跟读练习: "How The British Took Over India" - TREVOR NOAH (from "Afraid Of The Dark" on Netflix) - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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- When you think about colonization, it is the strangest thing you can think about.
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- When you think about colonization, it is the strangest thing you can think about.
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'Cause conquering is one thing.
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You go to another country, you take what's theirs, you want more, you take the land, you know, you take the resources, you kill the people.
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That I understand, but colonization...
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I don't condone; I understand.
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But colonization is strange because you go there, and you don't just take over.
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You then force the people to become you.
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That is such a strange concept.
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When you think about where the British did it...
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I mean, they...
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You know, they did it in Africa, they...
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You know, they did it in Asia.
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And think about in India.
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Those cultures could not be more diametrically opposed.
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And out of nowhere, the British just decided to roll up.
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Imagine what the Indians must have felt like on that day.
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(audience chuckling) Minding your own business, walking through a field.
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The next thing you know, the British showed up on horseback.
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(mimicking hoofbeats) (fanfare) (audience laughing) Hear ye, hear ye!
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By order of her Majesty, the Queen, we have arrived!
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(audience laughing) You over there!
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What is the name of this land?
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There's land over here?
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This is called "India." Well, my good man, I'm here to tell you that India is now under the British empire!
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(audience laughing) And I'm glad that I can tell you that India is exactly where it was yesterday.
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(audience laughing) No, no, no, I feel you're not understanding what I'm saying.
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I'm letting you know that we're here to colonize you by order of the Queen.
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Who is the queen?
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(audience laughing) The Queen, the Queen of England, the ruler of great Britain!
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She who was ordained by God.
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Which god? (audience laughing) God.
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The one true God.
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There are many gods, my friend.
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What is the name of your god?
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(audience laughing) There is only one God, and his name is God, and you too shall worship him!
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You want me to worship a god, but you don't want to tell me his name?
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(audience laughing) What are you talking about; there are many gods, okay?
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There is Shiva, there is Lakshmi, there is Hare Krishna.
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There are many gods.
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What is the name of your god?
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(audience laughing) His name is God!
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You don't know the name of your god?
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(audience laughing) It's just God.
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Is it like mommy or daddy?
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(audience laughing) You want me to worship your god, but you don't want to tell me his name, huh?
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How am I going to pray to him; what do I do?
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Every morning, I go to wake up, and I pray like, "Oh, dear god, dear god, I was hoping that maybe, god, you could help me...
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No, no, sorry, not you, other god.
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No, no, other god.
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No, no, not...
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Wrong god, no, god.
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I was trying to talk to other...
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No, no, no, you're right.
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I should have asked for your first name.
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No, no, god, no, other God, please.
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No, god behind that god.
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No, not you today, god, other God.
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You're right, he told me you would know who I was talking to, and I don't...
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No no, other god, please.
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That god...
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No, no that god..." Then I wonder why my prayers are not getting answered, ah?
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(audience cheering) How dare you speak to me like that!
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Do you know who I am?
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No, because you never introduced yourself.
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I have come here representing Great Britain!
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And I have never heard of Great Britain.
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Who gave you that name?
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(audience laughing) Well, well, well, we did.
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You call yourselves "great?" Isn't that a little presumptuous?
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(audience laughing) Shouldn't you wait for other people to tell you how great you are, huh?
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Shouldn't you just go around the world and just do good things, good things, good things,..
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Then people go, "Oh my God, Britain, look how great you are!" (audience laughing) Well, I beg to differ.
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I believe we could do it because we knew instinctively.
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We are Great Britain.
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Well, in that case, welcome to Great India.
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(audience laughing) No, it doesn't...
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It doesn't work like that!
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It doesn't work like that!
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How dare you speak to me like this?
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Look, you are the one who dares to speak to me, okay?
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I was here minding my own business in my land.
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You came over here, riding on your skinny cow, telling me that things are going to change.
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I don't know who you are.
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All I know is you are clearly crazy, okay?
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You're not feeling too right.
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And I didn't want to say anything, but you look like you're going to faint.
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In fact, it looks like you died last week, okay?
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Something is very wrong with your skin.
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You're not looking good, my friend.
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Maybe you should come down.
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We have a curry; we talk about this.
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What are you talking about, I look quite normal!
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You do not look normal, my friend.
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I've never seen anybody with that complexion in my life, okay?
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You look like you're playing hide and seek with the sun your entire life.
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I don't know what is happening, but that is not how a person should look, ah?
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I can see your veins pumping through your skin right now.
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You know how creepy that is, pumping, pumping, pumping, pumping?
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If I was your doctor, I don't need x-ray machine.
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I just go, "What is problem; it is your kidney.
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How do I know; because you are translucent.
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That is how I know." Damn you, we are going to run this country whether you like it or not!
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We are not going to do anything you tell us.
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You're a madman.
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We are going to take it!
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You're not taking...
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We're going...
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(mimics gunshot) She is all yours, take, take...
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You don't play nice; take.
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