Unit-1-Never-Give-In--綜合(zōnghé)教程四Unit1NeverGiveIn,Never,Never,NeverAlmostayearhaspassedsinceIcamedownhereatyourHeadMaster'skindinvitationinordertocheermyselfandcheertheheartsofafewofmyfriendsbysingingsomeofourownsongs.Thetenmonthsthathavepassedhaveseenveryterriblecatastrophiceventsinthebutcananyonesittingherethisafternoon,thisOctoberafternoon,notfeeldeeplythankfulforwhathashappenedinthetimethathaspassedandfortheverygreatimprovementinthepositionofourcountryandofourhome?Why,whenIwasherelasttimewewerequitealone,desperatelyalone,andwehadbeensoforfiveorsixmonths.Wewerepoorlyarmed.Wearenotsopoorlyarmedtoday;butthenwewereverypoorlyarmed.Wehadtheunmeasuredmenaceoftheenemyandtheirairattackstillbeatinguponus,andyouyourselveshadhadexperienceofthisattack;andIexpectyouarebeginningtofeelimpatientthattherehasbeenthislonglullwithnothingparticularturningup!Butwemustlearntobeequallygoodatwhatisshortandsharpandwhatislongandtough.ItisgenerallysaidthattheBritishareoftenbetteratthelast.Theydonotexpecttomovefromcrisistocrisis;theydonotalwaysexpectthateachdaywillbringupsomenoblechanceofwar;butwhentheyveryslowlymakeuptheirmindsthatthethinghastobedoneandthejobputthroughandfinished,then,evenifittakesmonths—ifittakesyears—theydoit.AnotherlessonIthinkwemaytake,justthrowingourmindsbacktoourmeetingheretenmonthsagoandnow,isthatappearancesareoftenverydeceptive,andasKiplingwellsays,wemust"...meetwithTriumphandDisaster.Andtreatthosetwoimpostorsjustthesame."Youcannottellfromappearanceshowthingswillgo.Sometimesimaginationmakesthingsoutfarworsethantheyare;yetwithoutimaginationnotmuchcanbedone.Thosepeoplewhoareimaginativeseemanymoredangersthanperhapsexist;certainlymanymorewillhappen;butthentheymustalsopraytobegiventhatextracouragetocarrythisfar-reachingimagination.Butforeveryone,surely,whatwehavegonethroughinthisperiod—Iamaddressingmyselftotheschool—surelyfromthisperiodoftenmonthsthisisthelesson:nevergivein,nevergivein,never,never,never,never—innothing,greatorsmall,largeorpetty—nevergiveinexcepttoconvictionsofhonourandgoodsense.Neveryieldtoforce;neveryieldtotheapparentlyoverwhelmingmightoftheenemy.Westoodallaloneayearago,andtomanycountriesitseemedthatouraccountwasclosed,wewerefinished.Allthistraditionofours,oursongs,ourschoolhistory,thispartofthehistoryofthiscountry,weregoneandfinishedandliquidated.Verydifferentisthemoodtoday.Britain,othernationsthought,haddrawnaspongeacrossherslate.Butinsteadourcountrystoodinthegap.Therewasnoflinchingandnothoughtofgivingin;andbywhatseemedalmostamiracletothoseoutsidetheseislands,thoughweourselvesneverdoubtedit,wenowfindourselvesinapositionwhereIsaythatwecanbesurethatwehaveonlytoperseveretoconquer.Yousanghereaverseofaschoolsong:yousangthatextraversewritteninmyhonour,whichIwasverygreatlycomplimentedbyandwhichyouhaverepeatedtoday.ButthereisonewordinitIwanttoalter—Iwantedtodosolastyear,butIdidnotventureto.Itistheline:"Notlesswepraiseindarkerdays."IhaveobtainedtheHeadMaster'spermissiontoalterdarkertosterner."Notlesswepraiseinsternerdays."Donotletusspeakofdarkerdays:letusspeakratherofsternerdays.Theseegreatdaysthegreatestdaysourcountryhaseverlived;andwemustallthankGodthatwehavebeenallowed,eachofusaccordingtoourstations,toplayapartinmakingthesedaysmemorableinthehistoryofourrace.，應(yīng)貴校校長盛情邀請，我來到，既為自己加界發(fā)生(fāshēng)了可怕的、災(zāi)難性的nsh這段時間所發(fā)生的的改善，而心存感激五六個月。當時我，但那時真是家徒巨大威脅，而他們，我們碌碌無必須學會同樣善于應(yīng)付短暫而干脆與一旦深思熟慮之后志不3回首(huíshǒu)10個月前我們在此地的相我覺得我們可以汲取的另一個訓就是，事物(shìwù)的表象常常是很有欺卜林說得好：我們必須“……面對勝方式對待(duìdài)這兩個4光看表象(biǎoxiàng)很難判斷事物將何去何從。有時想象的情景比事實糟糕很多，但缺乏想象人們會碌碌無為。那些想象力豐富的人們也許預(yù)想的危險比現(xiàn)實多很多；當然，還會發(fā)生很多危險；然而他們也必須祈禱獲得更多勇氣來維持這樣深遠的想象。當然，對每個人而言，我們在這個階段經(jīng)歷的一切——我正在(zhèngzài)對學校發(fā)表演講——誠然chngrn0個月中得到(dé山倒海的強敵。一年前我們孤軍作戰(zhàn)，許多國我們的校史，我逝、告終與完5今天的情緒大不相同。其他國家認為英國輸?shù)靡粺o所有(yīwúsuǒyǒu)了。但恰恰相我們的國家挺身而出。沒有退縮，也絲毫的念