Unit-1-Never-Give-In-Never-Never-Never課文翻譯綜合教程四

Unit-1-Never-Give-In--綜合(zōnghé)教程四Unit1NeverGiveIn,Never,Never,NeverAlmostayearhaspassedsinceIcamedownhereatyourHeadMaster'skindinvitationinordertocheermyselfandcheertheheartsofafewofmyfriendsbysingingsomeofourownsongs.Thetenmonthsthathavepassedhaveseenveryterriblecatastrophiceventsinthebutcananyonesittingherethisafternoon,thisOctoberafternoon,notfeeldeeplythankfulforwhathashappenedinthetimethathaspassedandfortheverygreatimprovementinthepositionofourcountryandofourhome?Why,whenIwasherelasttimewewerequitealone,desperatelyalone,andwehadbeensoforfiveorsixmonths.Wewerepoorlyarmed.Wearenotsopoorlyarmedtoday;butthenwewereverypoorlyarmed.Wehadtheunmeasuredmenaceoftheenemyandtheirairattackstillbeatinguponus,andyouyourselveshadhadexperienceofthisattack;andIexpectyouarebeginningtofeelimpatientthattherehasbeenthislonglullwithnothingparticularturningup!Butwemustlearntobeequallygoodatwhatisshortandsharpandwhatislongandtough.ItisgenerallysaidthattheBritishareoftenbetteratthelast.Theydonotexpecttomovefromcrisistocrisis;theydonotalwaysexpectthateachdaywillbringupsomenoblechanceofwar;butwhentheyveryslowlymakeuptheirmindsthatthethinghastobedoneandthejobputthroughandfinished,then,evenifittakesmonths—ifittakesyears—theydoit.AnotherlessonIthinkwemaytake,justthrowingourmindsbacktoourmeetingheretenmonthsagoandnow,isthatappearancesareoftenverydeceptive,andasKiplingwellsays,wemust"...meetwithTriumphandDisaster.Andtreatthosetwoimpostorsjustthesame."Youcannottellfromappearanceshowthingswillgo.Sometimesimaginationmakesthingsoutfarworsethantheyare;yetwithoutimaginationnotmuchcanbedone.Thosepeoplewhoareimaginativeseemanymoredangersthanperhapsexist;certainlymanymorewillhappen;butthentheymustalsopraytobegiventhatextracouragetocarrythisfar-reachingimagination.Butforeveryone,surely,whatwehavegonethroughinthisperiod—Iamaddressingmyselftotheschool—surelyfromthisperiodoftenmonthsthisisthelesson:nevergivein,nevergivein,never,never,never,never—innothing,greatorsmall,largeorpetty—nevergiveinexcepttoconvictionsofhonourandgoodsense.Neveryieldtoforce;neveryieldtotheapparentlyoverwhelmingmightoftheenemy.Westoodallaloneayearago,andtomanycountriesitseemedthatouraccountwasclosed,wewerefinished.Allthistraditionofours,oursongs,ourschoolhistory,thispartofthehistoryofthiscountry,weregoneandfinishedandliquidated.Verydifferentisthemoodtoday.Britain,othernationsthought,haddrawnaspongeacrossherslate.Butinsteadourcountrystoodinthegap.Therewasnoflinchingandnothoughtofgivingin;andbywhatseemedalmostamiracletothoseoutsidetheseislands,thoughweourselvesneverdoubtedit,wenowfindourselvesinapositionwhereIsaythatwecanbesurethatwehaveonlytoperseveretoconquer.Yousanghereaverseofaschoolsong:yousangthatextraversewritteninmyhonour,whichIwasverygreatlycomplimentedbyandwhichyouhaverepeatedtoday.ButthereisonewordinitIwanttoalter—Iwantedtodosolastyear,butIdidnotventureto.Itistheline:"Notlesswepraiseindarkerdays."IhaveobtainedtheHeadMaster'spermissiontoalterdarkertosterner."Notlesswepraiseinsternerdays."Donotletusspeakofdarkerdays:letusspeakratherofsternerdays.Theseegreatdaysthegreatestdaysourcountryhaseverlived;andwemustallthankGodthatwehavebeenallowed,eachofusaccordingtoourstations,toplayapartinmakingthesedaysmemorableinthehistoryofourrace.，應貴校校長盛情邀請，我來到，既為自己加界發(fā)生(fāshēng)了可怕的、災難性的nsh這段時間所發(fā)生的的改善，而心存感激五六個月。當時我，但那時真是家徒巨大威脅，而他們，我們碌碌無必須學會同樣善于應付短暫而干脆與一旦深思熟慮之后志不3回首(huíshǒu)10個月前我們在此地的相我覺得我們可以汲取的另一個訓就是，事物(shìwù)的表象常常是很有欺卜林說得好：我們必須“……面對勝方式對待(duìdài)這兩個4光看表象(biǎoxiàng)很難判斷事物將何去何從。有時想象的情景比事實糟糕很多，但缺乏想象人們會碌碌無為。那些想象力豐富的人們也許預想的危險比現(xiàn)實多很多；當然，還會發(fā)生很多危險；然而他們也必須祈禱獲得更多勇氣來維持這樣深遠的想象。當然，對每個人而言，我們在這個階段經歷的一切——我正在(zhèngzài)對學校發(fā)表演講——誠然chngrn0個月中得到(dé山倒海的強敵。一年前我們孤軍作戰(zhàn)，許多國我們的校史，我逝、告終與完5今天的情緒大不相同。其他國家認為英國輸?shù)靡粺o所有(yīwúsuǒyǒu)了。但恰恰相我們的國家挺身而出。沒有退縮，也絲毫的念