【美联英语】双语阅读：最好的圣诞礼物

第一篇：【美联英语】双语阅读：最好的圣诞礼物

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I have received many Christmas gifts over the years.The best gift I ever received was presented to me by a stranger.I never even knew his name and I only had contact with him for less than 60 seconds.His Christmas present to me changed the way I think about people and about Christmas.这些年我收到过很多圣诞礼物，其中最好的礼物来自一个陌生人。我不曾知道他的名字，我俩之间沟通不到60秒。他送我的圣诞礼物改变了我对别人和圣诞节的看法。

I hate Black Friday sales.It's often a gathering of people who are there for many different reasons.Some are looking for a deal on that one item for their loved one, or perhaps themselves.Their intentions are completely unrelated to the festive time of year, and can merely be summed up with one word, “EBay!”

我讨厌黑色星期五的特卖，总有很多人因为很多不同的原因聚在一起。有些人是为所爱的人或者可能为自己买东西。他们的目的都跟一年一度的节日一点关系都没有，只能总结为一个词：“便宜”！

It was several years ago when my wife asked me to meet her at the local department store on Black Friday morning.They had advertised a child's bike that she wanted to purchase for our son.We stood with a very large crowd, waiting for the manager to blow the whistle.After a while the whistle blew.It was like throwing a bucket of chum into a tank of sharks.I told my wife that if we obtained a bike, fine, but if we did not, I was OK with that too.几年前妻子让我在“黑五”早上和她在当地百货公司门口会和，他们正在特价销售一款儿童自行车，她想买给我们的儿子。还有一大群人站在那儿等着经理吹哨。过了一会，哨声响起，当时的场景就像一桶三文鱼被扔进了鲨鱼水箱里。我跟妻子说如果我们抢到自行车还好，如果没抢到我也无所谓。

As the pallet of bikes began to gradually decrease in size, I saw my polite opportunity to wrap my hands around the corner of one of the boxes.I lifted it off the crate and suddenly felt some mild resistance.I looked up to see one of the largest gentlemen I had ever seen in my life.Intimidating was not the word to describe his presence.He was adorned with numerous straps of metal spiked leather around both arms and even his neck.Tattoos were an obvious passion of his.货架上的自行车越来越少，我看到了一个“文雅”的机会，把手伸到了一个自行车包装盒的角上，把盒子拎了起来，突然感觉到有人轻轻地阻止我。我抬头看见了平生所见的最

高大的人，“吓人”这个词已经不足以形容他了。他胳膊上甚至脖子上满是带有铆钉的皮带子，很明显纹身是他的最爱。

I started to relinquish the box but he gently pushed it back in my direction and back into my hands.He then directed it into my shopping cart.He looked at me, smiled, and said, “Merry Christmas.”My wife and I went to the checkout, paid for the bike and went home.All the way home I was thinking that this moment was by far the best Christmas gift I had ever received.The kindness of a stranger that broke all preconceived notions I may have had of stereotypes and prejudices.The tenderness of a human heart in a simple act.I will never forget it.我想把盒子放回去，但他从他的方向轻轻把自行车推了回来，又推回到我手里，然后直接放进了我的购物车里，他看着我微笑着说：“圣诞节快乐”。妻子和我去了收款处，付完钱就回家了。回家的一路上我都在想那一刻是至今我收到的最好的圣诞礼物。一个陌生人的善良打破了我所有对于成见和偏见原有的看法，人内心的柔软就体现在小小的行为上，我永远不会忘记这次经历。

第二篇：美联英语：圣诞老人和圣诞礼物的英语对话

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Gordon: Hey Jack, what are you up to?

Sarah: I am trying to finish my Christmas shopping.Gordon: It is hard to know what your family wants for Christmas.Sarah: I wish there really was a Santa Claus to take care of all the presents.Gordon: Santa Claus, who is that?

Sarah: You don't know who Santa Claus is? He is Father Christmas.The old man in the red suit.Gordon: Tell me more, please.Sarah: Sure.Let's study!

戈登：嘿，杰克，你要干什么去?

萨拉：我正赶紧买完圣诞节礼物。

戈登：你很难知道你的家人想要是想要什么圣诞礼物。

萨拉：我希望真有圣诞老人来处理所有有关礼物的事情。

戈登：圣诞老人，他是谁?

萨拉：你不知道圣诞老人是谁?他是圣诞节之父。一个穿着红色衣服的老人。

戈登：请你告诉更多些。

萨拉：好吧，我们开始学吧。

NEW WORDS: A tube that goes from a fireplace to the outside of a building in order to let out smoke

Factories usually have very tall chimneys.工厂通常都有很高的烟囱。

2)Christmas Eve: the night before Christmas

You are invited to my house for dinner on Christmas Eve, it will be magical.我邀请你到我家去吃圣诞前夜的晚餐，它将会美妙无比。

3)Christmas tree: A pine tree that is decorated with lights and ornaments

Put the gifts under the Christmas tree.把礼物放在圣诞树下。

4)Coal: black rocks used for fuel

Coal is a cheap but dirty source of fuel.煤是一种廉价的燃料，但是很脏。

5)Cornerstone: A very important part, a central piece

Spring Festival is a cornerstone of Chinese culture.春节是中国文化的基石之一。

Dialogue

Present Tense Dialogue 现在时对话

Molly : Who exactly is Santa Claus?

Gordon: He is a historical figure who gave presents to children.Molly : Was his name always Santa?

Gordon: His name was St.Nicholas, however, the modern American Santa Claus has very little to do with this historical figure.Molly : What are the differences?

Gordon: In American Culture Santa Claus is a person who watches over the

world, especially children.He keeps a list of all the good and bad deeds that you have done over the years.When Christmas arrives, he gives people their presents depending on how good they have been.If you have been a very bad person, Santa will only put coal in your stocking.莫莉：谁是圣诞老人?

戈登：他是一个历史人物，他把礼物送给儿童。

莫莉：他的名字就叫圣诞老人吗?

戈登：他的名字叫圣·尼古拉斯。但是，现代美国文化中的圣诞老人和这个历史人物没有什么联系。

莫莉：他们之间的区别是什么?

戈登：在美国文化中，圣诞老人关照全世界的人，特别是儿童。他有一张清单，这张清单上记录着你一年以来你所做的好事和坏事。当圣诞节到来的时候，他会依据你的表现来决定给你什么礼物。如果你是一个非常坏的人，圣诞老人就只会在你的袜子里放一些煤。

Past Tense Dialogue 过去时对话

Molly : Did Santa deliver presents to the entire world last night?

Gordon: Santa flies around the world in a sleigh pulled by magical flying reindeer.Molly : Santa flew around the world in a magic sleigh pulled by flying reindeer.Gordon: What did he do when he got to your house?

Molly : When he landed on my house, he climbed in through the chimney and placed presents under our decorated Christmas tree.Gordon: Then what happened?

Molly : He enjoyed the cookies and milk we left for him.Gordon: Go on, tell me more, what happened next?

Molly : Lastly he climbed back up the chimney, got into his sleigh and flew to the next house.莫莉：昨天晚上，圣诞老人向全世界发放礼物了吗?

戈登：圣诞老人乘着由神奇会飞的驯鹿雪橇飞遍了全世界。

莫莉：圣诞老人乘着由会飞驯鹿拉着的神奇雪橇飞遍了全世界。

戈登：当圣诞老人到你家的时候，他都做了什么?

莫莉：他停在我家的房顶上，从烟囱下到我们的屋里，然后把礼物放在装饰好的圣诞树下。

戈登：接着又发生了什么?

莫莉：他吃了我们留给他的饼点和牛奶。

戈登：继续，告诉我更多的事情，接着又发生了什么?

莫莉：最后，他又顺着烟囱爬回房顶，然后乘着雪橇飞向了另一家。

NEW WORDS: Acts, things that have been done

Doing good deeds helps make the world a better place.做好事可以使世界变得更美好。

2)Naughty: being bad, not obedient

The naughty boy stole the girl's clothes.淘气的男孩儿偷了那个姑娘的衣服。

3)Santa : An imaginary man that gives Christmas presents to children all over the world

You had better be good or else Santa won't give you any presents this year.你最好乖一点，要不然今年圣诞老人就不会给你任何礼物。

4)Sleigh: a sled pulled by animals

Santa's sleigh is pulled by flying reindeer.会飞的驯鹿拉着圣诞老人的雪橇。

5)Stockings: big socks

On Christmas Eve you hang your stockings in front of the fireplace and Santa Claus will leave presents in them.在圣诞前夜，你把你的长袜挂在火炉前，这样圣诞老人就会把礼物放在里面。

6)Wish List: a list of things that you want

Every year kids make wish list of all the presents they want for Christmas.每年的圣诞节，孩子们都写一张清单列出所有他们想要的礼物。

Lesson: 课文

Santa Facts, or what we believe anyway.1)Santa has a list of who has been naughty or nice.2)Santa drives a sleigh pulled by reindeer.3)He lands his magic sleigh on your roof.4)He lives at the cold North Pole.5)Santa comes down the chimney to put gifts under your Christmas tree.6)His other names include: Saint Nick and Chris Cringle.关于圣诞老人的事情，或是我相信的有关圣诞老人的事。

1.圣诞老人有一张谁是乖孩子谁是坏孩子的清单。

2.圣诞老人驾着驯鹿拉的雪橇。

3.圣诞老人把他神奇的雪橇停在你家的屋顶上。

4.圣诞老人住在寒冷的北极。

5.圣诞老人通过烟囱下到你的屋里，并把礼物放在圣诞树下。

6.圣诞老人的其他名字还有：圣尼克和圣诞克林格。

Dialogue

Molly : Hey, Gordon.What are you up to?

Gordon: Not much, just writing my Christmas wish list.Molly : Don't you think that you are a little old to be writing a Christmas list?

Gordon: You can never be too old for Christmas, you silly girl.Molly : I'm silly? You're the one writing the wish list.Are you planning on mailing it to Santa's house in the North Pole?

Gordon: Naturally, I wouldn't want him to forget anything.Molly : The only thing Santa won't forget is the fact you haven't done a single good deed all year.Gordon: You are way too negative.Santa is a forgiving person, I'm sure we won't be mad at you when he is out delivering presents.Molly : You'd better keep a light on your roof so Santa knows where to land his sleigh.Gordon: If you keep mocking Santa like this, I am going to have to ask you to leave.Molly : Would your hero Santa kick me out?

Gordon: You are right, I should be as nice as possible.Maybe being your friend is my good deed?

Molly : In your dreams.莫莉：嘿，戈登，你在干什么?

戈登：没什么，写我圣诞节想要的礼物的清单。

莫莉：你不觉得你的年龄大了点儿?

戈登：任何人都不会老到不相信圣诞节的程度。你这个傻丫头。

莫莉：我傻吗?你正在写圣诞节想要得到礼物的清单，你是不是还要把它寄到圣诞老人在北极的家。

戈登：当然了，我不希望圣诞老人忘掉任何一件东西。

莫莉：圣诞老人唯一不会忘记的事实就是你在一年里一件好事也没做。

戈登：你也太消极了，圣诞老人是一个宽容的人，我相信当圣诞老人来分发礼物的时候，我们一定不会生你的气。

莫莉：你最好在你的房顶上点一盏灯，这样圣诞老人就知道把他的雪橇停在哪儿了。

戈登：如果你继续取笑圣诞老人，我就要请你离开这里了。

莫莉：你英勇的圣诞老人是不是会把我从这里踢出去。

戈登：你说对了。我要尽量的和蔼一点儿。也许成为你的朋友是我可以做的一件好事?

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第三篇：【美联英语】双语阅读：青春

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Let's take steps to banish some of the most common negative thoughts many of us repeat to ourselves.Being in a negative space is harmful to our overall well-being, because what you dwell on can easily become self fulfilling if you don't change your mindset.让我们一起行动起来，消灭那些我们经常告诉自己的消极想法吧!如果你不改变想法，而是一味地沉浸在消极的念头中，那么，我们的整个身心就会受到影响，因为“噩梦”也会成真。

1.I'm not good enough.我不够好。

This type of negative thought that can apply to many categories.Maybe you don't think you're a good enough mother or good at a sport.Even if you find yourself lacking in something, there's no need to keep repeating it to yourself.The human brain is an incredible thing.Be inspired by Dr.Jill Bolte Taylor, Harvard-trained neuroscientist who suffered a stroke that left her unable to walk, read, write, talk, or remember her previous life.Dr.Taylor took eight years to recover and has since then written a best-selling book about her experience and appeared on Oprah.Keep on working toward something, and watch the leaps and

bounds you'll make.这种消极想法有很多类型。比如你认为自己不是个称职的妈妈或不擅长运动。即使你真的发现了自己的弱点，也没必要对自己不断复述。人脑是神奇的。吉尔泰勒就是个激励的好典型，她是哈佛大学的神经系统学专家，中风后她就失去了行走、阅读、书写、交谈的能力了，甚至还失忆了。她花了八年的时间复原，用自己的经历写了畅销书，还上了奥普拉的节目。坚持做一件事，亲眼见证自己的变化。

2.No one cares about me.没人关心我。

To accurately say that your family and friends don't care about you would be a very rare situation.Maybe you're being too negative and overlooking the gestures of love they show you.They don't even have to be big gestures, but it's the little things they do for you that count.And people may be reacting to the energy you're putting out;perhaps you think they don't care about you so you don't make any effort in your relationships.Start showing people you care, so they can show you back in kind.And if you don't have good relationships with the people you know, what's stopping you from making new friends?

家人朋友都不关心你，这种情况其实不太常见。可能你过于消极的想法使你忽略了他们对你表达的爱。他们甚至并不需要为你做什么惊天动地的大事，正是一些小事才真正打动人心。或者你觉得没人关心你，所以无需再经营人际关系，但其实也许人们只有在感知到你的付出后，才会对你进行回报;关心别人，别人才会关心你。如果你和周围人的关系处理不好，为何不结交些新朋友?

3.I really dislike this person.我真的不喜欢这个人。

If you dislike a person in your work or personal life, focusing on her bad qualities is not going to make things better.You need to let go of your assumptions about her and know that she is human too, which means she makes mistakes.Either you move on and stop thinking and talking about her, or learn to approach her or think about her in a positive manner.Focus on her good qualities, and repeat them to yourself instead of honing in on the unpleasant things.如果工作或生活中有你讨厌的人，只关注她的缺点有害无益。你需要放下对她的所有成见，告诉自己她也是个人，也有犯错的时候。要么就不再谈论她和想着她，要么学着去接近她，或想想她好的一面。多想想她的优点，不要再专注于让你不开心的事情。

4.Why is she better off?

为什么她比我好?

Comparing yourself to someone else is never productive or positive.There's always going to be someone who is younger, prettier, smarter, or richer than you.If you keep coveting what someone else has, then this may cause you to be resentful of them, which will open a whole other negative can of worms.Remember, what they don't have is your whole package.Be appreciative of what you have, because if you want to play the comparison game, remember that there are people who are also worse off than you are.和别人比较永远不是有效率和积极的表现。总有比你年轻，漂亮，聪明，富有的人。如果你始终关注别人拥有什么，会带来你对他们的恨意，随即带来更多消极的想法。记住，你所拥有的也是他们所没有的。珍惜你所拥有的东西，如果真的想和别人比较，也别忘了总有

比你差的人。

5.I'll never reach my goal.我永远无法达到目标。

If you think you're not going to be able “get there,” think again.There are many people who are worse off and have overcome bigger obstacles than what you are facing.Take, for example, Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius, an amputee who overcame his handicap to compete in the Olympics against his able-bodied peers.Everything is within your reach as long as you work hard and have a a positive attitude.如果你认为自己达不到，再想想。比你差的人比比皆是，他们遇到的困难也比你的更大。比如，奥运会短跑选手刀锋战士奥斯卡·皮斯托利斯，一个被截肢的运动员，战胜了自己的阻碍，在其他健壮的对手中脱颖而出赢得了奥运会的冠军。只要你努力付出，有着积极的信念，任何事都能够做到。

第四篇：【美联英语】双语阅读：目标和梦想

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Are you waiting for your dreams to come true and change your life?

I am sorry to tell you that dreams don't come true.你是否还在等待实现梦想来改变你的生活?

很遗憾，那样梦想是不能成真的。

Rather, it is your goals that can forever change your life.You need to set goals in order turn your dreams into reality.但是，你的目标却能永远的改变你的生活

如果要想梦想成真，你就需要给自己订立目标

Don't Confuse Dreams and Goals

Dreams are easy.They are free, too.不要将你的梦想和目标拒之门外

梦想简单易得

However, dreams by themselves are just that… dreams.然而，梦想本身也就是梦想

They are imaginary.And they don't produce tangible results.它们是被想象出来的，它们也不会形成有形的产物。

You need to turn your dreams into action.You need goals to make the visions

of your dreams real.你要做的就是将你的梦想变为行动。你需要设立目标，将你的梦想变得触手可及。

“Dreams can inspire you, but goals can change your life.”

梦想能够激励你，但是目标才能改变你的生活

Goals are all about action.Goals turn dreams into reality.目标与一系列的行动相关。目标能让梦想成真。

Goals change you and can change your life.目标可以改变你，改变你的生活。

Don't confuse your dreams with goals.不要将你有了目标的梦想拒之门外。

Dreams occupy your mind.Goals take over your reality.梦想充实你的内心世界，目标占据着你的现实生活。

What will it take to turn your dreams into goals?

怎样才能把你的梦想转化成你的目标?

Here are 10 Big Differences Between Goals and Dreams:

这里有梦想和目标的10个不同点

Goals are something you are acting on.目标是你正在做的某些事。

Dreams are something you are just thinking about.Goals require action.Dreams can happen without lifting a finger, even while you are asleep.梦想是你内心正在思考的某些东西。目标需要行动。睡觉的时候可以产生梦想，甚至不动一根手指也一样可以办到。

Goals have deadlines.Dreams are just, well, dreams.目标是有期限的，而梦想只是梦想。

Goals must have a deadline.They have a time limit.Dreams can go on forever.In fact, many people maintain dreams their entire lives without ever reaching them.目标肯定有一个有效期，它们是有时间限制的。但是梦想却能永远存在。事实上，许多人都有一个一生都没能实现的梦想。

Dreams are free.Goals have a cost.梦想不需要你支付任何东西，而目标是需要付出代价的。

While you can daydream for free, goals don't come without a price.Time, money, effort and sweat.How will you pay for your goals?

做白日梦不需要有付出，但是目标却不可能没有付出。时间，金钱，精力，汗水。为了达成你的目标，你打算付出些什么呢?

Goals produce results.Dreams don't.目标是可以产生一定的结果的，但梦想不会。

Want to change your life? Your job? Your status in life? Goals can do that.A good friend of mine made six-figures on the ebook he published.He did that.Had it stayed as a dream, his life would have been as it always was.想要你的生活，工作，社会地位有些改变吗?目标可以帮你做到。我的一个好朋友出版的电子书数量超过了六位数，他确实做到了。如果他一直让梦想只是梦想的话，他的生活还是跟以往一样，没有任何改变。

Dreams are imaginary.Goals are based in reality.梦想是想象的产物，而目标确实存在于现实生活中。

You may dream of being Superman, but that is probably not going to happen.Goals are about what you can actually accomplish.They are grounded in the reality of our world.Goals should be big, but not supernatural.你的梦想可能是做一个超人，但很可能它不能成真。目标与你实际完成的事有关，它们存在于我们的现实生活中。目标可以很大，但绝不是超自然。

Goals have a finish line.Dreams never have to end.目标有一个终点，但梦想却可以是没有边际的。

Dreams can go on forever.They don't have to have an ending point.Goals must have a specific outcome.梦想可以一直存在，他不需要有终结点。但目标肯定会有一个特定的结果。

Dreams can inspire you.Goals can change your life.梦想可以一直激励你，而目标才能改变你的生活。

Dreams can bring you motivation.They can inspire you.But, goals can change your life forever.梦想能给你带来激情，它能一直鼓励你，但是目标才能一直改变你的生活。

Goals must have focus.Dreams don't.我们必须专注目标，梦想可以不用。

Dreams can be drifting, ever-changing thoughts.Goals must be laser-focused.They must be specific and they must be always on your mind.梦想是可以随着思想的变化而变化的，但是目标必须要有焦点。它们是具体的，印在你脑海里的。

Goals require hard work.Dreams just require your imagination.目标需要我们努力工作，而梦想只需要你的想象。

Dreaming is easy.做梦都挺容易的。

Almost everyone has a dream.But, fewer people have goals.几乎人人都有梦想。但是极少人有目标。

Goals are hard and they require hard work.(See #3)

完成目标是艰难的，同时也需要我们为此而努力地工作。

Dreams stretch your imagination.Goals stretch you.梦想可以拓宽你的想象力，而目标是拓展你自己。

Dreaming leads to bigger dreams.They stretch the limits of your imagination.But, goals stretch you.They increase your skills, your abilities, and change you forever.做梦可以产生更大的梦想。它可以拓宽你的想象力，而目标则是拓展你自己。它可以增加你的技巧，提高你的能力，永远的改变你。

Goals Do Come True 完成目标

Dreams can inspire you, but goals can change your life.梦想可以鼓励你，而目标则能永远的改变你。

Sometimes it only takes one step to change a dream into a goal.有时，只需一步，梦想就能变为目标。

Yet, it can take years to take that goal to the finish line.也有可能，需要好多年才能完成这个目标。

Always dream big, but make sure your goals are just as big.梦想很大，但请记住你的目标也一样。

Because dreams don't come true… but goals do.因为梦想不能成真，但目标可以。

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Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s longest-serving and only woman prime minister, has died aged 87 after suffering a stroke, prompting a flood of tributes from across the globe.玛格丽特?撒切尔(Margaret Thatcher)因中风去世，享年87岁，在世界各地引发了一阵哀悼浪潮。撒切尔是英国任职最长的首相，也是唯一的女首相。

Leaders lined up to pay their respects to the former prime minister, who revolutionised the UK economy during an 11-year tenure, as she rolled back the state and put in place some of the country’s most radical and controversial reforms.各国领导人纷纷向这位英国前首相表达敬意。在其长达11年的任期中，撒切尔领导了英国经济的革命，缩减了政府职能，并实施了该国最为激进、最有争议的一些改革。

David Cameron, UK prime minister, described the former Conservative prime minister as the “greatest peacetime prime minister”.英国现首相戴维?卡梅伦(David Cameron)把这位前保守党首相称为“英国和平时期最伟大的首相”。

“[She] took a country that was on its knees and made Britain stand tall again.We can’t deny that Lady Thatcher divided opinion.For many of us, she was and is

an inspiration.For others she was a force to be defined against.卡梅伦表示：“(她)临危受命，让英国重新站起来，再度屹立。不可否认，人们对她的评价各异。在我们许多人看来，她过去和现在都是一位鼓舞人心的人物。在其他人看来，她是一种特色鲜明的力量。

“But if there is one thing that cuts through all of this – one thing that runs through everything she did – it was her lion-hearted love for this country,” he said.“但如果说有一个中心贯穿着她的一生——在她所做的每一件事中都体现出来，那就是她对这个国家的无比热爱。”

President Barack Obama said: “The world has lost one of the great champions of freedom and liberty, and America has lost a true friend.”

美国总统巴拉克?奥巴马(Barack Obama)表示：“世界失去了一位积极倡导自由的领袖，美国失去了一位真正的朋友。”

The prime minister’s office announced that parliament would be recalled for a special session on Wednesday to pay tribute to Thatcher.Her funeral will be held at the end of next week at St Paul’s Cathedral.英国首相办公室宣布，周三议会将召开一次特别会议，向撒切尔致哀。她的葬礼将于下周末在伦敦圣保罗大教堂(St Paul's Cathedral)举行。

She will have a “full ceremonial funeral” with military honours as was afforded to the Queen Mother and Lady Diana.The British flag flew at half mast over Parliament to honour Thatcher as all UK political parties suspended campaigning for the local elections on May 2.撒切尔将享有带有军事礼仪的“礼仪葬礼”，礼遇同王太后和戴安娜一样。英国国会降半旗向撒切尔致哀，各政党暂停针对5月2日地方选举的竞选活动。

Thatcher, who transformed Britain with her free-market revolution, had been in poor health since suffering minor strokes in 2002.自从2002年患上中风以来，撒切尔的健康状况一直很差。她曾以自己的自由市场革命改变了英国的面貌。

Statesmen past and present shared their memories of the woman dubbed the “Iron Lady”.Tony Blair, the second longest-serving postwar prime minister, called her “a towering political figure”.“Very few leaders get to change not only the political landscape of their country but of the world.Margaret was such a leader.Her global impact was vast.”

已卸任和在任的政治家们共同悼念有“铁娘子”绰号的撒切尔。英国战后任期第二长的首相托尼布莱尔(Tony Blair)称撒切尔为“一位伟大的政治人物。”“不但改变本国政治版图、还改变世界政治版图的领袖人物非常少，撒切尔就是其中的一位。她在全球播下了深远的影响。”

George W.Bush, former US president, described her as a “great ally” who “strengthened the special relationship”.美国前总统小布什(George W.Bush)称撒切尔为一位“强化了美英特殊关系的伟大盟友”。

Thatcher had a particularly close relationship with Ronald Reagan, the former US president.撒切尔与美国前总统罗纳德?里根(Ronald Reagan)之间保持了一种极为密切的关系。

With Reagan, she helped bring about the end of the Soviet Union and the fall of the Berlin Wall.The British prime minister saw herself as the perfect intermediary between the two countries, having struck up constructive relationships with both Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet president, and a man with whom she told Reagan “we can do business”.她和里根一道促成了苏联的解体和柏林墙的倒塌。这位英国前首相把自己视为美苏两国间的完美中间人，与里根和苏联总统米哈伊尔?戈尔巴乔夫(Mikhail Gorbachev)都建立了富有建设意义的关系。她告诉里根，戈尔巴乔夫是一个“我们能和他打交道”的人。

Mr Gorbachev said Thatcher helped end the Cold War: “Thatcher was a politician whose word carried great weight,” he said in a statement on his website.“Our first meeting in 1984 marked the beginning of a relationship that was at times difficult, not always smooth, but was treated seriously and responsibly by both sides.”

戈尔巴乔夫在自己网站上发布的声明中表示，撒切尔帮助结束了冷战：“撒切尔是一位一言九鼎的政治家。我们在1984年第一次会面，随后便开启了一段时而棘手、并非一帆风顺但双方都认真负责予以对待的关系。”

Lech Walesa, Poland’s former president and anti-communist freedom figure, said Thatcher was key in hastening the fall of the Iron Curtain: “She was a great person.She did a great deal for the world, along with Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul II and Solidarity, she contributed to the demise of communism in Poland and central Europe.”

波兰前总统、反对共产主义的自由派人士列赫?瓦文萨(Lech Walesa)表示，撒切尔在加

速“铁幕”(Iron Curtain)倒塌的过程中发挥了关键的作用：“她是一位伟人。她为世界做出了巨大的贡献，她与罗纳德?里根、教皇约翰?保罗二世(Pope John Paul II)和波兰团结工会(Solidarity)一起，推动了波兰与中欧共产主义政权的终结。”

Her other great success abroad was in the Falklands War against Argentina, which invaded the islands in 1982.Thatcher defied resistance in her own cabinet to send a 25,000-strong task force to the tiny archipelago, which troops eventually recaptured after two months.撒切尔在海外的其他巨大胜利，还包括1982年的英阿福克兰群岛战争(Falklands war，又称马岛战争)。她不顾自己内阁的反对，向面积微小的福克兰群岛派出了2.5万人的特遣部队，最终于两个月后夺回了该群岛。

Her legacy was just as long-lasting at home.A succession of prime ministers, Labour and Conservative alike, have felt unable or unwilling to depart from the blueprint she established of a state serviced by privatised utilities and free of the stranglehold of organised unions.撒切尔在国内留下的遗产同样意义深远。历任首相，无论出自工党还是保守党，都感到不能或不愿背离她为英国设定的蓝图——公用事业私有化，企业不受有组织工会的钳制。