Is it perhaps a sign of the times(时代的标志) that Mark Carney, the prime minister of Canada, has become a thrilling orator(演说家)? A sober banker, he speaks calmly, without many vocal inflections(语调变化). We expect Canadians to be somewhat flat; even a little boring, and yet Carney has already delivered two remarkable speeches in 2026, and the year is far from over.
这或许是时代的标志：加拿大总理马克·卡尼竟成了一位令人振奋的演说家？他是一位沉稳的银行家，说话平静，没有太多语调起伏。我们原以为加拿大人会有些平淡，甚至有点无聊，然而卡尼在2026年已经发表了两次引人注目的演讲，而这一年还远未结束。
The first, at Davos, described a “rupture(破裂，断裂) in the world order”, and “the end of a pleasant fiction(虚构，假象)”. By that, he meant that the world could no longer depend on the United States to lead the Pax Americana(美式和平) that has largely kept the peace since the end of the second world war.
第一次演讲在达沃斯举行，他描述了“世界秩序的破裂”和“一个美好假象的终结”。他的意思是，世界不能再依赖美国来主导自二战结束以来大体上维持和平的“美式和平”。
Carney called for a new “geometry(几何结构，格局)”, allowing nations with shared values to align, and asking middle-sized powers to act together, “because if we’re not at the table, we’re on the menu(不在餐桌上，就在菜单上)”. The United States, traditionally the leader of the west, was not invited to join. The speech was delivered on 20 January, the first anniversary of Donald Trump’s second inauguration(就职典礼).
卡尼呼吁建立一种新的“几何结构”，让拥有共同价值观的国家结盟，并呼吁中等强国共同行动，“因为如果我们不在餐桌上，就会在菜单上”。传统上作为西方领袖的美国并未受邀加入。这次演讲发表于1月20日，恰逢唐纳德·特朗普第二次就职典礼一周年。