欧美名人演讲 第32期:奥巴马最后一次国情咨文(13)

 　　Even as their economy contracts, Russia is pouring resources to prop¹ up Ukraine and Syria states they see slipping away from their orbit.

　　尽管面临自身经济衰退，俄罗斯依旧投入大量资源到乌克兰和叙利亚——这两个正脱离正常轨道的国家。

　　And the international system we built after World War II is now struggling to keep pace with this new reality.

　　二战以后我们建立的国际体系如今难以适应新形势的需要。

　　It's up to us the United States of America to help remake that system. And to do that well it means we have to set priorities.

　　我们有责任重建国际体系。而这意味着，我们必须对事务进行优先排序。

　　Priority number one is protecting the American people and going after terrorist networks.

　　美国政府的首要任务是保护美国人民，打击恐怖主义网络。

　　Both al Qaeda and now ISIL pose a direct threat to our people, because in today's world, even a handful of terrorists who place no value on human life, including their own, can do a lot of damage.

　　基地组织和“伊斯兰国”都直接威胁到美国人民的安全——在当今世界，哪怕只有一小撮无视他人和自己生命的恐怖分子，也会造成巨大危害。

　　They use the Internet to poison the minds of individuals inside our country; their action's undermine and disables our allies. We have to take them out.

　　他们利用网络毒害美国境内人们的思想；他们破坏我们和盟友的关系。我们要清楚他们。

　　But as we focus on destroying ISIL, over-the-top claims that this is World War III just play into their hands.

　　但当我们集中精力消灭“伊斯兰国”时，却有人言过其实地说这是第三次世界大战。这种说法正中某些人下怀。

　　Masses of fighters on the back of pickup² trucks and twisted souls plotting in apartments or garages pose an enormous danger to civilians³ and must be stopped.

　　许多武装分子登上皮卡车，灵魂扭曲的人在公寓或车库里谋划着生命着——这些都对平民构成巨大威胁，必须予以制止。

　　But they do not threaten our national existence.

　　但恐怖分子并没有威胁到美国的“国家存在”。

　　That's the story ISIL wants to tell; that's the kind of propaganda they use to recruit.

　　这就是“伊斯兰国”想要透露出来的信息；这是他们招募恐怖分子时的宣传伎俩。

　　We don't need to build them up to show that we're serious, nor do we need to push away vital allies in this fight by echoing the lie that ISIL is representative of one of the world's largest religions.

　　我们不能先壮大他们然后显示我们可以来真的；也不能中了“伊斯兰国代表世界最大宗教之一”的圈套，导致在这场斗争中重要盟友离我们远去。

　　We just need to call them what they are killers⁴ and fanatics⁵ who have to be rooted out, hunted down, and destroyed.

　　我们要认清他们的真面目——他们就是杀手、疯子，必须予以追踪、缉捕并摧毁。

1 prop   

vt.支撑；n.支柱，支撑物；支持者，靠山

参考例句：

• A worker put a prop against the wall of the tunnel to keep it from falling.一名工人用东西支撑住隧道壁好使它不会倒塌。
• The government does not intend to prop up declining industries.政府无意扶持不景气的企业。

2 pickup   

n.拾起，获得

参考例句：

• I would love to trade this car for a pickup truck.我愿意用这辆汽车换一辆小型轻便卡车。||The luck guy is a choice pickup for the girls.那位幸运的男孩是女孩子们想勾搭上的人。

3 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

4 killers   

凶手( killer的名词复数 )； 消灭…者； 致命物； 极难的事

参考例句：

• He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
• They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。

5 fanatics   

狂热者，入迷者( fanatic的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The heathen temple was torn down by a crowd of religions fanatics. 异教徒的神殿被一群宗教狂热分子拆除了。
• Placing nukes in the hands of baby-faced fanatics? 把核弹交给一些宗教狂热者手里？