Extreme Ownership | Jocko Willink | TEDxUniversityofNevada · TEDx Talks
通过一次友军误伤事件，探讨战争中领导力与责任感的重要性。适合练习听力理解与话题讨论。
Reviewer: Denise RQ
审稿人：Denise RQ
War is a nightmare.
战争是一场噩梦。
War is awful.
战争是极其可怕的。
It is indifferent, and devastating, and evil.
它既冷漠无情，又具有毁灭性；同时，它也是一种邪恶的存在。
War is hell.
战争就是地狱。
But war is also an incredible teacher,
但战争也是一位极其出色的“老师”。
a brutal teacher.
一个非常严厉、苛刻的老师。
And it teaches you lessons that you will not forget.
它会教你一些你永远不会忘记的道理。
In war, you are forced to see humanity at its absolute worst,
在战争中，你不得不目睹人性最丑陋的一面。
and you are also blessed to see humanity in its most glorious moments.
你也有幸见证了人类最辉煌的时刻。
War teaches you about sorrow, and loss, and pain.
战争教会你什么是悲伤、失去以及痛苦。
And it teaches you about the preciousness
它让你认识到事物的珍贵之处。
and the fragility of human life.
以及人类生命的脆弱性。
And in that fragility,
正是在这种脆弱之中……
war teaches you about death.
战争让你认识到死亡的存在。
But war also teaches you about brotherhood, and honor, and humility, and leadership.
但战争也能让你学会兄弟情谊、荣誉感、谦逊以及领导力。
And unfortunately, war teaches you the most when things go wrong.
不幸的是，当事情变得糟糕时，战争才是最能让人学到东西的“老师”。
And for me, one of the most impactful lessons that I learned from war
对我来说，从战争中汲取的最具启发性的教训之一就是……
was in the spring of 2006 in the city of Ramadi, Iraq, which at the time, was the epicenter of the insurgency
事情发生在2006年春天，地点是伊拉克的拉马迪市。当时，拉马迪正是叛乱活动的中心地带。
where brutal and determined terrorists ruled the streets with torture and rape and murder.
在那里，残忍且意志坚定的恐怖分子通过酷刑、强奸和谋杀来控制街道。
It was in one neighborhood of that city during an operation that I was in charge of
那是在该市的一个社区里，当时我负责执行一项行动。
when all hell broke loose.
当一切都陷入混乱之中时……
We had multiple units out on the battlefield fighting the enemy.
我们在战场上部署了多支部队来对抗敌人。
We had friendly Iraqi soldiers, we had US Army soldiers and US Marines, along with small elements of my SEAL team.
我们有友好的伊拉克士兵，也有美国陆军士兵和美国海军陆战队队员，此外还有我所属的海豹突击队（SEAL）的小分队成员。
And then the fog of war rolled in
随后，战争的迷雾笼罩了一切。
with its confusion, and chaos, and mayhem,
充满了混乱、无序与骚乱……
and with its gunfire, and enemy attacks, and screaming men, and blood, and death;
伴随着枪炮声、敌人的攻击、人们的尖叫、鲜血以及死亡……
and in that fog of war,
在战争的迷雾之中，
through a series of mistakes, and human error, and poor judgment, and Murphy's law, and just plain bad luck,
由于一系列的错误、人为失误、判断失误、墨菲定律（指那些看似不可避免的坏事），以及纯粹的运气不佳，导致了这一结果。
a horrendous fire fight broke out.
一场极其激烈的火灾扑救行动随即展开。
But this fire fight
但是，这场火灾扑救工作……
wasn't between us and the enemy;
它并不在我们和敌人之间；
this fire fight, tragically, was between us and us,
这场火灾，悲剧性地发生在我们内部（即我们自己之间）。
friendly forces against friendly forces; fratricide - the mortal sin of combat
友军之间的互相攻击；内讧——这是战争中最严重的罪行。
and the most horrific part of war.
以及战争中最可怕的部分……
And when it was over, and the fog of war lifted, one friendly Iraqi soldier was dead, two more were wounded,
当战斗结束、战争的迷雾散去后，一名友好的伊拉克士兵不幸阵亡，另有两名士兵受伤。
one of my men was wounded, the rest of my SEALs were badly shaken,
我的一名队员受了伤，其余的海豹突击队队员也都受到了严重的心理冲击。
and it was only through a miracle that no one else was killed.
只有通过奇迹，才没有其他人丧生。
And it was reported up the chain of command what had happened.
所发生的事情被上报给了上级指挥部门。
That we had fought, and wounded, and killed each other.
我们曾经互相争斗、伤害，甚至杀害对方。