苏格兰独立公投 卡梅隆大呼留下来

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　　英国首相大卫?卡梅隆今日发出了一项个人呼吁，请求苏格兰人民不要“撕裂”联合王国。

　　The Prime Minister tells Scots that the rest of the UK ‘desperately wants you to stay’.

　　卡梅隆在呼吁中告诉苏格兰人民，联合王国的其他地区“非常希望你们留下来”。

　　But he warns there will be no second chances after next week’s referendum: ‘If the UK breaks apart, it breaks apart for ever.’

　　但他同时也提出警告，苏格兰人民在下周公投后不会再有第二次机会：“如果联合王国破裂了，那就是永远破裂了。”

　　In his passionate¹ defence of the 307-year-old Union, he says the UK family of nations has ‘punched above its weight for centuries’ – and cites as evidence the Industrial Revolution, the abolition² of slavery and victory in the First World War.

　　他激情洋溢地为历经307年的联合王国做了辩护，他称联合王国“在过去几个世纪中的发展一直都超出了人们的预期”，并以工业革命、推翻奴隶制度以及一战的胜利为例。

　　Mr Cameron also puts party hostilities³ aside to back a last-ditch plan unveiled by his former foe⁴ Gordon Brown to fast-track new powers for Edinburgh.

　　卡梅隆还把党派的敌对先搁置一边，全力推进其之前的对手戈登?布朗公布的一则计划，作为最后防线，计划将快速为爱丁堡提供新动力。

　　‘Our message to the Scottish people will be simple: We want you to stay,’ he writes. ‘Together, the United Kingdom embodies⁵ the values the world looks on with awe⁶ and envy.’

　　他在呼吁中写道，“我们向苏格兰人民传达的信息非常简单：我们希望你们留下来，联合王国作为一个整体所体现的价值为世界所敬畏和羡慕。”

　　The Prime Minister had not planned to be in Scotland until early next week, when he is expected to make another visit.

　　卡梅隆原本计划最早于下周早些时候前往苏格兰处理其他事务。

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