Veterans Day & Remembrance Day

[Airplane flying and crashing noises]

[飞机飞行和坠毁的声音]

Back from the dead.

死而复生。

Survived the war.

在战争中幸存。

My name's Ronnie.

我叫罗尼。

I'm going to teach you something today that is very important

今天我要教你些非常重要的东西

in many countries of the world, probably including your country.

在许多国家， 可能也包括你的国家，

It commemorates people who fought in the war,

为了纪念在战争中奋战的人，

World War I, World War II, and what we're

第一次世界大战，第二次世界大战，

doing is we are respecting people who gave their lives for our freedom.

我们所做的就是尊重那些为了我们的自由而牺牲的人。

Thanks, soldiers.

谢谢，士兵们。

Have you noticed that when you walk around in November, people are wearing red flowers

你有没有注意到，在 11月很多人都戴着红色的花朵

or a red pin on their jackets?

或者在夹克上别一个红色的别针？

And you may ask yourself: "Why...?

你可能会问自己：“为什么......？

Why are people wearing these red...?

为什么人们戴着 这些红色的......？

Is this...?

这是...？

Is this a new brand?

这是一个新的品牌吗？

What's happened?"

发生了什么？”

What has happened is Remembrance Day.

这是为了Remembrance Day（老兵日）。

Or if you are living in America, it's called Veteran's Day, and in other countries of the

或者，如果你生活在美国，它被称为 Veteran's Day（老兵节），而在其他国家

world it's called Armistice Day.

就是所谓的停战日。

This day is November 11th.

这一天是11月11日。

So, what happens on November 11th at 11am is we have what's called one minute of silence.

那么，发生在11月11日上午11点的就是 我们所谓的沉默一分钟。

That means at exactly 11am for one minute we do not speak, because we are remembering

也就是说，在11点的一分钟之内 我们不说话，因为我们在回忆

men and women who died in the wars.

那些在战争中牺牲的男人和女人们。

So, we have a very special way to say this, we say:

因此，我们有一个非常特殊的 说法，我们说：

"The 11th hour"-which is 11am-"of the 11th day of the 11th month".

第11个月的第11天的“第11个小时” - 即上午11：00“

So this is November 11th at 11am.

即11月11日上午11点。

You might think: "Well, hey, hold on, Ronnie. You think that the war just ended at 11am?

你可能会想：“额，等等，罗尼。 你认为战争正好在上午11点结束么？

They're just like: 'Oh, we're not going to fight anymore'?"

就像是说：'噢，我们 不会再也不会打仗了'？“

No.

并不是这样。

Unfortunately, it didn't happen like that.

不幸的是，事情没有这样发展。

What happened was it marked the end of World War I in 1918.

当时的情况是它标志着 1918年第一次世界大战的结束。

So, November 11th at 11am there was a treaty signed and

因此，在上午11点11月11日 签署了一个条约，

it marked the end of World War I in 1918.

它标志着 一战于1918年结束。

But then you know history, and go: "Hey, there was a World War II."

但你知道历史，你可能会说： “嘿，还有有一个二战”。

Yeah, so there was a World War II-has that ever ended?-and it ended at a different date,

是啊，所以还有一个已经结束的二战， 和一战结束的日期不同，

but this holiday commemorates people who have fought in any wars.

但这个节日是为了纪念 任何在战争中战斗的人。

So, what does Remembrance Day...?

那么，Remembrance Day是干什么的...？

What...? What does it commemorate?

它在纪念什么？

Why do we have this?

为什么我们有这个？

As I told you, we remember members of the armed forces.

正如我告诉你的，我们纪念武装力量。

"Armed forces" means people in the military, so people in the Army, the Navy, the Marines,

“武装部队”是指军队中的军人， 所以人们在陆军，海军，海军陆战队，

anywhere where there's armed forces who died in the line of duty.

任何有军人因公殉职的地方。

"In the line of duty" means they died while at war or while fighting.

“因公殉职”意味着他们在战争或战斗时死亡。

In the USA, they also have a special day called "Memorial Day".

在美国，他们也有一个 特别的日子称为“Memorial Day（阵亡将士纪念日）”。

Now, Veteran's Day and Memorial Day is a little bit different in the USA.

现在，Veteran's Day和Memorial Day 在美国有一点点不同。

Memorial Day is actually for the people who died, but Veteran's Day remembers anyone and

Memorial Day实际上是为了纪念在占中中死亡的人，但Veteran's Day纪念

everyone who fought in the war.

在战争动斗争的人。

Like in Remembrance Day and Armistice Day, even if you didn't die in the war, if you

就像在荣军纪念日和停战纪念日， 即使你不是因战争而死，只要

fought in the war, we are remembering and respecting your time and your life that you

你曾经在战争中作战，我们会纪念你、尊重你奉献给我们国家的生命和时间。

gave for our countries.

In America, Memorial Day is the last Monday in May, but Veteran's Day, Remembrance Day,

在美国，阵亡将士纪念日是 五月的最后一个星期一，但Veteran's Day、Remembrance Day

and Armistice Day is November 11th.

和停战纪念日 是11月11日。

So, you might still be thinking, like: "Whoa, Ronnie, what?

所以，你可能还是会想， 像：“哇，罗尼，什么？

I'm so confused.

我很困惑。

November 11th, why are people wearing poppies?

11月11日，为什么 人们戴着罂粟？

I don't get it.

我不明白这一点。

I don't understand about poppies."

我也不懂罂粟“。

So, the reason why we wear poppies, which are a red flower on our jackets, is because

但是，我们之所以在我们的夹克上戴罂粟花，是因为

there is a very, very famous soldier...

有一个非常，非常 著名的战士...

Well, he was more than a soldier actually.

嗯，实际他比士兵更高级。

He was a Lieutenant, so this word is Lieutenant-Colonel, and he was a doctor, and he was Canadian.

他是一个中尉，所以这个词是中校， 他还是是一名医生，而且他是加拿大人。

He was a Canadian physician.

他是一位加拿大医生。

He earned the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.

他获得了中校的军衔。

His name is John McCrae.

他的名字叫约翰·麦克雷。

John McCrae wrote a really famous song...

约翰·麦克雷写了一 非常出名的歌...

Or, sorry.

或者说，对不起。

Poem, probably a song, "In Flanders Fields".

诗，大概一首歌曲， “在弗兰德斯战场上”。

Now, Flanders is a place in Belgium where there was a war.

现在，法兰德斯是比利时的一个地方 在那里曾经有一场战争。

So, what happens is the people who were in the war were buried in Flanders Fields.

那么，在法兰德斯战场，发生了什么?谁被埋葬在这里？

He wrote a poem.

他写了一首诗。

When I was in school...

当我在学校时...

Any school child in Canada has to recite the poem:

在加拿大任何一所学校的孩子都必须 能背诵这么一首诗：

"In Flanders Fields where poppies grow, among the crosses, row on row, that mark our place".

“在法兰德斯战场上，罂粟生长，一行行，一排排，标志着我们的地方。“

Bam.

So, what happened is he was talking about poppy fields that grew that marked the soldiers'

Bam

因此，他提及的罂粟地代表着士兵

graves.

坟墓。

Another lady thought this was kind of cool, and decided to use the poppy as the emblem

另一位女士认为这很酷， 并决定将罂粟作为一种象征

or the symbol to represent brave men and women who fought in the wars.

或符号来代表在战争中勇敢战斗的男人和女人。

If Remembrance Day teaches us nothing to remember the people,

如果Remembrance Day在纪念人民上什么都没教给我们，

how about we talk about not having wars?

那么谈谈不再战争怎么样？

Let's try that for the next Remembrance Day.

让我们为了下一个Remembrance Day做些努力。

Until next time, we salute the troops.

我们向军人致敬。

See ya later.

再见。