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@ 51045 長征
A 爸，國慶長假你報名的紅色長征路線遊，不會也是二萬五千裡的吧？換了我，一輩子走一次都嫌太多了！
bà, guóqìng chángjià nǐ bàomíng de hóngsè chángzhēng lùxiàn yóu, bùhuì yě shì èrwàn wǔqiān lǐ de ba? huànle wǒ, yībèizi zǒu yī cì dōu xián tài duō le!
Dad, that ``Long March Walk" during the National Day Week that you signed up for-- it couldn't be 8,000 miles (12,874 km), could it? If it were me, it would be too much to walk that route even once in my life!
B 我一直想完整地走一遍，體會一下你爺爺當年吃過的苦。你爺爺以前常跟我說他和戰友們一起爬雪山，過草地，吃樹皮的故事，那種艱苦我們是難以想象得到的！
wǒ yīzhí xiǎng wánzhěng de zǒu yī biàn , tǐhuì yīxià nǐ yéye dāngnián chī guò de kǔ. nǐ yéye yǐqián cháng gēn wǒ shuō tā hé zhànyǒu men yīqǐ pá xuěshān, guò cǎodì, chī shùpí de gùshi, nà zhǒng jiānkù wǒmen shì nányǐ xiǎngxiàng de dào de!
I've always wanted to walk it all the way, and experience the bitterness that your Grandfather tasted during those years. Your grandfather often used to tell me about climbing snowy mountains, crossing grassy fields, and eating bark with his war-time buddies. It's hard for us to imagine that kind of bitter struggle.
A 當時爺爺參加長征，難道不覺得這是個“不可能的任務”嗎？
dāngshí yéye cānjiā chángzhēng, nándào bù juéde zhè shì ge `` bù kěnéng de rènwu" ma?
When Grandpa did the Long March back then, didn't he think it was ``Mission: Impossible"?
B 和平年代的人，像你們，是感受不到那段紅色歲月裡，大家為了一個共產主義理想，是可以不懈奮鬥乃至獻出生命的！
hépíng niándài de rén, xiàng nǐmen, shì gǎnshòu bùdào nà duàn hóngsè suìyuè lǐ, dàjiā wéile yī ge gòngchǎnzhǔyì lǐxiǎng, shì kěyǐ bùxiè fèndòu nǎizhì xiànchū shēngmìng de!
People like you, from an age of peace, can't get a sense of those revolutionary times. People were willing to struggle, even to the point giving their own lives, for the ideal of Communism!
A 但是，從最初出發的將近二十萬人，到最後勝利會師的幾萬人，長征的損失可不小啊！
dànshì, cóng zuìchū chūfā de jiāngjìn èrshí wàn rén, dào zuìhòu shènglì huìshī de jǐ wàn rén, chángzhēng de sǔnshī kě bù xiǎo a!
But from almost 200,000 people who set out at the beginning, to a few thousand victorious people left at the end-- the losses during the Long March were really serious!
B 這是事實，不過，長征最終保留下了革命的核心力量，而且還讓革命精神傳遍全國！沒有長征就沒有革命的最終勝利，也沒有新中國啊！
zhè shì shìshí, bùguò, Chángzhēng zuìzhōng bǎoliú xià le gémìng de héxīn lìliang, érqiě hái ràng gémìng jīngshén chuánbiàn quánguó! méiyǒu chángzhēng jiù méiyǒu gémìng de zuìzhōng shènglì, yě méiyǒu xīnzhōngguó a!
That's true. But the Long March preserved the core power of the revolution, and spread the revolutionary spirit all over the country! Without the Long March, there could have been no final victory, and no New China!
A 真是不可思議！當時他們一邊轉移，一邊還要迎擊國民黨的圍剿，最後反而取得了勝利，真是個奇蹟！
zhēnshì bùkěsīyì! dāngshí tāmen yībiān zhuǎnyí, yībiān hái yào yíngjī Guómín dǎng de wéijiǎo, zuìhòu fǎnér qǔdé le shènglì, zhēnshì ge qíjì!
It's really unbelievable! In those days, they had to both relocate and fight off the Kuomintang's encircling attacks. And in the end, they won. It's really a miracle!
B 而且從處世哲學上來說，長征也是大有學問！
érqiě cóng chǔshì zhéxué shàng láishuō, chángzhēng yě shì dàyǒuxuéwèn!
And the Long March has a lot to teach us about living in society!
A 哦？這怎麼說？
ǒ? zhè zěnme shuō?
Huh? What do you mean?
B 當時國民黨兵力遠遠大於紅軍，如果就地迎戰，等於坐以待斃！俗話說，打不起，還跑不起嘛！紅軍長征分成好幾路，分散了敵人的包圍，邊走邊戰，靈活應敵，這可是紅軍的精明之處啊！
dāngshí Guómín dǎng bīnglì yuǎnyuǎn dàyú hóngjūn, rúguǒ jiùdì yíngzhàn, děngyú zuòyǐdàibì! súhuà shuō, dǎ bu qǐ, hái pǎo bu qǐ ma! Hóngjūn chángzhēng fēn chéng hǎojǐ lù, fēnsàn le dírén de bāowéi, biān zǒu biān zhàn, línghuó yìngdí, zhè kěshì Hóngjūn de jīngmíng zhīchù a!
At that time, the Kuomintang military was far more powerful than the Red Army. If the Communists had fought the enemy head-on, it would have been like waiting for their own funeral. There's a proverb that says ``If you can't beat 'em, you can still beat it!" The Red Army split into many smaller units, and scattered the enemy's encirclement. They fought on the march, responding flexibly. That's the clever thing about the Red Army!
A 留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒！厲害！厲害！
liú dé qīngshān zài, bù pà méi chái shāo! lìhai! lìhai!
As long as you're near some green mountains, you'll never lack for firewood! That is to say, as long as you keep your core strength, there will always be another day. That's hard-core!
B 是啊，長征真的是了不起。你們這一代恐怕是連想都不敢想啊。
shì a, chángzhēng zhēnde shì liǎobuqǐ. nǐmen zhèyīdài kǒngpà shì lián xiǎng dōu bùgǎn xiǎng a.
It sure is. The Long March was really awesome. I'm afraid people from your generation don't even dare to really imagine it.
Key Vocabulary
嫌 xián to dislike for
紅色歲月 hóngsè suìyuè red times
共產主義 gòngchǎnzhǔyì communism
乃至 nǎizhì even go so far as to
會師 huìshī to join forces with
不可思議 bùkěsīyì inconceivable
迎擊 yíngjī to intercept
圍剿 wéijiǎo to encircle and destroy
處世 chǔshì social conduct
紅軍 Hóngjūn Red Army
就地 jiùdì on the spot
迎戰 yíngzhàn to meet an enemy face on
坐以待斃 zuòyǐdàibì to await one's death
打不起，還跑不起 dǎ bu qǐ, hái pǎo bu qǐ if you can't beat your foe, you can still run away
留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒 liú dé qīngshān zài, bù pà méi chái shāo As long as you have your core strength, you have nothing to fear
Supplementary Vocabulary
反圍剿 fǎn wéijiǎo a campaign against encirclement
打游擊 dǎ yóujī to wage guerrilla warfare
戰略轉移 zhànlǜe zhuǎnyí strategic transfer
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