Protest is deep in the American character.

"反抗"是美国民族性格上深深的烙印

The pilgrims against the old world and religious persecution.

清教徒对旧世界及宗教迫害的反抗

The colonies against the British and their taxes.

殖民地对宗主国及其苛捐杂税的反抗

Frederick Douglas and Harriet Tubman against slavery..

弗雷德里克·道格拉斯和哈莉特·塔布曼对奴隶制的反抗

1970s.There have been thousands of anti-Vietnam war protests.

20世纪70年代 数以千计的反越战抗议游行相继爆发

Kent State University, Ohio.

俄亥俄州 肯特州立大学

The National Guard are ordered in to control 500 protesting students.

国民警卫队被调往镇压游行的500名学生

Television is here watching.

电视转播着这一切

Four students are shot dead.

4名学生中弹身亡

I think that that drove it home for a lot of Americans,to see on their television,

正是电视转播将画面传入千家万户 观众得以直击现场

and to have this mass of people who felt so passionately about it.

这使得大众群情激昂 义愤填膺

The images. You know, America is a very visual country.

美国人相信 眼见为实

And because Vietnam is the first televised war,

越战期间首次实现了战事的电视转播

battles and casualty lists are daily news events.

每一场战役 伤亡情况都有新闻报道

Television brings the reality of the war into the nation's living rooms.

电视 将血淋淋的战争展现在每个人眼前

Just as hundred years ago Civil War photographer revealed the true horror of war,

就如同百年前 内战战地摄影师揭露了战争的恐怖一般

now TV news images begin to turn the nation.

如今 电视新闻节目开始颠覆整个国家

We had already lost over 50,000 soldiers,many more wounded than that.

我们已经损失了5万余士兵 伤员更是不计其数

I think most Americans realized Vietnam was a hopeless cause.

我想多数美国人已经意识到越战的无望

More bombs than were droped in the whole World War II.

在越战中的投弹数量超过了整个二战

Hundreds of billions of dollars.

数千亿美元白白消耗

But what the most Americans remember are the pictures they see on their TV sets.

但保留在大多数美国人记忆中的是他们在电视中看到的画面

Watching people in Sigon clinging to helicopters as we left in disgrace.

目睹着西贡[今胡志明市]的残兵爬上直升机落荒而逃

This is a profoundly unAmerican notion.

这是一幅极不符合美国信念的画面