Transcript · English → Chinese
Minister Discusses Energy Security Crisis
呃，因为，你知道，我，呃，呃， 作为一名部长，我
认为你被招募来是要保持冷静的。
而且，呃， 你不是被招募来恐慌的。
因为当你恐慌时，你实际上会失去
主导叙事。
你可能会注意到，
并敦促媒体界的朋友们 核实一下，
呃，在这场，不是可能， 而是肯定是
最大的能源安全
危机之中，这是这—— 世界有史以来经历过的，
我一句话都没有说过。
我打算保持 这个纪录，仅仅是因为
我相信
保持沉默
是一种
说话方式。
而且，呃，
对我来说，保持沉默
是一种承认，
一种谦卑的承认，
承认我不知道会 发生什么，
不只是明天，
甚至半小时后也不知道。
所以如果你不知道
会发生什么，
你不妨谦卑地说： “我不知道”
知道这一点， 我宁愿维护自己的尊严
以及人们
可能给予我的尊重。”
而这正是当今局势的核心 所在。
呃，有太多
变数。
有太多未知数。
有些事情， 你以为它成了
现实， 但第二天早晨醒来时，
现实不再是
现实。它只是白日梦，
或者只是想象中的，呃，
希望或一厢情愿。
所以在这种情况下，人会
呃，呃，再次依靠自己的
判断力说： “如果你不知道，
就保持沉默。”正如我之前所说，保持
沉默是一种，一种
说话的方式。
谢谢。
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Original transcript (English)
Uh, because, you know, I, uh, uh, as a minister, I think you're, you're recruited to be calm. And, uh, and you're not recruited to be panicking. 'Cause when you panic, you actually lose the narrative.
And you would probably notice, and urge our friends in the media to check, that, uh, in the midst of, not probably, definitely the biggest energy security crisis that this has-- world has ever seen,
I haven't uttered a single word. And I intend to maintain that record simply because I believe being silent is a type of
talking. And, uh, for me to be silent is an admission, a humble admission
of the fact that I don't know what will happen, not tomorrow, but even in half an hour time. So if you don't know what will be happening,
you might as well be humble enough to say, "I don't know it, and I'd rather preserve my self-respect and the respect that people may have for me." And this is the very core of the situation today.
Uh, there are so many moving parts. There are so many unknowns. Uh, there are things that you think it became a reality, but then you wake up in the next morning,
and the reality is no longer a reality. It's a pipe dream, or it is an imagined, uh, hope or wishful thinking. So in these circumstances, one would,
uh, uh, again, rely on his sensibilities and say, "If you don't know it, be silent." And as I said earlier, being silent is a, a form of talking.
Thank you.
