or near Basra

或在巴士拉[伊拉克最大港口城市]附近
or outside Mosul.

或在摩苏尔[伊拉克北部城市]外围
So what is tragedy?

什么是悲剧
What is tragedy in relation to war?

什么是与战争有关的悲剧
How do we understand tragedy

我们如何透过战争对社会影响的三棱镜
through this prism of the social impact of war?

来理解悲剧
I think you only ultimately really do understand it

我觉得要想最终理解何为悲剧
by leaving headquarters, by leaving the generals' dispatches,

你需要抛开总部抛开将军们的军事急件
by leaving even Abraham Lincoln's magnificent prose

甚至抛开林肯气势磅礴的文辞
and trying to see it through ordinary eyes,

试着通过普通人的眼睛
ordinary women, ordinary men.

通过普通女性和普通男性的视角去理解
Tragedy is one of those words that we,

悲剧这个词还有其它一些词是我们