历史英雄名人演讲 第19期:罗斯福要求国会对日本宣战演讲(1)

 　　10.Franklin Delano Roosevelt Pearl Harbor SPeech Declaration of War

　　10.富兰克林·德拉诺·罗斯福要求国会对日本宣战演讲

　　To the Congress of the United States:

　　副总统先生、议长先生、各位参议员和众议员：

　　Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy¹

　　昨天，1941年12月7日，将成为我国的国耻日。

　　the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately² attacked by naval³ and air forces of the Empire of Japan.

　　美利坚合众国遭到了日本帝国海、空军有预谋的突然袭击。

　　The United States was at peace with that nation

　　在此之前，美国同日本处于和平状态，

　　at the solicitation⁴ of Japan, was still in conversation with the government and its emperor

　　并应日本之请同该国政府及天皇谈判，

　　looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Pacific.

　　指望维持太平洋区域的和平。

　　Indeed, one hour after Japanese air squadrons had commenced bombing in Oahu,

　　日本空军部队在美国的瓦胡岛。开始轰炸一小时后，

　　the Japanese ambassador to the United States and his colleagues delivered to the Secretary of State a formal reply to a recent American message.

　　日本驻美大使及其同僚居然还向美国国务卿递交正式复函，回答美国最近致日本的一封函件。

　　While this reply stated that it seemed useless to continue the existing diplomatic negotiations⁵,

　　这份复函虽然声言目前的外交谈判已无继续之必要，

　　it contained no threat or hint of war or armed attack.

　　但却未有威胁的言词，也没有暗示将发动战争或采取军事行动。

　　It will be recorded that the distance of Hawaii from Japan makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned many days or even weeks ago.

　　夏威夷岛距日本的距离说明此次袭击显然是许多天前甚至几星期前所策划的，此事将记录在案。

1 infamy   

n.声名狼藉，出丑，恶行

参考例句：

• They may grant you power,honour,and riches but afflict you with servitude,infamy,and poverty.他们可以给你权力、荣誉和财富，但却用奴役、耻辱和贫穷来折磨你。
• Traitors are held in infamy.叛徒为人所不齿。

2 deliberately   

adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地

参考例句：

• The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
• They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。

3 naval   

adj.海军的，军舰的，船的

参考例句：

• He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
• The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。

4 solicitation   

n.诱惑；揽货；恳切地要求；游说

参考例句：

• Make the first solicitation of the three scheduled this quarter. 进行三位名单上预期捐助人作本季第一次邀请捐献。 来自互联网
• Section IV is about the proxy solicitation system and corporate governance. 随后对委托书的格式、内容、期限以及能否实行有偿征集、征集费用由谁承担以及违反该制度的法律责任进行论述，并提出自己的一些见解。 来自互联网

5 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。