Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Congress of the United States, the gravityn. /ˈɡrævəti/ 严重性，严峻 of the situation which confrontsv. /kənˈfrʌnts/ 面对；降临于 the world today necessitatesv. /nəˈsesɪteɪts/ 使成为必要，需要 my appearance before a joint sessionn. /ˌdʒɔɪnt ˈseʃn/ 联席会议 of the Congress. The foreign policy and the national security of this country are involved. One aspect of the present situation, which I wish to present to you at this time for your considerationn. /kənˌsɪdəˈreɪʃn/ 考虑，审议 and decision, concerns Greece and Turkey.
总统先生、议长先生、美国国会各位议员：今日世界所面临局势之严峻，使我必须出席国会联席会议。此事关涉我国的外交政策与国家安全。此刻我提请各位考虑并作出决定的当前局势的一个方面，关乎希腊与土耳其。
The United States has received from the Greek Government an urgentadj. /ˈɜːrdʒənt/ 紧急的，急迫的 appealn. /əˈpiːl/ 呼吁，请求 for financial and economic assistance. Preliminaryadj. /prɪˈlɪmɪneri/ 初步的，预备的 reports from the American economic missionn. /ˈmɪʃn/ 代表团，使团 now in Greece and reports from the American Ambassador in Greece corroboratev. /kəˈrɑːbəreɪt/ 证实，印证 the statement of the Greek Government that assistance is imperativeadj. /ɪmˈperətɪv/ 必要的，刻不容缓的 if Greece is to survive as a free nation. I do not believe that the American people and the Congress wish to turn a deaf earphr. /ˌtɜːrn ə ˈdef ɪr/ 置若罔闻，充耳不闻 to the appeal of the Greek Government.
美国政府已收到希腊政府关于财政与经济援助的紧急呼吁。目前正在希腊的美国经济使团的初步报告，以及美国驻希腊大使的报告，都印证了希腊政府的说法：希腊若要作为一个自由国家生存下去，援助乃是刻不容缓之事。我不相信美国人民和国会愿意对希腊政府的呼吁置若罔闻。
Greece is not a rich country. Lack of sufficientadj. /səˈfɪʃnt/ 充足的，足够的 natural resources has always forced the Greek people to work hard to make both ends meetphr. /ˌmeɪk boʊθ endz ˈmiːt/ 勉强维持生计. Since 1940, this industriousadj. /ɪnˈdʌstriəs/ 勤劳的，勤勉的 and peace-loving country has suffered invasionn. /ɪnˈveɪʒn/ 入侵，侵略, 4 years of cruel enemy occupationn. /ˌɑːkjuˈpeɪʃn/ 占领，占据, and bitter internal strifen. /straɪf/ 冲突，纷争.
希腊并非富裕之国。自然资源的匮乏，一向迫使希腊人民辛勤劳作以勉强糊口。自 1940 年以来，这个勤劳而爱好和平的国家先后遭受入侵、四年残酷的敌国占领，以及痛苦的内乱。
When forces of liberationn. /ˌlɪbəˈreɪʃn/ 解放 entered Greece they found that the retreatingadj. /rɪˈtriːtɪŋ/ 撤退中的 Germans had destroyed virtuallyadv. /ˈvɜːrtʃuəli/ 几乎，实际上 all the railways, roads, port facilities, communications, and merchant marinen. /ˌmɜːrtʃənt məˈriːn/ 商船队. More than a thousand villages had been burned. Eighty-five percent of the children were tubercularadj. /tuˈbɜːrkjələr/ 患结核病的. Livestockn. /ˈlaɪvstɑːk/ 牲畜，家畜, poultry, and draft animals had almost disappeared. Inflationn. /ɪnˈfleɪʃn/ 通货膨胀 had wiped out practically all savingsn. /ˈseɪvɪŋz/ 储蓄，存款.
当解放部队进入希腊时，他们发现撤退中的德军几乎摧毁了所有的铁路、公路、港口设施、通讯系统与商船队。一千多个村庄被焚毁。百分之八十五的儿童患有结核病。牲畜、家禽与役畜几乎绝迹。通货膨胀吞噬了几乎所有的储蓄。
As a result of these tragic conditions, a militantadj. /ˈmɪlɪtənt/ 好战的，激进的 minorityn. /maɪˈnɔːrəti/ 少数派，少数, exploitingv. /ɪkˈsplɔɪtɪŋ/ 利用，榨取 human wantn. /wɑːnt/ 匮乏，贫困 and misery, was able to create political chaosn. /ˈkeɪɑːs/ 混乱，动荡 which, until now, has made economic recovery impossible.
由于这些悲惨的状况，一个激进的少数派利用人们的匮乏与苦难，制造出政治混乱，以致时至今日经济复苏仍无从谈起。
Greece is today without funds to finance the importationn. /ˌɪmpɔːrˈteɪʃn/ 进口，输入 of those goods which are essential to bare subsistencen. /səbˈsɪstəns/ 生存，最低生活维持. Under these circumstances the people of Greece cannot make progress in solving their problems of reconstructionn. /ˌriːkənˈstrʌkʃn/ 重建，复原. Greece is in desperateadj. /ˈdespərət/ 极度需要的；绝望的 need of financial and economic assistance to enable it to resumev. /rɪˈzuːm/ 恢复，重新开始 purchases of food, clothing, fuel, and seeds. These are indispensableadj. /ˌɪndɪˈspensəbl/ 不可或缺的 for the subsistence of its people and are obtainableadj. /əbˈteɪnəbl/ 可获得的 only from abroad. Greece must have help to import the goods necessary to restore internal order and security so essential for economic and political recovery.
今天的希腊没有资金进口那些维持最低生存所必需的物资。在这种情况下，希腊人民无法在解决重建问题上取得进展。希腊迫切需要财政与经济援助，以重新购买粮食、衣物、燃料和种子。这些物资为其人民维持生计所不可或缺，且只能从国外获得。希腊必须得到帮助，以进口恢复国内秩序与安全所必需的物资——而这对于经济与政治复苏至关重要。
The Greek Government has also asked for the assistance of experienced American administratorsn. /ədˈmɪnɪstreɪtərz/ 行政管理人员, economists, and techniciansn. /tekˈnɪʃnz/ 技术人员 to insurev. /ɪnˈʃʊr/ 确保，保证 that the financial and other aid given to Greece shall be used effectively in creating a stable and self-sustainingadj. /ˌself səˈsteɪnɪŋ/ 自给自足的，能自我维持的 economy and in improving its public administrationn. /ˌpʌblɪk ədˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃn/ 公共行政.
希腊政府还请求派遣有经验的美国行政人员、经济学家与技术人员，以确保给予希腊的财政及其他援助能够得到有效使用，从而建立起稳定且能自我维持的经济，并改善其公共行政。
The very existencen. /ɪɡˈzɪstəns/ 存在，存续 of the Greek state is today threatened by the terroristadj. /ˈterərɪst/ 恐怖主义的 activities of several thousand armed men, led by Communists, who defyv. /dɪˈfaɪ/ 公然违抗，藐视 the Government's authority at a number of points, particularly along the northern boundariesn. /ˈbaʊndriz/ 边界，边境. A commissionn. /kəˈmɪʃn/ 委员会 appointed by the United Nations Security Council is at present investigating disturbed conditions in northern Greece and allegedadj. /əˈledʒd/ 据称的，被指控的 border violationsn. /ˌvaɪəˈleɪʃnz/ 侵犯，违反 along the frontiern. /frʌnˈtɪr/ 边境，国界 between Greece on the one hand and Albania, Bulgaria, and Yugoslavia on the other.
今天，希腊国家的存亡本身正受到数千名由共产党人领导的武装分子恐怖活动的威胁，他们在若干地点、尤其是北部边界一带公然对抗政府权威。联合国安全理事会任命的一个委员会目前正在调查希腊北部的动荡局势，以及据称发生在希腊与阿尔巴尼亚、保加利亚和南斯拉夫之间边界的越界行为。
Meanwhile, the Greek Government is unable to cope withphr. /ˈkoʊp wɪð/ 应对，应付 the situation. The Greek Army is small and poorly equippedadj. /ɪˈkwɪpt/ 装备的，配备的. It needs suppliesn. /səˈplaɪz/ 补给品，物资 and equipment if it is to restore the authority of the Government throughout Greek territoryn. /ˈterətɔːri/ 领土，版图. Greece must have assistance if it is to become a self-respectingadj. /ˌself rɪˈspektɪŋ/ 自尊的，自重的 democracy.
与此同时，希腊政府无力应付这一局面。希腊军队规模小、装备差。若要恢复政府在全希腊领土上的权威，它需要补给与装备。希腊若要成为一个自给自足、自尊自主的民主国家，就必须获得援助。
The United States must supply this assistance. We have already extendedv. /ɪkˈstendɪd/ 给予，提供 to Greece certain types of reliefn. /rɪˈliːf/ 救济，救援 and economic aid but these are inadequateadj. /ɪnˈædɪkwət/ 不足的，不够的. There is no other country to which democratic Greece can turnv. /tɜːrn/ 求助，求援. No other nation is willingadj. /ˈwɪlɪŋ/ 愿意的，乐意的 and able to provide the necessary support for a democratic Greek Government.
美国必须提供这种援助。我们已向希腊提供了某些类型的救济与经济援助，但这些远远不够。民主的希腊没有别的国家可以求助。没有其他国家愿意并且能够为一个民主的希腊政府提供必要的支持。
The British Government, which has been helping Greece, can give no further financial or economic aid after March 31. Great Britain finds itself under the necessityn. /nəˈsesəti/ 必要，不得已 of reducing or liquidatingv. /ˈlɪkwɪdeɪtɪŋ/ 清偿，了结 its commitmentsn. /kəˈmɪtmənts/ 承诺，承担的义务 in several parts of the world, including Greece.
一直援助希腊的英国政府，在 3 月 31 日之后将无法再提供财政或经济援助。英国发现自己不得不削减或了结其在世界若干地区——包括希腊——的承诺。
We have considered how the United Nations might assist in this crisisn. /ˈkraɪsɪs/ 危机. But the situation is an urgent one requiring immediateadj. /ɪˈmiːdiət/ 立即的，即刻的 action, and the United Nations and its related organizations are not in a position tophr. /ɪn ə pəˈzɪʃn tuː/ 有能力做，有条件做 extend help of the kind that is required.
我们曾考虑联合国如何能在这场危机中提供帮助。但局势紧迫，需要立即行动，而联合国及其相关组织无法提供所需的那种援助。
It is important to note that the Greek Government has asked for our aid in utilizingv. /ˈjuːtəlaɪzɪŋ/ 利用，有效使用 effectively the financial and other assistance we may give to Greece, and in improving its public administration. It is of the utmostadj. /ˈʌtmoʊst/ 最大的，极度的 importance that we supervisev. /ˈsuːpərvaɪz/ 监督，监管 the use of any fundsn. /fʌndz/ 资金，款项 made available to Greece, in such a manner that each dollar spent will count towardphr. /ˌkaʊnt təˈwɔːrd/ 有助于，算作……的一份 making Greece self-supporting, and will help to build an economy in which a healthy democracy can flourishv. /ˈflɜːrɪʃ/ 繁荣，兴旺.
值得注意的是，希腊政府已请求我们协助其有效利用我们可能给予希腊的财政及其他援助，并改善其公共行政。极为重要的是，我们要监督提供给希腊的任何资金的使用，使所花的每一美元都有助于使希腊实现自给自足，并有助于建立起一个健康民主得以繁荣发展的经济。
No government is perfect. One of the chief virtuesn. /ˈvɜːrtʃuːz/ 优点，美德 of a democracy, however, is that its defectsn. /ˈdiːfekts/ 缺陷，缺点 are always visibleadj. /ˈvɪzəbl/ 可见的，显而易见的 and under democratic processes can be pointed out and corrected. The Government of Greece is not perfect. Neverthelessadv. /ˌnevərðəˈles/ 尽管如此，然而 it represents 85 percent of the members of the Greek Parliamentn. /ˈpɑːrləmənt/ 议会，国会 who were chosen in an election last year. Foreign observersn. /əbˈzɜːrvərz/ 观察员，观察者, including 692 Americans, considered this election to be a fair expression of the views of the Greek people.
没有哪个政府是完美的。然而，民主政体的主要优点之一，就在于它的缺陷总是显而易见的，并且可以通过民主程序被指出并加以纠正。希腊政府并不完美。尽管如此，它代表着去年选举中选出的希腊议会议员的百分之八十五。包括 692 名美国人在内的外国观察员，都认为那次选举公正地表达了希腊人民的意愿。
The Greek Government has been operating in an atmosphere of chaos and extremismn. /ɪkˈstriːmɪzəm/ 极端主义. It has made mistakes. The extension of aid by this country does not mean that the United States condonesv. /kənˈdoʊnz/ 宽恕，纵容 everything that the Greek Government has done or will do. We have condemnedv. /kənˈdemd/ 谴责，声讨 in the past, and we condemn now, extremistadj. /ɪkˈstriːmɪst/ 极端的 measures of the right or the left. We have in the past advised tolerancen. /ˈtɑːlərəns/ 宽容，容忍, and we advise tolerance now.
希腊政府一直在混乱与极端主义的氛围中施政。它犯过错误。我国提供援助，并不意味着美国纵容希腊政府已经做过或将要做的每一件事。我们过去谴责、现在也谴责右的或左的极端手段。我们过去劝告宽容，现在也劝告宽容。
Greece's neighbor, Turkey, also deservesv. /dɪˈzɜːrvz/ 值得，应得 our attention. The future of Turkey as an independent and economically soundadj. /saʊnd/ 健全的，稳固的 state is clearly no less important to the freedom-loving peoples of the world than the future of Greece. The circumstances in which Turkey finds itself today are considerablyadv. /kənˈsɪdərəbli/ 相当大地，颇为 different from those of Greece. Turkey has been sparedv. /sperd/ 使免受，幸免于 the disasters that have besetv. /bɪˈset/ 困扰，围困 Greece. And during the war, the United States and Great Britain furnishedv. /ˈfɜːrnɪʃt/ 提供，供给 Turkey with material aid.
希腊的邻国土耳其同样值得我们关注。作为一个独立且经济健全的国家，土耳其的未来对世界上爱好自由的人民而言，显然与希腊的未来同样重要。土耳其今天所处的境况与希腊颇为不同。土耳其幸免于困扰希腊的那些灾难。而且在战争期间，美国与英国曾向土耳其提供物资援助。
Nevertheless, Turkey now needs our support. Since the war, Turkey has soughtv. /sɔːt/ 寻求，谋求 financial assistance from Great Britain and the United States for the purpose of effectingv. /ɪˈfektɪŋ/ 实现，促成 that modernizationn. /ˌmɑːdərnəˈzeɪʃn/ 现代化 necessary for the maintenancen. /ˈmeɪntənəns/ 维持，保持 of its national integrityn. /ɪnˈteɡrəti/ 完整，独立完整. That integrity is essential to the preservationn. /ˌprezərˈveɪʃn/ 维护，保存 of order in the Middle East.
尽管如此，土耳其现在需要我们的支持。战后，土耳其一直向英国和美国寻求财政援助，以实现维护其国家完整所必需的现代化。而这种完整对于维护中东的秩序至关重要。
The British government has informed us that, owing tophr. /ˈoʊɪŋ tuː/ 由于，因为 its own difficulties, it can no longerphr. /noʊ ˈlɔːŋɡər/ 不再 extend financial or economic aid to Turkey. As in the case ofphr. /əz ɪn ðə keɪs əv/ 如同……的情形 Greece, if Turkey is to have the assistance it needs, the United States must supply it. We are the only country able to provide that help.
英国政府已通知我们，由于其自身的困难，它无法再向土耳其提供财政或经济援助。与希腊的情形一样，土耳其若要得到它所需要的那种援助，就必须由美国来提供。我们是唯一能够提供这种帮助的国家。
I am fully awareadj. /əˈwer/ 意识到的，明白的 of the broad implicationsn. /ˌɪmplɪˈkeɪʃnz/ 影响，牵涉的含义 involvedadj. /ɪnˈvɑːlvd/ 涉及的，牵涉其中的 if the United States extends assistance to Greece and Turkey, and I shall discuss these implications with you at this time.
我充分意识到，如果美国向希腊和土耳其提供援助，将会牵涉到广泛的影响；此刻我愿与各位讨论这些影响。
One of the primaryadj. /ˈpraɪmeri/ 首要的，主要的 objectivesn. /əbˈdʒektɪvz/ 目标，宗旨 of the foreign policy of the United States is the creation of conditions in which we and other nations will be able to work out a way of life free from coercionn. /koʊˈɜːrʒn/ 胁迫，强制. This was a fundamentaladj. /ˌfʌndəˈmentl/ 根本的，基本的 issue in the war with Germany and Japan. Our victory was won over countries which sought to imposev. /ɪmˈpoʊz/ 强加，施加 their will, and their way of life, upon other nations.
美国外交政策的首要目标之一，是创造条件，使我们和其他国家都能摸索出一种不受胁迫的生活方式。这正是对德国和日本作战的一个根本问题。我们的胜利，是战胜那些企图将自身意志与生活方式强加于他国的国家而赢得的。
To ensurev. /ɪnˈʃʊr/ 确保，保证 the peaceful development of nations, free from coercion, the United States has taken a leading part in establishing the United Nations. The United Nations is designed to make possible lastingadj. /ˈlæstɪŋ/ 持久的，长久的 freedom and independence for all its members. We shall not realize our objectives, however, unless we are willing to help free peoples to maintain their free institutionsn. /ˌɪnstɪˈtuːʃnz/ 制度，体制 and their national integrity against aggressiveadj. /əˈɡresɪv/ 侵略性的，咄咄逼人的 movements that seek to impose upon them totalitarianadj. /ˌtoʊtæləˈteriən/ 极权主义的 regimesn. /reɪˈʒiːmz/ 政权，政体. This is no more than a frank recognitionn. /ˌrekəɡˈnɪʃn/ 认识，承认 that totalitarian regimes imposed on free peoples, by direct or indirect aggression, underminev. /ˌʌndərˈmaɪn/ 破坏，削弱 the foundations of international peace and hence the security of the United States.
为确保各国在不受胁迫的情况下和平发展，美国在建立联合国方面发挥了主导作用。联合国旨在使其所有成员国都能享有持久的自由与独立。然而，除非我们愿意帮助自由人民维护其自由制度与国家完整，抵御那些企图将极权政权强加于他们的侵略运动，我们就无法实现自己的目标。这不过是坦率地承认：以直接或间接侵略的方式强加于自由人民的极权政权，会破坏国际和平的基础，从而也危及美国的安全。
The peoples of a number of countries of the world have recently had totalitarian regimes forced upon them against their will. The Government of the United States has made frequentadj. /ˈfriːkwənt/ 频繁的，屡次的 protestsn. /ˈproʊtests/ 抗议，抗议书 against coercion and intimidationn. /ɪnˌtɪmɪˈdeɪʃn/ 恐吓，胁迫, in violation of the Yalta agreementn. /əˈɡriːmənt/ 协定，协议, in Poland, Rumania, and Bulgaria. I must also state that in a number of other countries there have been similar developmentsn. /dɪˈveləpmənts/ 事态发展，动向.
世界上若干国家的人民最近被违背其意愿地强加了极权政权。美国政府已多次抗议在波兰、罗马尼亚和保加利亚发生的违反雅尔塔协定的胁迫与恐吓行为。我还必须指出，在其他一些国家也出现了类似的事态。
At the present moment in world history nearly every nation must choose between alternativeadj. /ɔːlˈtɜːrnətɪv/ 可供选择的，二者择一的 ways of life. The choice is too often not a free one. One way of life is based upon the will of the majorityn. /məˈdʒɔːrəti/ 多数，多数派, and is distinguishedadj. /dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃt/ 以……为特征的，显著的 by free institutions, representativeadj. /ˌreprɪˈzentətɪv/ 代议制的，代表制的 government, free elections, guaranteesn. /ˌɡærənˈtiːz/ 保障，保证 of individual liberty, freedom of speech and religion, and freedom from political oppressionn. /əˈpreʃn/ 压迫，压制. The second way of life is based upon the will of a minority forciblyadv. /ˈfɔːrsəbli/ 强行地，用武力地 imposed upon the majority. It relies upon terror and oppression, a controlled press and radio, fixed elections, and the suppressionn. /səˈpreʃn/ 压制，镇压 of personal freedoms.
在当今世界历史的这一刻，几乎每个国家都必须在两种不同的生活方式之间作出抉择。而这种选择往往并非自由的选择。一种生活方式基于多数人的意志，其标志是自由制度、代议制政府、自由选举、个人自由的保障、言论与宗教自由，以及免于政治压迫的自由。第二种生活方式基于少数人强行加于多数人的意志。它依靠恐怖与压迫、受控制的报刊与广播、被操纵的选举，以及对个人自由的压制。
I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resistingv. /rɪˈzɪstɪŋ/ 抵抗，反抗 attempted subjugationn. /ˌsʌbdʒuˈɡeɪʃn/ 征服，奴役 by armed minorities or by outside pressuresn. /ˈpreʃərz/ 压力，施压. I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own destiniesn. /ˈdestəniz/ 命运，前途 in their own way. I believe that our help should be primarily through economic and financial aid, which is essential to economic stabilityn. /stəˈbɪləti/ 稳定，稳固 and orderly political processes.
我相信，美国的政策必须是支持那些正在抵抗武装少数派或外部压力之征服企图的自由人民。我相信，我们必须帮助自由人民以自己的方式决定自己的命运。我相信，我们的帮助应主要通过经济与财政援助来进行，因为这对经济稳定与有序的政治进程至关重要。
The world is not staticadj. /ˈstætɪk/ 静止的，一成不变的 and the status quon. /ˌsteɪtəs ˈkwoʊ/ 现状 is not sacredadj. /ˈseɪkrɪd/ 神圣的，不可侵犯的. But we cannot allow changes in the status quo in violation of the Chartern. /ˈtʃɑːrtər/ 宪章 of the United Nations by such methods as coercion, or by such subterfugesn. /ˈsʌbtərfjuːdʒɪz/ 托辞，诡计 as political infiltrationn. /ˌɪnfɪlˈtreɪʃn/ 渗透. In helping free and independent nations to maintain their freedom, the United States will be giving effect tophr. /ˌɡɪvɪŋ ɪˈfekt tuː/ 使……生效，落实 the principles of the Charter of the United Nations.
世界并非静止不动，现状也并非神圣不可侵犯。但我们不能容许以胁迫之类的手段，或以政治渗透之类的托辞，违背《联合国宪章》来改变现状。在帮助自由与独立的国家维护其自由时，美国将是在落实《联合国宪章》的原则。
It is necessary only to glancev. /ɡlæns/ 瞥一眼，扫视 at a map to realize that the survivaln. /sərˈvaɪvl/ 存续，生存 and integrity of the Greek nation are of graveadj. /ɡreɪv/ 严重的，重大的 importance in a much wider situation. If Greece should fall under the control of an armed minority, the effect upon its neighbor, Turkey, would be immediate and serious. Confusionn. /kənˈfjuːʒn/ 混乱，骚乱 and disordern. /dɪsˈɔːrdər/ 动乱，无序 might well spreadv. /spred/ 蔓延，扩散 throughout the entire Middle East.
只需瞥一眼地图即可明白，希腊民族的存续与完整在更为广阔的格局中具有何等重大的意义。倘若希腊落入一个武装少数派的控制之下，对其邻国土耳其的影响将是直接而严重的。混乱与动乱很可能蔓延至整个中东。
Moreoveradv. /mɔːrˈoʊvər/ 此外，而且, the disappearance of Greece as an independent state would have a profoundadj. /prəˈfaʊnd/ 深远的，深刻的 effect upon those countries in Europe whose peoples are strugglingv. /ˈstrʌɡlɪŋ/ 奋力挣扎，努力奋斗 against great difficulties to maintain their freedoms and their independence while they repairv. /rɪˈper/ 修复，修补 the damages of war.
此外，希腊作为一个独立国家的消失，将对欧洲那些人民正在修复战争创伤的同时、克服巨大困难以维护其自由与独立的国家产生深远影响。
It would be an unspeakableadj. /ʌnˈspiːkəbl/ 难以言表的，说不出的 tragedyn. /ˈtrædʒədi/ 悲剧，惨事 if these countries, which have struggled so long against overwhelmingadj. /ˌoʊvərˈwelmɪŋ/ 压倒性的，势不可挡的 oddsn. /ɑːdz/ 不利条件，逆境, should lose that victory for which they sacrificedv. /ˈsækrɪfaɪst/ 牺牲，献出 so much. Collapsen. /kəˈlæps/ 崩溃，瓦解 of free institutions and loss of independence would be disastrousadj. /dɪˈzæstrəs/ 灾难性的 not only for them but for the world. Discouragementn. /dɪsˈkɜːrɪdʒmənt/ 气馁，灰心 and possibly failure would quickly be the lot of neighboring peoples striving to maintain their freedom and independence.
如果这些长期在压倒性劣势中奋斗的国家，竟然失去它们为此付出巨大牺牲才换来的胜利，那将是一场难以言表的悲剧。自由制度的崩溃与独立的丧失，不仅对它们、而且对全世界都是灾难性的。气馁乃至失败，很快就会成为那些努力维护自身自由与独立的邻国人民的命运。
Should we fail to aid Greece and Turkey in this fatefuladj. /ˈfeɪtfl/ 决定命运的，关系重大的 hour, the effect will be far-reachingadj. /ˌfɑːr ˈriːtʃɪŋ/ 影响深远的 to the West as well as to the East. We must take immediate and resoluteadj. /ˈrezəluːt/ 坚决的，果断的 action.
倘若我们在这个决定命运的时刻不能援助希腊和土耳其，其影响将不仅及于东方，也及于西方。我们必须立即采取坚决的行动。
I therefore ask the Congress to provide authorityn. /əˈθɔːrəti/ 授权，权限 for assistance to Greece and Turkey in the amount ofphr. /ɪn ði əˈmaʊnt əv/ 金额为，数额达 $400,000,000 for the period ending June 30, 1948. In requesting these funds, I have taken into considerationphr. /ˌteɪkən ˈɪntə kənˌsɪdəˈreɪʃn/ 考虑到，把……计入考虑 the maximumadj. /ˈmæksɪməm/ 最大的，最高的 amount of relief assistance which would be furnished to Greece out of the $350,000,000 which I recently requested that the Congress authorize for the prevention of starvationn. /stɑːrˈveɪʃn/ 饥饿，饿死 and suffering in countries devastatedadj. /ˈdevəsteɪtɪd/ 被摧毁的，饱受蹂躏的 by the war.
因此，我请求国会授权，在截至 1948 年 6 月 30 日的期间内，向希腊和土耳其提供总额 4 亿美元的援助。在请求这笔款项时，我已考虑到：从 3.5 亿美元中可拨给希腊的最大数额的救济援助——那 3.5 亿美元是我最近请求国会为预防饱受战争蹂躏的国家发生饥荒与苦难而授权的。
In addition tophr. /ɪn əˈdɪʃn tuː/ 除……之外（还） funds, I ask the Congress to authorize the detailv. /ˈdiːteɪl/ 派遣，选派 of American civilianadj. /səˈvɪliən/ 文职的，民用的 and military personneln. /ˌpɜːrsəˈnel/ 人员，全体职员 to Greece and Turkey, at the request of those countries, to assist in the tasks of reconstruction, and for the purpose of supervising the use of such financial and material assistance as may be furnished. I recommend that authority also be provided for the instructionn. /ɪnˈstrʌkʃn/ 指导，培训 and training of selected Greek and Turkish personnel.
除资金之外，我请求国会授权向希腊和土耳其派遣美国文职与军事人员——应这两国的请求——以协助重建工作，并监督所提供的财政与物资援助的使用。我还建议授权对选派的希腊和土耳其人员进行指导与培训。
Finally, I ask that the Congress provide authority which will permit the speediestadj. /ˈspiːdiɪst/ 最迅速的，最快捷的 and most effective use, in terms of needed commoditiesn. /kəˈmɑːdətiz/ 商品，物资, supplies, and equipmentn. /ɪˈkwɪpmənt/ 设备，装备, of such funds as may be authorized.
最后，我请求国会授予权力，以便就所需的物资、补给与设备而言，能够最迅速、最有效地使用所授权的款项。
If further funds, or further authority, should be needed for purposes indicated in this message, I shall not hesitatev. /ˈhezɪteɪt/ 犹豫，迟疑 to bring the situation before the Congress. On this subject the executiveadj. /ɪɡˈzekjətɪv/ 行政的，执行的 and legislativeadj. /ˈledʒɪsleɪtɪv/ 立法的 branchesn. /ˈbræntʃɪz/ 部门，分支 of the Government must work together.
如果为本咨文所述目的还需要更多款项或更多授权，我将毫不犹豫地把情况提交国会。在这个问题上，政府的行政与立法两个部门必须通力合作。
This is a serious coursen. /kɔːrs/ 方针，路线 upon which we embarkv. /ɪmˈbɑːrk/ 着手，开始从事. I would not recommendv. /ˌrekəˈmend/ 建议，推荐 it except thatphr. /ɪkˈsept ðæt/ 要不是，只因 the alternative is much more serious.
这是一条我们即将踏上的严肃道路。我之所以提出这一建议，只因别无选择——另一种选择要严重得多。
The United States contributedv. /kənˈtrɪbjuːtɪd/ 贡献，捐助 $341,000,000,000 toward winning World War II. This is an investmentn. /ɪnˈvestmənt/ 投资，投入 in world freedom and world peace. The assistance that I am recommending for Greece and Turkey amounts tophr. /əˈmaʊnts tuː/ 总计达，相当于 little more than one-tenth of 1 percent of this investment. It is only common sensen. /ˌkɑːmən ˈsens/ 常理，常识 that we should safeguardv. /ˈseɪfɡɑːrd/ 保护，捍卫 this investment and make sure that it was not in vainphr. /ɪn ˈveɪn/ 徒劳，白费.
美国为赢得第二次世界大战贡献了 3410 亿美元。这是对世界自由与世界和平的投资。我为希腊和土耳其建议的援助，还不到这笔投资的千分之一。我们理应保护这笔投资，确保它没有白费——这不过是常理。
The seedsn. /siːdz/ 种子，根源 of totalitarian regimes are nurturedv. /ˈnɜːrtʃərd/ 滋养，培育 by miseryn. /ˈmɪzəri/ 苦难，痛苦 and want. They spread and grow in the eviladj. /ˈiːvl/ 邪恶的，恶劣的 soil of povertyn. /ˈpɑːvərti/ 贫困，贫穷 and strife. They reach their full growth when the hope of a people for a better life has died. We must keep that hope aliveadj. /əˈlaɪv/ 活着的，存续的.
极权政权的种子由苦难与匮乏滋养。它们在贫困与纷争的邪恶土壤中蔓延生长。当一个民族对更美好生活的希望死去时，它们便长到极致。我们必须让这份希望活下去。
The free peoples of the world look tophr. /ˈlʊk tuː/ 指望，依靠 us for support in maintaining their freedoms. If we falterv. /ˈfɔːltər/ 动摇，犹豫退缩 in our leadership, we may endangerv. /ɪnˈdeɪndʒər/ 危及，使遭受危险 the peace of the world—and we shall surely endanger the welfaren. /ˈwelfer/ 福祉，福利 of our own Nation. Great responsibilities have been placed upon us by the swiftadj. /swɪft/ 迅速的，急剧的 movement of events. I am confidentadj. /ˈkɑːnfɪdənt/ 有信心的，确信的 that the Congress will face these responsibilities squarelyadv. /ˈskwerli/ 直面地，坚决地.
世界上自由的人民指望我们支持他们维护自身的自由。如果我们在领导上有所动摇，就可能危及世界和平——也必定危及我们本国的福祉。事态的迅速发展已把重大的责任加在我们身上。我相信，国会将坦然直面这些责任。