"These people are not the X-Men," Stewart said.
“这些人并非X战警,”斯图尔特说道。
"Nor are they superheroes.
“他们亦非超级英雄。
They are simply ordinary people—men and women—who made a choice.
他们不过是作出了抉择的芸芸众生——男男女女罢了。
That choice is: 'I will stand by others in their darkest hour.
那抉择便是:‘我愿在他人最为困顿之际相伴左右。
Whatever storms may come, so be it.
无论风云如何变幻,皆随它去吧。
Yet this is what I am resolved to do.'"
然此乃我矢志践行之事。’”
His unwavering support for the emergency responders to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks drove him, in 2019, to lobby indignantly and testify before Congress in order to ensure that the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund would not be depleted.
他对2001年9月11日恐怖袭击应急救援人员的坚定支持,驱使他于2019年愤而展开游说并在国会作证,以确保9·11受害者赔偿基金不致枯竭。
He pressed to close a loophole in the PACT Act—a loophole that left American service members exposed to radiation during the war in Afghanistan bereft of medical coverage.
他力促弥合《PACT法案》中的一处漏洞——该漏洞致使在阿富汗战争期间暴露于辐射之下的美国军人陷于医疗保障的缺失。
Such support continues: on Friday he announced that he would once again host the First Responders Children's Foundation's "Roll Call of Heroes" ceremony, which is scheduled to take place on October 28 in New York's Times Square in observance of National First Responders Day.
此种支持仍在延续:他于周五宣布,将再度主持第一响应者儿童基金会的“英雄点名”仪式;该仪式定于10月28日在纽约时代广场举行,以纪念全国第一响应者日。
"You get to meet the people who are being honored face to face, to say 'well done' to them, and to get to know the young people who are truly committed to community affairs," he said.
“你得以与那些荣膺表彰之人面对面,向他们道一声‘干得好’,并结识那些真正投身社区事务的年轻人,”他说道。
"It is always a wonderful feeling to be able to touch the bedrock that holds all of this together."
“能够触摸到维系这一切的基石,总是令人倍感美好。”
"His tireless advocacy on behalf of first responders — particularly those valiantly battling 9/11-related illnesses — makes him an exemplary host for this year's event," she remarked.
“他为急救人员——尤其是那些与9·11相关疾病顽强抗争的群体——所倾注的倡导之力,使他成为本年度这一活动的绝佳主持人,”她表示。
"As the only national nonprofit organization dedicated to serving the children of first responders, we firmly believe that according them the recognition they so richly deserve — these heroes who safeguard our communities day in and day out — constitutes a most resounding expression of our gratitude."
“作为唯一一家矢志服务于急救人员子女的全国性非营利组织,我们深信,让他们的父母——那些日复一日守护我们社区的英雄——赢得应有的瞩目,不失为一种掷地有声的致谢方式。”
If we cannot find it in ourselves to care for those who once cared for us, it is tantamount to declaring that the scaffolding you erected in building your society is profoundly and fundamentally flawed.
倘若我们无从眷顾那些曾眷顾我们的人,便无异于昭示:你在构筑社会时所架设的支架,存在着深刻的根本性缺陷。
Plainly, in the aftermath of 9/11, one comes to see just how fragile this experiment is without those who are willing to rush toward the places that are collapsing.
显然,历经9·11之后,你会洞见,倘若没有那些甘愿奔赴崩塌之处的人,这一实验是何等脆弱。
I think this is interwoven with anger at a political system that was only too eager to extol them when they were needed, and only too eager to cast them aside the moment they ceased to be in the spotlight.
我认为,这与对政治制度的愤怒交织在一起——该制度在他们被需要时极乐于褒扬他们,而在他们不再处于焦点时又极乐于弃之如敝屣。
I think this is what generates the momentum.
我认为,这催生了动力。
This is precisely what they did upon arriving at the scene.
这恰如他们抵达现场时的所作所为。
You are, in essence, triaging between what is urgent and what can be deferred.
你实质上是在对燃眉之急与尚可延缓之事进行优先级甄别。
And in my view, children who have lost both parents to such tragedies ought to fall squarely within your foremost priorities.
而在我看来,因这类悲剧而痛失双亲的孩子,理应归入你首要优先处置的范畴。
Frankly, to immerse yourself in it—though you may hear of still more grief—is, I believe, in a sense nothing less than a salve for that very pain.
坦率而言,投身其中,纵然你或许会耳闻更多悲恸,但我认为从某种意义上来讲,这实则不失为缓解那份痛楚的一剂膏药。
Action is, to some degree, the very antidote to that sense of helplessness and anguish.
行动,在某种程度上,正是对那种无力感与焦灼感的解药。
In sum, there exists a quiet activism of living joyfully.
概言之,存在一种愉悦生活的静谧行动主义。
What I mean is that you go about your day, striving to be the finest neighbour, citizen, and individual you can possibly be.
我的意思是,你经营好自己的一日,竭力成为你所能成为的最卓越的邻居、公民与个体。
The causes I commit myself to have, by and large, crystallised organically.
我所投身的事业,大抵是水到渠成地形成的。
I want to ensure that when I involve myself in something, I do so wholeheartedly — this is not charity tourism.
我期望确保,当我介入某事时,我会倾尽全力——这并非慈善旅游。
I want it to be something into which I can pour my entire being, and where what I have to offer is precisely what they can put to good use.
我希望它是我能够全情投入之事,且我所能贡献的恰是他们所能受用之物。