英语听力：听电影学英语-伟大辩手 17

 　　[00:01.24]men, women, children... 男人，女人，孩子……

　　[00:06.96]Shot down in cold blood. 被残酷杀害

　　[00:08.28]Dyer said he had taught them a moral lesson. 戴尔说他给他们上了一堂道德课

　　[00:11.44]Gandhi and his followers¹ responded not with violence 甘地和他的追随者没有 用暴力反抗

　　[00:17.92]but with an organized campaign of non-cooperation. 而是一个组织好的不合作活动

　　[00:20.40]Government buildings were occupied. 政府大楼被占领

　　[00:22.36]Streets were blocked with people who refused to rise, 道路被不愿起身的人们 所堵死

　　[00:27.16]even when beaten by police. 甚至被警察殴打也坚持着

　　[00:30.04]Gandhi was arrested, 甘地被逮捕了

　　[00:30.92]but the British were soon forced to release him. 但是英国人被迫释放了他

　　[00:35.40]He called it a moral victory. 他说这是道德的胜利

　　[00:40.20]The definition of moral: 道德的定义：

　　[00:40.96]Dyer's lesson or Gandhi's victory? 戴尔的课还是甘地的胜利？

　　[00:46.84]You choose. 你来选

　　[00:51.00](Applause)

　　[01:06.72]From 1914 to 1918, 从1914到1918

　　[01:07.80]for every single minute the world was at war, 世界在战火中的每一分钟

　　[01:13.88]four men laid down their lives. 四个人倒下

　　[01:18.28]Just think of it. 想想吧

　　[01:19.32]240 brave young men were hurled² into eternity³ 四年内的每一个白天，每一个晚上 的每一个小时

　　[01:25.52]every hour of every day, of every night, 240个勇敢的生命

　　[01:30.40]for four long years. 都坠入永恒的沉睡

　　[01:34.08]35,000 hours. 35000小时

　　[01:36.12]8,281,000 casualties. 8,281,000伤亡

　　[01:45.48]240. 240.

　　[01:48.64]240. 240.

　　[01:51.56]240. 240.

　　[01:58.00]immeasurably greater than what happened at Amritsar. 比在阿密萨规模大无数倍的屠杀

　　[02:00.08]Can there be anything moral about it? 有何道德可言吗？

　　[02:07.44]except that it stopped Germany 除了这让德国奴役欧洲的计划

　　[02:07.56]Nothing... 没有

　　[02:09.04]from enslaving all of Europe. 完全破产

　　[02:10.92]Civil disobedience isn't moral because it's non-violent. 消极抵抗并非因为是非暴力而成为道德的

　　[02:15.68]Fighting for your country with violence 为你的国家奋力杀敌

　　[02:18.80]can be deeply moral, 可以是非常道德的

　　[02:23.08]demanding the greatest sacrifice of all: 这要求最高程度的牺牲：

　　[02:26.16]Life itself. 生命

　　[02:29.64]Non-violence is the mask civil disobedience wears 非暴力是消极合作所佩戴的面具

　　[02:34.80]to conceal⁴ its true face... 用以遮掩它的真实面目：

　　[02:37.20]anarchy⁵. 无政府正义

　　[02:51.00]Gandhi believes one must always act 甘地相信一个人必须对他的对手

　　[02:53.76]with love and respect for one's opponents, 充满爱和敬意

　　[02:56.36]even if they are Harvard debaters. 即使他们是哈佛的辩手

　　[02:60.92](Laughter)

　　[02:60.92]Gandhi also believes that lawbreakers must accept 甘地也相信犯法之人

　　[03:04.92]the legal consequences for their actions. 需接受他们行为的后果

　　[03:09.08]Civil disobedience is not something for us to fear. 消极抵抗不是我们应该恐惧的东西

　　[03:09.28]Does that sound like anarchy? 这是无政府主义吗？

　　[03:15.44]It is, after all, an American concept. 不管怎么样它都是源于美国的思想

　　[03:18.84]You see, Gandhi draws his inspiration 你看，甘地受到的影响

　　[03:22.44]not from a Hindu scripture⁶, 并不来自于印度教经典

　　[03:23.92]but from Henry David Thoreau, 而是来自亨利·大卫·梭罗

　　[03:26.20]who I believe graduated from Harvard 我相信他是哈佛毕业的

　　[03:27.76]and lived by a pond not too far from here. 曾经住在离这里不远的小池塘边

　　[03:38.72]My opponent is right about one thing. 对方辩友一件事说对了

　　[03:42.80]Thoreau was a Harvard grad, 梭罗是哈佛毕业生

　　[03:44.20]and, like many of us, a bit self-righteous. 也像我们大多数人一样，有点自以为是

　　[03:48.44](Laughter)

　　[03:52.16]He once said, "Any man more right than his neighbors 他说过，“任何比邻居要更正确的人

　　[03:55.12]constitutes a majority of one." 都构成一个人的大多数，”

　　[04:01.20]Thoreau the idealist could never know 梭罗这个理想主义者可能永不知

　　[04:04.56]that Adolf Hitler would agree with his words. 希特勒会同意他的观点

　　[04:09.12]The beauty and the burden of democracy is this: 民主之美及之重是：

　　[04:14.92]No idea prevails without the support of the majority. 任何观点都需获大多数通过

　　[04:18.68]The people decide the moral issues of the day, 人民判断道德问题

　　[04:21.28]not a majority of one. 而不是一个人的大多数

　　[04:25.04]Majorities do not decide what is right or wrong. 大多数并不决定什么是对或错

　　[04:28.20]Your conscience does. 你的良心决定这些

　　[04:30.32]So why should a citizen 为什么一个市民

　　[04:32.28]surrender his or her conscience 要将他的良知

　　[04:36.44]No, we must never, ever kneel down 不，我们永远不能

　　[04:36.68]to a legislator? 交由立法者支配？

　　[04:41.36]before the tyranny of a majority. 向一个大多数的暴政屈伏

　　[04:44.24](Applause)

　　[04:48.76](Applause)

　　[04:53.76]We can't decide which laws to obey and which to ignore. 我们不能决定遵守或无视哪部法律

　　[04:56.44]If we could... 如果我们可以

　　[04:60.84]I'd never stop for a red light. 红灯我就不停

1 followers   

追随者( follower的名词复数 )； 用户； 契据的附面； 从动件

参考例句：

• the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
• The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。

2 hurled   

v.猛投，用力掷( hurl的过去式和过去分词 )；大声叫骂

参考例句：

• He hurled a brick through the window. 他往窗户里扔了块砖。
• The strong wind hurled down bits of the roof. 大风把屋顶的瓦片刮了下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 eternity   

n.不朽，来世；永恒，无穷

参考例句：

• The dull play seemed to last an eternity.这场乏味的剧似乎演个没完没了。
• Finally,Ying Tai and Shan Bo could be together for all of eternity.英台和山伯终能双宿双飞，永世相随。

4 conceal   

v.隐藏，隐瞒，隐蔽

参考例句：

• He had to conceal his identity to escape the police.为了躲避警方，他只好隐瞒身份。
• He could hardly conceal his joy at his departure.他几乎掩饰不住临行时的喜悦。

5 anarchy   

n.无政府状态；社会秩序混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• There would be anarchy if we had no police.要是没有警察，社会就会无法无天。
• The country was thrown into a state of anarchy.这国家那时一下子陷入无政府状态。

6 scripture   

n.经文，圣书，手稿；Scripture:(常用复数)《圣经》，《圣经》中的一段

参考例句：

• The scripture states that God did not want us to be alone.圣经指出上帝并不是想让我们独身一人生活。
• They invoked Hindu scripture to justify their position.他们援引印度教的经文为他们的立场辩护。