《西線無戰(zhàn)事》孩子們,去參軍吧!
節(jié)選自影片《西線無戰(zhàn)事》(All Quiet On The Western Front)最開頭教授的戰(zhàn)爭鼓吹。第一次世界大站即將爆發(fā),德國某個(gè)中學(xué),窗外是即將開赴前線的雄赳赳進(jìn)軍的士兵,教室里是極力鼓動(dòng)孩子們?nèi)コ洚?dāng)炮灰的慷慨激昂作著演講的教授。
Now, my beloved class, this is what we must do: Strike with all our power. Give every ounce of strength to win victory before the end of the year. It is reluctance that I bring this subject up again. You are the life of the fatherland, you boys. You are the iron men of Germany. You are the heroes who will repulse the enemy when you are called upon to do so ……
Perhaps some will say that you should not be allowed to go yet, that you are too youg, that you have homes, mothers, fathers, that you should not be torn away.
Are your father so forgetful of their fatherland that they would let it perish rather than you? Are your mother so weak that they cannot send a son to defend the land which gave them birth? And after all, is a little experience such a bad thing for a boy? Is the honor of wearing a uniform something from which we should run?