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And so back to the title of this Candle in the Wind
回到這個標題
And he calls a page, deliver a message to the Bishop of Rochester,
他叫了一個侍者 給羅徹斯特主教傳遞了一個消息
and the page, he calls him a small boy but he's 13, his name is Tom
這個侍者 據稱是個13歲的小男孩 名字叫湯姆
He starts talking to Tom, born near Warwick
他開始和出生于沃里克的湯姆談話
He's 13 years old and he's calls him Tom of Newbold Revell
他13歲 并稱他為雷維爾紐伯爾德的湯姆
It's on page 635
在635頁
This is an important character, this is a very important character
這是個很重要的人物 非常重要
Like, "duh!"
像 "哆"
It'll probably be on the test
這可能會考試
And what he's going to be is, he's going to be the person to carry this story, if you will
他即將成為那個傳遞這個故事的人 如果你愿意這樣講的話
And so it's like Arthur is aware here that he has to keep his story,
因此亞瑟似乎知道了他必須保留下他的故事
he has to keep his legend, he has to keep who he is and what he stand for,
他得保留下他的傳說 他得保留下他自己以及他所代表的
truth, goodness, justice, honour, fidelity, all these things alive as a story
真理 善良 公正 榮譽 忠誠 把這一切留存成一個生生不息的故事
That if everyone's killed this day and no one carries the story forward,
如果有一天所有的人都死了 就沒有人能將這個故事延續下去
it can't come back as an idea
它就不能作為一種想法重來了
So somebody has to survive
因此 必須有人活下去
So he assigns Tom this role and he says, "I want you, I'm gonna assign you the role of carrying this forward
他把這個角色委派給了湯姆 他說 我需要你 我將任命你 將這個故事延續下去
He says, on the bottom of 635,
他說 在635 頁下面
"Put it like this
像這樣寫
There was a king once, called King Arthur. That is me
曾經有一個國王 叫做亞瑟國王 那就是我
When he came to the throne of England, he found that all the kings and barons were fighting against each other like mad men,
當他成為英格蘭的國王的時候 他發現所有的國王以及男爵 都在瘋了似的相互攻擊
and as they could afford to fight in expensive suits of armour",
他們似乎承擔得起昂貴的盔甲戰斗
see, we didn't need to read the whole other 600 pages plus, we could've just read this, this is it
瞧 我們不用都讀這前面的六百多頁 我們可以就讀這個 就是它
That there were practically nothing, there was practically nothing, which could stop them from doing what they pleased
幾乎沒有任何事物 幾乎沒有任何事物能夠阻止他們做自己喜歡的事
They did a lot of bad things, because they lived by force
他們做許多壞事 因為他們靠武力生存
Now this king had an idea, and the idea was that force ought to be used,
這個國王突然有了一個主意 如果我們需要使用武力的話
if it were used at all, on behalf of justice, not on its own account
我們應該用它為了公正 而不是為了自己
"Follow this, young boy"
跟上 年輕人
he thought that if he could get his barons fighting for truth, and to help weak people, and to redress wrongs,
他想 如果他能夠讓他的男爵們為了真理 為了幫助弱者 以及糾正錯誤而戰斗
then their fighting might not be such a bad thing as what's it used to be
那么他們的戰斗可能就不再是像以前一樣的壞事
So he gathered together all the true and kindly people that he knew,
于是他聚集了他所認識的所有的真正的善良的人們
and he dressed them in armour, and he made them knights, and taught them his idea,
給他們帶上盔甲 讓他們做騎士 并告訴了他們他的想法
and set them down, at a Round Table
任命他們為 圓桌騎士
