We Shall Fight on the Beaches
Winston Churchill
这篇演讲是在丘吉尔当选首相后不久发表的。它是丘吉尔在法国战役中发表的三篇著名讲话中的第二篇（另外两篇是“热血和辛劳、眼泪和汗水”和“这是他们最光辉的时刻”），这篇演讲发表于敦刻尔克，当时英国军队正向法国大撤退。丘吉尔作为一个演说大师，在演讲中大量使用了首句重复法、接续词省略和日耳曼词根单词等修辞手法，借以加强演讲的影响力。
原文
We Shall Fight on The Beaches
I have, myself, full confidence that if all do their duty, if nothing is neglected, and if the best arrangements are made, as they are being made, we shall prove ourselves once again able to defend our Island home, to ride out the storm of war, and to outlive the menace of tyranny, if necessary for years, if necessary alone.
我自己，拥有全部的信心，如果所有人都履行职责，如果我们没有任何疏忽，如果我们像现在这样做了最好的安排，我们就能再一次证明，我们有能力保卫我们的祖国，驾驭战争的风暴，在暴政的威胁中生存下来，如果有必要，我们可以打持久战，我们可以孤军奋战。
At any rate, that is what we are going to try to do. That is the resolve of His Majesty’s Government-every man of them. That is the will of Parliament and the nation.
无论如何，那就是我们试图去做的事情，那是政府的决心——包含其中的每一个人，是议会和全国民众的意愿。
The British Empire and the French Republic, linked together in their cause and in their need, will defend to the death their native soil, aiding each other like good comrades to the utmost of their strength.
大英帝国和法兰西共和国，为了共同的目标和需求联合起来，将如兄弟一样竭尽全力互帮互助，誓死捍卫他们的领土。
Even though large tracts of Europe and many old and famous States have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Gestapo and all the odious apparatus of Nazi rule, we shall not flag or fail.
尽管欧洲的大片土地和许多古老、有名的国家已经陷入，或者可能陷入秘密警察和由纳粹统治的种种罪恶机关的魔掌，我们也将毫不动摇，永不言败。
We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills;
我们将战斗到底。
我们将在法国作战，
我们将在海上和大洋中作战，
我们在空战中将具有愈来愈大的信心和愈来愈强的力量。
我们将不惜任何代价防卫本土，
我们将在海滩上作战，
我们将在敌人登陆的地点作战，
我们将在田野和街头作战，
我们将在山区作战。
we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God’s good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old.
我们决不投降。即便我们这个岛屿或这个岛屿的大部分被征服并陷入饥荒——我从来不相信会发生这种情况——我们在海外的帝国臣民，在英国舰队的武装和保护之下也将继续战斗，直到在上帝认为适当的时候，让新世界拿出它所有的一切力量，来拯救和解放这个旧世界。
