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Cromwell agonised, prayed and wept,beseeched the Lord of Hosts to give him an answer.

克伦威尔挣扎过 祈祷过 伤感过 恳求上帝予以指引

In the end, politics, not prayer, decided it.

最终 政治取代了宗教 帮他做了决定

The king would have to die if the country was ever to heal.

想要平息这场动乱 国王必须死

But not done away with in some dark corner.

但不能在黑暗的角落里执行

No, Charles was going to be tried in the open,then beheaded in public.

不 查理要在公开接受审判 在众目睽睽之下走上断头台

Cut his head off with the crown on it.

让他戴着皇冠被斩首

This would be THE great turning point in British history.

这会成为英国历史上一个重大的转折点

The trial would kill one kind of Britain and give birth to another,

这场审判将 处决一个英国 迎接另一个英国

a republic, a kingless state of God.

一个共和的 没有君主的上帝之国

So for both Charles and Oliver Cromwell,

因此对查理和奥利弗·克伦威尔来说

the final act would become a theatre,a classroom, a debating chamber.

最终的审判将成为一座剧场 一间教室 一个辩论庭

Charles will play the classic Stuart part,that of holy martyr,

查理将扮演斯图亚特的传统角色 神圣的殉道者

as his grandmother, Mary, Queen of Scots, had done.

正如他的祖母 苏格兰女王玛丽一样

Imposing, dignified, tragic.

庄严 尊贵 悲情

But he knew as well as Oliver Cromwell did that the outcome was never in doubt.

但他和奥利弗·克伦威尔一样清楚 结果显而易见

The king would die.The only question was as what?

国王必须死 唯一的疑问是以什么名义

Martyr or traitor? What had he learned?

殉道者还是叛国者 他得到了什么教训吗

In the end, the answer was... nothing.

最终 答案是 毫无悔意

词汇解析

1、head off

拦截;拦住

He changed direction swiftly, turned into the hallway and headed her off.

他迅速改变方向，拐进走廊截住了她。

阻止，防止（尤指不愉快的事）发生

He would ask Congress to intervene and head off a strike.

他将要求国会进行干预，防止发生罢工。

You have to be good at spotting trouble on the way and heading it off.

你必须善于发现潜在的麻烦并加以化解。

2、decide

决定，拿定主意（做）

She decided to do a secretarial course.

她决定修一门文秘课程。

He has decided that he doesn't want to embarrass the movement and will therefore step down.

他已拿定主意：他不想令运动陷入困窘的境地，因此决心辞职。

解决;判决;裁决

She was still young, he said, and that would be taken into account when deciding her sentence.

他说，她还年轻，而这一点在对她量刑时将会予以考虑。

This is an issue that should be decided by local and metropolitan government.

这个问题应该由当地及大都市政府共同解决。

（事件或事实）决定，确定（某一选择或结果)

The goal that decided the match came just before the interval.

决定本场比赛结果的进球是在中场休息前一刻打入的。

The results will decide if he will win a place at a good university.

这些成绩将决定他能否上一所好大学。