来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：欧洲文明第21集》

This is before the period where Stalin becomes a success.

这是斯大林取得成功前的一段时期
Stalin worked very hard to make it seem--

他工作非常努力
as Lenin had one stroke and then another--

当列宁发生中风后
Stalin tried to keep access closed to other people.

斯大林更是和其他人保持亲密接触
He worked feverishly to make it seem

他通过拼命的工作来表示
that Stalin was the chosen successor of Lenin.

自己才是列宁选定的接班人
There are some famous doctored photographs

有一些著名的伪造照片
where Stalin has had himself inserted next to Lenin,

斯大林让自己紧挨着列宁
in famous poses of Lenin,

模仿着列宁的经典姿势
who was a pretty good speaker,

列宁是一个非常出色的演说家
but nothing like Trotsky.

但是和托洛茨基一点不像
Trotsky,with Jean Jaurès,

托洛茨基和尚·饶勒斯