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1、9月15日英国首相卡梅伦就苏格兰独立公投所做的演讲Iwanttothankyouforthatspeech.Iwanttothankyouforthepassionyouhaveshowninthiswholecampaign.IwanttothankyoufortheleadershipyougivetotheConservativesintheScotland.Butaboveall,Iwanttothankyouforthesuchclearmessageyou’vegivenabouthowwear
2、ebettertogether.Youhavebeenanabsolutemodelinthiscampaign.Thankyou.WemeetinaweekthatcouldchangetheUnitedKingdomforever.Indeed,itcouldendtheUnitedKingdomasweknowit.OnThursday,Scotlandvotes,andthefutureofourcountryisatstake.OnFriday,peoplecouldbelivinginadiff
3、erentcountry,withadifferentplaceintheworldandadifferentfutureaheadofit.Thisisadecisionthatcouldbreakupourfamilyofnations,andripScotlandfromtherestoftheUK.Andwemustbeveryclear.There’snogoingbackfromthis.Nore-run.Thisisaonce-and-for-alldecision.IfScotlandvot
4、esyes,theUKwillsplit,andwewillgoourseparatewaysforever.WhenpeoplevoteonThursdaytheyarenotjustvotingforthemselves,butfortheirchildrenandgrandchildrenandthegenerationsbeyond.SoIwanttospeakdirectlytothepeopleofthiscountrytodayaboutwhatisatstake.Ispeakformilli
5、onsofpeopleacrossEngland,WalesandNorthernIreland–andmanyinScotland,too…whowouldbeutterlyheart-brokenbythebreak-upoftheUnitedKingdom.Utterlyheart-brokentowakeuponFridaymorningtotheendofthecountrywelove,toknowthatScotswouldnolongerjoinwiththeEnglish,Welshand
6、NorthernIrishinourArmy,NavyandAirForce,inourUK-widecelebrationsandcommemorations,inUKsportingteamsfromtheOlympicstotheBritishLions.TheUnitedKingdomwouldbenomore.NoUKpensions,noUKpassports,noUKpound.Thegreatestexampleofdemocracytheworldhaseverknown,ofopenne
7、ss,ofpeopleofdifferentnationalitiesandfaithscomingtogetherasone,wouldbenomore.ItwouldbetheendofacountrythatlaunchedtheEnlightenment,thatabolishedslavery,thatdrovetheindustrialrevolution,thatdefeatedfascism,theendofacountrythatpeoplearoundtheworldrespectand
8、admire,theendofacountrythatallofuscallhome.Andyouknowwhat?Webuiltthishometogether.It’sonlybecomeGreatBritainbecauseofthegreatnessofScotland.Becauseofthethinkers,writers,artists,leaders,soldiers,inventorswhoha