华盛顿 第一集 翻译：hardstick 校订：hardstick 时间轴：hardstick
- Turn and run, you cowards! -转身跑回去，你们这帮胆小鬼！
华盛顿 第一季 第一集 翻译：hardstick 校订：hardstick 时间轴：hardstick
- Washington is,without question,the greatest hero and leader in American history,but he's a stranger. -毫无疑问，华盛顿是美国历史上最伟大的英雄和领袖，但他也是个“陌生人”。
- I, George Washington,do solemnly swear... -我，乔治·华盛顿，庄严宣誓…
- People see him more as a monument than a person. —人们把他看作一座丰碑，而不是一个人。
But you can't understand him unless you acknowledge that he was human. 但除非你承认他是人类，否则你无法理解他。
- That I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States. -我将忠实地履行美国总统的职责。
- And when we understand the man behind the myth, - 当我们了解了这个神话背后的人，
it actually becomes empowering and inspiring for us, 它实际上给了我们力量和鼓舞，
because he's not as distant. 因为他并不那么，遥不可及。
- Long live George Washington,President of the United States. — 美国总统乔治·华盛顿万岁。
- When I look at Washington,I see a leader. - 当我看到华盛顿时，我看到的是一位领袖。
- He could have been king,but that was not him. -他本可以成为国王，但那不是他。
He wasn't interested in power.He had power. 他对权力不感兴趣。他有权力。
- The world has never seen the last stage of perfection to which human nature is capable of attaining. — 世界从未见过，人类本性所能达到的，完美的最后阶段。
- Hear, hear! - 说的好，赞同！
- I see a man who gave himself to service. -我看到一个，献身于公共事业的人。
- We must give them something to fight for, something inspiring. -我们必须给他们，一些奋斗的目标，一些能鼓舞士气的目标。
- Something happened to Washington that made him think... "I have to do this." -发生在华盛顿身上的事情，让他觉得…“我必须这么做。”
- I see a husband. - It is exquisite. -我看到一个丈夫。 -很细致。
- And I see a slaveholder. - 我看到了一个奴隶主。
- American history is not a fairy tale, - 美国历史不是虚构的童话，
so I think it's a mistake to think of him as entirely virtuous. 所以，我认为把他当成是完全善良的人，那是错误的。
- If we truly want to know that man, -如果我们真的想了解那个人，
then we have to look at everything, warts and all. 那么我们就必须看到他的一切，包括缺点和全部。
- Washington's not a frozen image. -华盛顿不是一成不变的形象。
He changes from moment to moment in his life. 他的生活，时时刻刻都在变化。
He evolves. 他是演变的。
- Despite all his flaws,Washington was the one man that made this country possible. -尽管华盛顿有种种缺点，但他是唯一能使这个国家成为可能的人。
- What makes this a nation? -是什么造就了这个国家?
Two things--the Constitution and George Washington. 两样东西——宪法和乔治·华盛顿。
- Washington was not born great. -华盛顿并非，天生伟大。
He took a journey toward greatness. 但他踏上了，通往伟大的旅程。
（1754年，俄亥俄谷地）
（旁白：杰夫.丹尼尔斯。） （第65届艾美奖最佳男主角。主演《新闻编辑室》）
- Keep moving. - 继续前进。
We march through the night if necessary. 如有必要，我们将在夜间行军。
- In 1754, the man who will one day become the father of his country is an American colonist —在1754年，这位有朝一日将成为美国国父的人，还是只是一个北美殖民者，
wearing British red. 他身上还穿着，不列颠的红军服。
He's in command for the first time on a mission to serve his king,George II. 这是他第一次，为英国国王乔治二世效力。
- Lieutenant Colonel Washington,sir. Over the ridge, -华盛顿中校，长官。越过山脊，
the Half King and his men, sir.- Good work. Fall in line. 半王和他的人就在那里，长官。 -干得好。归队。
- Washington is the colonel of Virginia Regiment by age 22. - 华盛顿22岁时，成为弗吉尼亚殖民地军团的上校。
He hasn't led men in battle at all.He has no experience. -他根本没带兵上过战场。他没有经验。 ( 道格拉斯.布拉德伯恩，弗农山庄的总经理兼CEO)
- Washington's here to help the British Empire defend its claim on a strategic piece of the frontier. -华盛顿来这里，是为了帮助大英帝国，捍卫其对边境战略部分的主张。
The forks where three rivers meet will one day be called Pittsburgh, 三条河流汇合处的岔路口，有一天会被人称为，匹兹堡，
but now the Ohio country is land claimed by both Britain and France, 但现在的俄亥俄州，当时是英国和法国都宣称拥有主权的土地，
and the native nations who live there. 还有居住在那里的土著居民。
- There are many different tribes in this area. - 这个地区有许多不同的部落。
There's a very complicated political alignment between various tribes and between the French and the--and the British. 不同原住民部落之间，法国人和英国人之间，有着非常复杂的政治联盟。 （彼得.斯塔克，《年轻华盛顿》作者）
- They wanted traders to come in because traders brought lots of things that Indian people wanted and needed. 他们希望商人进来，因为商人带来了很多，印第安人想要的，和需要的货物。 （科林G.卡洛韦，达特茅斯学院）
But what Indian people he Ohio country wanted was to preserve their own independence, 但是俄亥俄的印第安人，想要的是，保持他们自己的独立，
and they wanted to preserve their own land. 他们想要保护自己的土地。
- And to assure their own control of the region, it's always better 为了确保他们对该地区的控制，
to be able to play off the different European nations against each other. 能够让不同的欧洲国家相互对抗，总是更好的。
- Washington's goal is to reach the forks before the French do -华盛顿的目标是，赶在法国人之前，到达三岔口，
and convince them to leave the Ohio country peacefully. 并说服他们和平地，离开俄亥俄谷地。
But in this land of shifting alliances, 但在这片联盟不断变化的土地上，
his only chance to succeed is to secure the help of the Half King, an ambassador of the six Iroquois nations, 他唯一成功的机会就是，获得“半王”的帮助，他是易洛魁六部落联盟的代表，
who at this point is a friend to Britain. 他现在是英国的朋友。
- The Half King is an accomplished warrior, -“半王”是个非常优秀的武士，
and he's now a statesman and a diplomat. 他现在是一名土著政治家和外交官。
This was his world,and Washington was coming into it. 这是“半王”的地盘，而华盛顿正在进入这个地界。
- You English are welcome here. -你们英国人，在此地是受到欢迎的。
- We have pushed on for many miles.My men need rest. - 我们已经向前推进了许多英里。我的人马需要休息。
- Get them water. -给他们水喝。
We have meat. 我们还有肉食。
- Thank you.We received word on our way here-- the French have beaten us to the forks. -谢谢。我们在来的路上，得到消息，法国人已经把我们打退到了三岔口。
They're already underway. 他们正在赶路。
- They are much closer.- Closer? -他们更接近了。 —更近了？
- A few miles. I will show you. - 就几英里了。我来给你看。
- How well armed are they? -他们的装备如何？
Have they made clear their intentions? 他们是否表明了自己的意图？
- These French,they have bad hearts. -这些法国人，他们都是“坏心眼儿”。
They are here to fight. - What makes you say-- 他们是来打仗的。 -你为何这么说...
- You wait,and the French may come first. -你若是等，法国人就会抢先。
Then... 到那时...
my people will not help you. 我的族人就不会帮你们的。
- We have endured a grueling march. — 我们经历了艰苦的行军。
My men need rest. 我的人需要休息。
If it is as you say, I will choose a course of action. 如果事情如你所说的那样，我将选择一个行动方案。
- Only a handful of non-Indian guys -当时只有屈指可数的几个非印第安人，
knew enough to negotiate the treacherous waters 足够了解如何谈判，这像是在变化莫测的水域中，
of Indian politics and international politics in the Ohio country, 纵横捭阖在俄亥俄谷地的印第安各部族的政治势力，和国际的政治势力。
and George Washington was not one of them. 乔治·华盛顿，可惜不是其中之一。
- You will lead us to them. - 你要带我们，去找他们。
- We know the place. -我们知道那地方。
- Washington is trying to make a career for himself in the military, - 华盛顿正试图在军队中，发展自己的事业，
and he feels like if he fails on this mission that his career is over. 他觉得，如果这次任务失败，他的职业生涯就结束了。
- As a young man, 21, 22,he really wanted to earn a name for himself. -作为一个二十一、二岁的年轻人，他真的很想为自己赢得一个名声。 （乔安妮B.弗里曼，耶鲁大学）
- To understand where George Washington's intense ambition comes from, - 为了理解乔治·华盛顿的雄心壮志从何而来，
it's really helpful to look at his family history. 回顾一下他的家族史，真的很有帮助。 （1743年四月，华盛顿家族农庄）
- Our Father, which art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name. - 我们在天上的父，愿人都尊你的名为圣。
Thy Kingdom come,thy will be done,on Earth as it is in Heaven. 愿你的国降临，愿你的旨意行在地上，如同行在天上。
- The adversity for him begins with the death of his father. -他的逆境，始于他父亲的去世。
- He was 11 years old.He's now the head of his household, -他才11岁。现在就成了一家之主了， （阿莱克西丝.科尔，乔治.华盛顿传记作家）
and so George is supposed to be educated in London like his two older half-brothers. 所以，乔治应该像他的两个同父异母的哥哥一样，在伦敦接受教育。
That's not happening anymore. 而这种情况，此时是不会再发生了。
- Washington as a young man is sort of second-tier gentry. —年轻的华盛顿，有点像“二等乡绅”。
He's not one of the great,wealthy families of Virginia. 他不是弗吉尼亚的豪门富豪。
- He was very sensitive about the fact that he didn't have advanced schooling. 他非常敏感，自己没有受过高等教育这一事实。 （约翰.阿瓦隆，《华盛顿的告别》作者）
- The education of George Washington was experience rather than schooling. —乔治·华盛顿的教育，与其说是学校教育，不如说是亲身经历。
John Adams went to Harvard.Thomas Jefferson went to William & Mary. 约翰·亚当斯上过哈佛大学。托马斯·杰斐逊就读于威廉玛丽学院。 （约瑟夫J.艾利斯，普利策历史奖获得者）
George Washington went to war. 乔治·华盛顿参过战。
（法国军队前哨站，1754年五月28日）
- There must be 20. - 一定有20人。
- 32. -32个。
- We do outnumber them. -我们的人数比他们多。
- They do not know we're here. -他们还不知道，我们在这里。
Surprise is ours. 我们要出其不意。
- My order-- - This is no time for waiting. -听我的命令... -没时间等了。
You must see it. 你一定要看好了。
- I see the opportunity. -我看到机会了。
- This is his first major command. -这是他第一次担任要职。 （阿兰,泰勒，普利策历史奖获得者）
He doesn't really know what he's doing, but he does not want to go back to Virginia empty-handed. 他真的不知道，自己在做什么，但他不想空手，回到弗吉尼亚。
- No war has yet been declared between France and Great Britain, -此时，法兰西和大不列颠之间，还没有宣战，
but all it's going to take is one spark to set the tinderbox alight. 但只需要一个火花，就能点燃这个火药箱。 （爱德华G.伦格尔，乔治华盛顿传记作者）
- I will give the command. -我来指挥。
- Fire! -开火！
- Charge! -冲锋！
- Washington almost immediately loses control. -华盛顿几乎立即失去了，对战场的控制。
He's become a spectator. 他变成了一个旁观者。
（看这个，请看这封信！）
- Stop! Do not shoot! —停止!不要射击了！
（读一下这个！）
- Aah! -啊！
- This is the moment that causes the French and Indian War. -这一时刻，导致了法国和印第安人之间的战争。
This is the war that led to the American Revolution. 这场战争，导致了美国独立战争。
- When the Half King kills Jumonville, the French commander,in front of his eyes, -当“半王”当着他的面，杀死法国指挥官朱蒙维尔时，
what had looked like a victory now looks like a tragic fiasco. 看起来似乎是一场胜利，现在看起来，更像是一场悲惨的惨败。 （爱德华G.伦格尔，乔治华盛顿传记作者）
- Jumonville's mission was the same as Washington's-- - 朱蒙维尔的任务，和华盛顿的一样...
send a message to the competition to clear out of the Ohio country. 向竞争对手发出信息，让他们离开俄亥俄谷地。
- The letter that the French are trying to deliver claimed that they were actually a diplomatic party -法国人试图传递的信函，声称他们实际上是一个“外交团体”， （彼得.斯塔克，《年轻华盛顿》作者）
delivering a message to the British governor of Virginia. 向英国弗吉尼亚总督，传递信息。
So Washington essentially attacked a diplomatic party. 所以，华盛顿实质上，袭击了一个外交团体。
- Take the survivors as prisoners. -把幸存者当作战犯。
Treat them fairly. 公平对待他们。
For it's time we departed. 我们该走了。
- This is an era that's very strict about following the rules of warfare. -这是一个非常严格遵守，战争规则的时代。
George Washington's just breached those rules. 乔治·华盛顿恰恰，违反了这些规则。
It's one of the most shocking moments of his life-- 这是他一生中最令人震惊的时刻之一...
a moment where he could get in very big trouble indeed. 在这个时刻，他可能会遇到非常大的麻烦。
- "Honorable sir.I shall begin with assuring you that nothing was farther from my intention..." -“尊敬的先生，我首先向您保证，没有什么比这，更违背我的意图了…”
- Washington wastes no time scrambling to protect his reputation. -华盛顿没有浪费时间，来保护自己的声誉。
On the day after the battle, he writes three separate letters to his superior, 在战斗结束后的第二天，他先后写了三封信，发给了他的上级，
Virginia Lieutenant Governor,Robert Dinwiddie. 弗吉尼亚州副州长罗伯特·丁威迪。
- "These officers pretended they were coming on an embassy, -“这些军官，假装他们是来充当大使的， （1754年，五月29日，写给弗吉尼亚副州长罗伯特.丁威迪的信）
"but the absurdity of this pretext is too glaring. They were sent as spies." “但这个借口的荒谬之处太明显了。他们是被派来做间谍的。”
- His first instinct is to justify what he did, - 他的第一反应是，为自己的行为辩护，
to suggest that it was the Frenchman's fault not being clear that he was on a diplomatic mission. 暗示这是法国人的错，他们没有说清楚，自己是在执行外交任务。
- "The sense of the Half King is they designed to come to us in a hostile manner." -“这些法国人给‘半王’的感觉是，他们旨在以敌对的方式，来寻找我们。”
- "If the French prisoners tell you any differently, don't believe them.We had to do this." —“如果法国俘虏跟你说什么不一样的话，别相信他们。我们必须这么做。”
Then he follows up almost immediately with another letter to this effect. 接着，他几乎立刻又写了一封信，大意是这样的。 (科林G.卡洛韦，达特茅斯学院)
- "Since writing the other letter, - "自从写了上封信， （1754年，五月29日，写给弗吉尼亚副州长罗伯特.丁威迪的信）
"I have still stronger presumption,indeed, almost confirmation,that they were sent as spies." “我更有理由推测，而且几乎可以肯定，他们是派来探子的。”
- The notion is this is a man who can't lie-- you know, Washington never lies.Of course he lies. -这是一个不会说谎的人...谁说，华盛顿从不说谎。他当然会撒谎。
He's an ambitious young guy who overreaches on occasion, and, um, he's lucky. 他是个雄心勃勃的年轻人，偶尔会做得过火，而且他很幸运。
Some of these things could have derailed him. 有些事情可能会让他出轨。
He's lucky that he didn't get killed. 他很幸运没被杀。
- When he's young,he's undisciplined, and he doesn't quite understand the ways of the world, -当他年轻的时候，他没有纪律，他不太了解这个世界的方式， (阿莱克西丝.科尔，乔治.华盛顿传记作家)
and so he writes letters to Dinwiddie that he later very much regrets. 所以，他给丁威迪写了几封信，后来他非常后悔。
- Taking care of your reputation-- -维护好你的声誉...
for Washington,that was exceedingly important. 对华盛顿来说，这是极其重要的。 (乔安妮B.弗里曼，耶鲁大学)
- Washington wants to live up to the values instilled in him as a young boy growing up on a Virginia tobacco farm. -华盛顿希望不辜负，他小时候在弗吉尼亚烟草农场长大时，灌输给他的价值观。
- George Washington,like Barack Obama, like Gerald Ford,was raised by a single mother, 乔治.华盛顿和巴拉克.奥巴马、杰拉尔德.福特一样，都是由单亲母亲抚养长大的，
and that's often overlooked in how that impacted him. 这一点经常被忽视，因为单亲母亲对他的影响很大。
- Come on, George. -来吧，乔治。
- Yes, Mother, coming. -是的，妈妈，来了。
- Mary Ball Washington was a strong woman who was very focused,very business-like. -玛丽.华盛顿是一个坚强的女人，她非常专注，非常务实。
- She was ambitious.She was savvy.She managed her estate very carefully. - 她野心勃勃。她很精明。她非常仔细地，管理她的财产。
- Heaven knows how she handled all of that, but she did. -天知道她是怎么处理的，但她做到了。 （科林.鲍威尔将军）
And she played such an important role in his life 她在他的生命中扮演了如此重要的角色，
to give him that structure of character, of competence, and believing in yourself. 给他那种性格架构，能力架构，以及对自己的信心。
- She passed to Washington a very kind of a hard-headed realism, - 她给了华盛顿一种非常冷静的现实主义，
teaching him strict self-discipline and being very tough on himself. 教他严格自律，对自己非常苛刻。
She doesn't give him time to putter around and waste the years dreaming. 她不给他时间闲逛，浪费时间做白日梦。
- He learned pretty early he was gonna have to depend upon himself. -他很早就知道，他得靠自己。 （比尔.克林顿总统）
I think he wanted to separate himself from his childhood, 我认为他想要把自己从童年中分离出来，
and he had the strength of will to do it, 他也有这样做的意志力，
partly because he saw what it took his mother to survive. 部分原因是，他看到了他母亲为了生存，所付出的代价。
- Washington's pinned his hopes on advancing up the ranks in the military, -华盛顿寄希望于在军队中晋升，
even though colonists can only serve in the provincial forces and aren't eligible for commissions. 尽管殖民者只能在地方部队服役，没有资格获得正式军官委任。
He's determined to become a British officer. 他决心当一名英国军官。
- Washington's trying to impress his higher-ups within the British Empire. -华盛顿想给他在大英帝国的上级，留下好印象。 (阿兰,泰勒，普利策历史奖获得者)
He hopes it's gonna go on up the chain 他希望这件事，能传到上层，
and will reach powerful people in London who will be impressed with what he's doing. 传到伦敦有权有势的人那里，让他们对他的所作所为印象深刻。
- But George Washington recognizes that the showdn with the French has only just begun. 但乔治·华盛顿意识到，与法国人的对决才刚刚开始。
They're certainly not going to take this defeat lying down. 他们当然不会就此认输。
Fort Duquesne is not that far away. 迪凯纳堡离这里不远。
He knows that there are hundreds more French troops there, and they're going to come after him. 他知道那里还有数百名法军，他们会来追杀他。
- As Washington prepares for the counterattack, -当华盛顿准备反击时，
he's reinforced by 100 British regulars, 他得到了100名英国正规军的增援，
giving him a total of 400 men to face the French revenge. 总共有400人，来面对法国人的报复。
- He builds a fort that he names Fort Necessity -他建造了一座堡垒，他将其命名为“必要堡”，
to suit the desperation,as he sees it, of the moment. 以应和他所面临的，“破釜沉舟”境况。
- It's about 50 feet in diameter. -它的直径，大约50英尺。
I mean, that's like the size of your lawn. 我是说，那就像你家草坪那么大。
- He's put it in the worst possible position. -他把它设在了，非常不利的位置上。
He has not cleared the field of fire. 他还没有清除射击视野。
The French and their Native American allies 法国人和他们的印第安盟友
will be able to fire down into the fort with impunity. 将能够不受制约地，向堡垒开火。
This is not really a fort. 这不是真正的堡垒。
It looks much more like a death trap. 它看起来更像是，一个死亡陷阱。
But he's still kind of cocky,despite everything that he's gone through. 但他还是有点自大，尽管他经历了那么多。
And he's very confident that he's going to succeed. 他对自己的成功充满信心。
- "I shall expect every hour to be attacked "and by unequal numbers,which I must withstand. - “我每时每刻都要受到攻击，而且数量不等，我必须承受住。 （1754年五月-七月，致弗吉尼亚州副州长罗伯特.丁威迪的信）
Let them come what hour they will." 让他们什么时候来都行。”
1754年七月3日，“必要堡”
- Fire! -开火！
And reload! 装填弹药！
Keep your positions! 保持战斗位置！
- When the ex-French and their Native allies strike... -当前法国人和他们的土著盟友发动袭击时…
- Aah! -啊！
- ...they hit with overwhelming firepower. - …他们以压倒性的火力进攻。
- Hold your line! -守住阵地！
- Aah! -啊！
- Washington and his men are essentially trapped. -华盛顿和他的人，基本上被围困住了。
- Uhh! -啊！
- The French have total control over the situation. -法国人完全控制了局势。
- And fire! -再次开火！
Reload! 装填弹药！
- They're determined to punish Washington... -他们决心惩罚华盛顿...
to embarrass him...and possibly to kill him. 让他难堪…可能还会杀了他。
（1754年七月3日，俄亥俄谷地，必要堡）
- Hold your line! -坚守阵地！
- Fire! -开火！
And reload! 装填弹药！
- Hours into an assault by the French and their Native American allies, - 就在法国人和他们的印第安盟友，发起进攻的几个小时后，
22-year-old George Washington... 这位22岁的乔治·华盛顿…
- Keep your positions! -保持战位！
- ...is confronting the cost of his inexperience in command. - …正面临着因指挥经验不足，而付出的代价。
- Aah! -啊！
- Hold your line! -守住阵地！
Turn back and fight! 回去战斗！
- The men themselves,they have no reputations to defend. -这些人自己，他们不需要维护名誉。
So when it gets to a point of crisis... 所以当它到了危机的时候…… （爱德华G.伦格尔，乔治华盛顿传记作者）
...they're not going to listen to him. …他们不会听从他的。
- Hold your ground. -守住你们的战场。
Keep your position, soldier! 坚守你们的战位，士兵！
- Uhh! -啊！
- The powder is wet.Their guns are failing. —火药受潮了。他们的枪正在失效。 （道格拉斯.布拉德伯恩，弗农山庄的总经理兼CEO）
Another few minutes,and George Washington would have been dead. 过不了多久，乔治·华盛顿就要战死了。
And then all of a sudden,there's an extraordinary fortuitous opportunity to end that fight. 然后突然间，有一个非常幸运的机会，来结束这场斗争了。
- Hold your fire! -停止射击！
- The chance for a parlay to end this battle is a saving grace. - 有机会来结束这场战斗，就是天赐救命的恩典。
- Well, the French don't want the full-fledged war. - 法国人不想要全面战争。
Allowing Washington and his soldiers to live and to go back to Virginia, 允许华盛顿和他的士兵们活着回到弗吉尼亚， （阿兰,泰勒，普利策历史奖获得者）
having been embarrassed by defeat, 让他们因为失败，而感到尴尬，
is the best possible result of this confrontation. 是这场对抗最好的“效果”。
- While Washington and his men survive, the price is signing an official surrender. - 只要华盛顿和他的手下能活下来，条件就是签署正式投降协议。
Washington doesn't speak French. 华盛顿不会法语。
- Read it to me. -念给听。
- "As our intention had never been to trouble, uh... -“我们本来不想找麻烦，呃...
"uh, the peace,uh, between, uh,the peace and the good harmony between the two princes..." “呃，和平，呃，两个王子之间的和平与和谐……”
- His translator is a Dutchman who speaks some French and English, -他的翻译是一个会说法语和英语的荷兰人，
but not enough to alert his commander to exactly what he's signing. 但不足以提醒他的指挥官，他正在签署什么。
- "But only to revenge the killing, which has been done on one of our officers." -“但只是为了报复，我们的一名军官被杀了。”
(投降书条款，起草于1754年七月3日，必要堡)
- The documents of surrender demand that Washington confess -投降书要求华盛顿承认，
that he has assassinated Ensign Jumonville,to being a war criminal. 是他暗杀了朱蒙维尔少尉，承认他是一名战犯。
- "We grant the English commander to, uh, -“我们允许英国指挥官，呃，
return with his garrisons peaceably into his own country." 带着他的驻军和平返回自己的国家。”
- He's in over his head. -他不知所措了。
He never expected that he would have to surrender, 他从没想过他会被迫投降，
and so he's ill-prepared for that particular moment. 所以，他对那个特殊的尴尬时刻，准备不足。
- Take it. -拿走吧。
- Washington's name at this point will be associated with ignominy and embarrassment, 在这一点上，华盛顿的名字，将与耻辱和尴尬联系在一起， （科林G.卡洛韦，达特茅斯学院）
not with grit, feats of military accomplishment. 与勇气和军事成就，毫不沾边。
- It will take months for Washington to learn the truth about what he signed. —华盛顿需要几个月的时间，才能了解他签署的协议的真相。
In the meantime,he's determined 同时。他决定
to make sure this defeat doesn't threaten his dreams of becoming a British officer. 不让这次战败，威胁他成为一名英军军官的梦想。
（《弗吉尼亚公报》1754年七月19日）
- Washington writes an account that appears in the colonial newspapers, - 华盛顿在殖民地的报纸上写了一篇报道， （彼得.斯塔克，《年轻华盛顿》作者）
and in that whole account,there's not one word of surrender. 在整篇叙述中，没有提一个“投降”的词。
- "The French called to parlay. -“法国人进而发出呼唤。
"We agreed that each side should retire, that we should march away with all the honors of war." ‘我们一致认为，双方都应该，带着战争的所有荣誉，撤离战场。’”
- Of course, it didn't happen that way at all. -当然，事情根本不是那样发生的。
And, yet,he becomes a folk hero in the eyes of many Virginians. 然而，他成为了许多弗吉尼亚人眼中的民间英雄。
- He had a sort of cunning -他有一种“狡猾”， （安妮特.戈登里德，普利策历史奖获得者）
and a kind of understanding about how things operated, how society operated,how the world operated 并了解“各种事物如何运作，社交圈层如何运作，大众社会如何运作”，
that I think served him well. 我认为他因此受益匪浅。
- Washington is a tremendously savvy political figure. -华盛顿是一个非常精明的政治人物。
He's great at protecting his reputation, and he has friends who know how to do it. 他很善于保护自己的名誉，他交的朋友们，也知道怎么做。
- Governor Dinwiddie and the men of the House of Burgesses -丁威迪总督和弗吉尼亚下议院的议员们，
pass a resolution thanking Washington for his good conduct. 通过一项决议，感谢华盛顿的良善行为。
They wipe out much of the embarrassment and humiliation that Washington had gotten himself into. 他们消除了华盛顿让自己陷入的许多尴尬和羞辱。
- But the farther you go from Williamsburg, Virginia, the less of a hero he is. -但你离弗吉尼亚的威廉斯堡越远，他就越不像个英雄。
- Eventually,the French will publish these articles of surrender. -最终，法国人会公布这些投降书。
They will announce to the world 他们向全世界宣布了，
this young American officer has confessed to assassinating a French officer. 这名年轻的美利坚军官承认，暗杀了一名法国军官。
If you think about it,"assassin" in English and French are pretty much the same,but he was desperate. 如果你仔细想想，“刺客”在英语和法语中几乎是一样的，但华盛顿是竭力反驳。
I think he was afraid. 我想，他是心虚了。
- And yet Washington denied that interpretation of the capitulation for the rest of his life. - 然而，华盛顿在他的余生中，否认了对投降的这种解释。
- "That we were willfully or ignorantly deceived by our interpreter in regard to the word 'assassination', -“在对待‘暗杀’这个词上，我们被我们的翻译，故意或无知地欺骗了， (无姓名地址的信件，大约写于1757年三月到四月间)
I do aver and will to my dying moment." 我致死都承认这一点。”
- In London, the Lords in charge are saying, -在伦敦，掌权的上议院议员们说，
"If we let this behavior stand,we'll lose all North America. “如果我们让这种行为继续下去，我们将失去整个北美。
"We need professional British soldiers. e need professional officers. “我们需要专业的不列颠士兵。我们需要专业的军官。
We can't rely on people like this guy Washington." 像华盛顿这号人，我们是不能依赖的。”
- As a result, British command reorganizes the Virginia Regiment - 结果，联合王国的命令改组了弗吉尼亚团，
and makes its American officers,regardless of rank, 使部队中的美利坚军官，无论军衔如何，
subordinate to even the lowest of British officers. 都服从于最低级的不列颠军官。
The changes not only dash Washington's hopes of advancement, 这些变化，不仅粉碎了华盛顿晋升的希望，
they effectively demote him from lieutenant colonel to captain. 而且实际上，把他从中校降职为上尉。
Washington resigns in protest. 华盛顿辞职，以示抗议。
- Washington resigned,and he writes this great letter, -华盛顿辞职了，他写了这封伟大的信，
in which he says, "How could a man allow himself to be demoted for no good reason? 在信中他说，“一个人怎么能允许自己，无缘无故被降职呢?
"It was from the advice of my friends and my own honor that I declined, not because I didn't wish to be in the military anymore." “我的拒绝，是出于朋友的建议，和我自己的荣誉，而不是因为，我不想再从军了。”
- "I shall have the consolation of knowing that I have hitherto stood the heat and brunt of the day -“我将感到安慰的是，我迄今为止，已经忍受了来自那天的炎烤和冲击，” （摘自1754年11月15日的致弗吉尼亚地方军威廉.菲茨休中校）
"and that I have the thanks of my country for the services I have rendered it." “我的国家感谢我所提供的服务。”
- He's got to be wondering if he has a future. -他肯定在想他是否还有未来。
He's convinced that he's never going to command troops in action again. 他确信自己，再也不能指挥部队作战了。
（1755年6月，俄亥俄谷地）
- Seven months after quitting the Virginia Regiment, - 在离开弗吉尼亚军团七个月后，
George Washington is back in uniform, 乔治·华盛顿重新穿上了军装，
this time as a volunteer. 这次他是一名志愿军人。
The American frontier is engulfed in a war for control of the continent, and the Ohio country is ground zero. 美利坚的边境被一场争夺大陆控制权的战争所吞没，俄亥俄谷地成了战争的起点。
- It means we're not alone. - 这意味着，我们并不孤单。
Be on your guard. 保持警戒。
- Despite his missteps, -尽管他犯了错误，
Washington is now one of Virginia's most experienced frontier fighters, 华盛顿现在是弗吉尼亚最有经验的，边疆战士之一，
and he's been tapped to serve as an aide to British General Edward Braddock. 他被任命为不列颠将军爱德华·布拉多克的助手。
- Braddock's a veteran commander, - 布洛克是个资深指挥官，
but a veteran of European wars. 但只是在欧洲战争中的退伍老军人。
And so he doesn't know what he's doing once he gets into North America, 所以一旦他进入北美，他就不知道自己在做什么， (阿兰,泰勒，普利策历史奖获得者)
which is a different environment. 这里是一个不同的环境。
- The British,they didn't know how to fight in the forest conditions. - 英国军队，他们不知道如何在森林条件下作战。 （科林G.卡洛韦，达特茅斯学院）
- Washington is willing to go as an aide-de-camp because it carries some respect, - 华盛顿愿意以“随从参谋”的身份前去，因为这是一种对他的尊重， （爱德华G.伦格尔，乔治华盛顿传记作者）
and Braddock apparently gave him some indication that he could expect a military commission. 布拉多克显然给了他一些暗示，他可能会得到，他期待的军事委任。
- Braddock and 2,400 British regulars are cutting a road through more than 100 miles -布拉多克和2400名英国正规军，正在100多英里的茂密荒野中，开辟一条道路，
of dense wilderness to move scores of cannon, horses, and men into place for an attack on Fort Duquesne, 以便将大量大炮、马匹和人员转移到进攻杜肯堡的位置上，
the stronghold the French completed at the forks after Washington's defeat at Fort Necessity. 杜肯堡，是华盛顿在必要堡失败后，法国人在山口完成的要塞。
- The forks of the Ohio were seen as almost the key to the continent. - 俄亥俄河的分叉，几乎被视为通往欧洲大陆的钥匙。
Whichever imperial power controlled that controlled access to the interior of the continent. 任何一个帝国势力控制了它，就控制了进入北美大陆内部的通道。
- I do not have time for this. -我没时间，跟你说这个。
Break down another wagon.- Yes, sir. 又弄坏了一辆大车。 -是的，长官。
- General Braddock,another delay? -布拉多克将军，又耽搁了?
- Cannot be helped. -无能为力。
- Perhaps if we did not stop to level every molehill — 这样可否，我们不停下来，铲平每个鼹鼠洞穴，
or erect a bridge over every brook. 而是，在每条小溪上架起一座桥。
- It is this terrain of yours. - Sir... - 这是你的地盘。 -长官...
- But we shall level it out yet. -但我们还是应该，把洞穴铲平的。
- Sir, with respect,I have fought the Indians. -长官，恕我直言，我和印第安人打过仗。
Our line is too extended. 我们的队伍太长了。
They could cut our forces in two before we could even martial our defense. 他们可以在我们还没来得及进行军事防御时，就把我们的军队砍成两半。
- These savages may be a formidable enemy -这些野蛮人，对你的原始的美利坚民兵来说，
for your raw American militia,but upon the King's regular 可能是一个可怕的敌人，但对国王的正规
and disciplined troops, it is impossible that they will make an impression. 且纪律严明的部队来说，他们是不可能产生什么影响的。
- Of course, sir. - We have nothing to fear. -当然，长官。 -我们没什么好怕的。
Head out and inspect the rear guard. 出去检查一下后面的守卫。
Report back to me within the hour. 一小时内，向我报告。
- Sir. -是，长官。
- Over the next five weeks,the army pushes slowly toward Fort Duquesne,traveling in a long column - 在接下来的五个星期里，军队缓慢地向杜肯堡推进，
with Washington and Braddock just a quarter mile behind the advance guard. 华盛顿和布拉多克排成一长列，在先遣部队后面四分之一英里处行进。
- Once they crossed the Monongahela River, - 一旦他们越过莫农加希拉河，
he thinks,"Okay, that's job done.We'll just sweep the fort apart." 他想，“好了，任务完成了。我们要把法军堡垒洗劫一空。”
1755年7月9日
- Suddenly, chaos erupts. -突然，混乱爆发了。
- French Canadian troops have hit the front of the British column. - 法属加拿大军队袭击了英军纵队的前方。
- The advance guard.We are under attack. -先遣部队。我们正在遭受攻击。
Forward!- Make ready! 前进！ -准备好！
- Washington warned the Redcoats were vulnerable to an ambush. -华盛顿早就警告说，英军很容易遭到伏击。
- Forward! -前进！
- Now he has to face the hellfire. -现在他要面对“地狱之火”了。
（1755年7月9日，宾夕法尼亚边境）
- 23-year-old George Washington and the British force he's advising are caught in an ambush. - 23岁的乔治·华盛顿，和他所指挥的英国军队遭遇伏击。
- Stay in line! -保持队形！
- The British are trapped,surrounded by enemy fire-- -英军被困，被敌军炮火包围...
the French from the front and their Native American allies from the tree line on both flanks. 法军阻挡正面，他们的印第安盟友，自英军两翼的树林边界出击。
- Hold fire! -不要开枪！
- Aah! - Uhh! -啊！ -呃！
- Get back in line! -退到阵线后面！
- As an aide-de-camp,he's not in charge of anything. -作为随从参谋，他什么都管不了。
- Look to your officers! - 注意你的军官!
- He can deliver messages.He is responding to the orders of General Braddock. -他能传递信息。他是奉布拉多克将军之命。 （道格拉斯.布拉德伯恩，弗农山庄的总经理兼CEO）
But he doesn't have any troops under his command. 但是他没有任何军队，在他的指挥下。
- Hold the line! - 保持阵型！
- Uhh! -呃！
- Washington has two horses shot out from under him, -先后有两匹被华盛顿骑的马，被射中， （约瑟夫J.艾利斯，普利策历史奖获得者）
three bullet holes through his coat,but he's not scratched. 外套上有三个弹孔，但没有被子弹擦伤。
- Where's General Braddock? Where is General Braddock?! - 布拉多克将军呢? 布拉多克将军在哪里?!
General Braddock? 布拉多克将军？
- Within a very short period of time every single British officer has been either killed or wounded. -在很短的时间内，每一个英国军官不是被打死，就是受伤。 （爱德华G.伦格尔，乔治华盛顿传记作者）
- General Braddock, sir. -布拉多克将军，长官。
We need to get you to safety. 我们得把你送到安全的地方。
- Leave me. - But, sir... -别管我。 -但是，长官...
- Save those men that can be saved. Order a withdrawal. -拯救那些可以被拯救的人。下命令撤退吧。
- We can get you clear. - Order a withdrawal. -我们能把你弄出去。-下命令撤退吧。
- But to whom am I to relay the command, sir? -但我该向谁，转达这一命令呢，长官?
- The command...is yours. -你来下...命令。
- This is the opportunity that Washington's been waiting for-- -这是华盛顿一直在等待的机会...
to prove himself in command. 由自己来下命令。
- In this moment of almost complete breakdown, -在这几乎完全崩溃的时刻，
he is able to compose himself and to give the orders that would enable this army to start its retreat. 他能使自己镇定下来，并发出命令，使这支军队开始撤退。
- Fall back! Fall back! - 后退! 撤退!
Fall back! Fall back! 撤退! 撤退!
- Washington organizes a rear guard to provide cover while he mounts a general retreat, - 华盛顿组织了一支后防部队提供掩护，同时他发动了一次大撤退，
narrowly saving Braddock's force from annihilation. 免于险些使得布拉多克的部队，全军覆没的危险。
But the British battle losses are severe. 但英军损失惨重。
In just three hours of fighting, 在短短三个小时的战斗中，
nearly 1,000 of some 1,500 troops are killed or wounded,including 63 officers. 大约1500名士兵中有近1000人伤亡，其中包括63名军官。
- "The dead, the dying,the groans, lamentations, and cries along the road of the wounded for help..." -“死者、垂死之人、呻吟、哀号、伤员的呼救声…” （摘自他向，在1786-1789年担任他私人秘书兼传记作家：戴维.汉弗莱少校的评述）
- "...were enough to pierce a heart of adamant." -“…足以刺穿一颗铁石心肠。”
- Washington's never seen anything like this. -华盛顿从未见过这样的事。
I mean, this is destruction of human life on a colossal scale. 我的意思是，这是对人类生命的大规模破坏。
- Nobody who is ever going into battle comes out of the battle the same way. - 没有人会以同样的方式，走出战场。 （科林.鲍威尔将军）
When you see blood in front of you, when you see body parts laying all over, 当你看到血在你面前，当你看到身体部位到处都是，
you realize this is no longer a game. This is the worst. 你意识到这不再是一个游戏。这是最糟糕的。
This is the worst. 这是最糟糕的事情。
- When he's young,he wants to be in battle. -当他年轻的时候，他想上战场。
It's romantic. It's where he can prove his valor. 它是浪漫的。那是他证明自己英勇的地方。
And those things sort of fall away after the Battle of Monongahela. 在莫农加希拉之战后，这些都消失了。
- He will never be again that naive young man who sees war as an adventure. 他再也不会是那个，把战争视为冒险的，天真年轻人了。
- In the aftermath of the battle, Washington's family receives a report of his death. - 战争结束后，华盛顿的家人收到了他的死讯。
Days later,he writes his brother. 几天后，他写信给他的兄弟。
- "As I have heard a circumstantial account of my death and dying speech. -“因为我听到了关于我的死亡，和临终遗言的详细叙述。” （1755年7月18日，在写给他哥哥约翰.奥古斯丁.华盛顿的信中）
"But by the all-powerful dispensations of providence, “但是上帝的全能安排，”
"I have been protected beyond all human probability and expectation." “我受到的保护，超出了人类的所有可能性和期望。”
- Washington developed the notion that somebody was looking over him, - 华盛顿产生了一种观念，认为有人在眷顾着他，
that he should have died,and he attributes this not to God but to providence. 他本应该死去，他认为这不符合上帝的旨意，而他能活下来，则要归于天意。
He believes that because those forces have saved him, 他相信，因为这些力量挽救了他，
that history's on his side. 历史站在他这边。
- We should all be grateful that he was the one who had the luck. - 我们都应该心怀感恩，他是那个“幸运的人”。
What would have happened to us if he had been killed by one of those bullets? 如果，他被其中一颗子弹打死了,我们会怎么样? （比尔.克林顿总统）
- With Braddock's death,Washington's most promising path to a British officer's commission is thwarted. - 随着布拉多克的战死，华盛顿最有希望成为英国军官的道路，受阻了。
But he emerges from the battle a war hero. 但他从战斗中脱颖而出，成为一名战争英雄。
- Newspapers and broadsides and tavern talk throughout America become filled with discussions of Washington. —美国各地的报纸、海报和酒馆里的谈话，充斥着对华盛顿的谈论。
"Do you know that it was an American who led those troops off the field?" “你知道是一个美利坚人，带领那些部队离开战场的吗?”
- Washington had joined the Braddock campaign with a view to reclaiming,rebuilding his reputation. -华盛顿加入布洛多克的战队，是为了恢复和重建他的声誉。
Ironically, that happens. 讽刺的是，这种情况，确实发生了。
Because one of the things the colonists can take from this is the unmistakable courage of George Washington. 因为，北美殖民者可以从中学到的一件事就是，乔治·华盛顿那毋庸置疑的勇气。
- At that stage,the Virginians need a hero, and he's the available candidate. -在这种情况下，弗吉尼亚人需要一个英雄，而他正是合适的人选。
（弗吉尼亚，威廉斯堡）
- Would you humble me with a dance? -你能赏光跟我跳支舞吗?
- It would be my pleasure. -这是我的荣幸。
- Watching Washington in public settings, - 如果你在公共场合，观察华盛顿， （阿兰,泰勒，普利策历史奖获得者）
everybody is rapt because they have not seen anybody with his size, his strength. 每个人都很着迷于他，因为他们从来没有见过，像他这样高大、强壮的人。
- Washington is tall for his time. He's around 6'2", -华盛顿在他的时代是很高的。他大约6尺2寸，
the look of an natural athlete,someone you would see on the basketball court today or the football field. 天生的运动员的样子，你今天在篮球场上或足球场上，会看到的那种人。
- First impression is,"Oh, my God.This guy is impressive." -第一印象是，“哦，天哪。这家伙令人印象深刻。”
- Historians are always talking about how great he was on the dance floor,in the ballroom, - 历史学家总是在谈论他在舞池里、舞厅里有多棒， （阿莱克西丝.科尔，乔治.华盛顿传记作家）
and all the women write about it all the time. 所有的女人也一直在写他的事迹。
- Later on, Abigail Adams,when she writes about seeing George Washington for the first time, -后来，阿比盖尔·亚当斯，当她写到第一次见到乔治·华盛顿时，
I mean, it could be in a romance novel. 我是说，这可能会出现在爱情小说里。
- "The gentleman and soldier look agreeably blended in him. -“"绅士和士兵在他身上看起来很相配。” （1775年7月16日，阿比盖尔.亚当斯写给约翰.亚当斯的信）
"He's a temple, sacred by birth and built by hands divine." “他是一座神庙，生来神圣，由神圣之手建造。”
- The thing about George Washington was his self-control. —乔治·华盛顿的过人之处，在于他的自制力。
It wasn't as if he didn't have emotion. 他并不是没有感情。 (纳撒尼尔.菲尔布里克，国家图书获奖获奖作家)
Underneath him were seething real passions that gave a crackle, an intensity to his physical presence. 在他的身体下面，沸腾着真正的激情，给他的身体带来了爆裂声，一种强烈的感觉。
It added to his charisma. 这增加了他的魅力。
- Thank you. -谢谢你。
- It doesn't take a lot to see that this is a human being -不难看出，这是一个人，
who is a compressed spring that's about ready to release itself onto the American scene. 他是一个被“压缩的弹簧”，即将在美利坚舞台上，释放自己。
- As the French and Indian War intensifies on the frontier... - 随着法印战争，在边境地区愈演愈烈…
- ...he'll get his chance. - …他会有机会的。
The Colonies need a leader to stem the carnage. 殖民地民众需要一个领袖，来阻止大屠杀。
And the name on everyone's lips... 每个人都挂在嘴边的名字…
- ...is George Washington. -...就是乔治.华盛顿。
（1756年春季，弗吉尼亚边疆）
- By the spring of 1756, -到1756年春天
the American frontier is a war zone, 北美殖民地的边境，成了一个战区，
as the French deploy their Native American allies to ramp up attacks on British settlers. 随着法国人唆使他们的美洲原住民盟友，加大对英国定居者的攻击力度。
- The destruction of Braddock's army is -布洛多克军队的溃败，
such a powerful blow that there's a real skittishness amongst the British. 对英国人来说，是一个巨大的打击，并引发了真正的惊骇。 （道格拉斯.布拉德伯恩，弗农山庄的总经理兼CEO）
- So what's happening is that the British frontier is being rolled back. -所以现在的情况是，英国的边境正在被撤回。 （科林G.卡洛韦，达特茅斯学院）
- There's a huge highway into the heart of settlement. -有一条巨大的“高速公路”，通往定居点的中心。
That road that's built to attack Fort Duquesne now is unprotected. 那条用来攻击杜肯堡的路，现在无人保护了。
There's no troops there,and so they're unable, really, to stop Native American incursions. 那里没有军队，所以他们真的无法阻止印第安人的入侵。
- Hundreds of people are dying. -数以百计的人正在死去。
Hundreds of people are being taken captive. 数百人被俘虏。
This is just sheer terror. 这是纯粹的恐怖。
（1745年春，弗吉尼亚，温彻斯特，弗吉尼亚军团指挥部）
And that's what Washington has to deal with. 这就是华盛顿需要处理的问题。
- There is no order,no way to predict where they will strike next. -没有命令，没有办法预测，他们下一步会袭击哪里。
I could have a thousand more men,and it would make no difference. 就算我再多一千个人，也不会有什么不同。
- Washington's been lured back to the ontier by Governor Dinwiddie and is now a colonel in the Virginia Regiment. - 华盛顿被丁威迪总督诱使，回到了边疆，现在是弗吉尼亚团的上校了。
He's tasked with protecting more than 300 miles of rugged terrain, 他的任务是，保护超过300英里的崎岖地形，
and he has fewer than 1,200 untrained and ill-equipped men that he now has to make into soldiers. 而且他只有不到1200名未经训练和装备落后的人，他现在必须把他们培养成士兵。
- Look at them. -看看他们。
No discipline at all. 完全没有纪律。
And we've had two more desertions last week. 上周又有两起逃兵事件。
This must change. 这种情况，必须改变。
- After the Battle of the Monongahela, —莫农加希拉之战过后，
Washington begins to think about the fundamentals of running a military force. 华盛顿开始思考，管理一支军事力量的基本原则。
And the lesson that we as Americans need to learn is that we need to be more professional. 作为北美殖民地人，我们需要吸取的教训是，我们需要更专业。 （爱德华G.伦格尔，乔治华盛顿传记作者）
- And so he knew what it was to have discipline in an organization, -所以他知道，在一个组织中，有纪律是什么意思， （科林.鲍威尔将军）
and he was not a softie.He was a disciplinarian. 他也不是一个软弱的人。他是个纪律严明的人。
He would have people punished. 他会让人受到惩罚。
- He's always watching to see whether you're on time and whether you're working hard. -他总是盯着你看你是否准时，是否努力工作。
If you're in the military unit and you're a deserter, even if he knows you and likes you, 如果你在部队里，你是个逃兵，即使他认识你，喜欢你， （约瑟夫J.艾利斯，普利策历史奖获得者）
he has no compunction about stringing you up,no second thoughts. 他好不愧疚地把你吊起来，一点也不迟疑。
- "I luckily caught two deserters. -“我幸运地抓住了两个逃兵。 （1756年5月23日，给弗吉尼亚副总督罗伯特.丁威迪的信）
"James Thomas, one of them,always behaved himself with great sobriety,honesty, and diligence. “詹姆斯·托马斯就是其中之一，他的行为举止总是非常严肃、诚实和勤奋。”
"The other criminal,Henry Campbell, “另一个逃兵，亨利·坎贝尔，
"is a most atrocious villain and richly merits an ignominious death." “是一个最残暴的恶棍，罪有应得。”
- He can't tolerate desertion. -他不能容忍逃弃军队。
For the rest of the soldiers in the unit, it's a betrayal of your colleagues on your left and your right, 对于部队里的其他士兵来说，这是对你并肩战斗的战友的背叛， （凯文J.韦德尔，美国陆军退役上校，美国陆军战争学院）
'cause then they can't count on you. 因为那样，他们就不能指望你了。
- Halt. -停止。
Thomas. 托马斯。
There will be no more offenses. 不许再犯了。
- Washington tempered those severe punishments with mercy. —华盛顿以仁慈，缓和了严厉的惩罚。
He would often do it at the last minute when all the soldiers of that unit would be there to witness the punishment. 他经常在最后一分钟这样做，因为那个单位的所有士兵，都在那里目睹了惩罚。
- Proceed. -执行。
- You're sending the signal to the soldiers who didn't desert that our commander is a merciful commander. -你在向那些没有逃跑的士兵发出信号，我们的指挥官是一个仁慈的指挥官。
Just don't do this sort of thing. 千万别做这种事。
- He's a tough taskmaster, and he tells you what he wants you to do, -他是个严厉的工头，他会告诉你他想让你做什么，
and if you don't do it just the way he wants you to do it, he's not happy. 如果你不按他希望的方式去做，他会不高兴的。
He's not, um,hail-fellow well-met. 他并不是那种“好好先生”。
He is a man of high standards and expects you to meet those standards, 他是一个高标准的人，希望你能达到这些标准，
and if you don't,it will reflect on him. 如果你没有，这将反映在他身上。
- Aim. -瞄准。
Fire! 开火！
Second row, aim! 第二排，瞄准！
Now fire! 现在，开枪！
- Washington is learning how to lead, -华盛顿正在学习如何领导，
and he's learned on the battlefield, 他在战场上学会了，
and he's applying those lessons now with the Virginia Regiment. 他现在把这些经验，应用到了弗吉尼亚军团。
- This musket is everything to you. -这把火枪就是你的一切。
Lift up, pull back,and you are ready. 举起枪，后撤一步，现在你就准备好了。
Now let's see you again. 下面，看你们的了。
Faster! 加快速度！
Come on, you rabble, faster! 快点，你们这些乌合之众，再快点!
Aim. 瞄准。
And fire! 开枪吧！
Better, but we need to be quicker! 好多了，但我们得快点!
This is life and death! 生死攸关！
The bayonet. 上刺刀。
Detach and fix. 拔出并装上。
Right. Let's see it. 就这样。让我们来做一遍。
- His command of the Virginia Regiment is the shaping experience for his role as a military commander. —他在弗吉尼亚兵团的指挥经历，是塑造他作为军事指挥官角色的经历。
It becomes an elite unit that is like the Rangers or the Special Forces. 它变成了一支精英部队，就像游骑兵或特种部队一样。
一年后
- The British have to acknowledge-- -英国人必须承认...
and they do, openly-- 而且，他们也公开地承认了...
that Washington has created for the first time in the history of America 这是华盛顿在美国历史上第一次创造的
a provincial force that is worthy of respect, 一支值得尊敬的地方军队，
that's every bit as good as what the British put into the field. 和不列颠政府投入战场的部队，一样优秀。
- And yet he can't seem to get them recognized as a proper regiment. -但他似乎不能让他们被认为，是一个真正的团。
He can't get them officers' commissions in the British established regiments in North America. 他还是无法让他的手下，在英国建立的北美殖民地军团中，获得军官委任的机会。
He thinks they've earned this. 他认为，这是他们应得的机会。
That Americans should be treated as second class subjects is anathema to him. 美利坚人，被当作二等国民对待，这是他深恶痛绝的。
- Washington wants to prove to the British that his regiment is ready for a bigger mission, -华盛顿想向英国人证明，他的团已经准备好，承担更大的任务，
what he sees as the only way to get control of the frontier-- an attack on the French stronghold, 他认为，这是控制边境的唯一方法——攻击法国的据点，
Fort Duquesne. 杜肯堡。
But when his commander Lieutenant Governor Dinwiddie refuses to give him the go-ahead, 但当他的指挥官丁威迪副总督，拒绝给他放行时，
Washington's willing to risk anything, 华盛顿愿意冒任何风险， （宾夕法尼亚，费城）
even insubordination. 甚至，抗命不遵。
- In his early 20s as a young officer, he was not at all the George Washington we think of. —20岁出头的年轻军官，他根本不是我们心目中的乔治·华盛顿。 (彼得.斯塔克，《年轻华盛顿》作者)
He was stubborn. 他很固执。
He was hasty. 他还很草率。
- He's the kind of guy you wouldn't want to go up against in terms of willpower. -就意志力而言，他是那种，你不想与之对抗的人。
Once he sets his mind to something,it's going to happen. 一旦他下定决心，就一定会成功。
（1757年三月，宾夕法尼亚，费城，英军指挥部）
- Pardon me. Can you tell me where I might find Lord Loudoun? -对不起。你能告诉我，劳登勋爵在哪儿吗?
- Colonel George Washington's come to Philadelphia uninvited 乔治·华盛顿上校不请自来，来到费城，
to meet the most powerful military man on the continent. 会见美国大陆上最有权势的军事人物。
- John Campbell, Lord Loudoun,the Scotsman-- —约翰·坎贝尔，劳顿勋爵，苏格兰人...
he has been appointed commander-in-chief of British forces in North America, 他被任命为英国驻北美部队的总司令，
and he comes to Philadelphia,and George Washington thinks, 他来到费城，乔治·华盛顿想， （道格拉斯.布拉德伯恩，弗农山庄的总经理兼CEO）
"Aha! This is my moment. “啊哈!这是我的时刻。
"I'm the colonel of the Virginia Regiment. “我是弗吉尼亚团的上校。
"I need to convince him of all the extraordinary work we've done and convince him that we need to go on the offensive." “我需要让他相信，我们所做的所有非凡工作，并让他相信，我们需要采取攻势。”
- Washington is looking for an acknowledgment from the British that Americans are equal members of the empire, 华盛顿正在寻求英国承认，美利坚人是帝国的平等成员， （爱德华G.伦格尔，乔治华盛顿传记作者）
equally worthy of respect. 同样值得尊重。
- It's incredibly audacious for Washington, -这对华盛顿来说，是非常大胆的，
this junior officer,to come in there and try to speak to the commander-in-chief about what their strategy should be. 这个下级军官，来到那里，试图和总司令谈谈，他们的战略应该是什么。
It would be like a junior officer going to speak to the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 这就像一个初级军官，要和参谋长联席会议的主席讲话一样。
- My Lord. -我的大人。
- Your persistence,Colonel Washington,affords you a few moments. -由于你的坚持，华盛顿上校，给了你一些时间。
Be brief. 请简短一些。
- I have come to discuss affairs in the Ohio country. -我是来讨论，俄亥俄谷地的局势的。
- With which I am well acquainted. -我对此也很熟悉。
- Of course, my Lord, -当然，我的大人，
but I do feel we are missing an opportunity. 但我认为我军，错过了一个机会。
- And I fear confusion.From the surface, it would seem you're about to question my military strategy. -我害怕混淆概念。你似乎要公然质疑，我的军事策略。
- I would never dare question your abilities, my Lord. -我不敢质疑你的能力，大人。
But I know these lands. 但我了解这片土地。
I have traveled them,fought upon them. If we were to launch a direct attack-- 我游历过那里，在那里战斗过。如果，我们发起直接攻击...
- Is it a provincial trait to say that you do not question something and then proceed to question it? -你先说不质疑一件事，然后你又质疑它，这难道就是“海外殖民者”的特性吗？
- No, my Lord. -不是，我的大人。
- Then let me ask you. -那我来问你。
As a self-proclaimed expert on this land, 作为这片土地上“自称的专家”，
what is your opinion of our present strategy-- 你对我们目前的战略，有什么看法...
my strategy? 我的战略？
- Sound, my Lord. -很合理，我的大人。
- Then you would do well to mind your orders. -那你就乖乖回营，听从发给你的命令吧。
Dismissed. 解散。
- Yes, sir. -是的，长官。
Thank you, my Lord. 谢谢你，我的大人。
- Washington is an idealistic young man. -华盛顿是一个理想主义的年轻人。
He sees things as they should be. 他把事情看得，是它们“应该的”样子。
And he doesn't understand why other people don't see things the same way. 他不明白，为什么其他人，不这么看问题。
- "To Lieutenant Governor Dinwiddie, -“致丁威迪副总督: （1757年三月10日，致弗吉尼亚副总督罗伯特.丁威迪的信）
"Honorable sir, we can't conceive that being American should deprive us of the benefits of British subjects. 尊敬的先生，我们不能认为身为美利坚人，就应该被剥夺作为英国臣民的利益。
"We are defending the King's dominion, “我们在捍卫国王的统治权，
"and there can be no sufficient reason given why we, who spend our blood and treasure in defense of the country, “并且，没有足够的理由说明，为什么我们，用我们的鲜血和财富来保卫国家，
are not entitled to equal preferment." 却没有得到，同等的晋升机会。”
- And this isn't the overambitious George Washington. - 这不是野心过大的乔治·华盛顿。
This is a long frustration that had been developing over a long period of time. 这是一个长期的沮丧，已经酝酿发酵了很长一段时间。
- He tries to work his way through the British political and military bureaucracy in order to get what he believes is right, -他试图通过英国的政治和军事官僚机构，来获得他认为正确的东西，
and instead, he finds himself falling into a quicksand pit 相反，他发现自己陷入了一个“流沙坑”，
as the British stop him from accomplishing what he wants to accomplish. 因为英国人阻止他完成，他想要完成的事情。
- More than a year later,the British plot an attack on Fort Duquesne,using the exact strategy - 一年多以后，英国人策划了对迪肯堡的袭击，使用的正是
Washington suggested to Loudoun. 华盛顿当时向劳顿建议的策略。
The campaign pushes France to finally abandon its claim 这场战役，促使法国最终放弃了对俄亥俄州的主权，
to the Ohio country,ending the fighting between France and Britain in the region. 结束了法国和英国在该地区的战争。
But Washington gets neither the credit nor the officer's commission he was seeking. 但华盛顿既没有得到，他想要的荣誉，也没有得到，他想要的军官委任。
- His response to that was not to feel that he had been rejected,but that they were stupid. -他对此的反应，不是觉得自己被拒绝了，而是觉得他们很愚蠢。 （约瑟夫J.艾利斯，普利策历史奖获得者）
They were allegedly his superiors. 他们据理说，他们是他的领导。
He felt superior to them. 他觉得，自己比他们高明。
（1758年十二月，弗农山庄）
- Washington resigns. -华盛顿辞职了。
Never again to wear British colors. 再也不穿英国的“红军服”了。
Never to become a British officer. 永远不要成为英国军官了。
That dream is dead. 那个梦想，已经破灭了。
- If the British government had simply said to George Washington, - 如果，不列颠政府直接对乔治·华盛顿说，
"You want a commission in the British Army? “你想在大英军队中任职吗?”
"We'll give you a commission in the British Army." “我们会给你一个在大英军队服役的职位。” （H.W.布兰兹，得克萨斯州立大学奥斯汀分校）
That might very well have done it, 那样，就很有可能做到这点，
because then his professional loyalties would have been with this institution of British Arms. 因为这样，他的职业忠诚，就会与英国大英陆军的军队体制，休戚相关了。
- For him,it was a matter of honor. -对他来说，这是荣誉问题。
And we can date from that moment, I think, 我们可以追溯到那个时刻，我想，
the birth of the rebel George Washington. “反叛的乔治·华盛顿”诞生了。
- His military ambitions behind him, Washington forges a new path forward. -华盛顿把军事野心抛在脑后，开辟了一条新的前进道路。
It begins with a political win-- a seat in the Virginia House of Burgesses. 这一切始于一场政治胜利——在弗吉尼亚州众议院，获得了一个席位。
And it continues at the altar. 这条道路，在议会的讲坛上，继续开拓着。 （1759年一月6日，弗吉尼亚，新肯特县）
- I will. -我愿意。
- And you, Martha,wilt thou obey him? -你呢，玛莎，你会服从他吗?
- The marriage to Martha is the single most important event - 与玛莎的婚姻，是他早年生活中最重要的一件事，
in his early life, and it makes everything else possible. 它使其他一切都成为可能。
- ...love, honor, and keep him in sickness and in health. - …爱他，尊重他，无论他健康还是疾病。
- I will. - 我愿意。
- Now I pronounce you husband and wife. -现在我宣布，你们结为夫妻。
You may kiss the bride. 你可以吻新娘了。
- So not many love stories start with dysentery, -所以没有多少爱情故事，是从痢疾开始的， （阿莱克西丝.科尔，乔治.华盛顿传记作家）
but this one does. 但这个就是。
He needed to go to the capital to see a doctor to get certain medicines,and through that, 他需要去州首府，看医生拿些药，通过这件事，
he was somehow connected with Martha Custis. 他和玛莎·卡斯蒂斯有了某种联系。
They met a few times.It was a few weeks, a few months,and then all of a sudden, 他们见过几次面。几个星期，几个月，然后突然间，
she's ordering a dress. 她订了一条婚纱裙子。
At 27 years old,Martha was in a unique position in early America. 在美国的早期，27岁的玛莎，处于一个独特的地位。
Her first husband had died,and his male relations had died. 她的第一任丈夫死了，亡夫的男性亲戚，也都死了。
So she had control of a huge estate, and she didn't have to report to anyone. 所以，她控制了一大笔财产，不需要由任何人，对她负责。
- She was a catch because of the fortune she brought. -她很受欢迎，因为她会带来了财富。
He was a catch because he was a stud. 他很受欢迎，因为他很帅。
- The union of George the folk hero and Martha, the wealthy widow, -民间英雄乔治，和富有的寡妇玛莎的结合，
transforms Washington's fortunes overnight. 一夜之间，改变了华盛顿的命运。
He becomes a loving stepfather to Martha's two children-- 他成了玛莎两个孩子的慈爱的继父...
4-year-old Jackie and 2-year-old Patsy. 4岁的杰基，和2岁的帕齐。
And he expands the estate he inherited from his family-- 他扩大了从家族继承的财产...
a place called Mount Vernon. 一个叫“弗农山庄”的地方。
- When he first acquires Mount Vernon,it's about 2,000 acres. -他刚收购弗农山庄时，它大约有2000英亩。
When he dies,it's 8,000 acres, contiguous along the Potomac River. 他死后，这里有8000英亩，沿着波托马克河延伸。
- Martha brings to the marriage several thousand acres of land along with 84 enslaved people who make it all run. -玛莎带来了几千英亩的土地，还有84个奴隶，他们让这一切都运转起来。
- In Virginia,the key was to get land, -在弗吉尼亚，关键是获得土地，
but land is worthless without labor, 但没有劳动，土地毫无价值，
and slavery was the dominant form of labor in the Atlantic world at that time. 而奴隶制，是当时大西洋世界的主要劳动形式。
- Washington inherited his first slaves as a child. - 华盛顿小时候，继承了他的第一批奴隶。
And over the course of his lifetime, he's buying and selling enslaved people. 在他的一生中，他一直在买卖奴隶。 （艾丽卡.阿姆斯特朗.邓巴，罗格斯大学）
He's growing his wealth--growing as a farmer,growing as a slaveholder. 他的财富在增长...像农民一样增长，像奴隶主一样增长。
George Washington in the 1760s was not necessarily thinking about posterity or about the future. 乔治·华盛顿在18世纪60年代，并没有考虑子孙后代或未来的事。
That would happen much later in his life. 这在他生命的后期发生了。
I believe that he,along with many others,knew that slavery was wrong. 我相信，他和其他许多人一样知道，奴隶制是错误的。
Yet it was also crucial to financial success. 然而，奴隶制对经济成功，也至关重要。
- The Washingtons are now among the Virginia elite. - 华盛顿一家现在是弗吉尼亚的精英。
It's an exclusive club,and they're expected to keep up. 这是一个高级俱乐部，他们应该保持上流生活。
- Washington and Martha dress very well. They dress their servants very well. - 华盛顿和玛莎都衣着光鲜。他们把仆人打扮得很好。 （阿兰,泰勒，普利策历史奖获得者）
They are doing their very best to appear to belong 他们尽自己最大的努力，让自己看起来属于
to Virginia's governing elite,their top 1%. 占总人数1%的，弗吉尼亚州的上层统治精英。
(1764年春，弗农山庄)
- Hello, dearest.- Hello, husband. -你好，亲爱的。 -你好，夫君。
- I have something for you. -我有东西给你。
- Oh, George. -哦，乔治。
It is exquisite. 太精致了。
- Not as lovely as the woman who will wear it. -它的精致，比不上一个穿戴它的女士。
- Thank you. -谢谢你。
Now...there are letters on your desk. 现在…你的写字台上有信。
- Always. - Hmm. -总是如此。 -嗯。
- With a new family, a growing estate, -有了新的家庭，随着财产越来越多，
and a position of high social standing, 社会地位的逐渐提高，
Washington's dreams are beginning to be realized. 华盛顿的梦想，正开始实现。
- What is it? -这是什么？
- But the life he's building... -但他创造的生活…
is in jeopardy. 正处在危险中。
（1764年夏季，弗吉尼亚州，弗农山庄）
- "It might possibly answer very little purpose were I to enter into a minute detail -“无论我如何再次赘言细节，恐怕也无济于事，那就是... （1764年八月10日，写给伦敦商人罗伯特,卡里及其公司的信）
"of the reason that have caused me to fall so much in arrears to you. “关于我为什么，欠你这么多钱的原因。”
"Missed chances rather than misconduct have been the causes of it." “错失了良机，而不是不当行为，是造成这种情况的原因。”
- After five years of marriage,the Washingtons are deeply in debt. - 在结婚五年后，华盛顿一家就负债累累了。
They owe upwards of a quarter million in today's dollars. 以今天的美元计算，他们欠下了25万美元。
- "I shall now beg leave to inform you in terms equally sincere and direct —“现在，请允许我以同样真诚和直接的方式，告诉您，
"that it is not in my power to make remittances faster than my crops will furnish me with the means. “在我收获了庄稼，并提供给我的资金之前，我无法更快地给贵公司汇款。
"It is but an irksome thing to a free mind to be any ways hampered in debt." “对一个自由的聪明人来说，被债务所束缚，是一件“令人烦心”的事儿。”
- In Virginia society, the vast majority of planters were relatively cash poor. 在弗吉尼亚社会中，绝大多数种植园主都相对缺乏现金。
They owned their wealth in land. 他们的财富，来自土地。
They owned their wealth in enslaved people, 他们的财富，来自蓄奴，
and then Washington gets paid basically maybe once a year, as an agriculturalist,maybe twice a year. 这样，华盛顿也只能一年一次获得收益，他再精通农艺，一年也许会获利两次。 （道格拉斯.布拉德伯恩，弗农山庄的总经理兼CEO）
- The worst fear he has is ruining Martha and the hopes of Martha's children. -他最担心的是，毁了玛莎和玛莎孩子们的希望。 （爱德华G.伦格尔，乔治华盛顿传记作者）
- That is good, George. -写得很好，乔治。
Calm, measured. 很冷静，很有分寸。
- Thank you. -谢谢你。
- Perhaps next year's crop will fare better. -也许明年的收成，会好一些。
- I cannot continue to balance our fortunes on a thing as fickle as tobacco. -我不能再靠烟草，这种变幻无常的产品，来平衡我们的财富了。
- He grows tobacco and sends tobacco to his consignor in London, - 他种植烟草，并把烟草送到伦敦的委托人那里， （约瑟夫J.艾利斯，普利策历史奖获得者）
then that person uses that money to purchase the items that Washington has requested. 然后，这个人用这笔钱，购买华盛顿要求的物品。
- And they charge whatever they want for it, -他们想怎么收费，就怎么收费，
the same way that they pay you whatever they want for the tobacco, 就像他们想付给你多少钱，收购烟草一样，
and so he's stuck in this...vicious cycle. 这样，他被困在这个...恶性循环中了。 （阿莱克西丝.科尔，乔治.华盛顿传记作家）
- No matter how hard he works,no matter how much tobacco he grows, -不管他工作多么努力，不管他种了多少烟草，
it always turns out that he's further in debt. 结果，他总是负债累累。
- Even very wealthy planters like Washington chronically were in debt,and this is critical. - 即使像华盛顿这样非常富有的种植园主，也长期负债累累，这是至关重要的。 （H.W.布兰兹，得克萨斯州立大学奥斯汀分校）
They weren't in debt to Pennsylvania merchants or New York merchants. 他们没有欠宾夕法尼亚商人，或纽约商人的债。
They were in debt to English merchants. 他们欠的是，英国商人的钱。
- Washington's view is that the entire planter class of Virginia, him included, 华盛顿的观点是，弗吉尼亚的整个种植园主阶级，包括他自己，
has been caught in this economic trap that these capitalists over there are sucking the blood of all of us. 都陷入了这个经济陷阱，那里的资本家，正在吸我们所有人的血。
- We rotate in a 7-year cycle. -我们每7年，轮耕一遍。
Number one and two will move from tobacco to wheat. 1号农田和2号农田，将从烟草转向小麦。
- Under pressure from British creditors, -在英国债权人的压力下，
Washington responds by revolutionizing how Mount Vernon does business. 华盛顿对弗农山庄的经营方式，进行了彻底改革。
- He's a man of his era.He's an Enlightenment figure. -他是那个时代的伟人。他是启蒙运动的代表人物。
He thinks that human beings could make the world a better place than they've inherited, 他认为，人类可以把世界，变得比他们继承的更好，
that we don't have to do things the same way they've always been done. 我们不必再用以前的方式做事了。
- Green manures in number 3. -在3号农田里，翻入绿肥。
Number 4 and 5 will be gourd seed and corn. 在地4和第5号农田，播种葫芦和玉米。
That should produce two or three ears per stalk. 每根茎应该能，长出两到三个穗子。
- We tend to always think about George Washington as a president, as a general,but I think that if you 我们总是认为乔治·华盛顿是一位总统，一位将军，但我认为，
asked him who he was,especially prior to all of that, 如果你问他是谁，尤其是在那之前， （艾丽卡.阿姆斯特朗.邓巴，罗格斯大学）
he would tell us he was a Virginian,and he was a farmer. 他会告诉我们，他是弗吉尼亚人，他是一个农民。
- He becomes a great innovator in agriculture. -他成为农业领域的伟大创新者。
He develops the rotation of crops. 他发展了农作物轮作。
He's drawing on a lot of English methods that are cutting edge at the time, 他借鉴了很多当时最先进的英国方法，
and he tries to incorporate this into Mount Vernon. 他试图将其融入弗农山庄。
- I want all this implemented by the end of the season. -我想在这个季节结束前，完成所有这些。
Good. 很好。
Now let us check on the progress of the treading barn. 现在让我们检查一下，“踏地脱谷仓”的施工进度。
- Washington also sells grain and milled flour locally, -华盛顿也在当地，出售谷物和面粉，
pioneering one of America's first homegrown industries. 开创了美国最早的本土农作物产业之一。
By the 1770s,his G. Washington brand is considered one of the finest in the Colonies. 到18世纪70年代，他的“G. Washington”品牌，被认为是殖民地最好的品牌之一。
- He's transitioning to wheat farming and ultimately flour production as a way to get out -他正在过渡到小麦种植和最终面粉生产，作为摆脱“英国体制”的一种方式，
of the British system,which essentially is stealing his profits from his point of view. 从他的角度来看，正是这种体制，在窃取他的利润。
You know, he imagines a different future, 他想象着一个，不同的未来，
and that's really the whole experiment that we end up being a part of in the whole Revolutionary era. 这就在贯穿独立战争年代中，我们的先辈们参与的那场，完全的“实验”。
- But by far, Washington's greatest opportunity to build wealth is to redouble his lifelong pursuit -但到目前为止，华盛顿积累财富的最佳机会，是加倍追求
of America's most valuable resource--land. 美洲最宝贵的资源——土地。
- His ambitions were not particularly political for a very long time in his life. 在他生命中的很长一段时间里，他的野心并不是特别政治化。 (比尔.克林顿总统)
But he always had a strong sense of himself. 但他总是很有自我意识。
He wanted to become a land owner.He didn't want to be poor. 他想成为一名地主。他不沦为穷人。
Owning land--and if you were Southerner, 拥有土地--如果你是美国南方人，
sadly, owning people-- 可悲的是，还得拥有人--
were basically the indicators of success. 这才算得上是，成功的标志。
- In Great Britain,the Washingtons could not have owned property.It went to noblemen. -在大不列颠，华盛顿一家不可能拥有财产。土地是属于英国贵族的。
And when they came over in the 1600s, they came for land.They didn't mess around. 在17世纪，他们移民来到这里，是为了土地。他们没有荒废机遇。
And this is in his blood.The Washingtons are land-hungry. 这是他的血液。华盛顿家族渴求土地。
- Further back.A little more. -再往后挪。再后点儿。 （16年前，弗吉尼亚边疆）
- George Washington,at age 14,picks up surveying instruments and teaches himself to survey. —乔治·华盛顿，14岁时，拿起测量仪器，自学测量。 （彼得.斯塔克，《年轻华盛顿》作者）
And surveying was a hugely important job in early America. 在美国早期，土地丈量，是一项非常重要的工作。
George Washington is earning his own money and purchasing his own land by age 17. 乔治·华盛顿在17岁时，就开始自己挣钱，并购买了自己的土地。
- The whole point of the West was to acquire title to land - 在西部边疆的重点，是获得土地所有权，
but hold onto it,and in 10 or 20 years, as the American population grew, 但要抓住机遇，在10年或20年内，随着美国人口的增长，
that land would become more valuable. 土地会变得更有价值。
- To your right! Come on, guys! -转向你的右侧！好的，伙计们！
- And this was the basis for more fortunes in American history than any way of making money. -在美国历史上，这是比任何赚钱方式，都要赚得更多财富的基础。
- If you had land, even if you are an ordinary person, if you have plots of land,you can grow your own food. -如果你有土地，即使你是一个普通人，只要你有土地，你就可以“自食其力”。 （安妮特.戈登里德，普利策历史奖获得者）
You had what would be called independence. 你拥有了所谓的“独立”。
So for Washington, having lots of land was important. 所以对华盛顿来说，拥有大片土地，是很重要的。
- But his goals are about to be derailed. -但他的目标，就要被“脱轨”了。
In 1763,a new royal proclamation poses a direct threat to Washtington's investments. 1763年，一项新的皇家公告，对华盛顿的投资，构成了直接威胁。
To avoid another expensive war on the frontier, 为了避免另一场昂贵的边境战争，
King George III bans colonists from buying or settling land in the West. 乔治三世国王禁止殖民者，在西部购买或定居土地。
（国王敕令）
- What it does, essentially,is to run a boundary down the crest of the Appalachian Mountains. -从本质上讲，它的作用是沿着阿巴拉契亚山脉的山顶，划出一条边界。
Everything west of the Appalachians is Indian country, and that land 阿巴拉契亚山脉以西的一切土地，都是印第安人的， （科林G.卡洛韦，达特茅斯学院）
is off-limits to British subjects. 大英臣民，是不准踏入这块土地的。
- This just upset the plans of Washington and every other American who was thinking of the West 这打乱了华盛顿和其他美洲殖民者的计划，他们当时认为，
as, by this time,almost an American entitlement. 迄今为止，开发西部土地，一直是美洲殖民者应得的权利。
- He owns about 60,000 acres of land that he's acquired through a service for the British 他拥有大约6万英亩的土地，这是他在法国印第安人战争中，为不列颠军队
in the French and Indian War,but in principle, it's saying, that all the land you have out there is worthless. 服务时获得的，但按这条原则，这就是说，你拥有的所有土地，都是毫无价值的。
- So having had his ambition to be a great military man frustrated -他想成为一名伟大的军人的雄心，被英国人
by British prejudice against the provincials, 对海外殖民者的偏见，所毁灭，
the rules seemed to indicate that the British looked on Americans as second-class subjects. 这些规则似乎表明，不列颠人把美洲殖民者，视为二等臣民。
- So if the British Empire isn't good for you militarily, -所以如果大英帝国，在从军生涯上对你不利，
and it's not good for you economically,what else is there? 在经济上，也对你不利，那还有什么让你对大英帝国抱有好感？
- This proclamation kicks off a decade of crackdowns on colonists' ambitions. 这一敕令，开启了对殖民者野心长达十年的压抑。
It's followed by a slew of new taxes--taxes that will help Britain pay off its debt from the French and Indian War. 随之而来的是一系列新税，这些税收，将帮助英国偿还法国印第安人战争期间的债务。
- Boston was at the cutting edge of opposition to British law,starting with the Stamp Act. -从印花税法案开始，波士顿就站在反对英国法律的最前沿。
- Everything that's paper--currency, newspapers,all being taxed. -所有纸张——货币、报纸——都要被征税。
- This was a new kind of tax on goods that were in the Colonies as opposed to things that were being imported. -这是一种针对在殖民地产销的货物的新税，而不针对向殖民地进口货物的税。
That shift,it alarmed Americans. 这种转变，让美国人感到震惊。 （乔安妮B.弗里曼，耶鲁大学）
- No more taxes! No more taxes! - 不再征税！不再缴税！
- The colonists adopted boycotts in which they would not consume British goods. -殖民者采取抵制措施，不消费来自不列颠的商品。 （阿兰,泰勒，普利策历史奖获得者）
- The colonists are sending petitions. -殖民者正在发送请愿书。
There's troops sent up to Boston. 有军队被派往波士顿。
- Will the Americans come to blows over this? -美洲殖民者会因此，平息下来吗?
- The Boston Massacre. -波士顿的屠杀事件。
- American colonists killed by British fire. -被英国枪弹射杀的美洲殖民者。
- We then have events like the Boston Tea Party, which is a protest against a tax on tea. -然后，我们发生了“波士顿倾茶事件”，这是对茶叶税的抗议。
- And then the Intolerable Acts... -再然后是《不可容忍法案》...
- Punishment for the Boston Tea Party... -对波士顿倾茶事件的惩罚…
- ...strike America like the blow of a hammer. - ...像锤子一样打击美洲殖民地。
- The British have revoked the charter of Massachusetts. -英国人取消了《马萨诸塞宪章》。
They've closed the Port of Boston. 他们封闭了波士顿港。
- People in other colonies are very much watching what's going on there,and they're thinking, -其他殖民地的人们，非常关注那里发生的事情，他们在想，
"That could happen here." “这种事情，在这里，也可能发生。”
- The cause of Boston now becomes the cause of all America. -波士顿的事业，现在成为了全北美殖民地的事业。
- And that's when we see George Washington become a reluctant revolutionary. - 就在那时，我们看到乔治·华盛顿变成了一个不情愿的革命者。
- Washington considered himself to be British. -华盛顿认为自己是英国人。
He wanted to be a part of that Imperial world. 他想成为“大英帝国世界”的一部分。
But when that fell apart,it's the kind of thing where you could only hate something that you had loved a lot. 但当这种感情破裂的时候，你就只能憎恨，你曾经深爱过的东西。
- You could argue that the British Empire -你可以这么说，正是大英帝国
slowly built the man who would destroy them from the inside out. 逐渐地，造就了一个从内到外，摧毁他们的人。
（1774年九月5日，宾夕法尼亚，费城）
（第一次大陆会议，木匠公会大厅）
- Thank you for coming. -感谢你的到来。
It is so great everybody's here. 大家都来了，真是太好了。
Thank you. We need all the support we can get. 谢谢！我们需要所有能得到的支持。
- More than 50 delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies are gathering for the first time —来自13个殖民地中12个殖民地的，50多名代表，首次聚集在一起，
to plan resistance to the British crackdown on their rights. 计划抵制英国，对他们权利的镇压。
- The Colonies had never been,before this period, very good at doing things together. -在这段时期之前，各殖民地从来就不善于一起做事。
I mean, they really are independent units. 我的意思是，它们是独立的单位。
They only manage to act in concert when they're threatened. 它们只有在受到威胁时，才会采取一致行动。 （乔安妮B.弗里曼，耶鲁大学）
- And the idea is if we coordinate our response, it will be more effective. -我们的想法是，如果我们协调我们的反应，它将更有效。
The British won't be able to pick us off one by one. 英国人不可能一个一个地干掉我们。 （H.W.布兰兹，得克萨斯州立大学奥斯汀分校）
- Billed as the First Continental Congress, it's a who's who of future revolutionaries, -这被称为第一届大陆会议，是未来革命者的名人录，
including Sam Adams,John Jay, Patrick Henry, 包括山姆·亚当斯、约翰·杰伊、帕特里克·亨利，
and Massachusetts' own John Adams. 和马萨诸塞本地的约翰·亚当斯。
- Mr. Washington. -华盛顿先生。
We're all glad you made the journey. 我们都很高兴，你能莅临。
John Adams. 我是约翰.亚当斯。
- Mr. Adams, your fine work and reputation precede you. -亚当斯先生，久仰你的出色的工作和声誉。
It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance. 认识你，三生有幸。
- I'm sure you're well aware, but your presence here does carry a great weight. -我相信你很清楚，但你的出现，确实很重要。
- I'm honored to represent Virginia. -我很荣幸，能代表弗吉尼亚出席。
- We in Massachusetts are gratified to have the Colonies assembled for our cause. -我们马萨诸塞人，很高兴殖民地诸君为我们的事业，聚集在一起。
- Now we shall see if all are ready to speak with one voice. -那要看我们是否能，同声相应，共仇敌忾。
- I'm well acquainted with the British disregard for their own laws. -我很了解，英国人无视自己的法律。
These unjust policies cannot stand. 此等不公的政策，真“是可忍，孰不可忍”。
- We are agreed upon that,Mr. Washington. -我们也“心有戚戚焉”，华盛顿先生。
I look forward to discussing these matters. 我翘首以盼，与诸公共商大计。
- And I loorward to taking action. -而我更期待着，采取行动。
- Order. -肃静。
- Washington is a believer that the British Empire intends to enslave the American population. -华盛顿相信,大英帝国企图奴役北美殖民地人民。
He sees an orchestrated plot in the sense that we no longer have control over our own domestic policy. 他认为，这是一场精心策划的阴谋，因为我们不再能够，控制自己的内部政策。 （约瑟夫J.艾利斯，普利策历史奖获得者）
- The delegates are divided on how to proceed. -代表们对如何进行，存在分歧。
While some want to keep petitioning Parliament, others are pushing for more radical action. 虽然一些人希望继续向大英议会请愿，但其他人正在推动更激进的行动。
- The colonists are demanding their rights, -殖民者要求他们的权利，
and actually initially,trying to use the system that's in place to get their rights... 实际上一开始，他们试图利用现有的制度，来获得他们的权利...
sending petitions,traditional protests, 发送请愿书，传统的抗议，
doing the things you do as a colonist to express your needs and your demands. 做“你作为殖民者”所做的事情，来表达你的需要和诉求。
- Finally, the Congress agrees to an all-colony boycott of British goods--a move designed to pressure Britain 最后，国会同意在全殖民地抵制英国商品——这一举动旨在迫使英国
to repeal their taxes and remove troops from Boston. 废除他们的税收，并从波士顿撤军。
Though "revolution" is still not a word uttered publicly, 虽然“革命”这个词，还没有被公开提及，
Washington is not convinced it can be avoided. 华盛顿不相信，革命可以避免。
- "More blood will be spilt on this occasion if the Ministry are determined to push matters to extremity. —“如果大英政府执意把事情推向极端，就会有更多的人流血。
"No such thing is desired by any thinking man in all North America." “在整个北美，任何一个有思想的人，都不希望这样的事情发生。” （1774年10月9日，给友人罗伯特.麦肯齐的信）
- It became pretty clear early on that Great Britain was not going to back down, 在一开始就表明了，大不列颠不会退让，
and that they were not going to meet the demands 大英政府不会满足，由殖民者提出的
that the colonists put forth,and although that was always a frightful prospect,to go to war, 各项请求，尽管这样会造成一个可怕的前瞻，会走向战争，
it's pretty clear that that was likely to be the answer. 谁都看得出，这很可能就是答案。 （安妮特.戈登里德，普利策历史奖获得者）
- The following spring,Washington's fears are realized at Lexington and Concord. - 第二年春天，华盛顿的担忧，在列克星敦和康科德成为现实。
- Lexington and Concord shocked Americans. -莱克星顿和康科德震惊了北美殖民者。
That really stunned them.What does that mean if your own government now is firing upon you? 这让他们非常震惊。如果你自己的政府，现在向你开火，这意味着什么?
- Until this point,most colonists were willing to say, "If you could just wind back the clock, -在此之前，大多数殖民者都愿意说，“如果你能让时间倒流，
then all will be well." 那么，一切都会好起来的。”
- All these people,including Washington, reached some point when they thought, -所有的人，包括华盛顿，都达到了这样一个程度，他们想到，
"You know,we just cannot remain part of the British Empire. We can't do it." “你们要知道，我们不能继续做大英帝国的一部分了。我们做不到了。” （比尔.克林顿总统）
- By the time the Second Continental Congress convenes three weeks later, - 就在冲突爆发的三周后，第二届大陆会议召开时，
the time has come to put down the quill and pick up the sword. 是时候，放下羽毛笔，拿起佩剑了。
The question is,who will lead the charge? 问题是，谁来领导这次行动?
- We need a military figure to go up to corral events and really become a commander of some kind of an army, -我们需要一个军事人物，去管束一群平民，他要真正成为，“某种军队”的指挥官，
whatever that army is gonna be. 不管这支军队是什么。
- And they need somebody who will both be reliable politically, -他们需要一个，在政治上可靠的人， （阿兰,泰勒，普利策历史奖获得者）
somebody who won't be at risk of trying to make himself a military dictator, 一个不会冒险，让自己成为军事独裁者的人，
but somebody who has the basic skills and knowledge to lead an army. 但他必须具备，领导军队的基本技能和知识。
It's a pretty short list of men in North America who meet both of those requirements. 在北美，同时满足这两项要求的人，少之甚少。
- The most eager of the candidates is John Hancock, -最热门的候选人是，约翰·汉考克，
a prominent Boston businessman turned politician. 一位著名波士顿商人，后转向政坛。
- In many ways,he's the anti-Washington. -在很多方面，他都是反华盛顿的。
John Hancock is a very vain man. 约翰·汉考克是一个非常虚荣的人。
He's somebody who is pretty shallow,somebody who is a showboat, somebody who does not understand his limitations. 他是一个非常肤浅的人，一个爱炫耀的人，一个不了解自己局限性的人。
- One of the most experienced is Horatio Gates, -其中最有经验的是，霍雷肖·盖茨，
a British-born veteran who'd served on the frontier, 一位出生于英国，曾在边境服役的老兵，
married an American and decided to stay. 因为娶了一位北美殖民地女人，他决定留在北美。
- He has held the king's commission. -他已经接受了，英国国王的委任。
He has been a commissioned officer. 他曾是一名军官。 （爱德华G.伦格尔，乔治华盛顿传记作者）
He's seen fighting,perhaps even more than Washington has. 他目睹过的战斗，也许比华盛顿还多。
- But Gates was not a Virginian, - 但是盖茨不是弗吉尼亚人，
and a lot of people,including John Adams,understood that Virginia,which was the largest colony 包括约翰·亚当斯在内的很多人都明白，弗吉尼亚是当时最大的殖民地，
at the time, needed to be invested in the war cause, 它需要为战争事业投资， （琳赛M.切尔温斯基，白宫历史学家）
and the best way to get Virginia invested was to put a Virginian at the very top. 而让弗吉尼亚投资的最好方法就是，把弗吉尼亚人放在高层领导人位置。
- It's important to Washington to be able to tell himself that he's not ambitious. -对华盛顿来说，能够表明自己，是没有野心的，这很重要。
It's important for him to be able to say, 重要的是，他能说， （1775年五月10日，宾夕法尼亚，费城，第二次大陆会议召开）
"I'm not campaigning for this job." “我不是在竞选这个职位。”
- That complicated cocktail of public projection, of balancing private ambition with the greater good, —这种融合公众的预估、让个人抱负与更大利益相平衡的复杂混合物，
was something that Washington did as brilliantly as any American ever did. 使得华盛顿所做得事情，和任何美洲殖民者曾做的，一样出色。 （乔恩.米查姆，普利策历史奖获得者）
- I mean, there wasn't a large number of folks with the kind of stature that he had. -我的意思是，像华盛顿这样有声望的人并不多。 （科林.鲍威尔将军）
If not him, who? 舍他取谁？
- Washington,one of Virginia's delegates to the Second Continental Congress, - 华盛顿是弗吉尼亚参加第二届大陆会议的代表之一，
shows up wearing a military uniform. 是穿着军装，出现的。
It reminds people he has military experience. 这让人想起，他有从军经历。
If you need a commander,look no farther. 如果你需要一个指挥官，不用再找了。
He is going to have to build this army in effect from himself down 他将不得不亲自建立这支军队，
by appearing to be a man of confidence even when almost nobody else has confidence in the cause. 即使在几乎没有人，对这一事业有信心的时候，他也要表现得，很有信心。
- Washington fell in love with the country that was being created, - 华盛顿爱上了，这个正在建立的国家，
and he was prepared to fight for it and die for it. 他准备为之战斗，为之牺牲。
（1775年六月，弗吉尼亚，弗农山庄）
That is all for now. 这里没你事了。
- "My dearest, I am now sat down to write you on a subject -“我最亲爱的，现在我坐下来写信给你， （1775年6月18日，给玛莎的信）
"which fills me with inexpressible concern when I reflect upon the uneasiness I know it will give you." “一想到这件事，会使你感到不安，我就感到，说不出的忧虑。”
"It has been determined in Congress “大陆会议已决定，
"that the whole army raised for the defense of the American cause shall be put under my care “为保卫北美殖民地的事业，而召集的所有军队，都应交由我管理，
"and that is necessary for me to proceed immediately to Boston to take command of it." “因此，我有必要，立即前往波士顿，指挥这支军队。”
- Some two decades after he was denied a British officer's rank, — 在他被拒绝授予，不列颠军官军衔大约20年后，
George Washington becomes commander-in-chief of an army in revolt against the empire he once served. 乔治·华盛顿成为一支军队的总司令，反抗他曾经服务过的帝国。
- He passionately believes in the cause. - 他热切地相信这项事业。
He believes that as a virtuous man, 他认为，作为一个有道德的人，
he must set all of his skills,all of his abilities, 他必须把他所有的技能，所有的能力， （爱德华G.伦格尔，乔治华盛顿传记作者）
all of his resources 他所有的资源，
at the service of his countrymen, 为他的同胞服务，
but he recognizes whoever leads this army 但他意识到，领导这支军队的人，
is more likely than not to lose his life, 更有可能失去生命，
to lose his fortune,and to lose his reputation. 失去财产，失去名誉。
This is not a position of glory. 这不是一个光荣的职位。
- Washington always defined greatness as a willingness to do things not for yourself 华盛顿总是把伟大，定义为：愿意为他人，而不是为自己做事，
but for others, and so every fiber of his being said he must do this. 所以，他的每一根神经纤维都说，他必须这样做。 （纳撒尼尔.菲尔布里克，国家图书获奖获奖作家）
- "I shall rely confidently on that providence which has heretofore preserved and been bountiful to me, - “我将满怀信心地依靠上帝，他一直保佑我，对我慷慨大方，
"not doubting but that I shall return safe to you in the fall. “毫无疑问，大约在秋季，我一定会平安地回到你身边。
"I shall feel no pain from the toil or the danger of the campaign." “我不会因为这次战役的艰辛和危险，而感到痛苦。”
- He knows his whole life is gonna change, -他知道，他的整个人生将会改变，
and the letters he writes home shows his own emotion. 他写给家里的信里，显示了他自己的情感。
This is a moment when the normal screen or the curtain around Washington opens 在这个时刻，华盛顿周围的幕布拉开了， （约瑟夫J.艾利斯，普利策历史奖获得者）
and you get to see who he really is. 你会看到，他真正的样子。
- "My unhappiness will flow from the uneasiness I know "you will feel at being left alone. —“我知道，你一个人呆在家里，会感到不安，所以我很犯愁。
"I beg of you to summon your whole fortitude and resolution and pass your time as agreeably as possible. “我请求你鼓起你全部的勇气和决心，尽可能愉快地度过你的时光。
"I shall add nothing more at the present but to assure you that I am with the most unfeigned regard, “现在我不想再补充什么了，我只想向你保证，我对你是真诚的，
your affectionate George." 你那满怀深情的乔治。”
（1775年七月2日，马萨诸塞，坎布里奇，大陆军营帐）
- When Washington arrives in Boston in July 1775, there's little fanfare. - 当华盛顿于1775年7月抵达波士顿时，没有什么大张旗鼓的场面。
With him is the man who will serve alongside him for the duration of the war. 和他在一起的那个人，将在战争期间，与他并肩作战。
His name is William Lee, 他叫威廉·李
though Washington calls him Billy. 尽管华盛顿叫他“比利”。
Lee doesn't have an official military rank. 李没有正式的军衔。
He's Washington's enslaved valet. 他是华盛顿的仆从。
- Washington purchased William Lee in 1768. -华盛顿在1768年买下了威廉·李。 （达娜.拉梅.贝里，得克萨斯州立大学奥斯汀分校）
He's probably someone that knew Washington better than almost anybody. 他可能是，最了解华盛顿的人了。
- Billy and Washington had an intimate relationship -比利和华盛顿的关系很亲密，
in that Billy would comb his hair in the morning and put out his clothes and all this other stuff. 由此关系，比利会在早上为他梳头，整理他的衣服，处理所有其他事务。
- He's known for organizing George Washington's life,his papers. -他以整理乔治·华盛顿的生活和文件而闻名。 （艾丽卡.阿姆斯特朗.邓巴，罗格斯大学）
William Lee,unlike the majority of other 18th century enslaved people, 与18世纪其他大多数被奴役的人不同，
has been in some ways given a little more than a footnote in history. 威廉·李在某种程度上，被赋予了历史上的一个注脚。
- Billy Lee, as we've come to think about him, is one of the heroes of the American Revolution. 我们现在，对“比利”·李的看法是，他是美国独立战争的英雄之一。 （道格拉斯.布拉德伯恩，弗农山庄的总经理兼CEO）
- My belongings arrive from Mount Vernon, Billy? -我的私人物品，从弗农山庄来了吗？比利。
- Yes, sir. -是的，主人。
- They promised me an army. -他们答应给我一支军队。
Does this look like an army to you? 你觉得这像是一支军队吗?
- No, sir. -不像，主人。
It does not. 一点儿都不像。
It's been a long journey, sir.Perhaps you should rest. 走了很长一段路，主人，也许你该休息一下。
- No, Billy, this is no time for a rest. -不，比利，现在不是休息的时候。
See to the horse.- Yes, sir. 照看这匹马。 -是的，主人。
- Washington's orders from the Continental Congress are to force the occupying British troops out of Boston. -华盛顿接到大陆会议的命令，要把占领波士顿的英国军队，赶出波士顿。
- When he gets up to Massachusetts, it confirms it confirms all of his most desperate thoughts -当他到达马萨诸塞州时，这证实了这证实了他对民兵
about the militias--they come and go as they please, 最绝望的想法--他们来了又走，随心所欲，
they don't want to be under the discipline of a regular army. 他们不愿接受，正规军的纪律约束。
- I mean,they're guys with guns. -我是说，他们是带枪的“匹夫”。
It was not a trained army.It was a militia. 这不是一支训练有素的军队。那是一支民兵。 （科林.鲍威尔将军）
- We have this vision of the American Revolution as we had an army and they had an army. - 我们对美国独立战争的看法是，我们有军队，他们也有军队。 （乔恩.米查姆，普利策历史奖获得者）
We didn't have an army.We had a lot of state militias. 我们没有一支像样的陆军。我们更多的是，各州民兵队。
- Washington's major problem is to recognize that he's inherited a mob, -让华盛顿心烦的主要是，他意识到，招募来的是一群“暴民”，
and that he wants to do for it what he had done for the-- 因而，他想为此做一件他曾经...
the Virginia Regiment during the French and Indian War-- 在法国印第安人战争时期做过的事情，他当年把弗吉尼亚军团--
make them into a real corps of professional soldiers. 训练成为一支真正“专业战士”的队伍。
- He has to figure out how to join these people together -他得想办法，如何把这些人团结起来，
in some kind of a way in which they can fight this great empire. 让他们以某种方式，来对抗这个庞然大帝国。 （乔安妮B.弗里曼，耶鲁大学）
- Washington was expecting 20,000 men and 10 tons of gunpowder. - 华盛顿预计会得到2万兵力，和10吨火药。
There is a fraction of both. 两者都只得到了一小部分。
- Trying to put together an army overnight is impossible. - 一夜之间组建一支军队，是不可能的。
It took the British Army a century. 英国军队，花了一个世纪的时间。
I mean, like, where do you dig the latrines? 我是说，你在哪里挖厕所？
Where do the hospitals go? 医院设在在哪里？
These are all, like, things that are routinized inside a British manual.We have none of that. 这些都是英国条例手册里的常规内容。我们没有这些。
And we just got a bunch of guys who basically showed up to fight for a few days and figure they're gonna go home. 我们只有一群匹夫，只是来打了几天仗，然后以为他们会回家了。
- Where is your commanding officer? -你的指挥官在哪里?
Get me your commanding officer now! 马上叫你们的指挥官来!
- Once a headstrong and untested young soldier, —曾经是一个任性而未经考验的年轻士兵，
Washington now takes command of his army 华盛顿现在开始指挥他的军队，
21 years to the day after his crushing defeat at Fort Necessity. 21年前的今天，他在“必要堡”惨败。
- Hold your lines! -保持队形！
- He's taken on a task that he knows is going to be perhaps impossible to defeat the British Army and Navy, -他承担了一项任务，他知道，也许不可能击败英国陆军和海军，
and he's there to do it,and he's committed. 他只是在那里，做他被委以重任的事情。
- And if you command the army that declares war on the Empire, -如果你指挥军队向帝国宣战，
you better win.Because if you don't, there's no telling what's gonna become of you. 你最好取胜。因为如果你不取得胜利，谁也不知道，你会变成什么鬼样子。 （H.W.布兰兹，得克萨斯州立大学奥斯汀分校）
- Next time on "Washington"... - 在下集《华盛顿》中...
- If they captured him in New York, -如果他们在纽约抓住了他，
they would have put his head on a spit, 他们会把他的头，挂在烤肉叉子上，
and that's all you would remember about George Washington. 这就是你对乔治·华盛顿的记忆。
- We have therefore to resolve to conquer or die. -因此，我们必须下定决心，要么战胜，要么灭亡。
- Are these the men with whom I'm to defend America? -我要和这些人，一起保卫美国吗?
- "We hold these truths to be self-evident." -“我们认为这些真理，是不言而喻的。”
- The Declaration is a rallying cry,but it was an act of treason. -《独立宣言》是一种战斗口号，但却是一种叛逆行为。
- Life, liberty,and the pursuit of happiness. — 生命、自由和对幸福的追求。
- Bloody fools. -该死的傻瓜们。
- Washington really needed to convince the American people that they could fight the British. - 华盛顿真的需要说服美国人民，他们可以与英国人作战。
- We must go on the offense. -我们必须进攻。
There are a great many risks. 有很多风险。
- This night will become one of our great national myths. - 今晚将成为，我们伟大的民族神话之一。
- Charge! - 冲锋！
- This is our land,and we will defend it. -这是我们的土地，我们会保卫它。
- This was found hidden in his boot. -这是在他的靴子里发现的。
- Arnold has betrayed not only Washington but his country. - 阿诺德不仅背叛了华盛顿，也背叛了他的国家。
- Go. -去吧。
Get him. 抓住他。
Now. 立刻。
华盛顿 第一集（完） 翻译：hardstick 校订：hardstick 时间轴：hardstick