We’re herded(被驱赶、被赶着走) into a sterile(毫无生气的、冷冰冰的) elevator by a woman in navy camouflage fatigues and carried up to the 11th floor, overlooking Parramatta(悉尼西部的中央商务区)’s central business district on a dreary(阴沉的、沉闷的) afternoon in Sydney’s west.
在一个阴沉沉的下午，悉尼西区，一名身穿海军迷彩作训服的女子把我们赶进一部毫无生气的电梯，一路送上11楼，从那里可以俯瞰帕拉马塔中央商务区。
At the front of the room, dressed in a khaki(卡其色、土黄色) green uniform behind a lectern(讲台、读经台), stands army corporal Joel Kellner. In the corner, a portrait of King Charles III(英国国王、澳大利亚国家元首) rests on a wooden easel(画架).
房间前方，陆军下士乔尔·凯尔纳身穿卡其绿军装，站在讲台后面。角落里，一幅查尔斯三世的画像立在木制画架上。
“We’ll start with a rabble rouser(煽动人心者、煽动性内容),” Kellner says in a raspy(沙哑刺耳的) drawl(拖腔、慢吞吞的说话方式), clicking the projector into gear. A fighter jet roars over the ocean. Keyboards rattle in a neon-lit situation room(作战室、指挥中心). Soldiers blast their way through a doorway with explosives. Cue pulsing soundtrack and energetic voiceover(画外音、旁白):
“我们先来点煽动性的东西，”凯尔纳用沙哑的拖腔说道，同时咔哒一声启动投影仪。一架战斗机呼啸着掠过海面。霓虹灯闪烁的作战室里键盘噼啪作响。士兵用炸药炸开一道门冲了进去。紧接着是动感配乐和激昂的画外音：
‘The army feels irreplaceable’
“军队让人觉得不可替代”
‘I had a very positive career’
“我的职业生涯非常积极正面”
‘If there is a conflict, it’s probably going to be major’
“如果发生冲突，那很可能是场大战”