英文自修136：永远不再战争（增强版，20140804）
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翻译、改写、出题：武太白
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Thought for the Day 20140804 Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby
Question: Do you think we can get rid of our enemies by making friends with them? Why or why not?
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In August 1914 it was said that World War I would be over by Christmas. Nowadays we might call it a surgical strike （外科手术式打击）. By the time it was over, four years later, they called the war to end all wars. Yet that sad summer of 1914 was followed by 75 years of one kind of global war or another, until the fall of the Berlin Wall. And even today, after so much pain and suffering, we cannot begin to number the wars of the world.
The Great War was a war of peoples, not just armies. Letters, films, photos and the stories passed down speak of fear, courage, sacrifice （牺牲）, determination, faith. Because it was a war of peoples, people began to dream of a better world. But broken promises and the struggle to control land and resources left wounds that are still heard in the wars and battle that are the main news headlines today, from the UK, Ukraine, through the Middle East, to Africa and beyond.
It was a war that may break out again and again later. In his diary of the 14th December 1939, a British General, Alan Brooke, wrote:
'On the way went through La Bassee and up to the main road to Neuve Chapelle with all its memories of the fighting in 1915. I also went past the first military house I ever lived in near the front in 1914 not far from Vieille Chapelle.'
He continues: 'It was just a great mix of memories which had a not pleasant taste through the fact that I was back again, starting again what I thought at the time I was finishing for good and all. It gives me a lonely feeling going back over these old grounds, so many of them that were with me then are now gone, and so many that are with me now were not born then!'
And so today. South Sudan, Myanmar, Mosul, Aleppo, Israel and Gaza, Ukraine, Nigeria: we watch and feel for those suffering, fear for those not yet born. “Never again”, the word after so many wars, needs us to say yes to the words of Jesus who tells us that love for our enemies is in fact the only way to get rid of them – we make them our friends – and change our world forever.
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原文：
In August 1914 it was said that it would be over by Christmas. Nowadays we might call it a surgical strike. By the time it was over, four years later, they called the war to end all wars. Yet that tragic summer of 1914 was followed by 75 years of one kind of global war or another, until the fall of the Berlin Wall. And even today, after so much agony and suffering, we cannot begin to number the conflicts of the world.
The Great War was a war of peoples, not just armies. Letters, films, photos and the stories passed down speak of fear, courage, sacrifice, determination, faith. Because it was a war of peoples, people began to dream of a better world. But broken promises and the scramble to control land and resources left scars that still echo in the conflicts dominating the news headlines today, from the UK, Ukraine, through the Middle East, to Africa and beyond.
It was a war to be repeated. In his diary of the 14th December 1939, a British General, Alan Brooke, wrote:
'On the way went through La Bassee and up to the main road to Neuve Chapelle with all its memories of the fighting in 1915. I also went past the first billet I ever occupied near the front in 1914 in the vicinity of Vieille Chapelle.'
He continues: 'It was just a mass of memories which were given a bitter tinge through the fact that I was back again, starting again what I thought at the time I was finishing for good and all. It gives me a lonely feeling going back over these old grounds, so many of them that were with me then are now gone, and so many that are with me now were not born then!'
And so today. South Sudan, Myanmar, Mosul, Aleppo, Israel and Gaza, Ukraine, Nigeria: we watch and feel for those suffering, fear for those not yet born. Never again, the slogan after so many wars, requires us to say yes to the words of Jesus who tells us that love for our enemies is in fact the only way to eliminate them – we make them our friends – and change our world forever.
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译文：
1914年8月的说法是战争到圣诞节就会结束。如今我们可能会说那是一场外科手术式打击。等到四年后结束时，他们把这场战争称为结束一切战争的战争。然而1914年的悲剧之夏之后，又有75年这样那样的全球战争，直到柏林墙的倒塌。而即便是今天，在如此深重的苦难之后，我们世界的冲突还是无可计数。
那场大战是各族之战，而非止军队之战。信件、电影、照片、流传下来的故事诉说的是恐惧、勇气、牺牲、决心和信仰。因为那是各族之战，人们开始梦想有更美好的世界。然而承诺被打碎，意在控制土地与资源的争夺留下了伤痕，如今仍在统治着头条的各种冲突中回响，不管是英国、乌克兰，中东，非洲还是再往东行。
那是一场会重演的战争。英国将军阿兰·布鲁克在1939年12月14日的日记中写道：
“今天走过拉巴塞，走大路直到新沙佩勒，想起1915年所有的那些情景。我也经过了1914年在旧沙佩勒地区前线住过的第一间军营。”
他续道：“想到我又回来了，这令一战的回忆更加苦涩、混乱一团。那时我以为永远盖棺定论的事情，如今又从头开始。重走这些旧阵地，这给我一种孤独的感觉：那么多曾跟我并肩作战的人如今都已不在，而如今跟我并肩作战的人那时都还没出生！”
而今天同样如此。南部苏丹，缅甸，摩苏尔，阿勒波，以色列和加沙，乌克兰，尼日利亚：对那些经受苦难的人，我们注视、感同身受，对那些尚未出生的人，我们深怀忧虑。再不要发生，这一口号已经喊了这么多年，这要求我们对耶稣的话语作出肯定应答：耶稣告诉我们，事实上对我们敌人的爱是唯一能够消除敌人——办法是让他们成为朋友——并永远改变我们世界的办法。