-- I'm not defending the sinking of the ship,

我并不是为沉船做辩解
I'm not for the defending of the sinking of any ship

我也不是为击沉船只这种行为辩解
-- but clearly it was carrying weapons,

但那艘船确实装的是军火武器
and that's one of the reasons that

这是其中一个原因
the ship went down with such a dramatic impact is because all the

船之所以沉了很戏剧性的因素是
munitions blew up when the German torpedo hit it.

当德国鱼类击中船的时候引爆了船上军火
But over the long run what happens is that

但是后来
the man who was going to keep America out of war,

一个本来并不想让美国参战的人
Woodrow Wilson, former President of Princeton University,

伍德罗·威尔逊普林斯顿大学前任校长
ends up taking the U.S. into war

最终把美国带入战争
And those of you who have had American History from Glenda or

对于一些读过格兰达美国史的
other people, Glenda Gilmore or other folks here,

格伦达·吉尔摩或者是其他学派的