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The End Gentlemen,
先生們,到此結束。
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In the past decade alone, there have, by my reckoning, been 73 coups in 46 different countries around the world.
僅過去十年間,據我統計,全球46個不同國家就發生了73次政變。
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And the success of some of these might encourage us.
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In Ghana, two years ago, President Nkrumah was ousted with just 500 men.
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And in 1961, in South Korea, Major General Park Chung-hee seized power with 3,500 men.
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And in 1964, in Gabon,
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just 150 men were able to arrest President Umba and thus gain control over the levers of state power.
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And of course, it was with just one legion that Caesar crossed the Rubicon.
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And perhaps we would not seek to follow his fate.
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A sic semper tyrannis gentleman.
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Now what all successful insurgencies have in common are five key elements.
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Control of the media, control of the economy, and the capture of administrative targets for which you need the fourth element,
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the loyalty of the military.
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Now, in Ghana and Gabon, this can be achieved with a handful of battalions.
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But here, in the United Kingdom, we would need to secure parliament,
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Whitehall, the Ministry of Defence, and the Cabinet Office.
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The Prime Minister would be arrested, of course, along with other politicians still loyal still loyal.
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We would have to shut down the airports, air traffic control.
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Same with the train stations.
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Curfews will be put in place, martial law declared.
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And I haven't even mentioned the police.
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It would take tens of thousands of unquestioningly loyal servicemen.
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And even in my heyday, I could never command that.
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Which brings me to the fifth element, legitimacy.
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Now, our government draws its strength from long-established institutions that support it.
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The courts, body of common law, the Constitution.
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If any action against the state to succeed, you'd have to overthrow these as well.
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But in a highly evolved democracy such as ours, their authority is sacrosanct.
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Which is why, gentlemen, a coup d'etat in the United Kingdom doesn't stand a chance.
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Unless...
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Unless...
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Unless we had the support of the one person not yet mentioned.
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Do you see the temperament?
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Here we like to let our...
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The Crown has at its disposal unique constitutional powers, which could still make something like this possible.
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In 1834, William IV used them to dismiss his government in the face of opposition from the House.
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And in 1920, the Emergency Powers Act was passed,
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which gave the sovereign power in certain circumstances to declare a state of emergency by proclamation,
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meaning our Queen could dissolve Parliament and appoint a new government and a prime minister as well.
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She's also commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
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They swear allegiance to her and not to parliament, so could count on their support to see it through.
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She is our Caesar.
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And you think she might entertain this idea?
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The circumstances are certainly compelling.
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I've made a list here of exactly how compelling.
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And as her second cousin, I am in an ideal position to ask.

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這節 C1 級別的口語課以影片“"She Is Our Caesar"”為素材。 影片中反覆出現的詞有:loyal, element, parliament, unless。 這段影片共有 46 個句子、488 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 4:48。 說話人語速較慢,每分鐘約 102 個詞,你有足夠的時間模仿每一個音。 82% 的單詞屬於英語最常用的 3,000 詞,其餘的詞建議在練習前先學一下。

影片中的重點詞彙

影片中最難的 15 個單詞,附發音和釋義:

單詞發音釋義
compel 動詞/kəmˈpɛl/強迫 /強迫
circumstance 名詞/ˈsɝ.kəmˌstæns/情況 /情況, 狀態 /狀態
declare 動詞/dɪˈklɛɚ/宣佈
curfew 名詞/ˈkɝ.fju/宵禁
dissolve 動詞/dɪˈzɑlv/解散
insurgency 名詞/ɪnˈsɝd͡ʒənsi/起義 /起義, 暴動 /暴動
sacrosanct 形容詞/ˈsæk.ɹoʊˌsæŋkt/神聖不可侵犯 /神聖不可侵犯
serviceman 名詞軍人 /軍人
temperament 名詞/ˈtɛm.pɚ.ə.mənt/氣質 /氣質, 性格
overthrow 動詞/ˌoʊvɚˈθɹoʊ/推翻, 打翻
legitimacy 名詞/ləˈd͡ʒɪtɪməsi/合法
lever 名詞/ˈliː.və/槓桿 /槓桿
allegiance 名詞/əˈliː.d͡ʒəns/忠誠 /忠誠
appoint 動詞/əˈpɔɪnt/約定 /約定, 預約 /預約
seize 動詞/ˈsiːz/抓獲 /抓獲, 攫取

影片中的語法

說話人最常用的結構,並附上影片中的原話:

結構影片中的用法
被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼,而不是誰做的was ousted · can be achieved · would be arrested
現在完成時 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去發生但與現在仍有關聯的事haven't even mentioned · I've made

需要注意的發音

說話人用了 4 次縮略和弱讀形式,例如 doesn't, haven't, I've。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。

  • “sh” 和 “zh” 音: proclamation /ˌpɹɑkləˈmeɪʃən/, martial /ˈmɑɹʃəl/
  • 長單詞——注意重音位置: insurgency /ɪnˈsɝd͡ʒənsi/, proclamation /ˌpɹɑkləˈmeɪʃən/, temperament /ˈtɛm.pɚ.ə.mənt/, legitimacy /ləˈd͡ʒɪtɪməsi/

中文母語者容易讀錯的音:

  • /v/ — 不要讀成 /w/,上齒輕觸下唇: dissolve /dɪˈzɑlv/, overthrow /ˌoʊvɚˈθɹoʊ/, lever /ˈliː.və/, evolve /ɪˈvɑlv/, sovereign /ˈsɑv(ə)ɹɪn/
  • 詞尾子音 — 要讀清楚,後面不要加母音: circumstance /ˈsɝ.kəmˌstæns/, dissolve /dɪˈzɑlv/, sacrosanct /ˈsæk.ɹoʊˌsæŋkt/, temperament /ˈtɛm.pɚ.ə.mənt/, allegiance /əˈliː.d͡ʒəns/
  • /r/ 和 /l/ 的區別: proclamation /ˌpɹɑkləˈmeɪʃən/, martial /ˈmɑɹʃəl/

如何用這段影片練習

  1. 先完整聽一遍影片,不要開口,記下不認識的單詞。
  2. 用正常速度逐句跟讀,每句重複到你的節奏與說話人一致為止。
  3. 錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比,特別注意 compel, circumstance, declare 這類單詞。

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