来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：欧洲文明第18集》

It was ten months without a break.

持续时间长达十个月而且从未休战
There was nothing like it in the Second World War.

这和二战是完全不一样的
It pushed soldiers, human beings,

一战超越了士兵
beyond the limits of human endurance.

乃至人类忍耐极限
The primary way in which this wound has been remembered

因此人们通过各种纪念活动
is in terms of an array of commemorative practices

来牢记战争所带来的创伤
which describe what European identity is,

这些纪念活动体现了欧洲人的特点
not only was, but is.

过去是现在也是
I want to suggest that there are many reasons

我想说人们有很多理由来解释
why the remembrance of the First World War is carried on

为什么要在二十世纪
throughout the twentieth century in a defining way.

大张旗鼓地纪念一战
The first is technology.

首先是科技因素