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1、Unit1NeverGiveIn,Never,Never,Never绝不屈服,绝不,绝不,绝不WinstonChurchill温斯顿·丘吉尔AlmostayearhaspassedsinceIcamedownhereatyourHeadMaster'skindinvitationinordertocheermyselfandcheertheheartsofafewofmyfriendsbysingingsomeofourownsongs.Thetenmonthsthathavepassedhaveseenveryterriblecatastrophiceve
2、ntsintheworld—upsanddowns,misfortunes—butcananyonesittingherethisafternoon,thisOctoberafternoon,notfeeldeeplythankfulforwhathashappenedinthetimethathaspassedandfortheverygreatimprovementinthepositionofourcountryandofourhome?Why,whenIwasherelasttimewewerequitealone,desperatelyalone,
3、andwehadbeensoforfiveorsixmonths.Wewerepoorlyarmed.Wearenotsopoorlyarmedtoday;butthenwewereverypoorlyarmed.Wehadtheunmeasuredmenaceoftheenemyandtheirairattackstillbeatinguponus,andyouyourselveshadhadexperienceofthisattack;andIexpectyouarebeginningtofeelimpatientthattherehasbeenthis
4、longlullwithnothingparticularturningup!1将近一年前,应贵校校长盛情邀请,我来到这里唱了几首我们自己的歌曲,既为自己加油,也为一些朋友打气。过去的10个月中全世界发生了可怕的、灾难性的事件——盛衰浮沉、厄运磨难——但是,今天下午,这个10月的下午,在座有哪一位不会因为这段时间所发生的一切,因为我们家国境况的改善,而心存感激呢?是的,上次我来这里时我们还孤立无援,形单影只,这种状况持续了五六个月。当时我们装备简陋,现在有所改善,但那时真是家徒四壁。我们曾面临着敌人的巨大威胁,而他们至今对我们狂轰滥炸,你们自己对于这种袭击都
5、有亲身感受;我料想你们已经开始按捺不住了,因为这么长的一段时间里,我们碌碌无为,按兵不动。Butwemustlearntobeequallygoodatwhatisshortandsharpandwhatislongandtough.ItisgenerallysaidthattheBritishareoftenbetteratthelast.Theydonotexpecttomovefromcrisistocrisis;theydonotalwaysexpectthateachdaywillbringupsomenoblechanceofwar;butwhe
6、ntheyveryslowlymakeuptheirmindsthatthethinghastobedoneandthejobputthroughandfinished,then,evenifittakesmonths—ifittakesyears—theydoit.2但我们必须学会同样善于应付短暂而干脆与漫长而艰难的局面。人们普遍认为英国人最终总是会胜出的。他们不指望关键时刻接踵而至;他们不是一直期待每天都有决战的重大机会;不过一旦深思熟虑之后决意出手,即便需要经年累月,他们也矢志不渝。AnotherlessonIthinkwemaytake,justth
7、rowingourmindsbacktoourmeetingheretenmonthsagoandnow,isthatappearancesareoftenverydeceptive,andasKiplingwellsays,wemust"...meetwithTriumphandDisaster.Andtreatthosetwoimpostorsjustthesame."3回首10个月前我们在此地的相聚,对比现在,我觉得我们可以汲取的另一个教训就是,事物的表象常常是很有欺骗性的。吉卜林说得好:我们必须“……面对胜利和灾难,以同样的方式对待这两个骗子。”Yo
8、ucannottellfromappearances