Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, members of the Senate and the House of Representatives: Yesterday, December 7th, 1941—a date which will live in infamyn. /ˈɪnfəmi/ 声名狼藉;耻辱—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberatelyadv. /dɪˈlɪbərətli/ 蓄意地,故意地 attacked by navaladj. /ˈneɪvl/ 海军的 and air forces of the Empiren. /ˈempaɪər/ 帝国 of Japan.
副总统先生、议长先生、参议院和众议院的各位议员:昨天,1941年12月7日——一个将永远蒙受耻辱的日子——美利坚合众国遭到了日本帝国海军和空军部队突然而蓄意的攻击。
The United States was at peace with that nation, and, at the solicitationn. /səˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃn/ 请求,恳求;劝诱 of Japan, was still in conversation with its Government and its Emperor looking toward the maintenancen. /ˈmeɪntənəns/ 维持,保持 of peace in the Pacific. Indeed, one hour after Japanese air squadronsn. /ˈskwɑːdrənz/ 中队(空军编制) had commencedv. /kəˈmenst/ 开始(commence 的过去式) bombing in the American island of Oahu, the Japanese Ambassadorn. /æmˈbæsədər/ 大使 to the United States and his colleaguen. /ˈkɑːliːɡ/ 同事,同僚 delivered to our Secretary of State a formal reply to a recent American message. And while this reply stated that it seemed useless to continue the existing diplomaticadj. /ˌdɪpləˈmætɪk/ 外交的 negotiationsn. /nɪˌɡoʊʃiˈeɪʃnz/ 谈判,磋商, it contained no threat or hint of war or of armed attack.
美国当时与那个国家处于和平状态,并且应日本之请,仍在与其政府和天皇进行对话,以期维持太平洋地区的和平。事实上,在日本空军机群开始轰炸美国瓦胡岛一小时之后,日本驻美国大使及其同僚才向我国国务卿递交了对最近一份美国照会的正式答复。而这份答复虽然声称继续现有的外交谈判已无意义,却丝毫没有提及战争或武装进攻的威胁或暗示。
It will be recordedv. /rɪˈkɔːrdɪd/ 记载,记录 that the distance of Hawaii from Japan makes it obviousadj. /ˈɑːbviəs/ 明显的,显而易见的 that the attack was deliberately planned many days or even weeks ago. During the interveningadj. /ˌɪntərˈviːnɪŋ/ 介于其间的 time the Japanese Government has deliberately sought to deceivev. /dɪˈsiːv/ 欺骗,蒙蔽 the United States by false statements and expressionsn. /ɪkˈspreʃnz/ 表达,表示 of hope for continued peace.
必须记录在案的是:夏威夷与日本相距遥远,这就使显而易见——此次攻击是许多天甚至数周之前就已蓄意策划的。在这段时间里,日本政府蓄意以虚假的声明和希望继续和平的表示来欺骗美国。
The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian Islands has caused severeadj. /sɪˈvɪr/ 严重的,剧烈的 damage to American naval and military forces. I regretv. /rɪˈɡret/ 遗憾,抱歉 to tell you that very many American lives have been lost. In addition American ships have been reported torpedoedv. /tɔːrˈpiːdoʊd/ 用鱼雷击沉 on the high seasphr. /ˌhaɪ ˈsiːz/ 公海,远洋 between San Francisco and Honolulu.
昨天对夏威夷群岛的进攻,已使美国海军和军事力量遭受严重损失。我遗憾地告诉各位,为数众多的美国人已经丧生。此外,据报道,美国船只已在旧金山与檀香山之间的公海上遭到鱼雷攻击。
Yesterday the Japanese Government also launchedv. /lɔːntʃt/ 发动,发起 an attackn. /əˈtæk/ 攻击,进攻 against Malaya.
昨天,日本政府还发动了对马来亚的进攻。
Last night Japanese forcesn. /ˈfɔːrsɪz/ 武装力量,部队 attackedv. /əˈtækt/ 袭击,攻击 Hong Kong.
昨夜,日军进攻了香港。
Last night Japanese forces attacked Guam.
昨夜,日军进攻了关岛。
Last night Japanese forces attacked the Philippine Islands.
昨夜,日军进攻了菲律宾群岛。
Last night the Japanese attacked Wake Island.
昨夜,日军进攻了威克岛。
And this morning the Japanese attacked Midway Island.
今天上午,日军进攻了中途岛。
Japan has, therefore, undertakenv. /ˌʌndərˈteɪkən/ 着手,进行(undertake 的过去分词) a surprise offensiven. /əˈfensɪv/ 攻势,进攻 extendingv. /ɪkˈstendɪŋ/ 延伸,扩展 throughout the Pacific area. The facts of yesterday and today speak for themselves. The people of the United States have already formed their opinions and well understand the implicationsn. /ˌɪmplɪˈkeɪʃnz/ 影响,含义 to the very life and safety of our nationn. /ˈneɪʃn/ 国家,民族.
因此,日本已发动了一场遍及整个太平洋地区的突然攻势。昨天和今天的事实本身就说明了一切。美国人民已经形成了自己的判断,并充分理解这对我国生死存亡和安全的影响。
As Commander-in-Chiefn. /kəˌmændər ɪn ˈtʃiːf/ 总司令 of the Army and Navy, I have directedv. /dəˈrektɪd/ 指示,命令 that all measuresn. /ˈmeʒərz/ 措施,办法 be taken for our defensen. /dɪˈfens/ 防御,防卫.
作为陆军和海军总司令,我已下令采取一切措施进行防御。
But always will our whole nation remember the charactern. /ˈkærəktər/ 性质,特征 of the onslaughtn. /ˈɑːnslɔːt/ 猛攻,袭击 against us. No matter how long it may take us to overcomev. /ˌoʊvərˈkʌm/ 战胜,克服 this premeditatedadj. /priˈmedɪteɪtɪd/ 预谋的,事先策划的 invasionn. /ɪnˈveɪʒn/ 入侵,侵略, the American people in their righteousadj. /ˈraɪtʃəs/ 正义的,正当的 mightn. /maɪt/ 力量,威力 will win through to absoluteadj. /ˈæbsəluːt/ 绝对的,完全的 victory.
但我们的全国民众将永远铭记这次袭击的性质。无论我们需要多长时间才能战胜这场预谋已久的侵略,美国人民都将以其正义的力量赢得彻底的胜利。
I believe that I interpretv. /ɪnˈtɜːrprət/ 诠释,理解 the will of the Congress and of the people when I assertv. /əˈsɜːrt/ 断言,宣称 that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermostn. /ˈʌtərmoʊst/ 最大限度,极致 but will make it very certain that this form of treacheryn. /ˈtretʃəri/ 背信弃义,背叛 shall never again endangerv. /ɪnˈdeɪndʒər/ 危及,使遭危险 us.
我相信,当我断言我们不仅将竭尽全力自卫,而且将使这种背信弃义的行为永不再危及我们时,我表达了国会和人民的意志。
Hostilitiesn. /hɑːˈstɪlətiz/ 敌对行动,战争状态 exist. There is no blinkingv. /ˈblɪŋkɪŋ/ 眨眼;(此处)回避、视而不见 at the fact that our people, our territoryn. /ˈterətɔːri/ 领土,领地 and our interests are in graveadj. /ɡreɪv/ 严重的,重大的 danger.
敌对行动已经存在。不容回避的事实是:我们的人民、我们的领土和我们的利益都处于严重的危险之中。
With confidencen. /ˈkɑːnfɪdəns/ 信心,信任 in our armed forces—with the unbounding determinationn. /dɪˌtɜːrmɪˈneɪʃn/ 决心,坚定 of our people—we will gain the inevitableadj. /ɪnˈevɪtəbl/ 必然的,不可避免的 triumphn. /ˈtraɪʌmf/ 胜利,凯旋—so help us God.
怀着对武装部队的信心——怀着我国人民无穷的决心——我们将赢得必然的胜利——愿上帝助我。
I ask that the Congress declarev. /dɪˈkler/ 宣布,宣告 that since the unprovokedadj. /ˌʌnprəˈvoʊkt/ 未受挑衅的,无端的 and dastardlyadj. /ˈdæstərdli/ 卑鄙的,怯懦的 attack by Japan on Sunday, December 7th, 1941, a state of warphr. /ˌsteɪt əv ˈwɔːr/ 战争状态 has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire.
我请求国会宣布:自日本于1941年12月7日星期日发动无端而卑鄙的进攻以来,美国与日本帝国之间已处于战争状态。