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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.Thesearenotdarkdays;
thesearegreatdays—thegreatestdaysourcountryhaseverlived;
andwemustallthankGodthatwehavebeenallowed,eachofusaccordingtoourstations,toplayapartinmakingthesedaysmemorableinthehistoryofourrace.
绝不屈服,绝不,绝不,绝不
温斯顿·
丘吉尔
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。
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。
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。
”
4光看表象很难判断事物将何去何从。
有时想象的情景比事实糟糕很多,但缺乏想象人们会碌碌无为。
那些想象力丰富的人们也许预想的危险比现实多很多;
当然,还会发生很多危险;
然而他们也必须祈祷获得更多勇气来维持这样深远的想象。
当然,对每个人而言,我们在这个阶段经历的一切——我正在对学校发表演讲——诚然这是我们从这10个月中得到的教训:
绝不屈服,绝不屈服,绝不,绝不,绝不,绝不——无论事务巨细——都绝不屈服,除非你坚信屈服是光荣的明智之举。
绝不屈服于强权,绝不屈服于貌似气势排山倒海的强敌。
一年前我们孤军作战,许多国家都以为我们被彻底打败了,我们完蛋了。
我们所有的传统,我们的歌曲,我们的校史,我们国家的这部分历史,已经消逝、告终与完结。
5今天的情绪大不相同。
其他国家认为英国输得一无所有了。
但恰恰相反,我们的国家挺身而出。
没有退缩,也丝毫没有屈服的念头;
我们发现以目前的处境来看,我们只要坚持下去就一定能够征服敌人,这一点在英伦三岛以外的人看来是一个奇迹,但我们从不怀疑这一点。
6你们当时在此地吟唱了校歌中的一段,这一段是你们为了我而特地写的,我感到不胜荣幸,而今天你们又再次唱起那一段。
不过我想改动其中一个词语,我去年就想这么做了,但是没敢这么做。
就是这一句歌词:
“我们在更黑暗的日子里的赞美依然如故。
7蒙校长应允,我现在可以把“更黑暗的”改成“更严峻的”。
“我们在更严峻的日子里的赞美依然如故。
8让我们不用“更黑暗的岁月”这样的字眼:
让我们用“更严峻的岁月”来代替。
这不是黑暗的岁月;
这是伟大的岁月——我们国家历史上最伟大的岁月;
我们全都应该感谢上帝,因为上帝允许我们每一个人根据自己不同的地位扮演一个角色,让这些岁月成为我们民族历史上令人难忘的时刻。
Unit2
SpaceInvaders
RichardStengel
Atmybanktheotherday,Iwasstandinginalinesnakingaroundsometiredvelvetropeswhenamaninasweat-suitstartedinchingtowardmeinhiseagernesstodeposithisSocialSecuritycheck.Ashedidso,IminutelyadvancedtowardthewomanreadingtheWallStreetJournalinfrontofme,who,inmildannoyance,begantosidleuptothemanscribblingacheckinfrontofher,whoabsentmindedlyshuffledtowardthewhite-hairedladyaheadofhim,untilwewereallhugger-muggeragainsteachother,theoriginallazylinehavingcollapsedinonitselflikeaSlinky.
Iestimatethatmypersonalspaceextendseighteeninchesinfrontofmyface,onefoottoeachside,andaboutteninchesinback—thoughitisnearlyimpossibletomeasureexactlyhowfarbehindyousomeoneisstanding.Thephrase\space\hasaquaint,seventiesringtoit(\gratifyingexpressionsthatareintuitivelyunderstoodbyallhumanbeings.Likethetwelve-milelimitaroundournationalshores,personalspaceisourindividualborderbeyondwhichnostrangercanpenetratewithoutmakingusuneasy.
Lately,I'
vefoundthatmypersonalspaceisbeinginvadedmorethaneverbefore.Inelevators,peoplearewedgingthemselvesinjustbeforethedoorsclose;
onthestreet,pedestriansarezigzaggingthroughthehumantraffic,jostlingothers,refusingtogiveway;
onthesubway,ridersarenolongertakingpainstocarveoutlittlezonesofspacebetweenthemselvesandfellow-passengers;
inlinesatairports,peoplearepressingforwardlikefidgetytaxisatredlights.
Atfirst,Iattributedthistendencytothe\explosion\andtherelentlessMalthusianlogicthatiftwiceasmanypeopleinhabittheplanetnowasdidtwentyyearsago,eachofushashalfasmuchspace.Recently,I'
vewonderedifit'
stheseason:
T-shirtweathercanmakeproximitymorealluring(ormuch,muchless).OrperhapstheproliferationofcoffeebarsinManhattan—thenumberseemstodoubleeverythreemonths—isinfusingsomuchcaffeineintothealreadyjanglinglocalsthatpeoplecannolongerkeeptothemselves.
Personalspaceismostlyapublicmatter;
weallowallkindsofinvasionsofpersonalspaceinprivate.(Humanitywouldn'
texistwithoutthem.)Thelogisticsofitvaryaccordingtogeography.PeoplewholiveinCalcuttahavelesspersonalspacethanfolksinColorado.\wouldwagerthatpeopleintheNorthernHemispherehaveroomierconceptionsofpersonalspacethanthoseintheSouthern.ToanEnglishman,ahandshakecanseemliketrespassing,whereastoaBrazilian,anythinglessthanahugmaycomeacrossaschilliness.
Likedriverswhoplowintoyourparkedandemptycaranddon'
tleaveanote,peoplenolongermutter\me\whentheybumpintoyou.Thedeclineofmannershasbeenwidelylamented.Manners,itseemstome,areaboutgivingpeoplespace,notsteppingontoes,grantingpeopletheirprivatedomain.
I'
vealsonoticedanincreaseintheranksofwhatIthinkofasspaceinvaders,mini-territorialexpansionistswhoseizepublicspacewithasenseofmanifestdestiny.Inmovietheatresthesedays,peoplearestakingaclaimtobotharmrests,annexingalltheelbowroom,whileatcoffeeshopsandontheLongIslandRailroad,individualsroutinelycommandeerboothsandsetsoffacingseatsmeantforfoursomes.
Ultimately,personalspaceispsychological,notphysical:
ithaslesstodowiththespaceoutsideusthanwithourinnerspace.Isuspectthattheshrinkingofpersonalspaceisdirectlyproportionaltotheexpansionofself-absorption:
peoplewhoseattentionisinwarddonotbothertolookoutward.Eventhefocusofsciencethesedaysismicro,notmacro.TheHumanGenomeProjectismappingtheuniverseofthegeneticcode,whileneuroscientistsareusingsouped-upmachinestocharttheflightofneuronsinourbrains.
Inthesamewaythatthebreezefromabutterfly'
swingsinJapanmayeventuallyproduceatidalwaveinCalifornia,Ihavedecidedtoexpandthecontractingboundariesofpersonalspace.Inthelineatmybank,Inowrefusetomovecloserthanthreefeettothepersoninfrontofme,evenifitmeansthatthefellowbehindmestartsbreathingdownmyneck.
空间入侵者
理查德·
斯坦格尔
1几天前,我去银行排队,队伍沿着松松垮垮的天鹅绒围栏蜿蜒前伸,这时一位身穿运动套装的男子急不可耐地从我后头向前挪步,想尽早办理社会保险支票存储业务。
当他这么做的时候,我只好谨小慎微地向排在我前面阅读《华尔街日报》的女士挪动步子。
她略有不快,于是侧身向她前面那位正在涂写一张支票的男士走去,而这位男士则漫不经心地拖着脚走向他前面的银发老太。
这样我们的队伍就变得七歪八扭,原来慵懒的队伍活脱脱变成了个“机灵鬼”1。
2我估计我个人空间的范围身前有18英寸,身后10英寸,两侧各1英尺——尽管要估算某人站在你身后多远几乎是不可能的。
“个人空间”这个词组带有一种古雅的、70年代的味道(“老兄,你侵犯了我的空间”),但这是一个能让全人类一下子明白过来的令人满