Name: 俄羅斯為何入侵烏克蘭，對你意味著什麼 (Why Russia is invading Ukraine & What it means for you)
Uploaded: 2023-01-17T18:20:55.000Z
Duration: 10 min 2 s

At first glance, Putin seems crazy waging a war in the middle of Europe.

乍一看，普京似乎很瘋狂地在歐洲中部發動了一場戰爭。

Why would he invade a sovereign neighboring country?

他為什麼要入侵一個主權的鄰國？

情態助動詞 B1

You might not care about the war in Ukraine, but the implications of this war are hitting

你可能不關心烏克蘭的戰爭，但這場戰爭的影響正在衝擊著

Internet is filled with videos explaining what's going on in this conflict but most

互聯網上到處都是解釋這場衝突的視頻，但大多數

They either promote their agenda or don't understand Russia and its history and how

他們要麼宣傳他們的議程，要麼不瞭解俄羅斯和它的歷史以及如何

My parents were born and grew up in the Soviet Union so I know a thing or two about Russia,

我的父母在蘇聯出生和長大，所以我對俄羅斯有一定的瞭解。

烏克蘭，以及世界的這一部分。

But here is a little disclaimer, I won't be able to cover evAt first glance, Putin seems

但這裡有一個小小的免責聲明，我將無法涵蓋所有的內容乍看之下，普京似乎

crazy waging a war in the middle of Europe.

在歐洲中部瘋狂地發動一場戰爭。

But here is a little disclaimer, I won't be able to cover everything in this short video

但這裡有一個小小的免責聲明，我不可能在這個簡短的視頻中涵蓋所有內容

but I will try my best to explain what exactly is happening?

但我將盡力解釋到底發生了什麼？

And most importantly how will that impact you!

最重要的是，這將如何影響你！？

Here is another disclaimer, I am not trying to take sides here.

這裡還有一個免責聲明，我不是要在這裡站隊。

War is bad and a tragedy no matter who is waging.

無論誰在發動戰爭，戰爭都是不好的，是一場悲劇。

Every nation has the right to determine its future.

每個國家都有權利決定自己的未來。

And conflicts should be resolved through dialogue and not rockets no matter the circumstances

而且，無論在什麼情況下，都應該通過對話而不是火箭來解決衝突。

To understand why Russia has invaded Ukraine, you have to understand Russia.

要理解俄羅斯為什麼入侵烏克蘭，你必須瞭解俄羅斯。

Technology has made our lives much easier and it seems like technology can solve all

技術使我們的生活變得更加容易，似乎技術可以解決所有的問題

problems, however, at least for now, that's not the case.

然而，至少在目前，情況並非如此。

Geography usually determines which countries are going to prosper and which ones wouldn't.

地理環境通常決定了哪些國家會繁榮，哪些國家不會。

If you want to build a prosperous country, you need the 2 most important components - Trade

如果你想建立一個繁榮的國家，你需要2個最重要的組成部分 - 貿易

The more your country trades, the wealthier it gets, the less it trades the poorer it

你的國家貿易越多，就越富裕，貿易越少，就越貧窮。

80 percent of world trade is done through waters because it's the most affordable

80%的世界貿易是通過水路完成的，因為它是最實惠的。

That has always been the case throughout history and even today.

在整個歷史上，甚至在今天，情況都是如此。

With all the tech we have, ships are the most important method to trade, that's why access

在我們擁有的所有技術中，船舶是最重要的貿易方式，這就是為什麼訪問

to the ocean is vital to the prosperity of any nation.

對任何國家的繁榮來說，與海洋的聯繫是至關重要的。

However, trade alone is not enough, if you don't have secured borders, your neighbor

然而，僅有貿易是不夠的，如果你沒有安全的邊界，你的鄰居

can simply invade you and force you to pay taxes.

可以簡單地入侵你並強迫你交稅。

This might sound insane to some of you but that's how humanity has always been.

這對你們中的一些人來說可能聽起來很瘋狂，但這就是人類一直以來的情況。

One of the main reasons why the UK has always been a prosperous nation is because of these

英國一直是一個繁榮的國家，其主要原因之一就是因為這些

The UK is an island, it can easily trade with the world without the fear of someone blocking

英國是一個島國，它可以很容易地與世界進行貿易，而不必擔心有人阻撓。

Secondly, invading a well-defended island is nearly impossible.

第二，入侵一個防守良好的島嶼幾乎是不可能的。

Just a disclaimer, that doesn't mean the country would never go through financial crises and

只是一個免責聲明，這並不意味著這個國家永遠不會經歷金融危機和

other problems, but that it has the foundation of growth.

其他問題，但它有增長的基礎。

It has access to the Mediterrane sea to trade with the rest of Europe and access to the

它可以進入地中海，與歐洲其他地區進行貿易，並可以進入歐洲其他地區。

On the other side, it has direct access to the north Atlantic ocean to trade with the

另一方面，它有直接進入北大西洋的通道，可以與美國進行貿易。

In terms of security, it shares the Pyrenees mountains with Spain and the Alps with Italy,

在安全方面，它與西班牙共享比利牛斯山脈，與意大利共享阿爾卑斯山。

However, with the rest of Germany and Belgium, it shares a flat border.

然而，它與德國和比利時的其他地區共享一個平坦的邊界。

That's why during WW1 and WW2, Germany occupied France - that's another example of why having

這就是為什麼在一戰和二戰期間，德國佔領了法國--這是另一個例子，說明為什麼擁有

natural borders such as Mountains is important Let's take a look at the US.

山等自然邊界很重要 讓我們看看美國的情況。

On one side, it has access to the north Atlantic ocean to trade with Europe, on the other side

一方面，它可以進入北大西洋，與歐洲進行貿易，另一方面

it has access to the north pacific ocean to trade with China and southeast asia .

它可以進入北太平洋，與中國和東南亞進行貿易。

With a population of 350 million people, it's enough to connect the country from the east

擁有3.5億人口，足以將國家從東部連接起來。

On the north, it has a neighbor with a population that's 10 times smaller which poses no threat

在北部，它有一個人口比它少10倍的鄰居，不構成任何威脅。

to US and Mexico that's in constant chaos.

到美國和墨西哥，一直處於混亂狀態。

And now let's take a look at Russia where you will start understanding why Russia is

現在讓我們來看看俄羅斯，在那裡你將開始理解為什麼俄羅斯是

Russia started here which was known back then as the Kievskaya Rus with no Natural Borders

俄羅斯從這裡開始，當時被稱為沒有自然邊界的基輔羅斯。

That's why Mongols easily invaded Russia for the next 300 years and forced it to pay taxes

這就是為什麼蒙古人在接下來的300年裡輕易地入侵俄羅斯，並強迫它交稅的原因

After 300 years of paying taxes to Mongols, Russia understood the importance of having

在向蒙古人交了300年的稅後，俄羅斯明白了擁有

natural borders so they expanded their empire to the Bering Sea and central Asia.

自然邊界，所以他們將自己的帝國擴展到白令海和亞洲中部。

In the south they had mountainous borders, in the north, it's just so cold that no one

在南方，他們有山區邊界，在北方，只是如此寒冷，沒有人

While Russia was huge, it had no access to the sea to trade with the world and it was

雖然俄羅斯很龐大，但它沒有出海口與世界進行貿易，它是

Even today, Russia is the largest country in the world, but its population is not even

即使在今天，俄羅斯是世界上最大的國家，但其人口甚至沒有

half of the US, that's why it was relatively poor.

美國的一半，這就是為什麼它相對貧窮。

And the country was simply too big to build the infostructure to connect it.

而這個國家太大，根本無法建立起連接它的信息結構。

The only access to the sea was here which was simply too far from Moscow.

唯一的出海口在這裡，這離莫斯科實在太遠了。

That's why Peter the great annexed this part of the land from Sweden and built a new capital

這就是為什麼彼得大帝從瑞典吞併了這部分土地，並建立了一個新的首都

Finally, Russia could trade with the world!

最後，俄羅斯可以與世界進行貿易了!

However, not everything was sunshine and rainbows.

然而，並非所有事情都是陽光和彩虹。

Russian ships had to go through Danish routes which could be blocked if Russia misbehaves,

俄羅斯船隻必須通過丹麥航線，如果俄羅斯行為不端，丹麥航線可能會被封鎖。

that's why Russia annexed Crimea from Tatars who were supported by the ottomans.

這就是為什麼俄羅斯從得到奧斯曼人支持的韃靼人那裡吞併了克里米亞。

Finally, Russia had access to the black sea and established its borders at the eastern

最後，俄羅斯獲得了進入黑海的機會，並在東部建立了自己的邊界。

But then it turned into the Soviet Union and proved to the world that communism is a bad

但後來它變成了蘇聯，並向世界證明了共產主義是一個壞東西。

When The soviet union collapsed, Russia lost a lot of its territorial gains.

蘇聯解體後，俄羅斯失去了大量的領土成果。

And this part, that Russia fought for centuries to get access to was now turned into a new

而這部分，是俄羅斯經過幾個世紀的鬥爭才獲得的，現在變成了一個新的