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欧洲
Europe
Europe is dying. That is one of the unsayable truths of our time. We are undergoing the moral equivalent of climate change and no one is talking about it.
欧洲正在消亡。这是我们这个时代无法说出口的真理之一。我们正在经历相当于气候变化的道德问题,但没有人谈论它。
Now, the entire world community recognizes Georgia. We are members of the United Nations and the Council of Europe. Everything is being prepared so that we will soon enter the European Union.
现在,整个国际社会都承认格鲁吉亚。我们是联合国和欧洲理事会的成员。一切都在准备之中,以便我们很快进入欧洲联盟。
The First World War, and especially the latest one, largely swept away what was left in Europe of feudalism and of feudal landlords, especially in Poland, Hungary, and the South East generally.
第一次世界大战,特别是最近的一次世界大战,在很大程度上扫除了欧洲残余的封建主义和封建地主,特别是在波兰、匈牙利和东南部。
I shall strive not to be guilty of adding any fuel to the flames of hatred and passion which, if continued to be fed, promise to burn up whatever is left by the war of decent human feeling in Europe.
我将努力不为给仇恨和激情的火焰添上任何燃料而感到内疚,如果继续助长仇恨和激情,欧洲的人类良知之战所留下的一切将被烧毁。
In the immediate postwar years, the whole of Europe was in a recession. So first of all, it helped us step out of a recession; it gave a certain amount of speed to the economy. But that was the first step.
战后不久,整个欧洲都陷入了衰退。首先,它帮助我们走出衰退;它给了经济一定的速度。但这只是第一步。
The first and most important is to emphasize the enduring nature of the alliance relationship particularly with Europe which does share our values and interests even if it disagrees with us on specific policies.
首先,也是最重要的是,要强调联盟关系的持久性,尤其是与欧洲的联盟关系。欧洲与我们有共同的价值观和利益,即使它在具体政策上与我们意见相左。
I believe that nationalism is a very strong force, but there are other forces operating; there are tendencies pushing towards a larger picture, especially in Europe, I think; but I still think nationalism is real.
我相信民族主义是一种非常强大的力量,但还有其他力量在起作用;我认为,有一种趋势在推动一个更大的图景,尤其是在欧洲;但我仍然认为民族主义是真实存在的。
We should be therefore supporting a larger Europe, and in so doing we should strive to expand the zone of peace and prosperity in the world which is the necessary foundation for a stable international system in which our leadership could be fruitfully exercised.
因此,我们应该支持一个更大的欧洲,在这样做的时候,我们应该努力扩大世界上和平与繁荣的地区,这是一个稳定的国际制度的必要基础,在这个制度中,我们的领导才能能够得到有效的发挥。
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It's like night and day... to do business, in Europe, there is no bull, they are pretty straightforward.
就像白天黑夜…要做生意,在欧洲,没有牛市,他们非常直截了当。
The inferior complex is now extended to all Europe, save Nordics.
除了北欧人之外,“劣等情结”如今已扩展到整个欧洲。
Europe became rich because it exploited Africa; and the Africans know that.
欧洲因为剥削非洲而变得富有;非洲人知道这一点。
I raced locally for a year, went to Europe the year after and went to the Olympics the year after that.
我在当地比赛了一年,第二年去了欧洲,第二年去了奥运会。
Greece's position in Europe will not be put in doubt.
希腊在欧洲的地位不会受到怀疑。
Europe cannot confine itself to the cultivation of its own garden.
欧洲不能把自己局限于自己花园的培育。