y of one’s nation.”
(为他人赎罪,必须有这样做的能力和正义性。
而做出牺牲,必须知道自己为了什么而牺牲,以及那个“什么”是否值得付出个人尊严乃至国家尊严的代价。)
他摘下眼镜,轻轻擦拭了一下,又重新戴上,目光变得更加锐利:
“Language is not just a tool for communication.
It is a carrier of culture, a reflection of thinking, and a weapon.”
(语言不仅仅是交流的工具。
它是文化的载体,是思想的反映,也是一种武器。)
“We learn English, French, German… not merely to read foreign books or to talk to foreigners.
We learn them to understand the world, to see how others think, and more importantly, to find our own voice, to tell our own story, and to defend what rightly belongs to us in a way that the world can understand.”
(我们学习英语、法语、德语……不仅仅是为了读外国书或与外国人交谈。
我们学习它们,是为了理解世界,看清别人如何思考,更重要的是,为了找到我们自己的声音,讲述我们自己的故事,并用世界能够理解的方式,捍卫本应属于我们的东西。)
“Silence, sometimes, is not golden.
It is acquiescence. And acquiescence, in the face of injustice, is a betrayal—a betrayal of one’s own soul, and of the land that nurtured you.”
(沉默,有时并非金科玉律。
它是默许
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