This morning, the British Ambassador in Berlin

今天早上英国驻柏林大使馆
handed the German government

向德国政府发出最后通牒
a final note stating that unless we heard from them,

声明若未在11点收到他们的消息
by 11:00, a state of war would exist between us.

将意味着英德两国开战
I have to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received.

我现在必须告诉各位我们没有收到任何回复
And that, consequently, this country is at war

因此我国与德国
with Germany.

已处于交战状态
For the second time in the lives of most of us,

我们中的大多数人
we are...

将第二次
at war.

身陷战局
To find

寻求
a peaceful way out...

和平出路