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No, it's a triumph, Hopkins said.
不，這次會談是一次勝利，霍普金斯說。
The President of the United States and the British Prime Minister are meeting face to face to discuss beating the Germans.
美國總統和英國首相走到一起，面對面地商討打敗德國人的問題。
That's achievement enough for now.
就目前來說，這件事本身就是一個偉大的勝利。
Hopkins gave Victor Henry a sad smile, and a brlliant light came into his large eyes.
霍普金斯對帕格.亨利憂郁地笑了笑，大大的眼睛中隨即閃現出喜悅的光芒。
He pulled himself to his feet in the rocking boat.
他在搖搖晃晃的快艇上站起身來。
Also, Pug, this is the changing of the guard.
再說，帕格，這是一次有歷史意義的換崗啊!
3. Churchill calls
三、丘吉爾來訪
Winston Churchill came to the Augusta at eleven o'clock, which saw the dramatic handshake of Roosevelt and Churchill at the gangway.
溫斯頓丘吉爾十一點鐘來到奧古斯特號上，羅斯福在舷梯口I司丘吉爾那戲劇性的握手因讓攝影師照相而延長了時間，
They prolonged the clasp for the photographer s, exchanging smiling words.
他們微笑著互致問候。
In an odd way the two leaders diminished each other They were both Number One Men.
這兩位領導人以一種奇特的方式貶抑對方。
But that was impossible. who, then, was Number One?
他們兩位都是頭號人物，但這又是不可能的，兩個人不可能同時都是第一。
Roosevelt stood a full head taller ,but he was pathetically braced on lifeless leg frames, clinging to his son's arm, his full trousers drooped and flapping.
那么，究竟誰是第一呢?羅斯福站著比丘吉爾高出一個頭，然而他卻是可憐地由兩根沒有生命的假腿支撐著，緊依在兒子的胳膊上，長褲空蕩蕩地迎風飄動著。
Churchill, a bent Pickwick in blue uniform, looked up at him with majestic good humor, much older, more dignified, more assured.
丘吉爾呢，看起來像一個穿著藍制服的駝背的匹克威克，他抬頭看著羅斯福，神態莊重而又親切。比起羅斯福來，他老成一些，神態更威嚴，也更自信。
Yet there was a trace of deference about the Prime Minister.
不過，從這位首相身上還是可以看出一些欽佩羅斯福的神色來。
By a shade of a shade, Roosevelt looked like Number One.
羅斯福看起來有那么一丁點兒更像第一號人物。
Maybe that was what Hopkins had meant by the changing of the guard.
或許這就是霍普金斯所說的換崗的意思吧。
The picture-taking stopped at an unseen signal, the handshake ended, and a wheelchair appeared.
一個看不見的信號使攝影工作停止了，兩人之間的握手結束了，接著就見一輛輪椅推了出來。
The erect front page President became the cripple more familiar to Pug, hobbling a step or two and sinking with relief into the Chair. The great men and their military chiefs lett the quarterdeck.
很快，那位在報紙頭版的新聞圖片上昂然挺立的總統又成了帕格更為熟悉的瘸子;他蹣跚著走了一兩步，就一屁股跌進輪椅，并長長地舒了一口氣。兩位偉人和他們手下的軍事首腦們都離開了后甲板。
