but this is fundamental.但这是根本的。
683This isn't just academic,这不仅仅是学术性的,
684it's civilizational.这是文明的。
685So let's talk about the second part of that definition,我们来谈谈定义的第二部分
686courage.勇敢点
687Winston Churchill温斯顿·丘吉尔
688put it best, he said, courage最好还是说勇气
689is rightly esteemed to be the first被誉为第一
690of human qualities because it is the quality人的品质,因为它是质量
691that guarantees保证
692all others.其他人都一样
693He was spot on他是现场
694about that.关于那个。
695Throughout his在他的整个
696life, I mean, if you go through his生活,我的意思是,如果你通过他
697life, you know, you could create a feature生命,你知道,你可以创造一个特色
698film, but with电影,但
699every five years of his adult life.每五年一次的成人生活。
700But let's give a couple of examples.但举数例.
701Let's emphasize again the fact让我们再次强调这个事实
702on the 15th of November, 1899,1899年11月15号,
703a 25 year old war correspondent25岁的战争记者
704during the Boel War was captured在布尔战争中被俘虏
705and held as a作为《京都议定书》
706prisoner of war.战俘。
707Now that would have been the end现在,这将是结束
708of the story for故事为
709many people, lesser people.很多人,少一点的人。
710Not for Winston.不为温斯顿。
711In the depths of the night, he managed在深夜,他设法
712to escape and逃跑和
713you know, seemingly surrounded, seemingly你知道,似乎被包围,似乎
714with no way out.没有出路。
715He
716would hide during the day, spend the nights在白天躲起来,在晚上
717scurrying through guards穿梭在守卫中
718and through gates.穿过大门
719He had virtually no money, he had no他几乎没有钱,他没有
720map, and yet he survived that但是他活了下来
721month and he did successfully一个月,他做到了成功
722escape.逃脱。
723Now that was at age 25, just现在,那是在25岁,只是
724a glimpse into the man that直视那个人
725he would eventually become.他终究会变成这样
726We can also talk about我们也可以谈谈
727sacrifice.牺牲。
728You know, during你知道,期间
729the Blitz campaign, let's fast forward a little闪电战,快一点
730bit, during the height of that German在那个德国人的高度上
731bombing campaign that devastated轰炸行动
732London in so many ways, but not in the most伦敦在很多方面,但大多数方面
733crucial way.关键的方式。
734Why?为什么?
735Because因为
736at the height of that campaign, Winston Churchill在这场战役的高潮中,温斯顿·丘吉尔
737got onto the roofs上了屋顶
738in London.在伦敦
739And as the air raid sirens当空袭警笛响起
740wailed and howled,呐喊着,
741as the city shook under当城市震动时,
742unimaginable terror,难以想象的恐怖
743his aides and his security他的助手和保安
744staff implored him工作人员恳求他
745to get off the roofs, said the离开屋顶,说
746Prime Minister, you cannot do this.总理,你不能这么做
747And he said, look, I'm not going to他说,你看,我不会
748make decisions as a leader that put作为领导者作出决定
749my people in mortal danger我的人有生命危险
750without sharing that没有分享
751danger with them.危险与他们。
752He felt他觉得
753it was critical and important这是关键和重要的
754that he was visible, resolute,他确是显赫的,确是坚定的,
755and exposed.并暴露出来。
756And by the way,顺便说一句
757what a contrast that is何谓的对比
758to Prime Ministers of recent years.向近年来的总理致谢。
759And, you know,还有,你知道,
760Winston Churchill also understood温斯顿·丘吉尔也明白
761that when he was talking about defending当他谈论辩护时
762Britain at all costs,英国不惜一切代价
763Britain, for him, was not simply a place对于他来说,英国不仅仅是一个地方
764on the map, not just a piece of territory.在地图上,不只是一块领土。
765It was a这是一个
766civilization.人类文明
767It represented它代表
768parliamentary democracy, the议会民主
769rule of law, equality法治、平等
770before that law, the在该法律之前,
771dignity of the individual.个人尊严。
772And还有
773in doing so,为此,
774he ensured that everybody understood他确保每个人都明白
775how important it was that Britain英国有多重要?
776stood firm, because for him,站稳了,因为他
777Nazism wasn't simply a military纳粹主义不仅仅是一个军事
778threat, it was a moral威胁,这是道德
779one.一个
780And more importantly,更重要的是,
781he inspired an entire nation他鼓舞了整个国家
782to share that分享这一点
783view.视图。
784And that's why he said这就是为什么他说
785when somebody asked, what is your aim,当有人问起,你的目标是什么,
786he said, victory.他说,胜利。
787Victory at all costs.不惜一切代价获得胜利.
788Victory胜利
789in spite of all terror.尽管所有恐怖。
790And you're probably very familiar with你也许非常熟悉
791Nietzsche's observation that尼采认为
792he who has a why can bear谁能忍受,
793almost差点
794any how.随便怎么说
795And还有
796that is what Churchill gave这就是丘吉尔给的
797the people of this country.这个国家的人民。
798That point about Britain being英国是
799a civilization worth defending一个值得捍卫的文明
800to the death, wherever that might死亡,无论可能在哪里
801be, was something he made是,他制造的东西
802people in this country believe这个国家的人们相信
803in their bones.他们的骨头。
804Now, again, that is现在,再次,这是
805hard for all of us to understand because我们很难理解 因为
806we haven't had political leadership我们没有政治领导权
807in this country for such a long这个国家这么长时间
808time.时间。
809And还有
810perhaps Winston也许温斯顿
811Churchill's most heroic quality丘吉尔最英勇的品格
812was the fact that he事实是,他
813made seemingly ordinary people造就了看起来很普通的人
814extraordinary.非常特别
815And you can read about this in the works你可以在作品中读到这一点
816of everyone from Nasim Taleb纳西姆·塔莱布
817to, you know, whichever要,你知道,无论
818academic, you know,学术,你知道,
819any academic you任何学术你
820might want to speak of who has spoken of也许想谈谈是谁说的
821the impact of or the lack影响或缺失
822of impact, for example, the Blitz例如闪光灯
823had on the UK.在英国。
824But in making但是在制作中
825ordinary people普通民众
826extraordinary, what he said, you know,非常特别,他说,你知道,
827the gambit, the pitch Winston雄伟,投球 温斯顿
828Churchill made to British people was not that you丘吉尔给英国人做的不是你
829are weak and I will save you,我将拯救你,
830but rather you不过你
831are strong and together强壮在一起
832we will endure.我们会忍耐的
833So, yes, he was flawed.所以,是的,他是有缺陷的。
834And sadly, at that time可悲的是,当时
835in human history, there was enormous suffering在人类历史上, 有着巨大的痛苦
836all over the world.遍满世界.
837But ultimately, he represents但最终,他代表
838something that is incredibly令人难以置信的东西
839precious and is indeed珍贵而且确实
840extraordinary and underpins特别和基础
841everything that is great伟大的一切
842about this country and indeed, by the way,关于这个国家,事实上,顺便说一句,
843this great institution.这个伟大的机构。
844No, thank you.不 谢谢
845And I will say this too, without我也会说,没有
846and I don't genuinely don't wish to be personal我并不想成为个人
847here because there is a growing这里,因为有一个增长
848movement around the world, sadly,可悲的是, 世界各地的运动,
849that attempts to try to试图
850tear down the legacy拆掉遗产
851of Sir Winston Churchill.温斯顿·丘吉尔爵士
852And I mean that sincerely.我是认真的
853This isn't personal这不是私人恩怨
854against anybody.对任何人。
855But不过
856ultimately, what does that最终,这是什么
857represent?代表吗?
858In my在我身边
859humble opinion, it represents an谦卑的意见,它代表着
860extraordinary ingratitude.特别的忘恩负义。
861It is standing on the shoulders of giants它站在巨人的肩膀上
862and calling yourself tall, but perhaps worse,自称高,但也许更糟,
863gathering a sense of unearned收集一种未获得的感觉
864moral superiority garnered获得道德优越感
865in a different era and在一个不同的时代
866from a totally different和完全不同的东西
867moral standard.道德标准。
868And in fact,事实上,
869the very discussions we are having我们的讨论本身
870this evening, as enjoyable今晚,作为享受
871and as articulate, by the way,顺便说一句,
872as the作为
873opposition are, would not have反对是,不会有
874been possible without not just the sacrifice没有牺牲就有可能
875of people like Sir Winston Churchill,温斯顿·丘吉尔爵士
876but of that entire generation.但却是那一代人
877And that is what is really这才是真正的
878important to remember.记住很重要
879You know,你知道吗,
880all of this, I want to reemphasize,这一切,我想再次强调,
881this is not just an academic这不仅仅是一个学术
882discussion.讨论。
883It is civilizational.这是文明的。
884It's going to be defining for这将是定义
885the next 100下一个100
886years of people.数年的人。
887In 100 years time,在100年的时间里,
888there will be people in this room and the things房间里会有人,还有东西
889that they say will depend on the他们说这取决于
890views of people like yourselves.像你们这样的人的看法。
891The reality is that现实是
892we have incredibly我们有惊人的
893difficult threats to deal难以应对的威胁
894with as a country today.作为今天的国家。
895We have threats abroad.我们在国外有威胁。
896My God, we have threats at home.天啊 我们家里有威胁
897And还有
898we will face those threats not with我们将面对这些威胁
899derision, cynicism嘲弄、嘲讽
900and self-loathing.和自我厌恶。
901We're going to face those我们要面对那些
902threats with the courage and以勇气和勇气进行威胁
903resolve and fortitude that Sir Winston Churchill温斯顿·丘吉尔爵士的决心和毅力
904displayed.显示。
905And, you know,还有,你知道,
906the spirit that got this country through国家通过的精神
907its darkest hour is not dead.它最黑暗的时刻不是死。
908It lives on in people like yourselves.它生活在像你这样的人身上
909Sir Winston Churchill温斯顿·丘吉尔爵士
910did embody是否体现
911those values这些价值
912and those qualities.和这些品质。
913And I think by any serious我认为任何严肃的
914definition of the term,定义该术语,
915he was and remains他过去和现在
916a hero.一个英雄。
917Thank you very much.谢谢
918Amazing.厉害
919Thank you, Mr. Yusuf, for your amazing谢谢你,尤素福先生,你的惊人
920speech.说话
921I would我会
922next like to invite Mr. Bharath Anantham接下来请布哈拉特·阿南坦先生
923to the floor.倒
924As we proceed through the inky blackness of judgment,当我们在审判的黑暗中前进
925let us not lose sight让我们不要视而不见
926of the light of justice.正义之光
927For she is tough but fair.因为她很坚强但很公平
928Lady Justice hears our excuses女法官听到我们的借口
929and calibrates for human frailties.和适合人体虚弱的校准
930But though she is blind,虽然她是瞎子
931she is not deaf.她不是聋子。
932She hears the screams她听到尖叫声
933of the starving, the tears饥饿和泪水
934of the dying and the cries临终和哭泣者,
935of the despairing.在绝望中。
936She wept她哭着
937with the children of Bengal and fought与孟加拉儿童并肩作战
938with the soldiers at Dunkirk.在敦刻尔克的士兵。
939It is not the place of this house to speak这里不是我们家说话的地方
940ill of the dead, but it is the place死者的病,但这是地方
941of this house to give judgment to这所房子的判断
942justice.正义。
943Churchill was many things, but a hero he was not.丘吉尔有很多事 但他不是英雄
944For a hero is not just one who did因为英雄不仅仅是一个
945good, but one who was good.不错,但谁是好的。
946And as the previous speaker says,正如前一位发言者所说,
947someone we should admire.值得我们钦佩的人
948We have proven conclusively that he was not.我们已经确凿地证明他不是。
949And maybe we might give him a coin for the sticks,也许我们可以给他硬币用于棍子,
950but we should not give him a penny但我们不应该给他一分钱
951for his plaudits.给他的荣耀。
952Reform UK改革联合王国
953have found their case woefully inadequate发现他们的情况严重不足
954to prove the demanding burden of the motion证明动议的沉重负担
955and their arguments do not stand up他们的争论是站不住脚的,
956to examination.检查。
957I'm sorry this isn't对不起,这不是
958too bad.真遗憾
959I'm going to do我会的
960three things in this speech.此演说中三事.
961First, I'm going我先走了,我马上去
962to respond to the main claim of proposition.以回应命题的主要主张。
963Next, I'm going to introduce a new接下来,我要介绍一个新的
964argument on the harms that the Churchill leadership did关于丘吉尔领导人造成的伤害的论点
965domestically.在国内。
966And finally, I'm going终于,我走了
967to prove why the arguments that we have given证明为什么我们给出的论点
968prove conclusively why this is not heroism.最终证明为什么这不是英雄主义。
969First, probably首先,也许
970the strongest argument that you've heard from these two speakers你从这两位演说家那里听到的最强烈的争论
971is that Winston Churchill was a hero温斯顿·丘吉尔是个英雄
972because of his role and his courage in the因为他的作用和勇气
973Second World War.第二次世界大战.
974But this narrative但是这个故事
975relies on a simplified and selective依靠简化和选择性
976memory of history.历史记忆。
977One flattened into一个扁平
978sound bites, narrowed by repetition,声音叮咬,通过重复缩小,
979polished by eight decades of myth-making被八十年的神话所粉碎
980and Hollywood dramatization.和好莱坞戏剧化。
981It is not the full story, and这不是完整的故事,和
982it is not an honest one.这不是一个诚实的。
983There那边
984are several reasons why this argument does not stand up这是这个论点站不住脚的几个原因
985to scrutiny.检查。
986First, the continuation第一,继续
987of the war did not hinge on Churchill战争并不取决于丘吉尔
988as an individual.作为个人。
989Within the war cabinet战争内阁内部
990itself, the decision to fight on commanded自己,战斗的决定 命令
991broad cross-party support.广泛的跨党派支持。
992Clement克莱门特
993Atlee and Arthur Greenwood of Labour voted阿特莉和亚瑟・格林伍德的劳工投票
994for continuation.继续
995Archibald Sinclair of阿奇博尔德·辛克莱
996the Liberal Party voted for continuation.自由党投票决定继续执政.
997Neville Chamberlain, after he resigned as PM,内维尔·张伯伦辞去首相职务后
998supported continuation instead of支持继续而不是
999Lord Halifax's proposal for peace talks.哈利法克斯勋爵提出的和谈建议.
1000Proposition would have you think that提案会让你觉得
1001Churchill's charismatic personality丘吉尔的魅力人格
1002changed minds and motivated everyone to fight改变思想,激励大家战斗
1003on.继续
1004But the causal arrow runs the但因果箭头在运行
1005other way.别的
1006It was because Labour是因为工党
1007were already committed to fighting on that they chose已经承诺在他们选择的
1008to work under Churchill rather than any在丘吉尔下工作,而不是任何
1009other conservative leader.其他保守派领袖。
1010The best version of the proposition case is that提议案的最好版本是
1011the decision to continue the war makes Churchill a hero决定继续战争 让丘吉尔成为英雄
1012because it was a courageous and morally significant因为它是一个勇敢和道德意义
1013choice.选择。
1014But any war cabinet但任何战争内阁
1015independent of Churchill would have made与丘吉尔无关
1016this decision because the British people因为英国人民
1017at the time were strongly pro-war.当时是强烈支持战争的。
1018They had just seen the German army murder他们刚刚看到德国军队的谋杀
101960,000 civilians in Poland.波兰6万平民.
1020They'd seen the newsreels of burning buildings.他们看到了燃烧建筑的新闻片
1021They had sent their sons to die他们派儿子去送死
1022defending France.保卫法国
1023The atrocities暴行
1024in Europe did not make the British people在欧洲,没有使英国人民
1025scared but it made their resolve吓坏了,但是他们下定决心了
1026stronger.更强。
1027This team would have这个团队会
1028you believe that a couple of admittedly你相信,夫妇承认
1029really cool, really rhetorical speeches真的很酷,真的修辞
1030changed the minds of the people who were already改变人们的心思 已经
1031united against a common enemy who had联合起来对付共同的敌人
1032already sent their sons to defend Europe.已经派他们的儿子去保卫欧洲
1033We are taught to hear Churchill's教会我们听丘吉尔的
1034speeches as sparks that ignited national演说作为点燃全国的火花
1035will.会的
1036But sparks only matter when但只有当
1037there is no fire and in 1940没有火,1940年
1038Britain was already burning.英国已经在燃烧。
1039Even if you ignore this, most即使你无视这一点,大多数
1040of the underlying conditions that led to allied victory导致盟军获胜的基本条件
1041in Europe have been independent of Churchill.欧洲一直独立于丘吉尔。
1042He was turned down numerous times by the他被多次拒绝
1043US.美国。
1044It was Pearl Harbor and not persuasion是珍珠港,不是劝说
1045that brought them into the war.让他们陷入战争
1046Hitler probably attacks希特勒可能攻击
1047the Soviet Union regardless of who is in charge苏联,无论谁负责
1048of Britain.英国
1049Importantly, he was重要的是,他是
1050not alone in wanting to fight on.不只是想要继续战斗
1051Everyone in British policy making英国决策中的每个人
1052{\fn黑体\fs20\shad2\2aH82\3aH20\4aH33\fscx95\3cH592001\be1}我明白 贪婪的胃口
1053of the Nazi regime would not be sated纳粹政权的统治是不会结束的
1054by continental Europe and they could not have他们不可能拥有
1055time to consolidate their gains.是时候巩固他们的成果了
1056They were他们是
1057even clear, selfish interests to continue更清楚 自私 继续
1058the war, to be part of the post-war settlement战争,成为战后解决方案的一部分
1059dividing up Europe and the colonies.瓜分欧洲和殖民地.
1060Yes, getting bombed is scary是的,被轰炸是可怕的
1061but there was no question that continuing但毫无疑问的是,
1062the war was in the clear national战争在明清时期
1063interest.利息
1064Now I know Reform UK might现在我知道英国改革可能
1065not care that much about the clear national interest根本不在乎明确的国家利益
1066but the people of the time did.但当时的民众确实如此。
1067That is why这就是为什么
1068Atlee and Greenwood and Chamberlain阿特里和格林伍德和张伯伦
1069voted to continue the war, even投票决定继续战争
1070independent of Churchill.独立于丘吉尔。
1071All全体
1072of this is to say that if there was heroism如果有英雄主义的话
1073found in 1940, it was not在1940年发现,它不是
1074found in the safety of Whitehall, in the bunkers在怀特霍尔的安全, 在掩体中发现的
1075of the war rooms and climbing up onto a然后爬上战场
1076roof of five minutes one day out of5分钟的屋顶 一天出
1077365.365 (英语).
1078The heroism in英雄主义
10791940 was found in the foxholes1940年在狐狸洞被发现
1080of Calais, on the beaches of Dunkirk在敦刻尔克的海滩上
1081and in burning skies above the channel在沸腾的天空中,
1082not in the safety of Whitehall.不是在白厅的安全。
1083My second broad response to this argument is that我对这一论点的第二个广泛答复是:
1084Churchill handled the war actually quite poorly丘吉尔对战争的处理非常糟糕
1085in many regards, not because of folly在许多方面,不是因为愚蠢
1086but sheer arrogance.却很傲慢
1087I will point to three我要指出三个
1088examples.实例。
1089First, as Lord of the首先,作为上帝
1090Admiralty, Churchill pushed relentlessly海军上将,丘吉尔无情推进
1091for the deployment of British forces to Norway在挪威部署英国部队
1092to counter the initial offensive there, despite对抗最初的进攻,尽管
1093serious and well-founded opposition from严重和有根据的反对
1094senior commanders.高级指挥官。
1095Possessed by拥有者
1096unshakable faith in the Royal Navy,对皇家海军的坚定信念
1097Churchill was obsessed with the idea of a decisive丘吉尔沉迷于一个决定性的想法
1098naval landing, especially because Swedish特别是因为瑞典语
1099iron ore was being passed through Norwegian铁矿石通过挪威
1100ports.端口。
1101The result was not strategic结果不是战略性的
1102brilliance but catastrophe.聪明但灾难。
1103British troops英国部队
1104were exposed, massacred, effectively被暴露,屠杀, 有效
1105destroyed and crucial attention and和重要关注,
1106resources were shifted away from the German invasion资源从德国入侵转移
1107of France merely weeks later.仅仅几周后法国就结束了。
1108Fixation hardened into bad decisions固执到坏决定
1109and that hardened into mass graves.和坚硬的坟墓。
1110Secondly, Churchill pushed for the第二,丘吉尔推动
1111continued deployment of the British Expeditionary Force继续部署英国远征部队
1112even when he was told that it was a lost cause.即使有人告诉他这是个失败的事业
1113Two weeks before Dunkirk, he was在敦刻尔克两周前,他
1114still shipping troops in across the仍然运兵过马路
1115channel, who were lost when the HMS频道,HMS时丢失的频道
1116Lancaster sank, killing 3,500兰开斯特沉没,死亡3 500人
1117soldiers.士兵们
1118Hollywood falsely好莱坞假的
1119gave the credit for Admiral给将军的功劳
1120Ramsey's Dunkirk decision to the Gary Oldman拉姆齐对盖瑞·奥德曼的决定
1121version of Churchill, but the real version丘吉尔版本,但真实版本
1122of Churchill was very much responsible for丘吉尔对此非常负责
1123most of the British army being stranded when France大部分英国军队被困在法国
1124fell.掉下来了
1125Deciding to fight on决定继续战斗
1126stops being courageous and heroic when your停止勇敢和英勇 当你
1127every decision is to fight.每一个决定都是战斗
1128As with Norway, obsession blinded和挪威一样,痴迷盲了
1129command and arrogance did the命令和自负
1130killing.杀人
1131The final set of examples最后一组实例
1132is the one I find personally most difficult是我个人最难找到的
1133to speak about because if this house credits说因为如果这房子的信用
1134Churchill with liberating Europe, they must also丘吉尔解放了欧洲 他们也必须
1135reckon with his responsibility for the collapse考虑一下他对于崩溃的责任
1136of British power in Asia.英国在亚洲的权力。
1137His racist underestimation of the Japanese他对日本人的种族主义低估
1138was matched only by his uncritical他的不批判性
1139faith in the glory of empire.相信帝国的荣耀
1140The fortifications in Singapore, for example,例如新加坡的防御工事,
1141faced completely the wrong way because it was thought面对完全错误的方式,因为它被思考
1142that the Japanese could not possibly get through the日本人不可能通过
1143Malaysian jungle.马来西亚丛林.
1144The peninsula was left undefended半岛无人防守
1145because they thought the Japanese couldn't pass tanks因为日本人不能通过坦克
1146through and the Japanese killed them on bicycles.和日本人用自行车杀死他们。
1147You might ask, why is any你可能会问, 为什么是任何
1148of this Churchill's fault?丘吉尔的错?
1149But if there is any但是如果有的话
1150doubt about responsibility and where it lay,怀疑责任和责任所在
1151Churchill himself removed that doubt when丘吉尔本人消除了这种怀疑 当
1152after the war he said that he personally战后,他说他个人
1153should have ensured Singapore's defences应保证新加坡的防卫
1154given his particular interest in the naval base鉴于他对海军基地特别感兴趣
1155there in the interwar period.在战争期间
1156He wrote他写道
1157and I quote, the possibility我引用,这个可能性
1158of Singapore having no landward defences新加坡没有陆上防御工事
1159no more entered my mind than launching a我脑海里只有发射一个
1160battleship without a bottom.没有底部的战舰.
1161Responsibility责任
1162does not get much clearer than that.没有比这更清楚。
1163And to the previous speaker, do not tell me对前一位发言者,不要告诉我
1164I wouldn't be here without Churchill.没有丘吉尔,我不会在这里。
1165I was from我是从
1166Singapore and my grandparents were abandoned新加坡和我的祖父母被抛弃了
1167by the Churchill administration.由丘吉尔政府负责
1168The most damning moment came when Singapore最令人发指的时刻到了,新加坡
1169was in the brink of collapse with British command在英国指挥下濒临崩溃
1170crying out for help.呼求救护.
1171Churchill's ego丘吉尔的自负
1172showed no understanding of modern warfare对现代战争毫无了解
1173despite seeing the damage of Pearl Harbor尽管看到珍珠港受损
1174and literally having lived through the Blitz并活在闪电中
1175he dispatched the HMS他派出了HMS
1176Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales with退职和威尔士亲王殿下
1177no air cover against the strength of the没有空中掩护 与强度
1178Japanese air power.日本航空动力.
1179Whether this decision是否决定
1180sprang from blind faith in the Royal Navy从对皇家海军的盲目信仰中涌现出来
1181or the racial contempt Churchill had for或者丘吉尔对种族蔑视
1182Asians saying and I quote, I hate亚洲人说,我引用, 我讨厌
1183people with slit eyes and pigtails, the result眼睛和尾巴被割开的人,结果
1184was the same.一样
1185It was not heroism这不是英雄主义
1186it was disaster.这是灾难。
1187Both两者
1188vessels were predictably sunk by aircraft预计船只被飞机击沉
1189before they reached Singapore.在他们到达新加坡之前
1190Churchill's丘吉尔的
1191grand vision of battleships sailing into the伟大的愿景 战列舰驶入
1192harbor singing Britannia rules the waves海边唱着不列颠风波
1193turned into the sickening reality of 800变成了令人厌恶的现实 800
1194Tommy boys ripped to shrapnel汤米男孩撕成碎片
1195and choking on oil in the black of the night在黑夜里,在油中窒息着,
1196as they slipped beneath the waves在波涛下滑倒
1197even if proposition ignores every argument即使命题忽略了每一个论据
1198beyond the Second World War as this team在第二次世界大战之后 作为这个团队
1199wants you to do.想要你这样做。
1200It cannot escape它无法逃脱
1201this conclusion.这一结论。
1202Churchill's decision丘吉尔的决定
1203repeatedly consigned genuine heroes屡次派遣真正的英雄
1204to an unnecessary death.至不必要的死亡。
1205What is这是什么
1206praised as courage is in truth a single被赞颂为勇气 说实话,只有一个人
1207minded obsession with imperial conflict.沉迷于帝国主义冲突
1208This is not heroism, it is hard headed这不是英雄主义,这是很难的
1209warmongering.战争
1210I am now going to present我现在介绍
1211a second set of arguments to oppose the motion第二组反对动议的理由
1212just in case this team however不过以防这个团队
1213ironically wants to paint us as讽刺的是,想把我们描绘成
1214bitter immigrants from Singapore and India新加坡和印度的苦力移民
1215who came here to rail against British colonialism.他是来反抗英国殖民主义的
1216The impact of the Churchill administration丘吉尔政府的影响
1217was felt at home.被感觉在家里。
1218The first第一个
1219such instance was when Churchill as Home当丘吉尔成为家时
1220Secretary ordered troops into Tony Pandy秘书命令部队进入托尼潘迪
1221in 1910 to suppress the strikes在1910年镇压罢工
1222of Welsh miners.威尔士矿工。
1223These were not foreign这些不是外国的
1224enemies, they were British workers protesting敌人,他们是英国工人抗议
1225against dangerous conditions and starvation消除危险和饥饿
1226wages and instead of arriving as a工资,而不是作为
1227mediator Churchill dispatched troops丘吉尔调解人派遣部队
1228who could use deadly force and ultimately他们可以使用致命的武力,并最终
1229succeeded in their repression.成功镇压了他们。
1230As Home Secretary作为内政大臣
1231his conduct was not only immoral他的行为不仅不道德
1232it was disproportionate, forcing这是不相称的,强迫的
1233citizens whose only crime was collective唯一的罪行是集体的
1234bargaining to face down the barrel of讨价还价 面对的桶
1235bayonets.刺刀(原变种).
1236The proposition may argue that this这个提议可能认为
1237was necessary to prevent violence or防止暴力或
1238Churchill didn't really want violence to happen丘吉尔并不想发生暴力
1239but this defence collapses when you observe但当你们观察时,防御系统会崩溃
1240the pattern.这个模式。
1241A year later he一年之后,他又来了
1242again deployed troops to Liverpool to put down重新部署部队到利物浦放下
1243the transport worker strikes, at this time运输工人罢工,此时此刻
1244with permanent consequences.会有永久的后果。
1245Too many in their twenties were murdered when20多岁的人被谋杀了
1246Churchill's troops opened fire into the crowd.丘吉尔的部队向人群开火.
1247The blood on his hands did not他手上的血没有
1248deter his trigger finger because in阻止他的扳机手指,因为
12491919 he sent tanks and some 10,0001919年他派了坦克和大约一万辆
1250troops to Glasgow to again put驻格拉斯哥部队再次部署
1251down the Union strikes on the basis that it was联邦罢工的理由是
1252supposedly a Bolshevik revolt.应该是布尔什维克的叛乱
1253It was like proposition says这就像命题说
1254that Churchill fought for freedom and democracy丘吉尔为自由和民主而战
1255but it's clear that the only thing he was interested但很明显他唯一感兴趣的是
1256in was the fight, not freedom and战斗,不是自由
1257not democracy.而不是民主主义。
1258Second,第二,我们...
1259while much has been said, strangely虽然说了很多,奇怪的是
1260from both teams, about Churchill's racial从两队, 关于丘吉尔的种族
1261attitudes towards colonised people, it is对殖民者的态度,这是
1262necessary to confront his views on women有必要面对他对妇女的看法
1263because he was not a supporter of women's suffrage因为他不是女性选举权的支持者
1264writing that women were, and I quote,写到女人,我引用
1265well represented by their fathers,他们的父亲们,
1266brothers and husbands.兄长和丈夫
1267And no,没有,
1268this was not just him being a product of his这不仅仅是他的产物
1269time because other British political figures因为其他英国政治人物
1270at the time were far more progressive on the issue当时,这个问题的进展要大得多。
1271of women's suffrage.妇女选举权。
1272This also applies to这也适用于
1273other arguments as well.还有其他论点。
1274Churchill丘吉尔
1275at the time was not, his racism当时不是 他的种族主义
1276was not typical.这不是典型的。
1277It was extreme.这是极端的。
1278He was criticised in Parliament for commenting他被议会批评评论
1279on indigenous people being replaced by the关于土著人民被
1280higher grade race of the British.英国人高年级的比赛
1281If Churchill is considered a hero for如果丘吉尔被认为是英雄
1282protecting democracy, you need to ask保护民主,你需要问
1283democracy for who?民主为谁服务?
1284Because it certainly因为当然
1285wasn't everyone in Churchill's world.不是丘吉尔的世界里的每一个人
1286Finally, and most egregiously,最后,最令人发指的是,
1287we must confront his我们必须面对他
1288role in sending the black and tans to Ireland黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑
1289during the War of Independence.在独立战争期间。
1290These groups这些团体
1291had a reputation of excessive violence and拥有过度暴力的声誉
1292Churchill knew it.丘吉尔知道
1293He deliberately他故意这样
1294chose to ignore the cries for help from选择忽略请求帮助的呼声
1295terrorised civilian populations, refused恐吓平民,拒绝
1296calls to stand down the black and tans and even黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑
1297wanted to dispatch air power to Ireland.想要向爱尔兰发送空中电力
1298The consequences on this of the由此而来的后果
1299civilian population are too numerous and平民人口太多,而且
1300too graphic for me to name.画的太像了
1301The black那个黑人
1302and tans conducted reprisal, arbitrary棕褐色进行报复,任意
1303killing of non-combatants.杀害非战斗人员。
1304They burned homes.他们烧毁了房屋。
1305They sieged villages to cut off their food他们包围村庄,切断食物
1306supply.供应。
1307They accused the murdering他们指控谋杀
1308dozens of people, including a priest whose数十人,包括一位牧师
1309body was found dumped in a bog days尸体被发现在沼泽的日子里被丢弃
1310later.等会
1311The violence became so extreme暴力变得如此极端
1312that it wasn't just opposition from Parliament,不仅仅是议会的反对,
1313it was opposition from the King as well.也是国王的反对
1314Churchill likes to speak of the darkest丘吉尔喜欢说最黑暗的
1315hour, but the darkest hour for the一小时,但最黑暗的时刻
1316civilians of Ireland was not a speech.爱尔兰平民并不是一个演讲。
1317It was the reality of the years they spent那是他们度过的岁月的现实
1318living under the terror of the troops that Churchill生活在丘吉尔部队的恐怖之下
1319sent to repress them.派去镇压他们
1320He made他创造了
1321it a wasteland and he called it peace.这是一片荒地 他称之为和平
1322These are not isolated mistakes.这不是孤立的错误。
1323They form a pattern.它们形成了一种模式。
1324Whenever he was confronted with demands每当他遇到要求时
1325for dignity from workers, from women,从工人、妇女、
1326from colonised people, Churchill responded来自殖民者的丘吉尔回应
1327with force.以强力.
1328It was the obsession with violence这是对暴力的痴迷
1329that led Churchill to send hundreds of导致丘吉尔送来了数百人
1330thousands of allied troops to their futile成千上万的盟军 徒劳无功
1331slaughter at Gallipoli and ultimately led在加利波利的屠杀 并最终领导
1332to him being voted out in the 19451945年被淘汰给他
1333election when he wanted to continue confrontation.当他想要继续对抗时
1334If the people who lived through the如果那些活在
1335war wanted to throw him out immediately after,战争之后就想把他赶出去
1336clearly they didn't believe that he was显然他们不相信他是
1337a hero at all.是个英雄
1338The final决赛
1339question I want to address is how everything我想谈的一个问题是,一切如何
1340we have said bears on the idea of heroism我们说过 英雄主义的想法
1341itself.它本身。
1342Let me be clear.让我说清楚
1343We are not saying that Churchill was a villain.我们不是说丘吉尔是个坏人
1344We are not saying he didn't do good.我们不是说他没有做好事
1345We are not saying我们不是说
1346he didn't rise to the occasion in a time of他没有在那个时候站起来
1347crisis.危机。
1348But heroism, as Tanuj rightly但英雄主义,正如塔努杰正确
1349frames, carries a very demanding框,带一个非常苛刻的
1350moral burden.道德负担。
1351So if you walk out所以如果你走出来
1352of here thinking that Churchill was a complicated man,认为丘吉尔是个复杂的人
1353that his legacy was complex, that he was他的遗产是复杂的,他是
1354flawed, that even he might have been a hero to some错误的,即使他 可能已经是一个英雄 一些
1355groups of people, that is not a sufficient这还不够
1356condition for you to vote for the proposition投票支持提案的条件
1357because complexity is not heroism.因为复杂不是英雄主义
1358Admiration from some does有些人的赞美
1359not entitle anyone to the exemption不赋予任何人豁免的权利
1360of moral examination.道德检查。
1361We simply我们只是
1362cannot excuse grave wrongdoing不能为严重错误辩护
1363on the basis of good, especially when在良好的基础上,特别是当
1364the same authority he did, he used to do that和他一样,他曾经这么做
1365good, was used to do the好,是用来做
1366wrongdoing.错失行为
1367I think that we think that some我认为,我们认为一些
1368things are not redeemable.事情是无法挽回的。
1369If Keir Starmer如果凯尔·斯塔默
1370won the war in Ukraine, but millions赢得了乌克兰的战争,但数百万
1371of people in the UK back home starved, I don't英国人饿死,我不饿
1372think any of you will consider him a hero.你们谁都认为他是英雄
1373By Zia's metric, Hitler could be considered根据齐亚的衡量标准,可以考虑希特勒
1374a hero because he was very courageous in fighting for一个英雄 因为他非常勇敢地为
1375what he believed in.他所信仰的东西
1376Clearly, this is not显然,这不是
1377sufficient for someone to be a hero.足以成为英雄
1378If that isn't enough to convince you, there如果这还不足以说服你,就在那里
1379are strong second order reasons for you to vote for这是你投票支持的第二大理由
1380the opposition.反对派。
1381What should we怎么办?
1382demand of our heroes?我们的英雄的要求?
1383What should we怎么办?
1384teach our children what values to admire教我们的孩子欣赏什么价值
1385and emulate?你应当效法我,
1386Should our predominant如果我们的主要
1387image of the genuine British heroism真正的英国英雄形象
1388in World War II be this deeply在二战中... ...
1389flawed and complicated man, or the有缺陷和复杂的人,或者
1390actual heroes like Douglas Bader,像道格拉斯·巴德这样的英雄
1391Ailin Nan, Lakshman Gurung, and the millions of imperial爱林南,拉克什曼古龙 和百万帝国主义者
1392conscripts who laid down their lives牺牲生命的应征者
1393to protect this continent?保护这个大陆?
1394This这个
1395motion does not just call on us to make动议不只是要求我们做
1396a descriptive judgement, but a prescriptive说明性判断,但规定
1397one on what we want from our heroes,我们想从英雄那里得到什么
1398who we should worship, whose statue我们应该崇拜谁,谁的雕像
1399should be in Parliament.应该是在议会。
1400And we argue我们争吵
1401that a hero is not someone who wins英雄不是赢家
1402history.历史
1403A hero is someone who refuses英雄就是拒绝的人
1404to lose his humanity while doing it.在做的时候失去他的人性
1405To the arguments that Tanush has presented,对于塔努什提出的论据,
1406we got feeble excuses and deafening我们得到了软弱的借口 耳聋
1407silence.安静
1408We agree this debate我们同意这次辩论
1409is not all academic.不是所有的学术。
1410Anyone voting proposition has to walk任何投票提案都要步行
1411out of here and carry with them the weight离开这儿,带着重物
1412of the innocents repressed in Wales and在威尔士被镇压的无辜者
1413Ireland, the soldiers sent to their deaths爱尔兰,士兵送他们去死
1414in Gallipoli and Singapore, the children在加里波利和新加坡,孩子们
1415that were starved in Bengal.那些在孟加拉挨饿的人
1416And we know that the lightest body bags我们知道最轻的袋子
1417are always the hardest to carry.总是最难携带。
1418I end with an adaptation of words我最后要改个词
1419from poets far more gifted than I am.来自诗人的天赋比我还高
1420Like Ozymandias, Churchill像奥兹曼迪亚斯,丘吉尔
1421demanded admiration.需要钦佩
1422Like Ordon's rulers,像奥登的统治者一样
1423his power reduced lives to abstractions.他的力量使生命沦为抽象
1424Like Byron's anti-hero,像拜伦的反英雄,
1425he mistook force for virtue.他把武力误认为是美德。
1426None
1427of this is heroism.这是英雄主义
1428Muthachar,穆沙查尔,
1429I hope you're proud of me.我希望你为我骄傲
1430I'm so proud to oppose.我非常自豪地反对。
1431Before we move on to the final two speeches,在我们开始最后两场演讲之前
1432I would like to invite some我想邀请一些
1433members from the audience to deliver来自听众的成员
1434floor speeches.地板演讲。
1435Is there anyone有没有人
1436for a proposition?为了一个提议?
1437The member at the front.成员在前面。
1438I feel as though this may be the only我觉得这也许是唯一的
1439country, except perhaps Germany, which国家,也许德国除外
1440views self-hatred and self-criticism自我仇恨和自我批评
1441as sort of a virtue.作为一种美德。
1442It seems看起来
1443really bizarre to me, this attitude这态度对我来说很奇怪
1444of whenever a Brit rises当英国人崛起时
1445to greatness, whenever a Brit achieves当一个英国人达到
1446something that really exceeds and真正超过,
1447demonstrates our values,证明我们的价值观,
1448we feel the need to perpetually criticise and poke holes我们觉得需要永远批评和戳孔
1449and find issues.找到问题
1450Yes, Churchill was not是的,丘吉尔不是
1451a perfect person, but it was said by一个完美的人, 但它是说,
1452the previous speaker that上一位发言者指出,
1453complexity does not make heroism.复杂性不会造成英雄主义。
1454I think that's an absurd thing to say.我觉得这话太荒谬了
1455Some of the greatest heroes in history were历史上最伟大的英雄
1456complex, flawed people who ended up doing复杂,有缺陷的人 最终做
1457amazing, great things.惊人的,伟大的东西。
1458Now, what现在,什么
1459are we as a country?我们是国家吗?
1460Are we a我们是一个
1461bunch of economic units?一堆经济单位?
1462Are we just我们只是
1463a wet rock in the water?水里一块湿石头?
1464Or are we还是我们
1465a people with values, beliefs有价值观和信仰的民族
1466and convictions?和定罪?
1467And if we are the latter,如果我们是后者,
1468I believe that Churchill was one of the我相信丘吉尔是
1469best and greatest examples of someone who最佳和最伟大的例子
1470demonstrates those convictions and those证明这些定罪和
1471values.数值。
1472So despite his flaws, despite所以尽管他的缺点,尽管
1473the mistakes that were made at the time当时所犯的错误
1474based on the information that was available, despite根据现有资料,尽管
1475the fact that when you are a leader, you当你成为领袖时
1476have immense responsibility and the highs责任重大,责任重大
1477are immensely high and the lows are immensely高得惊人,低得惊人
1478low and when you're in war, you cannot be低,当你在战争中,你不能
1479perfect.完美无缺
1480Despite that, I think that he虽然如此,我觉得他
1481represents our values, our beliefs代表我们的价值观和信仰
1482and who we are as Britain, better和谁是英国,更好
1483than almost anyone in history and for that reason比历史上几乎任何人 也因为这个原因
1484I believe that Winston Churchill is a hero.我相信温斯顿·丘吉尔是个英雄
1485Thank you.谢谢
1486I would like to call one我想打电话给一个
1487speaker for side opposition.副反对者发言。
1488Yes.
1489Madam President,主席女士,
1490Winston Churchill was not a good man.温斯顿·丘吉尔不是一个好人。
1491He was not a hero.他不是一个英雄。
1492He
1493was a racist.是个种族主义者。
1494He was an imperialist他是个帝国主义者
1495and he was a mass murderer.他是个杀人狂
1496Now, I'm not going to make that case现在,我不会说出这个理由
1497for you all because there are three excellent people因为你们有三个优秀的人
1498who have already made it or who will make it谁已经做了,谁会做它
1499for you.给你的
1500But listening但是听着
1501to this debate reminds对本次辩论的提醒
1502me of a book,我的书,
1503of a poem一首诗
1504that I really love, Paradise我真的很喜欢,天堂
1505Lost by John Milton, which many of you被约翰·米尔顿迷路了,你们很多人
1506will have read.将会阅读。
1507And I think particularly to book我特别想订书
150811 of Paradise Lost,"失乐园11"
1509when after Eve has eaten当夏娃吃饭之后,
1510the forbidden fruit,禁果,
1511the archangel Michael comes down大天使迈克尔下来了
1512and he gives Adam and Eve a chastising他使阿丹和夏娃受刑罚,
1513and he gives them a vision他以一个视觉昭示他们,
1514of the future and he talks about the events未来,他谈论事件
1515that will occur on this planet.这将会发生在这个星球上
1516And there's a particular segment where he talks还有一段他说话的地方
1517about the great men of history,关于历史的伟人,
1518of Alexander,亚历山大
1519of Caesar, and of their凯撒和他们的
1520judgment in the sight of God.审判在上帝的眼前。
1521And it's that passage that I'd like to read我想读的那段
1522out to you.出来给你。
1523Before glory done在荣耀完成之前
1524of triumph to be styled great conquerors,以伟大的征服者发誓,
1525patrons of mankind,人类的保佑者,
1526gods and众神和
1527sons of gods,众神的儿子,
1528destroyers rightly are called,驱逐舰被正确称为,
1529and plagues of men.和人类的灾祸。
1530Thank you.谢谢
1531Next I would like to call on Ms. Cunningham to deliver接下来我请坎宁安女士发言
1532her speech for side proposition.她的副提议演讲
1533Madam President, ladies and总统女士,女士们
1534gentlemen, if this debate is先生们 如果这次辩论
1535one on how many words are spoken per minute,一分钟说几句话,
1536then I concede defeat to the opposition.然后我向反对派承认失败
1537Despite going to Oxford,尽管去牛津,
1538he doesn't seem to understand他好像没明白
1539the amplifying capabilities扩大能力
1540of a microphone.麦克风。
1541I didn't go to我没有去
1542Oxford.牛津大学.
1543I didn't quite make it.我没来得及
1544I didn't read books and as the Oppen said,我没有看书,正如奥本所说,
1545I spent time doing slam dunks.我花了很长时间来打篮球
1546So I don't come with所以我不跟你们走
1547facts, I don't come with dates,事实,我不带日期,
1548and I don't come with poetry.我不带诗来
1549As a politician I come with rhetoric.作为一个政治家,我带着修辞而来。
1550And I'll tell you this, some men告诉你,一些男人
1551write history, right?写历史,对不对?
1552Some men survive history,有些男人在历史中幸存下来
1553some lucky men get to read有些幸运的人会读书
1554history.历史
1555Churchill丘吉尔
1556bent history to his will, and that's将历史归结于他的意志,这就是
1557why we're free here to nitpick him为什么我们在这里自由选择他
1558tonight.今晚见
1559He was no他没有
1560armchair, no thanks, not right now, he was手椅,不,谢谢,现在不是,他是
1561no armchair patriot like没有爱国者喜欢的
1562some here.这里有些
1563He didn't wage他没有付钱
1564wars from behind a lectern or a战争背后的演讲或
1565microphone, he rode in them.麦克风,他骑着它们。
1566While most of today's critics虽然今天的批评者大多
1567write essays and debates撰写论文和辩论
1568about the empire,关于帝国,
1569he was dodging bullets to save it.他躲过子弹来救它
1570He faced live他面对直播
1571ammunition while you faced live弹药,当你面对现场
1572audiences.观众。
1573One takes一个
1574courage, the other takes勇气,另一个需要
1575good grades.成绩不错。
1576Now the dons现在的唐人
1577and the students can afford to学生可以负担
1578moralise because men like道德,因为男人喜欢
1579Churchill bought their safety丘吉尔买了他们的保险
1580with blood.与血迹。
1581They can rewrite他们可以重写
1582history because he made sure that there历史因为他确保在那里
1583was a history to write.是一个历史写作。
1584You study courage,你学习勇气
1585he lived it.他活了下来。
1586They have the comfort of hindsight,他们有后视力,
1587he had the discomfort他有点不适
1588of incoming fire.即将着火
1589Now it's easy to be flawless现在很容易无瑕疵
1590and judgemental.和判断。
1591When the
1592gravest danger you face你面临的最大危险
1593is a D, not是一个D,不是
1594the Luftwaffe.法兰西空军
1595That's the gulf那是海湾
1596we're debating tonight between those who我们今晚在那些
1597act and those who analyse.行动与分析者。
1598He earned his convictions他赢得了他的信念
1599the hard way,艰难的路,
1600you earn them in a book.你在书里挣钱
1601When the establishment kicked him down,当公司把他踢下来时
1602when he didn't retreat to write a thesis,当他没有退去写论文时
1603he went back to the front line他回到前线
1604to prove he wasn't a coward.为了证明他不是懦夫
1605Go on.继续
1606Yeah, he did是的,他这样做
1607when he was young, actually.其实他年轻的时候
1608I don't come with dates, I come with我不带约会,我带
1609rhetoric, love.说辞,爱。
1610Read a book.读一书.
1611Now it's easy现在很简单
1612to be flawless.成为无瑕疵。
1613Oh, sorry, I think对不起,我想
1614I've gone to that.我已经去。
1615It's easy to be spotless when you've做无斑点的人很容易
1616never had to decide从来没有决定
1617who lives and dies before活着和死去的人
1618dawn.黎明时分。
1619You see, across Europe你看,整个欧洲
1620now, sadly, we are watching a new generation现在,可悲的是,我们正在看着新一代
1621of Chamberlains.张伯伦
1622Not waving umbrellas, it's very不挥舞伞,这是非常
1623awkward, but尴尬,但是
1624signing away sovereignty in the name以名义签署放弃主权
1625of global partnerships.全球伙伴关系。
1626Partnerships that serve everyone为所有人服务的伙伴关系
1627except the nations that sign them.惟签署它们的各民族除外。
1628They close factories for applause他们关闭工厂来掌声
1629abroad and call it virtue at home.在国外,并称之为美德在国内。
1630They weaken themselves他们削弱自己
1631and dress it up as progress.把它打扮成进步
1632They sign away their strength to global他们向全球签署他们的力量
1633deals that enrich their rivals交易,丰富他们的对手
1634but never their people.但绝不是他们的人民。
1635They shut down their own industries to win applause他们关闭自己的产业 赢得掌声
1636on the international stage and call it progress并称之为进步
1637while their citizens他们的公民
1638pay the price.付出代价。
1639We're watching我们在看
1640governments surrender their sovereignty政府放弃主权
1641piece by piece, dressing逐块涂装
1642it up as partnership.它作为伙伴关系。
1643They chase approval abroad他们向国外申请批准
1644while hollowing out nations they将国家空虚,
1645swore to defend.发誓要捍卫
1646That's这是
1647not national security.不是国家安全
1648That's betrayal dressed as这是背叛 伪装成
1649diplomacy, and Churchill would have外交,丘吉尔会
1650called it what it is.把它称为它是什么。
1651Appeasement.抚恤.
1652He warned against他警告过不要
1653appeasement once.安抚一次.
1654Sadly, we're很遗憾,我们
1655watching it again.再说一遍
1656A continent that bends rather than stands.一个弯曲而不是站立的大陆.
1657Leaders who treat sovereignty对待主权的领导人
1658like an inconvenience to be outsourced.像一个不便 外包。
1659Go on.继续
1660Okay, you're done now.好了,你结束了。
1661It's not a lecture.岂非讲学.
1662Point taken.说得好
1663Some would argue有些人会争吵
1664bravery makes a hero, and a hero勇敢成为英雄,成为英雄
1665is brave.勇敢无畏
1666Point of order.问法句.
1667I can't take我无法承受
1668all the point of order.所有的问题。
1669Now, where was I?我说到哪儿了?
1670He warned against他警告过不要
1671appeasement once, and we're watching it again.一次安抚,我们又在看
1672The continent that bends rather than stands.弯曲而不是站立的大陆.
1673He understood他懂的,我说
1674something, sadly, that our politicians可悲的是 我们的政治家们
1675have forgotten today.已经忘记今天。
1676A nation must always be able一个国家必须永远有能力
1677to stand alone.独处。
1678Because only a nation that will defend its own因为只有保卫自己的国家
1679self-interest to the last breath.自我利益到最后一口气。
1680Allies have their place,盟军有他们的位置,
1681but every ally has its own interest,但每个盟友都有自己的利益,
1682its own voters, its own flag.自己的选民,自己的旗帜。
1683You can work with friends, as I'm sure you你可以和朋友一起工作,我相信你们
1684all do.都一样。
1685But you cannot rely on them to但你不能依赖他们
1686die for your priorities.死为你的优先。
1687That's why这就是为什么
1688leaders must never outsource their courage or领导者永远不能放弃他们的勇气
1689their sovereignty.他们的主权。
1690And the price of和代价
1691forgetting that, that our leaders have忘记这一点,我们的领导人
1692today, Churchill would今天,丘吉尔会
1693have called it appeasement.称之为安抚。
1694A nation...一个国家...
1695Yeah, go on.是啊,继续。
1696Who wanted a point谁想要一点
1697of order?秩序吗?
1698Sorry, do you have a question?对不起,你有问题吗?
1699Yeah?是吗?
1700I'm not denying that.我不会否认的
1701What's your point?你想说什么?
1702See, Churchill看,丘吉尔
1703didn't lead by focus group.没有通过焦点小组领导。
1704Churchill didn't lead by focus groups.丘吉尔并没有由焦点小组领导.
1705He led with conviction.他带着信念领导。
1706He recognized他认得
1707the first and the most第一个和最
1708sacred duty of any任何人的神圣义务
1709government is to keep its people safe.政府要保证人民的安全
1710And unlike our leaders today,不像我们今天的领导人
1711he honored it.他很荣幸
1712He spoke victory into existence他把胜利说成存在
1713when every map screamed defeat.当每张地图都尖叫着失败的时候
1714He told a bombed out Britain,他告诉一个被轰炸的英国,
1715we are masters of our fate.我们是命运的主宰
1716And the nation believed him.国家相信他
1717Let's be honest, he老实说,他
1718wasn't perfect.不尽如人意
1719Perfection完善
1720is for angels, victory is for adults.是天使的胜利是成年人的胜利
1721A hero isn't a saint.英雄非圣贤.
1722He's the one that does whatever他是一个谁做什么
1723it takes when civilization is on当文明开始的时候
1724the line.线条。
1725He chose duty他选择了义务
1726over popularity超受欢迎
1727and he made defense itself他为自己辩护,
1728a victory.一个胜利。
1729He saw what他看见了什么
1730clever men, much like today,聪明人,就像今天一样
1731in fancy suits, didn't穿着漂亮的西装,没有
1732that evil was gathering strength.邪恶正在凝聚力量
1733And Europe's polite diplomacy欧洲的礼节外交
1734was feeding it.是喂养它。
1735He understood that surrender doesn't stop他知道投降不会停止
1736tyranny.暴政。 暴政。
1737It feeds it.其供养.
1738His words, we shall fight on the beaches.他的话,我们要在海滩上战斗
1739They weren't the poetry you recite.他们不是你所诵的诗
1740They were policy.他们是政策。
1741And they saved lives.他们拯救了生命。
1742They convinced a他们说服
1743frightened nation that defiance itself恐惧的国家 藐视自己
1744is victory.这是胜利。
1745Yes, he was human.是的,他是人类。
1746I'm so happy to see我很高兴看到
1747so many reform fans here.这么多的改革粉丝在这里。
1748I must tell you, sir, you need to stop我必须告诉你,先生,你必须停止
1749watching social media and actually read the news.观看社交媒体,实际上阅读新闻。
1750Because neither of that因为没有
1751were said.有人说。
1752Now, heroism, my friends, ladies and gentlemen,现在,英雄主义,我的朋友,女士们,先生们,
1753is measured in lives protected, liberties preserved,以保护生命、保护自由来衡量
1754and tyrannies extinguished,暴虐者被扑灭,
1755not in meetings or perfect prose.不是在会议 或完美的传言。
1756A tragedy, no hero is spotless,悲剧,没有英雄是无色的,
1757but if perfection is the entry fee for heroism,但是如果完美是英雄主义的入场费
1758empty every statue plinth from Rome to Washington.从罗马到华盛顿的每个雕像都空了
1759He believed not just in Britain,他不仅仅相信英国
1760unlike our leaders today, but in a Great Britain,不像今天我们的领导人 但在英国
1761a Britain that leads, builds, and refuses to bow.a 英国领导、建设和拒绝鞠躬。
1762When appeases trembled, he stood firm.当安抚不安时,他站稳了
1763When defeat seemed inevitable,当失败似乎不可避免的时候,
1764he made defiance itself a victory,他以为自己是胜利的,
1765and when the smoke cleared, he did not leave perfection,当烟雾消散的时候,他没有离开完美,
1766but he left freedom.但他离开了自由。
1767He believed in a united Europe led by Britain.他相信一个由英国领导的统一欧洲.
1768He believed in sovereignty, in pride,他相信主权,自豪,
1769and in civilization worth defending.在值得捍卫的文明中
1770You think history is something that you edit.你认为历史是你编辑的。
1771He knew history is something you make.他知道历史是你创造的
1772Leaders today talk about shared values,今天的领导人谈论共同的价值观,
1773but he believed in actual values worth fighting for.但他相信值得为它奋斗的实际价值
1774He didn't care about the optics.他不在乎光学
1775He cared about the outcome.他关心结果。
1776He didn't seek permission from the establishment.他没有向机构寻求许可.
1777He told it to go away and where to stand.他叫它走开,站在哪
1778He didn't care about being liked, unlike most of you.他不关心被喜欢, 不像你们大多数人。
1779Unlike most of you, he cared about being right.与你们大多数人不同,他关心的是正确。
1780The historians on my left and the students我左边的历史学家和学生
1781have the luxury, the historians on my left有奢侈,历史学家在我左边
1782have the luxury of judging the past with today's morals以今天的道德判断过去
1783because Churchill gave them that luxury.因为丘吉尔给了他们那种奢侈
1784They gave them a tomorrow to do it in.他们给了他们一个明天做它。
1785Professors on my left may annotate a tragedy.我左边的教授们可能会说出悲剧
1786Statement, statesmen have to avert it.声明,政治家必须避免.
1787He spoke, he told a nation of ordinary people他说话,告诉一个普通人的国家
1788that they were the masters of their fate,他们原是自己命运的主宰,
1789and because of his conviction, they believed him.由于他的信念,他们相信他。
1790So why does this matter tonight?那今晚这有什么关系?
1791Because this debate isn't really about Churchill.因为这场辩论不是关于丘吉尔的
1792It's about whether Britain and everyone in this room这是关于英国和所有在这个房间里的人
1793still remembers what heroism looks like.还是记得英雄主义是什么样子的
1794You live in peace because he had the guts to fight for it.你活得很平静,因为他有勇气去争取
1795And this house of all places,和这里所有的地方,
1796a house that can't define what a man or a woman is,房子不能定义 男人或女人是什么,
1797how could it ever hope to recognize courage?怎么会有勇气呢?
1798That kind of confusion, ladies and gentlemen,那种混乱,女士们先生们,
1799on the front line would have lost us the war in a week.在前线一周内就会输掉战争
1800He had flaws, but he had the single quality他有缺陷,但他有单一的品质
1801that no modern leader seems to possess,现代领袖似乎没有拥有,
1802the refusal to lose.拒绝输。
1803He was no saint.他不是个圣人
1804He wasn't a slogan.他不是一个口号。
1805He was just a man who stood up他只是个站起来的人
1806when standing up looked impossible.站着看似不可能
1807And by doing so, ladies and gentlemen,女士们先生们,
1808he kept a nation free enough for people like us他为我们这样的人保持了自由
1809to sit here and criticize him.坐在这批评他
1810He was no armchair patriot like you.他不是你这样的爱国者
1811He didn't fight for applause, he fought for survival.他没有为掌声而战,他为生存而战.
1812He didn't chase approval abroad.他没有在国外寻求批准.
1813He carried his nation on his back,他背着自己的国家,
1814and God help this country if we ever hand it愿上帝保佑我们的国家
1815to someone who wouldn't.给一个不会的人
1816I commend the motion to the house, thank you.我向大家推荐这个动议,谢谢。
1817We're doing two more floor speeches.我们再做两层演讲
1818Is there anyone from the audience有观众吗?
1819that wants to give a speech for side proposition?那想发表一个演讲 为副命题?
1820For proposition?为了提议?
1821Yep, the man in the back.对 后面那个男的
1822Excuse me, right.对不起
1823So I'm gonna be completely honest.所以我会完全诚实。
1824I did come here kind of thinking I'll argue我确实来这里 有点想我会争辩
1825for the opposition, but I think there's a fundamental但是我觉得有一个根本的
1826mistake in this debate question,这场辩论的错误问题,
1827because we're debating if Churchill is a hero.因为我们在辩论丘吉尔是不是英雄
1828A hero is a mythological concept.英雄是一个神话概念.
1829And in the modern mythology of Britain,在英国现代神话中
1830of the people that live here,他们是居住于此的民众,
1831there's no doubt that he's a hero.毫无疑问他是英雄
1832It's almost tautological.几乎是同义词.
1833Mythology is not something that's necessarily"神话"不一定是
1834coherent, factual.连贯,实事求是。
1835It's just, it's mythology.只是,这是神话。
1836And the figure, the archetype of Churchill还有丘吉尔的典型人物
1837inspires Britain.激励英国。
1838And it's, therefore, I don't think it's,因此,我不认为...
1839you should respect the mythology of a nation,你应该尊重一个民族的神话,
1840of a country.一个国家。
1841For a lot of people, modern British history对很多人来说,现代英国历史
1842really only began in World War II,真正开始于二战
1843after World War II, as strange as it may seem.在二战之后 似乎有点奇怪
1844That's how a lot of people effectively treated us.很多人就是这样对待我们的。
1845And basically should respect the mythology of a people.基本上应该尊重一个民族的神话.
1846And that's why I don't think it's really possible这就是为什么我不认为 这真的可能
1847to argue that Churchill is not a hero for Britain.认为丘吉尔不是英国的英雄
1848Sure.当然
1849Fair enough.不错
1850But he's still a hero for Britain,但他还是英国的英雄
1851for the modern popular British conception.为现代流行的英国概念。
1852So what I want to say is the following, though.我想说的是:
1853If the question was, was he a good leader?如果问题是 他是个好领袖吗?
1854Yeah, if the debate question was something like this,是啊,如果辩论的问题 是这样的,
1855was he a good leader overall?他是一个很好的领导整体?
1856Then you could have a more factual debate about it.然后,你可以有一个更 事实性的辩论。
1857And another thing I want to say is the following.还有一件事我想说:
1858If World War II didn't live so large如果二战没有那么大
1859in the modern British imagination在现代英国的想象中
1860and the World War II victory,二战的胜利,
1861if we focused instead, perhaps, on World War I,如果我们把注意力集中在第一次世界大战上
1862and this was like our big mythological foundation,这就像我们的神话基础,
1863then we may see Churchill differently in that light,这样我们就能从这个角度看待丘吉尔了
1864because he was actually quite an aggressive proponent因为他实际上是一个相当积极的支持者
1865for war, in World War I, et cetera.战争,第一次世界大战,等等。
1866But as it stands, our modern mythology effectively但是现在,我们的现代神话
1867for this country is the importance of World War II,对于这个国家来说是二战的重要性,
1868our resistance in it, winning it,我们的抵抗,赢得它,
1869and therefore I think it's difficult因此我觉得很难
1870not to say that Churchill is not a hero.不要说丘吉尔不是英雄
1871That's it, thank you.好了,谢谢
1872Takers for opposition.采取反对者。
1873Good evening.边
1874I came into this house expecting that if I were to speak,我来到这所房子 期望如果我说话,
1875I would be speaking on the opposite side.我会说反面。
1876I have all my life believed that Winston Churchill我一直相信温斯顿·丘吉尔
1877was one of the greatest Britons to have ever lived.是有史以来最伟大的英国人之一
1878I now speak on this side for two reasons.我现在在这边发言有两个原因。
1879Firstly, the compellingness of the arguments第一,论点的说服力
1880put forward by the opposition based on facts, not rhetoric.由反对派根据事实而不是言辞提出。
1881And I must confess also,我必须承认,
1882I simply cannot stand on that podium我根本不能站在那个讲台上
1883and argue for the same side of the speakers并为同一方的发言者辩护
1884who have just stood up.他们刚刚站起来。
1885To stand there as someone running站在那里当跑步的人
1886for an elected office in this country担任该国民选职位
1887and say that I am not here to base my arguments并说,我不是在这里 我的论据
1888on statistics, on data, but on rhetoric.关于统计,关于数据,但关于言论。
1889You will be someone who will be making policy decisions你将会是做决策的人
1890in this country with a real impact在这个国家有真正影响
1891that shapes people's lives,塑造人们的生活,
1892and to make statements like that,并做出这样的声明,
1893I'm appalled, I'm genuinely appalled.我很震惊,我真的很震惊。
1894Yes, did I not say someone who could be,是的,我没有说谁可以,
1895I believe I said someone who's running for the office,我想我说有人在竞选办公室
1896so they could, will be, okay, fine.所以他们可以,会,没事的。
1897Well, will if you win.如果你赢了会赢的
1898After that, I sincerely hope not.之后,我真诚希望不要。
1899Sincerely hope not.真诚的希望不是。
1900But the arguments put forward by,但提出的论点,
1901to stick to the topic of debate,坚持辩论议题,
1902the arguments put forward by the opposition反对派提出的论点
1903were, I must confess, I'm a reluctant convert.我不得不承认 我是个不愿皈依的人
1904Yes, I do genuinely believe是的,我确实相信
1905that Churchill motivated the British people.丘吉尔激励英国人民
1906His speech making and his rhetoric were unparalleled.他的演讲和言论是无与伦比的。
1907Yet, both from the arguments put forward by the opposition然而,从反对派提出的论点来看,
1908and I'm so horrified to say the caliber of the proposition,我很震惊地说,这个提议的质量,
1909I have to speak in opposition of the motion tonight.今晚我不得不反对动议
1910Thank you.谢谢
1911After discussing with my Treasurer,在和我的司库讨论之后
1912I would like to award the floor speech我想颁奖演讲
1913to the first proposition speaker that spoke.给第一位演讲者
1914Next, I would like to ask Professor Simms接下来我要问西姆斯教授
1915to deliver the final speech for side opposition.以发表最后的演讲 以表达双方的反对。
1916Madam President, ladies and gentlemen,主席女士,女士们,先生们,
1917I'd like to thank the Union Society感谢联合社
1918for the invitation to speak.请求发言。
1919It's a great honor and a pleasure.谓大尊大欢喜.
1920It's a tribute to your authority, Madam President,这是对你权威的敬意,主席女士,
1921that the short speech I'm about to give我将要作的简短演讲
1922is not the one that I originally intended to make.不是我原来想做的
1923As you know, I was first slated to argue如你所知,我第一次参加辩论
1924in favor of the proposition支持该提议
1925and was then asked to speak against instead.然后被要求说反对。
1926I follow your command, Madam President,我听从你的命令,主席女士,
1927without question, but also with trepidation.毫无疑义,但也充满了恐惧。
1928Because we all know a certain former prime minister因为我们都知道某个前总理
1929and indeed former president of this union以及本工会的前任主席
1930elected exactly 40 years ago,40年前当选,
1931who famously wrote two different newspaper columns他写了两个不同的报纸专栏
1932on Brexit, one for and one against.布雷克西特号上,一个反对,一个反对。
1933Before making up his mind how to vote.在决定如何投票之前
1934Actually, I've always regarded his way of proceeding其实,我一直想着他的行事方式
1935as less a sign of opportunism than of intellectual rigor,作为机会主义的标志 而不是智力的僵硬,
1936trying to weigh up the arguments试图权衡争论
1937as any responsible person should.任何负责人都应该这样做。
1938Still, I would not like the House to think不过,我不希望 议会认为
1939that I can just turn on a dime我可以打开一毛钱
1940simply because I was commanded to do so.只是因为我奉命这么做
1941But I have another reason for concern.但我有理由担心
1942If our side prevails tonight,如果今晚我们一方获胜
1943which I very much hope it does,我非常希望这样
1944might we not be compared to an earlier House也许我们不被比喻为古老的天房,
1945which in February of 1933 passed the motion,于1933年2月通过了这项动议,
1946and I quote, that this House will under no circumstances我引用一句,本院在任何情况下都不会
1947fight for its king and country.为国王和国家而战
1948Now, this was taken by many abroad现在,这是许多 在国外拍摄的
1949as an indication that Britain表明英国
1950would not resist the dictators.他们不会反抗独裁者。
1951So if we vote that Winston Churchill is not a hero,如果我们投票认为温斯顿·丘吉尔不是英雄
1952and this seems in a way the burden这似乎是一种负担
1953of what Zia Youssef was arguing,以齐亚·优素福所争论的是非。
1954is there not a risk that Vladimir Putin弗拉基米尔·普京没有风险
1955or some other tyrant might draw a similar conclusion或者其他暴君可能得出类似的结论
1956about the UK's willingness关于英国的意愿
1957to defend the international order today?维护今天的国际秩序?
1958Now, in important respects, of course,现在,在一些重要方面,当然,
1959Churchill's life was plainly heroic.丘吉尔的一生很英勇
1960If we're talking about physical courage, as we heard,如果我们说的是身体上的勇气,就像我们听到的那样,
1961he had it in abundance.他有丰富的。
1962He's a man who repeatedly put himself in harm's way他是个屡屡伤害自己的人
1963as a young officer on India's Northwestern frontier作为印度西北边疆的年轻军官
1964during the cavalry charge at Onderman,在昂德曼的骑兵部队中
1965or as we heard, as a war correspondent in South Africa.就像我们听到的 在南非的战时通讯员
1966If we're talking about moral courage, he had that too.如果我们说的是道德勇气,他也有
1967Churchill, as we've heard repeatedly,丘吉尔,我们屡次听到
1968opposed the appeasement of Hitler反对安抚希特勒
1969at a time when indulging Germany此时此刻,德国
1970seemed the smart thing to do.看起来很聪明
1971And of course, his record of public service,当然,他的公务记录,
1972culminating but not ending最终但并未结束
1973with his epic wartime premiership, is well known.他以史诗般的战时首演,是众所周知的。
1974So, how do I dare to stand before you那么,我怎么敢站在你面前? . .
1975and say that Churchill was not a hero?说丘吉尔不是英雄?
1976After all, I'm not a Churchill biographer毕竟我不是丘吉尔传记作家
1977or an expert on early 20th century Britain.或者20世纪初英国的专家
1978If you go down the road to Blackwells,如果你去布莱克威尔斯
1979they have a whole section devoted to Churchill,他们有一整节关于丘吉尔,
1980fine biographies, including those优秀的传记,包括
1981by Andrew Roberts and others.由安德鲁·罗伯茨等人创作.
1982My name is not among the authors.我的名字不在作者之列。
1983If you go down a little bit further,如果你再往下走一点
1984you'll see section on Hitler.你会看到关于希特勒的部分。
1985I am present there.我在场。
1986I'm a humble historian of geopolitics.我是一个谦卑的地缘政治史学家.
1987So, what do I have to offer tonight?那么,我今晚要提供什么?
1988So, my objections are not the conventional ones.因此,我的反对不是常规的。
1989They're not to do with his domestic politics,他们和他国内的政治无关
1990which we heard about, which were sometimes divisive,我们所听说的, 有时是分裂的,
1991his stance during the general strike, for example,例如,他在总罢工期间的立场,
1992the rather wild rhetoric about the dangers相当疯狂的言论 关于危险
1993of a labor government in 1945,1945年的一个劳动政府,
1994when he talked about Gestapo-like tendencies and so on.当他谈到类似盖世太保的倾向等等时.
1995My objections are not motivated我的反对没有动机
1996by the serious strategic errors in both wars,两次战争的严重战略错误,
1997some of which we heard about.一些我们听说的。
1998It's well known that Churchill, of course,众所周知,丘吉尔,当然,
1999bore the burden of responsibility背负着责任
2000for the disastrous Dardanelles campaign.达达尼斯的灾难性运动。
2001And again, we heard about Norway,再说一遍 我们听说了挪威
2002which paradoxically, although a disaster,既使灾祸降临,
2003helped to make him prime minister.帮助他成为首相.
2004And then later he sent troops to Greece,后来他向希腊派遣军队
2005which provoked Hitler's intervention激起了希特勒的干预
2006and another military disaster.还有另一场军事灾难
2007Finally, there are, of course,最后,当然,
2008the brutal aerial attacks on German cities,对德国城市的野蛮空袭
2009which killed countless civilians,杀死无数平民,
2010operations which took place发生的行动
2011rather than concentrating on more military targets,而不是专注于更多的军事目标,
2012and one could go on.还可以继续
2013My concerns are not even about Churchill's views我甚至不关心丘吉尔的观点
2014on race and empire, which are well known,种族和帝国, 众所周知,
2015and we heard about them.我们听说了
2016Churchill was a man of his time,丘吉尔是他的时代的人,
2017but his time was not the Britain of the 1930s,但他的时代不是1930年代的英国,
2018when he was already an anachronism,当他已经过时了,
2019but of the late Victorian and early Edwardian periods.但维多利亚时代晚期和爱德华时代早期
2020That said, one struggles to think这么说来,有人在思考
2021which great figures of the past过去最伟大的人物
2022would qualify for hero status将有资格获得英雄地位
2023when measured by the standards of our own time.以我们自己时代的标准来衡量
2024Not the Duke of Wellington, a military genius,不是威灵顿公爵 一个军事天才
2025but an avowed reactionary, not Franklin Roosevelt,却是一个被谴责的反动分子 而不是富兰克林·罗斯福
2026of course, complicit with Southern Democrats,当然,与南方民主党的同谋
2027not Martin Luther King,不是马丁·路德·金
2028given what we know about his private life, and so on.我们了解他的私生活,等等
2029We rightly judge all these people in their own context我们正确地判断所有这些人 他们自己的背景
2030and try to balance their achievements并努力平衡他们的成就
2031with their shortcomings.与他们的缺点。
2032So if Winston Churchill is not a hero overall,如果温斯顿·丘吉尔不是英雄
2033you might well ask, who is?你可能会问,谁是?
2034Now, my objection is a different one,现在,我的反对是不同的,
2035and it's inspired by Alec Ryrie's它的灵感来自艾力克・赖利
2036very stimulating little book,非常刺激的小书,
2037The Age of Hitler and How We Will Survive It.希特勒时代和我们如何生存
2038Ryrie, who is a theologian,瑞丽,他是神学家
2039argues that after the Second World War,第二次世界大战后,
2040Jesus Christ, who epitomized moral goodness,耶稣基督,谁 象征道德善良,
2041was overtaken by Adolf Hitler,被阿道夫·希特勒所取代,
2042who, of course, epitomized evil,当然,他们是恶人,
2043and as the main moral referent.和作为主要的道德参考。
2044Today, he suggests, we are living in a post-Hitler age,今天,他暗示,我们生活在一个后希特勒时代,
2045a time when the German dictator is, rightly or wrongly,德国独裁者是正确还是错误的
2046no longer the principal reference point,不再是主要参考点,
2047either morally or politically.无论是道德还是政治。
2048And so, it should come as no surprise所以,它应该不奇怪
2049that Churchill, who has long been criticized on the left丘吉尔在左边长期受到批评
2050and, as we've heard, in parts of the Global South,正如我们所听到的 在全球南方的部分地区
2051is now increasingly under attack from the right,现在越来越受到右翼攻击
2052especially in the United States,特别是在美国,
2053from the likes of Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes.塔克・卡尔森和尼克・富恩特斯
2054And I would suggest that in our age,我建议在我们这个年代
2055where Hitler has ceased to be the absolute evil,在希特勒不再是绝对邪恶的地方
2056his great nemesis, Winston Churchill,温斯顿·丘吉尔
2057can no longer be the absolute hero.不能再成为绝对的英雄了
2058And we've seen this recently in the well-meant,我们最近从美食中看到了这个
2059but ultimately, I think, misfiring attempts但归根结底,我认为, 错误的尝试
2060to mobilize Churchill's legacy in support of Ukraine.动员丘吉尔的遗产 支持乌克兰。
2061President Biden, for example,例如拜登总统
2062introduced the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act《乌克兰民主防卫租借法》
2063of 2022 to echo the World War II Lend-Lease Act,2022年的《二战租借法》
2064by which Roosevelt, of course, helped Churchill.罗斯福当然帮助丘吉尔
2065Some have compared the so-called crinks,一些人比较了所谓的凹陷,
2066China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea,中国、俄罗斯、伊朗和朝鲜
2067to the Axis powers of Germany, Italy, and Japan德国、意大利和日本的轴心国
2068during the Second World War.第二次世界大战期间
2069And President Zelensky of Ukraine乌克兰总统泽连斯基
2070has been rightly praised for his leadership他的领导能力受到赞扬
2071and widely compared to Winston Churchill并且与温斯顿·丘吉尔作广泛比较
2072as an inspirational figure.作为灵感的人物。
2073Now, there's a lot to these arguments,现在,有很多这些论点,
2074but I think not enough to sustain them但我认为不足以维持他们
2075in the new post-Hitler age.在新的后希特勒时代。
2076In the end, most people do not think最终大多数人不会认为
2077that Vladimir Putin is Hitler,弗拉基米尔·普京是希特勒
2078is the Japanese emperor,是日本皇帝吗?
2079or that Ayatollah Khamenei is Mussolini.或者阿亚图拉哈梅内伊是墨索里尼
2080And by extension, Churchill may have been,粗略地说,丘吉尔可能是,
2081in his era, a hero,在他的时代,一个英雄,
2082but his usefulness as a hero today is limited.但他今天作为英雄的用处有限
2083So it's time, ladies and gentlemen,时间到了 女士们先生们
2084not to abandon Churchill so much as to let go of him.不要放弃丘吉尔 以至于放弃他
2085Please do not misunderstand me.请不要误会我。
2086We face great dangers today,我们今天面临巨大的危险
2087some of them have been mentioned,他们中有被提及过的,
2088from Russian aggression in Ukraine,俄罗斯侵略乌克兰
2089and perhaps in the Baltic and high north tomorrow,也许在波罗的海和高北 明天,
2090from the People's Republic of China's threats中华人民共和国的威胁
2091to attack Taiwan and snuff out freedom there,攻击台湾 并扼杀在那里的自由,
2092from Iranian or Iranian-inspired terrorism across the globe,来自伊朗或伊朗煽动的全球恐怖主义,
2093and I'm afraid from the often eccentric behavior我害怕经常怪异的行为
2094of the President of the United States,美国总统,
2095which makes his country a problematic ally today.这使得他的国家今天成为一个有问题的盟友。
2096He threatens, as you know, not merely to withdraw help,他威胁,你知道的, 不仅仅是撤回帮助,
2097but actually menaces his partners.但实际上威胁了他的伙伴。
2098The America today is not one that Churchill would recognize,今天的美国不是丘吉尔会承认的
2099and consequently, he is a lot less relevant.因此,他没有那么重要。
2100And that's why we need new heroes, different heroes now.这就是为什么我们现在需要新的英雄,不同的英雄。
2101We can find them in the Hong Kong protesters我们可以在香港的抗议者中找到他们
2102resisting the tyranny of the CCP,反抗中共的暴政,
2103the Chinese Communist Party,中国共产党,
2104in the Iranian opposition crowds在伊朗反对派的人群中
2105who are so mercilessly suppressed by the mullahs,他们被毛拉无情地镇压,
2106and of course, in the heroism of the Ukrainian people当然,在乌克兰人民的英雄主义中
2107and armed forces, who for nearly four years武装部队成员,已近四年
2108have stood alone against the onslaught曾独自抵抗进攻,
2109of a vastly superior enemy.是一个超级强大的敌人
2110If we need heroes today in Britain, and we do,如果我们今天需要英国的英雄 而我们确实需要
2111we can find them in the submariners我们可以在潜水艇里找到他们
2112who track Russian submarines on a daily basis,他每天追踪俄国潜艇,
2113or in the troops now deployed in the Baltic或现在部署在波罗的海的部队
2114as part of a deterrence mission.作为威慑任务的一部分
2115So it's for all these reasons that I ask you tonight所以我今晚才问你
2116not to disinter Winston Churchill from the national pantheon.不要让温斯顿·丘吉尔 离开国家泛神社
2117Whatever we say here, his place in British不管我们说什么,他住在英国
2118and in world history is secure,世界历史是安全的,
2119but to vote in favor of heroism for our own time,但投票支持英雄主义 在我们自己的时间,
2120and therefore to reject the proposition因此拒绝这一主张
2121that Winston Churchill is a hero to us today.温斯顿·丘吉尔今天是我们的英雄
2122Thank you.谢谢
2123Thank you to all our speakers that came to speak today,感谢今天前来发言的所有发言者,
2124and thank you to the members for being so attentive.并感谢你的关心。
2125I would like to remind everyone to please stay seated我想提醒大家请坐
2126while the speakers and their guests leave the room,扬声者及其客人出门的时候,
2127and a reminder for everyone to vote by leaving,并教诲众人,
2128either if you're voting yes or no for the motion,如果你对动议投了赞成或反对票,
2129by using the door to do so,利用门这样做,
2130and I will be announcing the results我将宣布结果
2131shortly.马上就来
2132Thank you.谢谢
2133Thank you, everyone.谢谢大家
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