美国为什么一直针对中国？英国学者这篇演讲分析得太透彻！(6)

美国在一个相当长的历史时期，几个世纪以来，一直保持着一种上升的势头。从1945年开始，他们一直拥有压倒性的全球霸权。
you see, the americans are extraordinarily over a very long historical period, centuries, have always been on the rise. and since 1945, they"ve been overwhelmingly global hegemonic.
美国天下第一，这是刻在一些美国人骨子里的一种想法。不仅仅是总统和国会议员这么想，许多普通美国人也对此深信不疑。
the idea that america is number one is part of the american dna. it"s not just the presidents and the congressmen and so on who believe this. this is deeply imbued, i think, in the average americans. 

他们认为自己是最好的，他们必须是头儿。他们不能被别人指挥，他们不会被别人比下去。
the americans think they are best; the americans think they have to be top dogs. they"re not going to be bossed around by anyone else. they"re not going to be rivaled by anyone else.
当然，现实可不是这样。从历史上看，没有任何一个国家可以永保第一。想想中国——百年的屈辱，曾经的地位被取而代之。英国也是如此。美国也将会是这样。
now, of course, the reality is rather different, historically speaking, because no country can ever expect to be number one forever. think of china, the century of humiliation – china was displaced. and so this was the case with britain, and so on. and this will be the case with the united states.