晨读英语美文2Passage Blood, Toil, Sweat and Tears
[00:07.56]In this crisis I think I may be pardoned if I do not address the House at any length today,
[00:13.31]and I hope that any of my friends and colleagues or former colleagues who are affected by the political reconstruction[00:20.64]will make all allowances for any lack of ceremony with which it has been necessary to act.
[00:25.90]I say to the House as I said to Ministers who have joined this government,[00:31.26]I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, sweat and tears.
[00:35.96]We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind.[00:40.12]We have before us many, many months of struggle and suffering.
[00:45.04]You ask, what is our policy? I say it is to wage war by land, sea and air.[00:52.26]War with all our might and with all the strength God has given us,
[00:57.41]and to wage war against a monstrous tyranny never surpassed in the dark and unpleasant catalogue of human crime.[01:04.30]That is our policy.
[01:07.47]You ask, what is our aim?[01:09.99]I can answer in one word.
[01:12.50]It is victory. Victory at all costs—victory in spite of all terrors—victory,[01:19.67]however long and hard the road may be, for without victory there is no survival.
[01:25.47]Let that be realized.[01:27.87]No survival for the British Empire, no survival for all that the British Empire has stood for,
[01:33.68]no survival for the urge, the impulse of the ages,[01:38.60]that mankind shall move forward toward his goal.
[01:41.66]I take up my task in light heart and hope.[01:45.38]I feel sure that our cause will not be suffered to fail among men.
[01:49.65]I feel entitled at this juncture, at this time, to claim the aid of all and to say,
[01:55.99]“Come then, let us go forward together with our united strength.”
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