we don't want to give him too much credit for his predictions--

对这个预言我们并不是十分赞同
but it's almost as if he's predicting this crisis

但他仿佛在预言这场危机
that we're now about to try to understand for the next several weeks.

也就是下几周我们要理解的这场危机
"At what point, "Said Lincoln in this speech way back, in 1838,

"在什么情况下" 回到1838年林肯的演说
"At what point shall we expect the approach of danger

"在什么情况下我们应该等待危险的降临
and by what means shall we fortify against it?

而又究竟该如何设防于它呢
Shall we expect"--we here is this American nation--

我们是否应该等着" 这里我们是指美国
"Shall we expect some trans-Atlantic military giant

"我们是否应该等着一些跨大西洋
to step over the ocean and crush us at a blow?"

的军事大国越过海洋把我们击垮呢
He answers, "Never. All the armies of Europe,

他回答道 "绝不哪怕一切欧洲
Asia and Africa combined,

亚洲和非洲军队联合起来
with all the treasure of the earth,

哪怕他们拥有全世界的财富