“敵人”的故事

何苗

There are many expressions using the word “enemy”. So today， lets talk about the stories of the “enemy”.

英語中有很多表達中使用了“敵人”一詞，所以今天我們就從敵人的故事說起吧。

Do you have an enemy？ An enemy threatens you， attacks you or tries to harm you. Hopefully， you dont.

你有敵人么？敵人會威脅你，攻擊你，或者試圖傷害你。希望你沒有。

If you do have enemies， I have some advice for you：

如果你有敵人的話，我有幾點建議給你：

“Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.1” Many believe it was wrote in the old Chinese military book The Art of War. Others say Machiavelli wrote this sentence in The Prince.

“密切關(guān)注你的朋友，更要密切關(guān)注你的敵人?！焙芏嗳硕枷嘈胚@個說法來自于中國偉大的兵書《孫子兵法》中。也有人說馬基雅維利在《君主論》中也寫過類似的話。

We may not know for sure who said it first. But many know who said this line in the movie The Godfather II. Gangster boss Michael Corleone advises a member of his crime “family” on how to deal with an enemy who is causing trouble. “My father taught me many things here. He taught me in this room. He taught me， ‘Keep your friends close but your enemies closer.”

我們也不太確定是誰最先說的這句話。但很多人知道在電影《教父2》中誰說過這句話。黑幫老大邁克爾·可萊昂給他的犯罪家族中的一名成員提建議，如何處理引起麻煩的敵人?！拔野职衷谶@間房子里教會了我很多事。他教會了我，‘密切關(guān)注你的朋友，更要密切關(guān)注你的敵人?！?/p>

Here is another piece of advice， “An enemy of my enemy is my friend.2” Lets say you have two enemies who also hate each other. If you are smart， you may be able to use their hatred of each other to get what you want.

有另外一條忠告：“敵人的敵人就是朋友。”我們說的是，你有兩個敵人，但這兩個敵人相互討厭彼此。如果你是聰明人，你可以利用他們討厭彼此的情況，來獲得自己所想要的東西。

Lets say you dont have a formal enemy. But what if you have a friend who treats you badly？ People around you might say， “With a friend like that who needs enemies？3” This expression means that if a friend treats you badly， they behave as an enemy. It also means you should get another friend.

我們來說說你沒有正式敵人的情況。但如果你有一個對你不好的朋友呢？你周圍的人可能說：“有那樣一個朋友，要敵人來干嘛？”這個短語表達的意思是，如果一個朋友對你很不好，他們就像你的敵人。這意味著你應該換個朋友了。

We are supposed to hate our enemies. But when something is so bad， so terrible， we often say， “I wouldnt wish that on my worst enemy.4” For example， “I was so sick last weekend！ I wouldnt wish that flu on my worst enemy.”

我們應該討厭自己的敵人。但是當有不好的、糟糕的事，我們常會說：“就算是我最大的敵人，我也不希望他怎么樣。”比如，“我上周生重病！我不希望自己最大的敵人也感冒?！?/p>

Public Enemy5 No. 1 is a status given to the worst criminals in the United States. During the Great Depression， John Dillinger was named Public Enemy No. 1. He was a killer， bank robber and the most feared gangster in the U.S. A gangster works in a group of people， like a network， or system.

頭號公敵是指美國最壞的犯罪情況。在經(jīng)濟大蕭條時代，約翰·迪林格被稱為頭號全民公敵。他是一個殺手，銀行搶劫犯，還是美國最可怕的黑幫分子。黑幫分子團體作案，就想是一個網(wǎng)絡或系統(tǒng)一樣。

Throughout the years several artists have borrowed this expression. In 2009， Johnny Depp plays the famous gangster John Dillinger in the film titled Public Enemies. Public Enemy is also a famous hip hop group that came out of Long Island， New York in the1980s.

這些年來，有一些藝術(shù)家借用了這種說法。2009年，約翰尼·德普在名為《全民公敵》的電影中扮演了頭號黑幫分子約翰·迪格林?！邦^號公敵”也是上世紀80年代從紐約的長島走出來的一個著名嘻哈組合的名字。

If you have many enemies， you may have to rank them in order of importance. Your archenemy6 is your main enemy. For example， “The two politicians were archenemies.”

如果你有很多敵人，你可能需要根據(jù)他們的重要性進行排名。你的死敵是你主要的敵人。比如說，“這兩位政客是死敵?！?/p>

Sometimes you dont need an enemy. Some people fail on their own. These types of people sometimes do not realize they are making things hard for themselves—that they are their own worst enemy7. So， if you know someone like this， you can say to them， “Life is hard enough. Dont be your own worst enemy.”

有時，你不需要敵人。人們會敗給自己。這類型的人有時沒意識到他們把事情弄得更加復雜，他們就是自己最大的敵人。所以如果你認識這樣的人，你可以對他們說：“生活已經(jīng)如此艱難，不要自己為難自己?！?/p>

Now， its your turn to guess the meanings of the expressions using the word “enemy”！

下面，你來猜一猜文中使用了“敵人”一詞的表達方式的意思吧！