Ladies and gentlemen of the jury 女士们，陪审团的先生们

I come before you to plead for the life of Leon McDuff 我来到你们面前恳求莱昂McDuff的生活

Ladies and gentlemen on the jury 陪审团女士们，先生们：

I asking you to be the judge of when enough is enough 刚才我问你是法官，当适可而止

   

Now Leon McDuff has worked on his daddy's farm everyday since the day that he was born 现在莱昂McDuff自那日他出生工作他爸爸的农场每天上

Plowing in the fields and hoeing in the garden and helping pick the cotton and the corn 翻耕在田里锄地，并在花园内，帮助挑选棉花和玉米

Then came the time of the Mississippi floods and all of his work went down the drain 随后赶来的密西西比河洪水的时间和他的工作成为了泡影

The land was parched by the sun and blown by the wind and finally washed away by the rain 土地是干裂的阳光和风吹，最后被雨水冲走

   

So he went to his friends to get some help from them but their crops and their money was all gone 于是，他去了他的朋友们从他们那里得到一些帮助，但他们的庄稼和他们的钱全没了

So he went to the bank to mortgage his home but the bank wouldn't give Leon a loan 于是，他去银行抵押了他的家，但银行不给莱昂贷款

He could not decide how his family would survive with no crops and no money to buy food 他无法决定如何他的家人将没有庄稼，没有钱买食物生存

And as he struggled with his hands to rework his land the notice came that said his land tax was due 当他用他的手艰难地返工他的土地的通知来了，是说他的土地税，是由于

   

Now Leon McDuff has worked on his daddy's farm everyday since the day that he was born 现在莱昂McDuff自那日他出生工作他爸爸的农场每天上

Plowing in the fields and hoeing in the garden and helping pick the cotton and the corn 翻耕在田里锄地，并在花园内，帮助挑选棉花和玉米

Then came the time of the Mississippi floods and all of his work went down the drain 随后赶来的密西西比河洪水的时间和他的工作成为了泡影

The land was parched by the sun and blown by the wind and finally washed away by the rain 土地是干裂的阳光和风吹，最后被雨水冲走

   

Now in an air-conditioned office on the other side of town sat a government official with a frown 现在，在城市的另一边有空调的办公室坐着一位政府官员皱着眉头

'Cause he'd been trying for so long to find land to build a summer home but cheap river land could not be found 因为他一直在努力了这么久找地盖夏家，但廉价的土地河流找不到

Then in the middle of his gloom his boss walked in the room and said I've got some real good news for the house you've planned 然后，在他黑暗的中间他的老板走进房间，说我得为你规划的房子一些真正的好消息

There's a farmer who's so poor and who's luck has run so sour that he can not pay the taxes on his land 有一个农民谁这么差，谁的运气已经用完所以酸味，他无法支付的各项税费在他的土地

   

So just you wait a week or two 'til the money's over due then go to the cashier down the hall 所以只要你一两个星期等待，直到钱是由于上然后去收银台了大厅

With his deed in your hand pay the taxes on the land have the sheriff give Leon McDuff a call 随着他在你手中契税纳税的土地上有警长给莱昂McDuff打电话

Have him tell Leon to move by the last day of July because the taxes on his land are overdue 有他告诉莱昂在七月的最后一天来移动，因为在他的土地税逾期

Tell him he has to move away 'cause the taxes were not paid then all his river land belongs to you 告诉他，他要离开“引起的税款没有缴纳那么他所有的河流的土地是属于你的

   

Now Leon McDuff has worked on his daddy's farm everyday since the day that he was born 现在莱昂McDuff自那日他出生工作他爸爸的农场每天上

Plowing in the fields and hoeing in the garden and helping pick the cotton and the corn 翻耕在田里锄地，并在花园内，帮助挑选棉花和玉米

Then came the time of the Mississippi floods and all of his work went down the drain 随后赶来的密西西比河洪水的时间和他的工作成为了泡影

The land was parched by the sun and blown by the wind and finally washed away by the rain 土地是干裂的阳光和风吹，最后被雨水冲走

   

Now in that air-conditioned office in about a week or two came the sheriff saying I've got some bad news 现在，在空调的办公室在大约一两个星期来的警长说，我有一些坏消息

That Leon McDuff says he's had some bad luck and he'll try to get the money but he aint agonna' move 这莱昂McDuff说他运气不好，他要想方设法把钱，但他是不是agonna “招

That official he jumped up and grabbed the sheriff by the arm he said we're going down to take that land today 官方他跳起来的手臂抓起警长，他说我们一起走下去采取土地今天

So he and the sheriff drove down to Leon's farm to tell the McDuffs to move away 于是，他和警长开车到莱昂的农场，告诉McDuffs搬走

   

There stood Leon on his land with a shotgun in his hand, his eyes narrowed 'neath the brim of his hat 里面是莱昂在他的土地，在他手中猎枪，他的眼睛眯成照耀下他的帽沿

He said "I've worked hard on this land as a boy and as a man I aint gonna lose it to no god damned bureaucrat." 他说：“我已经在这片土地上辛勤工作的一个男孩和一个男人，我是不是会失去它没有上帝该死的官僚。 ”

Well that bureaucrat got mad and grabbed the gun in Leon's hand and in the struggle an explosion cracked the air 那么这官僚生气，抓起枪莱昂的手，在斗争中爆炸开裂的空气

And when the smoke and dust had cleared and the ringing left their ears, the sheriff lay a dying on the ground 当烟尘已经清零，振铃留下了他们的耳朵，警长奠定了死在地上

   

Now Leon McDuff has worked on his daddy's farm everyday since the day that he was born 现在莱昂McDuff自那日他出生工作他爸爸的农场每天上

Plowing in the fields and hoeing in the garden and helping pick the cotton and the corn 翻耕在田里锄地，并在花园内，帮助挑选棉花和玉米

Then came the time of the Mississippi floods and all of his work went down the drain 随后赶来的密西西比河洪水的时间和他的工作成为了泡影

The land was parched by the sun and blown by the wind and finally washed away by the rain 土地是干裂的阳光和风吹，最后被雨水冲走

   

Now on this table I will lay, this gun "Exhibit A" with two sets of fingerprints as you can see 现在这个表，我会打好，这把枪“附件A ”两套指纹，你可以看到

But other hands were here unperceived by eye or ear that helped trigger off this awful tragedy 但是，其他的手在这里未被发觉用眼睛或耳朵，帮助触发这个可怕的悲剧

Now to me its still unclear just what really caused the problem here 现在对我来说它仍不清楚正是真的在这里引发的问题

There's much too much we've got to know before we know enough 还有的太多太多了，我们一定要知道，我们知道前足

So we can't find out today where all the guilt should lay but it shouldn't be on Leon McDuff 因此，我们不能找出今天，所有的罪责应该打好，但它不应该是对莱昂McDuff

   

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