dig的意思Blood, toil, sweat and tears(中英双语)

2021年1月19日发(作者：歌词赏析)
Blood, toil, sweat and tears





























Winston L. S. Churchill
Friday evening last I received from His Majesty the mission to
form a new administration.


2.
It
was
the
evident
will
of
Parliament
and
the
nation
that
this
should
be
received
on
the
broadest
possible
basis
and
that
it
should include all parties.


3. I have already completed the most important part of this task. A
war cabinet has been formed of five members, representing, with
the Labor, Opposition and Liberals, the unity of the nation. It was
necessary that this should be done in one single day, on account
of
the
extreme
urgency
and
rigor
of
events.
A
number
of
other
key positions were filled yesterday, and I am submitting a further
list to his Majesty tonight. I hope to complete the appointment of
the principal Ministers during tomorrow. The appointment of the
other Ministers usually takes a little longer, but I trust that, when
Parliament meets again, this part of task will be completed, and
that the administration will be complete in all respects.
4.
I
considered
it
in
the
public
interest
to
suggest
to
the
Speaker
that the House should be summoned today. Mr. Speaker agreed,
and
took
the
necessary
steps,
in
accordance
with
the
powers
conferred upon him by the Resolution of the House. At the end of
the
proceedings
today,
the
adjourment
of
the
House
will
be
proposed
until
Tuesday,
May
21,
with
provision
for
earlier
meeting
if
need
be.
The
business
to
be
considered
during
that
week will be notified to Members at the earliest opportunity.
5. I now invite the House by a resolution to record its approval of
the
steps
taken
and
declare
its
confidence
in
the
new
government. The resolution:
6.
“That
this
House
welcomes
the
formation
of
a
government
representing
the
united
and
inflexible
resolve
of
the
nation
to
prosecute the war with Germany to a victorious conclusion.
7.
To
form
an
administration
of
this
scale
and
complexity
is
a
serious undertaking in itself. But we are in the preliminary phase
of one of the greatest battles in history. We are in action at many
other points --- in Norway and in Holland --- and we have to be
prepared in the Mediterranean. The air battle is continuing, and
many preparations have to be made here at home.
8.
In
this
crisis
I
think
I
may
be
pardoned
if
I
do
not
address
the
House at any length today, and I hope that any of my friends and
colleagues or former colleagues who are affected by the political
reconstruction will make all allowances for my lack of ceremony
with which it has been necessary to act.
9.
I
say
to
the
House
as
I
said
to
Ministers
who
have
joined
this
government,
I
have
nothing
to
offer
but
blood,
toil,
tears
and
sweat. We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind.
We have before us many, many months of struggle and suffering.
10. You ask, what is our policy? I say it is to wage war by land, sea
and air. War with all our might and with all the strength God has
given
us,
and
to
wage
war
against
a
monstrous
tyranny
never
surpassed in the dark and lame table catalogue of human crime.
That is our policy.
11. You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word. It is victory.
Victory
at
all
costs
---
victory
in
spite
of
all
terrors
---
victory,
however long and hard the road may be, for without victory there
is no survival.
12.
Let
that
be
realized.
No
survival
for
the
British
Empire,
no
survival for all that the British Empire has stood for, no survival
for the
urge,
the
impulse
of
the
ages,
that
mankind
shall
move
forward to ward his goal.
13.
I
take
up
my
task
in
buoyancy
and
hop.
I
feel
sure
that
our
cause will not be suffered to fail among men.
I feel entitled at this juncture, at this time, to claim the aid of all
and to say, “Come then, let us go forward together with our united
strength.”