走进剑桥大学 第24期:印度总理尼赫鲁

 Nehru— India's Prime Minister

印度总理尼赫鲁

Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India, as well as the father of the most famous Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. He was a patriot¹, a freedom fighter as well as a highly regarded statesman.

贾瓦哈拉尔尼赫鲁是印度首任总理，同时也是印度史上最出名的总理——英吉拉甘地的父亲。尼赫鲁是一个爱国者，一个为自由而战的斗士，同时也是一位非常受人尊重的政治家。

Jawaharlal Nehru was born on November 14，1889 in Allahabad, central India. His father was a prominent advocate and early leader of the Indian independence movement. The younger Nehru graduated from Cambridge University, and returned to India in 1912.

1889年12月4日，贾瓦哈拉尔尼赫鲁出生在印度中部的阿拉哈巴德。他的父亲是一位杰出的辩护律师，同时也是印度独立运动的早期领导人。年轻的尼赫鲁毕业于剑桥大学，并在1912年回到印度。

Even though he had a brilliant academic record, the legal profession did not attract him. Instead，he wanted to join the freedom struggle under the influence of Gandhiji. For a while he was the Chairman of the Allahabad Municipal Committee as a member of the Congress and then he joined the Home Rule League established by Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Besant.

虽然尼赫鲁学习成绩优异，但是他对法律并不感兴趣，在甘地的影响下迫切想加入旨在印度独立的运动。作为国会议员，尼赫鲁曾在一段时间内任阿拉哈巴德市政委员会主席，然后他加入了由巴尔甘加达尔提拉克和安妮贝赞特创建的印度自治同

During the freedom struggle, he courted arrest many a times, and had been jailed 14 years in all. He was elected Congress President 5 times，and it was under his influence that the Congress adopted complete freedom as its goal. In 1947，after India gained its independence, he was automatically elected first Prime Minister*

在争取印度独立的斗争中，尼赫鲁多次面临被捕的危险，总共做了14年牢。他5 次当选国会议长。在的影响下，国会把印度的完全自由和独立作为奋斗目标。1947 年印度获得独立后，尼赫鲁理所当然地被选举为首任总理。

Nehru headed the Indian government for 17 long and brilliant years. He wanted India to develop into a world-recognizednation. He supported technological² and scientific progress encouraged art and literature, wanted to eliminate discrimination from the face of the world and encouraged peaceful co-existence. Nehru did not believe in aligning³ himself with the military political blocks and wanted to end the cold war. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1955.

尼赫鲁领导印度政府长达17年，成绩斐然，在任期间，他一直致力于把印度发展成一个世界闻名的国家。尼赫鲁支持科技进步、鼓励艺术和文学发展；试图在全世界范围内消除歧视，鼓励和平共处:不赞成和军事、政治阵营联盟，支持结束冷战。 1955年尼赫鲁获得印度最高荣誉奖——巴域维那。

Nehru was a renowned⁴ orator⁵. He could give many extemporaneous⁶ speeches in a single day. His most famous speech is the “Tryst with Destiny，addressing to the Constltuent Assembly of India in New Delhi on the night of August 14th, 1947.

尼赫鲁是一位知名的演讲家，能在一天之内做出很多即兴演讲，其中最著名的是1947年8月14 日晚在新德里的印度制宪会议上的演讲《命运之约》。

Not only was he a brilliant orator, a charming, warm and noble thinker and philosopher, but also a fantastic writer. He has written a few wonderful books Discovery of India, Glimpses of World History and Letters from a father to a daughter. His autobiography⁷, Towards Freedom (1936) ran nine editions in the first year alone.

尼赫鲁不仅是一位卓越的演讲家，一位有魅力、热情的、高尚的思想家和哲学家，还是一位极其出色的作家。他的佳作包括：《印度的发现》、《世界历史一瞥》和《一个父亲给女儿的信》 等。尼赫鲁的自传《走向自由》（1936年出版）在问世第一年就再版了8次。

1 patriot   

n.爱国者，爱国主义者

参考例句：

• He avowed himself a patriot.他自称自己是爱国者。
• He is a patriot who has won the admiration of the French already.他是一个已经赢得法国人敬仰的爱国者。

2 technological   

adj.技术的；工艺的

参考例句：

• A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
• Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。

3 aligning   

n. (直线)对准 动词align的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• There are signs that the prime minister is aligning himself with the liberals. 有迹象表明首相正在与自由党人结盟。
• ToolTips provide textual hints that assist in drawing lines and aligning objects. 工具提示提供了协助画线和对象对齐的文本提示。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

4 renowned   

adj.著名的，有名望的，声誉鹊起的

参考例句：

• He is one of the world's renowned writers.他是世界上知名的作家之一。
• She is renowned for her advocacy of human rights.她以提倡人权而闻名。

5 orator   

n.演说者，演讲者，雄辩家

参考例句：

• He was so eloquent that he cut down the finest orator.他能言善辩，胜过最好的演说家。
• The orator gestured vigorously while speaking.这位演讲者讲话时用力地做手势。

6 extemporaneous   

adj.即席的，一时的

参考例句：

• She made an extemporaneous speech on the ceremony.她在典礼上做了一次即兴演讲。
• Nixon carried away with it all,delivered his extemporaneous toast.尼克松对一切都很满意，颇有些情不自禁地发表了他的即席祝酒词。

7 autobiography   

n.自传

参考例句：

• He published his autobiography last autumn.他去年秋天出版了自己的自传。
• His life story is recounted in two fascinating volumes of autobiography.这两卷引人入胜的自传小说详述了他的生平。