距离苏格兰独立公投还剩下几个小时,Yes和No阵营的比分仍旧紧咬着。在如此激烈的角逐中,公众人物也开始发挥名人效应。
你的偶像支不支持独立?
苏格兰阵营:
1.“The opportunity of independence is too good to miss. There is no more creative an act than creating a new nation.”
“独立的机会不容错过。什么伟大的创举都比不过创立一个国家。”
——邦德扮演者肖恩?康纳利,苏格兰人
2.“The Scotland that lives inside of me will be erupting if there is a ‘Yes’ victory, which I really hope there will be.”
“如果独立阵营赢了,住在我心中的苏格兰人就会迸发出来,我真心希望苏格兰能独立。”
——知名演员艾伦?卡明,苏格兰人
3.“We’re too feisty a people to let things turn bad if we went and tried it. Why not try at least, and see what happens?”
“凭我们苏格兰人这样争强好胜的性格,只要努力尝试就不可能把事情搞砸。为什么不至少尝试一下,看看结果会如何?”
——《实习医生格蕾》中的演员凯文?麦克基德,苏格兰人
4.“I am a proud patriotic Scot, passionate about my heritage and my country. But I am not a nationalist.”
“我是一个骄傲的、爱国的苏格兰人,我为我们的文化传承以及我们的国家而热血沸腾。但是我绝对不是一个民族主义者。”
——“苏珊大妈”,苏格兰人
5.“No one should question my Scottishness just because I live south of the border.”
“虽然我住在南边儿,但没有人可以质疑我的苏格兰本质。”
——前曼联主教练亚历克斯?弗格森,苏格兰人
英国阵营:
1.“...my sincere hope is that you will vote to renew our historic bond which has been such a success over the centuries and the envy of the entire world. What unites us is much greater than what divides us. Let’s stay together.”
“我希望你的投票可以稳固我们长期结成的联盟关系,我们的联盟是经过数个世纪证明的联盟,让全世界都羡慕我们吧。我们的凝聚力远比拆散我们的力量大得多。让我们在一起。”
——前英格兰队队长贝克汉姆,英国人
2.“Whatever Scotland decides, we will probably find ourselves justifying our choice to our grandchildren. If we leave…there will be no going back.”
“不管苏格兰人怎么选择,我们应该确保在我们的孙子面前能解释自己为什么做出这个决定。如果我们选择离开……我们就回不去了。”
——《哈利?波特》作者J.K. 罗琳,英国人
3.“Scotland, stay with us.”
“苏格兰,别走。”
——摇滚传奇大卫?鲍威,英国人
乱入的美国人:
1.“Scotland has earned the right to its own nation status…It has earned the right to control its own destiny.”
“苏格兰赢得了自己的国家地位……苏格兰人争取到了掌握自己命运的权利。”
——《勇敢的心》中的演员布莱恩?考克斯,美国人
2.“We obviously have a deep interest in making sure that one of the closest allies that we will ever have remains a strong, robust, united and effective partner. But ultimately these are decisions that are to be made by the folks there.”
“我们当然想要确保我们最重要的盟友之一可以保持强大、健壮、团结,并且依然是一个高效率的伙伴。但最终,他们必须自己做出这些决定。”
——美国总统奥巴马