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家园 国人讲英语(十) 蒋夫人美玲

1943年2月,宋美玲分别给美国的参议员和众议员做了一次讲演,主题都是一致的:支援中国继续抗日。

在网上,可以找到那两次演讲的全文,Youtube上还有宋给众院议员所做演讲的录音。

在对众议员的演讲里,宋谈到了两层意思:

一是日本比德国更加危险,也对美国更加有威胁;

二是中国一直在坚持抗战,而美国所给予的援助远远不够;

从反应上看,宋的观点无疑是极其成功的得到了听众的支持,尤其是第二点。

印象里,在常见的评论中,宋的英文水平多被评价为流利,但是从上面的演讲里可以看出,评价宋的英文水平是何等的没有必要。

摘段她演讲中的几段话吧:

When Japan thrust total war on China in 1937, military experts of every nation did not give China even a ghost of a chance. But when Japan failed to bring China cringing to her knees as she vaunted, the world took solace in this phenomenon by declaring that they had overestimated Japan's military might.

Again, now the prevailing opinion seems to consider the defeat of the Japanese as of relative unimportance and that Hitler is our first concern. This is not borne out by actual facts, nor is it to the interests of the United Nations as a whole to allow Japan to continue not only as a vital potential threat but as a waiting sword of Damocles, ready to descend at a moment's notice.

Man's mettle is tested both in adversity and in success. Twice is this true of the soul of a nation.

陈香梅曾讲宋总是自己写英文的演讲稿,如果上面的这篇演讲也是出自宋的手笔的话,那真是太震撼了。

两次讲演的全文:

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/text/mchiang.htm

宋给美众院议员所做演讲的录音--上

[FLASH]http://www.youtube.com/v/61bV9-zeCrA[/FLASH]

宋给美众院议员所做演讲的录音--下

[FLASH]http://www.youtube.com/v/vqAPuIEsoh8&feature=related[/FLASH]

下面是37年控诉日本侵略者罪行的讲话,由38秒开始

[FLASH]http://www.youtube.com/v/TRF2WTNwo0M[/FLASH]


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