丘吉尔在国会的演讲

第一篇：丘吉尔在国会的演讲

Winston Churchill 丘吉尔

“At four o’clock this morning, Hitler attacked and invaded Russia.All his usual formalities of perfidy were observed with scrupulous technique.A non-aggression treaty had been solemnly signed and was in force between the two countries.No complaint had been made by Germany of its non-fulfillment.Under its cloak of false confidence, the German armies drew up in immense strength along a line which stretched from the White Sea to the Black Sea.And their air fleets and armoured divisions, slowly and methodically.took up their stations.Then suddenly, without declaration of war, without even an ultimatum, the German bombs rained down from the sky upon the Russian cities.The German troops violated the Russian frontiers.And an hour later, the German ambassador, who ’til the night before was lavishing his assurances of friendship-almost of alliance-upon the Russians, called upon the Russian Foreign Minister to tell him that a state of war existed between Germany and Russia.Thus was repeated, on a far larger scale, the same kind of outrage against every form of signed compact and international faith which we had witnessed in Norway, in Denmark, in Holland, in Belgium.And which Hitler’s accomplice and jackal Mussolini, so faithfully imitated in the case of Greece.All this was no surprise to me.In fact, I gave clear and precise warnings to Stalin of Stalin of what was coming.I gave him warnings, as I have given warnings to others before.I can only hope that these warnings did not fall unheeded.All we know at present is that the Russian people are defending their native soil, and that their leaders have called upon them to resist to the utmost.”

…………….The Russian danger is therefore our danger and the danger of the United States.Just as the cause of any Russian fighting for his hearth and home is the cause of free men and free people in every quarter of the globe.Let us learn the lessons already taught by such cruel experience.Let us re-double our exertion and strike with united strength while life and power remain.”

注释：

formalities：形式，手段，伎俩

perfidy：背信弃义，背叛

scrupulous：严格认真的in force

有效，在有效期中。cloak：斗篷；伪装

methodically：有条理地

ultimatum：最后通牒

violated：侵犯

ambassador：大使

lavish：慷慨地给予

alliance：联盟，同盟

accomplice：同谋，帮凶 jackal：走狗，爪牙

unheeded：被忽视的utmost：最远的，极度的，最大的 hearth and home 家园

exertion：尽力，努力

中文对照：

今天凌晨4时，希特勒已进攻并侵入俄国。他所有形式的狡诈与不忠都被极其审慎地记录下来。德俄曾签署了互不侵犯条约，并互相遵守着。德国在不履行条约之前也没有过任何抱怨。在虚伪的诺言掩护下，德国纠集大量兵力，布置在从波罗地海到黑海的战线上。他们的大机群、装甲师也缓慢而又有序地进入阵地。然后，突然间，没有宣战，甚至没有最后通牒，德国的炸弹突然在俄国城市的上空雨点般地落下，德国军队已侵犯到俄国边境。一小时后，德国大使拜见俄国外交部长，称两国已处于战争状态。而正是这位大使，昨夜还在大放厥词地向俄国人保证友谊和结盟。在很大程度上，这种不顾协约和国际信誉的暴行，是德军在挪威、丹麦、荷兰、比利时等国的暴行，以及希特勒的同党及走狗墨索里尼在希腊对其行为忠实模仿的重演。对于这一切，我都没有什么诧异。事实上，我曾清楚明确地警告过斯大林将要发生的事情。我提醒他，就像我提醒别的国家一样。我只能期望这些警告没有完全落空。现在我们所知道的是俄国人民正在为保卫祖国而战，他们的领袖正在号召他们全力抵抗外来侵略。

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因此，俄国的危险就是我们的危险，就是美国的危险；为保卫家园而战的俄国人民的事业，就是世界各地自由人民和自由民族的事业。

让我们从如此残酷的经历中吸取教训吧！趁生命和力量尚存之际，让我们加倍努力，团结奋战吧！

第二篇：丘吉尔关于希特勒入侵苏联的国会演讲

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英文：

Winston Churchill “At four o’clock this morning, Hitler attacked and invaded Russia.All his usual formalities of perfidy were observed with scrupulous technique.A non-aggression treaty had been solemnly signed and was in force between the two countries.No complaint had been made by Germany of its non-fulfillment.Under its cloak of false confidence, the German armies drew up in immense strength along a line which stretched from the White Sea to the Black Sea.And their air fleets and armoured divisions, slowly and methodically took up their stations.Then suddenly, without declaration of war, without even an ultimatum, the German bombs rained down from the sky upon the Russian cities.The German troops violated the Russian frontiers.And an hour later, the German ambassador, who ’til the night before was lavishing his assurances of friendship——almost of alliance——upon the Russians, called upon the Russian Foreign Minister to tell him that a state of war existed between Germany and Russia.Thus was repeated, on a far larger scale, the same kind of outrage against every form of signed compact and international faith which we had witnessed in Norway, in Denmark, in Holland, in Belgium.And which Hitler’s accomplice and jackal Mussolini, so faithfully imitated in the case of Greece.All this was no surprise to me.In fact, I gave clear and precise warnings to Stalin of what was coming.I gave him warnings, as I have given warnings to others before.I can only hope that these warnings did not fall unheeded.All we know at present is that the Russian people are defending their native soil, and that their leaders have called upon them to resist to the utmost.”

注释：

formalities： 形式，手段，伎俩 perfidy： 背信弃义，背叛 scrupulous： 严格认真的 in force 有效，在有效期中。cloak： 斗篷；伪装 methodically： 有条理地 ultimatum： 最后通牒 violated： 侵犯 ambassador： 大使 lavish： 慷慨地给予 alliance： 联盟，同盟 accomplice： 同谋，帮凶 jackal： 走狗，爪牙

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unheeded： 被忽视的

utmost： 最远的，极度的，最大的

中文对照：

温斯顿·丘吉尔

今天凌晨4时，希特勒已进攻并侵入俄国。他所有形式的狡诈与不忠都被极其审慎地记录下来。德俄曾签署了互不侵犯条约，并互相遵守着。德国在不履行条约之前也没有过任何抱怨。在虚伪的诺言掩护下，德国纠集大量兵力，布置在从波罗地海到黑海的战线上。他们的大机群、装甲师也缓慢而又有序地进入阵地。然后，突然间，没有宣战，甚至没有最后通牒，德国的炸弹突然在俄国城市的上空雨点般地落下，德国军队已侵犯到俄国边境。一小时后，德国大使拜见俄国外交部长，称两国已处于战争状态。而正是这位大使，昨夜还在大放厥词地向俄国人保证友谊和结盟。在很大程度上，这种不顾协约和国际信誉的暴行，是德军在挪威、丹麦、荷兰、比利时等国的暴行，以及希特勒的同党及走狗墨索里尼在希腊对其行为忠实模仿的重演。对于这一切，我都没有什么诧异。事实上，我曾清楚明确地警告过斯大林将要发生的事情。我提醒他，就像我提醒别的国家一样。我只能期望这些警告没有完全落空。现在我们所知道的是俄国人民正在为保卫祖国而战，他们的领袖正在号召他们全力抵抗外来侵略。

第三篇：丘吉尔演讲

今晚，我要借此机会向大家发表演说，因为我们已经来到了战争的关键时刻。

今天凌晨4时，希特勒已进攻并入侵俄国。既没有宣战，也没有最后通牒，但德国炸弹却突然在俄国城市上空象雨点般地落下，德国军队大举侵犯俄国边界。一小时后，德国大使拜见俄国外交部长，称两国已处于战争状态。但正是这位大使，昨夜却喋喋不休地向俄国人保证，德国是朋友，而且几乎是盟友。

希特勒是个十恶不赦、杀人如麻、欲望难填的魔鬼，而纳粹制度除了贪得无厌和种族统治外，别无主旨和原则。它横暴凶悍，野蛮侵略，为人类一切形式的卑劣行径所不及。

它的残酷行为和凶暴侵略所造成的恶果超过了各式各样的人类罪行。在过去二十五年中，没有一个人像我这样始终一贯地反对共产主义。我并不想收回我说过的话。但是，这一切，在正在我们眼前展现的情景对照之下，都已黯然失色了。过去的一切，连同它的罪恶，它的愚蠢和悲剧，都一闪而逝了。我看见俄国士兵站在祖国的大门口，守卫着他们的祖先自远古以来劳作的土地。我看见他们守卫着自己的家园，他们的母亲和妻子在祈祷——呵，是的，有时人人都要祈祷，祝愿亲人平安，祝愿他们的赡养者、战斗者和保护者回归。

我看到俄国上万的村庄，那里穿衣吃饭都依靠土地，生活虽然十分艰辛，那儿依然有着人类的基本乐趣，少女在欢笑，儿童在玩耍。我看见纳粹的战争机器向他们碾压过去，穷凶极恶地展开了屠杀。我看见全副戎装，佩剑、马刀和鞋钉叮当作响的普鲁士军官，以及刚刚威吓、压制过十多个国家的、好诈无比的特工高手。我还看见大批愚笨迟钝，受过训练，唯命是从，凶残暴忍的德国士兵，象一大群爬行的蝗虫正在蹒跚行进。我看见德国轰炸机和战斗机在天空盘旋，它们依然因英国人的多次鞭挞而心有余悸，却在为找到一个自以为唾手可得的猎物而得意忘形。在这番嚣张气焰的背后，在这场突然袭击的背后，我看到了那一小撮策划、组织并向人类发动这场恐怖战争的恶棍。

于是，我的思绪回到了若干年前。那时，俄国军队是我们抗击同一不共戴天的敌人的盟军，他们坚韧不拔，英勇善战，帮助我们赢得了胜利，但后来，他们却完全同这一切隔绝开了——虽然这并非我们的过错。

我亲身经历了所有这一切，如果我直抒胸臆，感怀旧事，你们是会原谅我的。但现在我必须宣布国王陛下政府的决定，我确信伟大的自治领地在适当时候会一致同意这项决定。然而我们必须现在，必须立即宣布这项决定，一天也不能耽搁。我必须发表这项声明，我相信，你们绝不会怀疑我们将要采取的政策。

我们只有一个目标，一个唯一的、不可变更的目标。我们决心要消灭希特勒，肃清纳粹制度的一切痕迹。什么也不能使我们改变这个决心。什么也不能！我们决不谈判；我们决不同希特勒或他的任何党羽进行谈判。我们将在陆地上同他作战；我们将在海洋上同他作战；我们将在天空中同他作战，直至借上帝之力，在地球上肃清他的阴影，并把地球上的人民从他的枷锁下解放出来。

任何一个同纳粹主义作斗争的人或国家，都将得到我们的援助。任何一个与希特勒同流合污的人或国家，都是我们的敌人。这一点不仅适用于国家，而且适用于所有那些卑劣的、吉斯林之流的代表人物，他们充当了纳粹制度的工具和代理人，反对自己的同胞，反对自己的故土。这些吉斯林们，就象纳粹头目自身一样，如果没有被自己的同胞干掉(干掉就会省下很多麻烦)，就将在胜利的翌日被我们送交同盟国法庭审判。这就是我们的政策，这就是我们的声明。

因此，我们将尽力给俄国和俄国人民提供一切援助。我们将呼吁世界各地的朋友和盟友采取同样的方针，并且同我们一样，忠诚不渝地推行到底。

我们已经向苏俄政府提供了力所能及的，可能对他们有用的技术援助和经济援助。我们将日以继夜地、越来越大规模地轰炸德国，月复一月地向它大量投掷炸弹，使它每一个月都尝到并吞下比它倾洒给人类的更加深重的苦难。

值得指出的是，仅仅在昨天，皇家空军曾深入法国腹地，以极小损失击落了28架侵犯、玷污并扬言要控制法兰西领空的德国战斗机。

然而，这仅仅是一个开端。从现在起，我国空军的扩充将加速进行。在今后6个月，我们从美国那儿得到的援助，包括各种战争物资，尤其是重型轰炸机，将开始展示出重要意义。这不是阶级战争。这是一场整个大英帝国和英联邦，不分种族，不分信仰，不分党派，全都投入进去的战争。

希特勒侵略俄国仅仅是蓄谋侵略不列颠诸岛的前奏。毫无疑问，他指望在冬季到来之前结束这一切，并在美国海军和空军进行干涉之前击溃英国。他指望更大规模地重演故伎，各个击破。他一直是凭借这种伎俩得逞的。那时，他就可以为最后行动清除障碍了，也就是说，他就要迫使西半球屈服于他的意志和他的制度了，而如果做不到这一点，他的一切征服都将落空。

因此，俄国的危险就是我国的危险，就是美国的危险；俄国人民为保卫家园而战的事业就是世界各地自由人民和自由民族的事业。

让我们从如此残酷的经验中吸取教训吧！在这生命尚存，力量还在之际，让我们加倍努力，团结一心打击敌人吧！

第四篇：911后布什在国会的演讲

2012-2013 上学期

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第一周

“911”后美国总统布什在美国国会上的演讲

2001年9月20日

Mr.Speaker, Mr.President pro tempore, Members of Congress, and fellow Americans:

In the normal course of events, Presidents come to this chamber to report on the state of the Union.Tonight, no such report is needed.It has already been delivered by the American people.We have seen it in the courage of passengers, who rushed terrorists to save others on the ground--passengers like an exceptional man named Todd Beamer.Please help me to welcome his wife, Lisa Beamer, here tonight.We have seen the state of our Union in the endurance of rescuers, working past exhaustion.We have seen the unfurling of flags, the lighting of candles, the giving of blood, the saying of prayers--in English, Hebrew, and Arabic.We have seen the decency of a loving and giving people, who have made the grief of strangers their own.My fellow citizens, for the last nine days, the entire world has seen for itself the state of our Union--and it is strong.Tonight we are a country awakened to danger and called to defend freedom.Our grief has turned to anger, and anger to resolution.Whether we bring our enemies to justice, or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done.On September the eleventh, enemies of freedom committed an act of war against our country.Americans have known wars--but for the past 136 years, they have been wars on foreign soil, except for one Sunday in 1941.Americans have known the casualties of war--but not at the center of a great city on a peaceful morning.Americans have known surprise attacks--but never before on thousands of civilians.All of this was brought upon us in a single day--and night fell on a different world, a world where freedom itself is under attack.Americans have many questions tonight.Americans are asking: Who attacked our country?

The evidence we have gathered all points to a collection of loosely affiliated terrorist organizations known as al-Qaida.They are the same murderers indicted for bombing American embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, and responsible for the bombing of the U.S.S.Cole.Al-Qaida is to terror what the mafia is to crime.But its goal is not making money;its

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goal is remaking the world--and imposing its radical beliefs on people everywhere.The terrorists practice a fringe form of Islamic extremism that has been rejected by Muslim scholars and the vast majority of Muslim clerics--a fringe movement that perverts the peaceful teachings of Islam.The terrorists' directive commands them to kill Christians and Jews, to kill all Americans, and make no distinctions among military and civilians, including women and children.This group and its leader--a person named Osama bin Ladin--are linked to many other organizations in different countries, including the Egyptian Islamic Jihad and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.There are thousands of these terrorists in more than sixty countries.They are recruited from their own nations and neighborhoods, and brought to camps in places like Afghanistan where they are trained in the tactics of terror.They are sent back to their homes or sent to hide in countries around the world to plot evil and destruction.The leadership of al-Qaida has great influence in Afghanistan, and supports the Taliban regime in controlling most of that country.In Afghanistan, we see al-Qaida's vision for the world.Afghanistan's people have been brutalized--many are starving and many have fled.Women are not allowed to attend school.You can be jailed for owning a television.Religion can be practiced only as their leaders dictate.A man can be jailed in Afghanistan if his beard is not long enough.The United States respects the people of Afghanistan--after all, we are currently its largest source of humanitarian aid--but we condemn the Taliban regime.It is not only repressing its own people, it is threatening people everywhere by sponsoring and sheltering and supplying terrorists.By aiding and abetting murder, the Taliban regime is committing murder.And tonight, the United States of America makes the following demands on the Taliban:

Deliver to United States authorities all the leaders of al-Qaida who hide in your land.Release all foreign nationals--including American citizens--you have unjustly imprisoned, and protect foreign journalists, diplomats, and aid workers in your country.Close immediately and permanently every terrorist training camp in Afghanistan and hand over every terrorist, and every person in their support structure, to appropriate authorities.Give the United States full access to terrorist training camps, so we can make sure

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they are no longer operating.These demands are not open to negotiation or discussion.The Taliban must act and act immediately.They will hand over the terrorists, or they will share in their fate.I also want to speak tonight directly to Muslims throughout the world: We respect your faith.It is practiced freely by many millions of Americans, and by millions more in countries that America counts as friends.Its teachings are good and peaceful, and those who commit evil in the name of Allah blaspheme the name of Allah.The terrorists are traitors to their own faith, trying, in effect, to hijack Islam itself.The enemy of America is not our many Muslim friends;it is not our many Arab friends.Our enemy is a radical network of terrorists, and every government that supports them.Our war on terror begins with al-Qaida, but it does not end there.It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped, and defeated.Americans are asking: Why do they hate us?

They hate what we see right here in this chamber--a democratically elected government.Their leaders are self-appointed.They hate our freedoms--our freedom of religion, our freedom of speech, our freedom to vote and assemble and disagree with each other.They want to overthrow existing governments in many Muslim countries, such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan.They want to drive Israel out of the Middle East.They want to drive Christians and Jews out of vast regions of Asia and Africa.These terrorists kill not merely to end lives, but to disrupt and end a way of life.With every atrocity, they hope that America grows fearful, retreating from the world and forsaking our friends.They stand against us, because we stand in their way.We are not deceived by their pretenses to piety.We have seen their kind before.They are the heirs of all the murderous ideologies of the twentieth century.By sacrificing human life to serve their radical visions--by abandoning every value except the will to power--they follow in the path of fascism, and Nazism, and totalitarianism.And they will follow that path all the way, to where it ends: in history's unmarked grave of discarded lies.Americans are asking: How will we fight and win this war?

We will direct every resource at our command--every means of diplomacy, every tool of intelligence, every instrument of law enforcement, every financial influence, and every necessary weapon of war--to the disruption and defeat of the global terror

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network.This war will not be like the war against Iraq a decade ago, with its decisive liberation of territory and its swift conclusion.It will not look like the air war above Kosovo two years ago, where no ground troops were used and not a single American was lost in combat.Our response involves far more than instant retaliation and isolated strikes.Americans should not expect one battle, but a lengthy campaign, unlike any other we have seen.It may include dramatic strikes, visible on television, and covert operations, secret even in success.We will starve terrorists of funding, turn them one against another, drive them from place to place, until there is no refuge or rest.And we will pursue nations that provide aid or safe haven to terrorism.Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make.Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime.Our Nation has been put on notice: We are not immune from attack.We will take defensive measures against terrorism to protect Americans.Today, dozens of federal departments and agencies, as well as state and local governments, have responsibilities affecting homeland security.These efforts must be coordinated at the highest level.So tonight I announce the creation of a Cabinet-level position reporting directly to me--the Office of Homeland Security.And tonight, I also announce a distinguished American to lead this effort, to strengthen American security, a military veteran, and an effective governor, a true patriot, a trusted friend---Pennsylvania’s Tom Ridge.He will lead oversea coordinated comprehensive national strategy to safeguard our country against terrorism and respond any attacks that may come.These measures are essential.But the only way to defeat terrorism as a threat to our way of life is to stop it, eliminate it, and destroy it where it grows.Americans are asking: What is expected of us?

I ask you to live your lives and hug your children.I know many citizens have fears tonight, and I ask you to be calm and resolute, even in the face of a continuing threat.I ask you to uphold the values of America, and remember why so many have come here.We are in a fight for our principles, and our first responsibility is to live by them.No one should be singled out for unfair treatment or unkind words because of their ethnic background or religious faith.I ask you to continue to support the victims of this tragedy with your contributions.4 / 6

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Those who want to give can go to a central source of information, libertyunites.org, to find the names of groups providing direct help in New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.The thousands of FBI agents who are now at work in this investigation may need your cooperation, and I ask you to give it.I ask for your patience, with the delays and inconveniences that may accompany tighter security--and for your patience in what will be a long struggle.I ask your continued participation and confidence in the American economy.Terrorists attacked a symbol of American prosperity.They did not touch its source.America is successful because of the hard work, and creativity, and enterprise of our people.These were the true strengths of our economy before September eleventh, and they are our strengths today.Finally, please continue praying for the victims of terror and their families, for those in uniform, and for our great country.Prayer has comforted us in sorrow, and will help strengthen us for the journey ahead.Tonight I thank my fellow Americans for what you have already done and for what you will do.And ladies and gentlemen of the Congress, I thank you, their representatives, for what you have already done, and for what we will do together.Tonight, we face new and sudden national challenges.We will come together to improve air safety, to dramatically expand the number of air marshals on domestic flights, and take new measures to prevent hijacking.We will come together to promote stability and keep our airlines flying with direct assistance during this emergency.We will come together to give law enforcement the additional tools it needs to track down terror here at home.We will come together to strengthen our intelligence capabilities to know the plans of terrorists before they act, and find them before they strike.We will come together to take active steps that strengthen America's economy, and put our people back to work.Tonight we welcome here two leaders who embody the extraordinary spirit of all New Yorkers: Governor George Pataki, and Mayor Rudy Giuliani.As a symbol of America's resolve, my Administration will work with the Congress, and these two leaders, to show the world that we will rebuild New York City.5 / 6

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演讲辩论特色班

第一周

After all that has just passed, all the lives taken, and all the possibilities and hopes that died with them, it is natural to wonder if America's future is one of fear.Some speak of an age of terror.I know there are struggles ahead, and dangers to face.But this country will define our times, not be defined by them.As long as the United States of America is determined and strong, this will not be an age of terror;this will be an age of liberty, here and across the world.Great harm has been done to us.We have suffered great loss.And in our grief and anger we have found our mission and our moment.Freedom and fear are at war.The advance of human freedom--the great achievement of our time, and the great hope of every time--now depends on us.Our Nation--this generation--will lift a dark threat of violence from our people and our future.We will rally the world to this cause, by our efforts and by our courage.We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail.It is my hope that in the months and years ahead, life will return almost to normal.We'll go back to our lives and routines, and that is good.Even grief recedes with time and grace.But our resolve must not pass.Each of us will remember what happened that day, and to whom it happened.We will remember the moment the news came--where we were and what we were doing.Some will remember an image of fire, or a story of rescue.Some will carry memories of a face and a voice gone forever.And I will carry this.It is the police shield of a man named George Howard, who died at the World Trade Center trying to save others.It was given to me by his mom, Arlene, as a proud memorial to her son.This is my reminder of lives that ended, and a task that does not end.I will not forget this wound to our country, or those who inflicted it.I will not yield.I will not rest.I will not relent in waging this struggle for the freedom and security of the American people.The course of this conflict is not known, yet its outcome is certain.Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them.Fellow citizens, we will meet violence with patient justice--assured of the rightness of our cause, and confident of the victories to come.In all that lies before us, may God grant us wisdom, and may He watch over the United States of America.Thank you.6 / 6

第五篇：丘吉尔二战演讲

丘吉尔二战演讲

1940年，从伦敦白厅的地下深处，在那些被称为内阁战时用房的建筑群里，温斯顿 丘吉尔拯救了英国，丘吉尔二战演讲。这个神秘的地下室变成了战时的神经中枢。丘吉尔甚至偶尔会在这里过夜。60号房间，这个政治掩体里，他向全国发表了他历史性的演讲，这些演讲给了人民无比的勇气和信心以赢得战争的胜利。

有时我想象：1940年，那时还是十几岁女孩的妈妈和她的兄弟姐妹们围坐在家里的收音机前，急切地聆听着丘吉尔的演讲。对英国人来说那时一段非常艰难的日子：顿刻尔克大撤退后，希特勒已经占领了西欧的大部分地区，而我们孤军作战以抵抗纳粹。在巨大的恐惧和不安中人民等待着他的声音，对他所讲的每个字如饥似渴。

而他们听到的，是历史上最伟大的演讲：这些演讲甚至在我今天阅读它们的时候，也让我内心充满面对人生任何困难永不放弃的决心。丘吉尔在其政治家的外表之下更像一位诗人。他凭借其卓越的文字功力成就了一篇篇让人难忘的演讲，无形中培养了听众难以置信的坚毅品质。这些特别的演讲超越了政治内容而成为文学典范，今天读来确实像诗歌一般：

“虽然欧洲的大部分土地和许多著名的古国已经或可能陷入了盖世太保以及所有可憎的纳粹统治机构的魔瓜，但我们绝不气馁、绝不言败。

我们将战斗到底。我们将在法国作战，我们将在海洋中作战，我们将以越来越大的信心和越来越强的力量在空中作战，我们将不惜一切代价保卫本土，我们将在海滩作战，我们将在敌人的登陆点作战，我们将在田野和街头作战，我们将在山区作战。

我们绝不投降。”

这些演讲将无可阻挡的韵律和反复使用的语句连在一起，让人想起莎士比亚的那种皇家气势。这些非同寻常的文字能量改变了这个国家。它让每个听演讲的人内心充满信息和坚定的信仰，让我们这个小岛经受住不幸。这些演讲进入了英国人的灵魂深处，唤起了潜伏在每个英国人内心的狮性。

它们是我母亲不屈不饶精神特质的源泉，这些特质在她晚年显露得尤其明显。我至今难忘那个圣诞：高龄79岁的她从楼梯顶一直摔到楼底。虽遍体鳞伤，她不仅活过来，而且在圣诞早上，她竟然打扮一新，打定主意这样重要的日子不能被打乱。我知道这种惊人的坚韧是在二战中塑造起来的，伴随着他们那一代人，成型于丘吉尔无以伦比的演讲。

当然这不是丘吉尔第一次运用他的文学才华以达到惊人的效果。他青年时曾做过记者，也曾作为战地记者随英军在印度和苏丹作战。作为记者，他曾在南非被捕，丘吉尔关于布尔战争的报道第一次引起公众注意。他成为多产的历史题材作家，他的著作包括写于1899年的《河上战争》，那是他还是名战士，此书描写了在苏丹的战役。

丘吉尔作为首相的任命竟意外地成全了他最重要、最有成就的文学成果。经历了跌宕起伏的议会生涯，丘吉尔也因提出有争议的政见而树敌颇多，但他突出走出阴影，成为了担当时代重任的那个人。丘吉尔在写作与发表演讲方面的天赋也在不久就显露出来，他作为一名伟大的演说家的声誉开始建立起来。

丘吉尔许多伟大的演讲都具有散文诗的品质以及充满了激励、鼓舞英国大众面对危难的语言。他第一次对公众广播是在1940年5月19日, 这次演讲包括下面的文字：

“ 在我们身后------聚集着破碎的国家和被奴役的民族-----对于所有人来说，野蛮的长漫漫长夜将要降临，即使有希望之星出现，这长夜也无法打破，除非我们战而胜之，我们必须战而胜之，我们定能战而胜之。”

我们看到诗歌技巧已成为丘吉尔伟大演讲的鲜明特征。这段演讲并非政治家常用的演讲套路，而是采用了丰富的想象力，并通过反复使用“征服”一词睿智地创造出富有节奏感的强大共鸣，演讲稿《丘吉尔二战演讲》。它传达了绝对明确的信念：我们将驱除暴-政，还自由于欧洲。

从还是个小男孩时，这场战争就令我着迷，我热衷于听我的父母一口气讲述他们的战争故事：我们如何赢得不列颠之战对我来说始终还是个谜。1940年7月14日，那场伟大空战的前夜，BBC向全国播出了丘吉尔名为“战争中的无名勇士”的演讲，其中包含了这样美妙的句子：当我们满怀敬畏站在未及展开的人类命运画卷前，信仰给了我们帮助与安慰。

这次演讲所创造出的抒情般的想象，渐渐唤起了英国人的英雄情结，叩击着我们民族认同的核心价值。这些话让人联想到莎士比亚，是他锻造了这份认同感并传达出了英国人的骄傲：绝不允许我们国家被外来列强所征服。丘吉尔通过这些文字传达出莎士比亚的精神：现在，我们必须独担危难，面对纳粹暴-政与敌意可能带来的最坏后果-----在这里，我们的海域由海军严密防守;我们的领空由空军英勇捍卫----我们满怀信心等待即将到来的袭击。”

亨利五世曾喃喃自语这些话的有趣场景被改编进由劳伦斯 奥利弗在战时主演的电影，极大地提升了民族的士气。

“向前冲，亲爱的朋友，向前;或者就拿咱们英国人的尸体去堵住这座城墙”

丘吉尔的演讲唤起了英国人的集体潜意识。这些演讲重新唤醒了莎士比亚，几世纪前他就将民族魂深深融入人心，那些不朽的语句从理查德二世嘴里脱口而出：

“这一个镶嵌在银色的海水之中的宝石，这被护佑的地方、地球、领土和英格兰。”

但直到我成人后，研究了1940年的历史现实，我意识到我们的失败是不可避免的。当时唯一明智的行动是向希特勒投降或者达成一项和平协议。但我父母从没有这样谈起那场战争。我记得曾问过母亲：是什么让他们坚信我们必胜?她的回答非常简单：丘吉尔的演讲。他的话让这个国家的每个人坚信：胜利终将属于我们。

1940年8月英国到了生死存亡的关头：在这历史的危急时刻，德军对英国南部机场实施了毁灭性攻击，英国空军顽强抵抗，最关键的战争还在持续。丘吉尔在8月20日做了另一个重要演讲，其中包含了最广为人知的那句名言，他赞扬英国皇家空军的飞行员，其中丘吉尔对“少数”的表达震撼人心：

“在人类战争历史上，从来没有一次像这样，有如此之少的人，为如此之多的人，作出如此巨大的牺牲。”

寥寥数语就把人们无法言表的情绪表达出来。

1940年9月1号，希特勒改变战略，妄图以对伦敦的狂轰乱炸来摧毁英国人民的意志。伦敦人在丘吉尔演讲的激励下，毫不畏惧地平静地继续着他们每天的生活。当我还是孩子时，我父母讲述的伦敦人在那个非常时期的惊人勇敢的故事深深吸引住了我。他们的勇气是我整个生命中的灵感源泉。

丘吉尔在1941年2月那篇名为《给我们武器》的演讲中盛赞了伦敦人，他动容地讲到伦敦人的顽强抵抗如何使得希特勒的诡计化为泡影。这篇长篇演讲在情绪表达和文学价值上如此丰富多彩，值得每个学习英语的学生去仔细品味。演讲中还包含了这些优美段落：丘吉尔向英联邦国家给予祖国的支持表示感谢以及对希望人墨英勇翻看索里尼的军队的敬意。

在演讲的结束部分，丘吉尔对罗斯福总统的支持给予了激动人心的回应：

“我们不能退缩或失败;我们不能变虚弱或疲惫……无论战争的突然打击还是长久的警惕与努力的考验都不能让我们失去信心。给我们武器，我们就能完成这项任务。”

丘吉尔继续着他的不巧演说直到希特勒被打败，欧洲重获自由。战争结束后，他开始找手写有关第二次世界大战的长卷。这6部长卷为他赢得了1953年的诺贝尔奖。他的获奖不仅是对他文学成就的肯定，更重要是对他以伟大的演说激励人民走向胜利的高度认可。

丘吉尔的演讲，毫不夸张地说，拯救了世界。赢得战争靠的不仅子弹和炸弹，关键是信仰。这信仰是丘吉尔那些动人心魄的演讲灌输给每个英国达人这是赢得了信仰的一个丘吉尔的诗歌在每一个人灌输的信仰。它证明了文字的力量可以影响整个国家并最终赢得胜利。

语言的力量有时比武器更强大。