我是一个坚信行动创造生活的人，在这点上，我曾想我在行动了。

I am a big believer in taking action to create the life you want, and at that point I thought I was taking action.

youdao

我在行动时有所踌躇，是因为人们认为，这种做法等于劝告他抛弃身边仅有的追随者。

I have been deterred from doing this by the argument that I should thus be advising him to cast away his only adherents.

youdao

这可能看上去很残酷，但是不顺心的事接二连三时，做好最坏的打算是我在行动中唯一能做的事情。

But it can be grim and relentless and one bad thing can happen after another and being always prepared for the worst seems to me the only wise course of action.

youdao

It is going on for many years actually from the time of operation providr comfort with which I was involved in Northern Iraq when we realised that we would have civilian problems we need to develope civilian capacity to deal with these things.

这种状况已经持续了很多年了,从一开始在阿富汗北部,我参与的提供安慰行动,那时候我们就意识到我们缺少平民,我们需要更多的平民来解决这些问题。

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I think... I'm hopeful that there will be some action in the next coming years

我认为……我相信在接下来几年内人们会采取行动，

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And more immediately, this weekend, as all of you are thinking the most event in the world was whatever was happening in Congress to do with Iraq, actually, the most important event in the world was taking place in England where my favorite team, portsmouth, were playing Kaj, the head TA's favorite team, Liverpool.

再举个最近的例子吧,比如这周末,在场的各位都觉得世界上最重要的事,是国会对伊拉克采取何种行动,但我觉得最重要的事发生在英格兰,我最喜爱的足球队,朴茨茅斯队,对抗助教长卡茄最喜爱的利物浦队

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