世界史专业外语杜鲁门主义中英互译(全)TrumanDoctrine.docVIP

PAGE  PAGE 9 Truman Doctrine杜鲁门主义 Delivered 12 March 1947 before a Joint Session of Congress 1947年03月12日致国会的咨文 Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Congress of the United States: The gravity严重性 of the situation which confronts the world today necessitates使。。。成为必要 my appearance before a joint session上下两议院的联席会议 of the Congress.The foreign policy and the national security of this country are involved. One aspect of the present situation, which I present to you at this time for your consideration and decision, concerns Greece and Turkey. The United States has received from the Greek Government an urgent appeal for financial and economic assistance. Preliminary reports from the American Economic Mission now in Greece and reports from the American Ambassador in Greece corroborate the statement of the Greek Government that assistance is imperative if Greece is to survive as a free nation. 今天世界面临的形势如此严峻，使我有必要出现在国会的两院联席会议上。 这里涉及到我国的外交政策以及国家安全这两个方面的问题。我这想请你们考虑和决定现今情势中的一个局面，它是跟土耳其和希腊有关的。美国已经接到来自希腊政府有关财政和经济援助的紧急请求。现仍在希腊的美国经济代表团的初步报告，以及美国驻希腊大使的报告，证明了希腊请求援助是很迫切的，如果希腊想以自由国家的身份存在。 I do not believe that the American people and the Congress wish to turn a deaf ear to置若罔闻 the appeal of the Greek Government. Greece is not a rich country. Lack of sufficient natural resources has always forced the Greek people to work hard to make both ends meet.Since 1940, this industrious, peace loving country has suffered invasion, four years of cruel enemy occupation, and bitter internal strife.我相信美国人民和国会绝不会对希腊政府的请求置若罔闻。希腊不是一个富裕的国家。自然资源的匮乏总是迫使希腊人民不得不努力工作，但还是量入为出。自从1940年以来，这个勤劳热爱和平的国家遭到入侵，敌人残酷地占领了四年，加深了国内的动乱。 When forces of liberation entered Greece they found that the retreating Germans had destroyed virtually all the railways, roads, port facilities, communications, and merchant marine. More than a thousand villages had been burned. Eighty-five percent of the children were tubercular. Livestock, poultry, and draft animals had almost disappeared. Inflation had wiped out practica