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One stanza is enough to capture the essence of the poem,
其中有一節(jié)體現(xiàn)了全詩(shī)的精髓
the essence of the era and it's also about as much of this poem as I can personally stand.
整個(gè)時(shí)代的精髓，我個(gè)人記住的也就是這一節(jié)
"Take up the White Man's burden; Send forth the best ye breed,
挑起白色人的負(fù)擔(dān)；把你們最優(yōu)秀的品種送出去
Go bind your sons to exile, to serve your captives' need;
捆綁起你們孩子們將他們放逐出去，去替你們的奴隸服務(wù)
to wait in heavy harness, on fluttered folk and wild.
讓他們背負(fù)著沉重馬韁
Your new-caught, sullen peoples, Half-devil and half-child."
去伺候那些剛被抓到又急躁又野蠻，又慍怒，一半像邪魔，一半像小孩一樣的人們
Three, discovering Japan.
第三點(diǎn)，發(fā)現(xiàn)日本
When Commodore Matthew Perry bought a squadron to Japan in 1853 the Japanese were dragged kicking and screaming into the modern world.
馬修·派瑞準(zhǔn)將1853年買了一支海軍中隊(duì)去日本，日本被拉扯著帶入了現(xiàn)代世界
The Japanese resented this American so-called gunboat diplomacy, they resented the unfair trade treaties the US forced on them
日本人憎恨美國(guó)所謂的炮艦外交，他們?cè)骱廾绹?guó)強(qiáng)迫簽下的不平等的貿(mào)易條約
but the Japanese worked furiously to master modern industrial techniques and build a strong military.
但是日本人還是狂熱地學(xué)習(xí)掌握了現(xiàn)代工業(yè)技術(shù)，建起了強(qiáng)大的軍隊(duì)
The Meiji restoration of 1868 converted Japan from a feudal monarchy into a modern semi democracy
1868年的明治維新讓日本從封建帝制轉(zhuǎn)變成為現(xiàn)代半民主國(guó)家
fixated on gaining living space for itsrapidly growing population.
聚焦于為自己日益增加的人口爭(zhēng)取更多的生存空間
Combining modern technology with its ancient Samurai tradition
日本將現(xiàn)代技術(shù)和古老的武士傳統(tǒng)結(jié)合起來(lái)
the Japanese army and navy very quickly lifted Japan to great power status.
日本陸軍和海軍很快就扶持日本成為了世界強(qiáng)國(guó)
