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1940年12月17日,美国白宫。罗斯福终于在记者招待会上露面了。此时,英国处于欧洲反法西斯侵略的最前线。但由于黄金外汇已经枯竭,英国已完全无力按照“现购自运”的原则从美国获取军事装备。当时,美国国会一些目光短浅的议员拒绝给英国以支援。为此,罗斯福特别举行了这个招待会。他说:“尊敬的女士、先生们!如果我的邻居失火了,而我拥有浇花的水管,我应该把水管马上借给邻居灭火,而不是讨价还价。因
December 17, 1940, the White House. Roosevelt finally appeared at a press conference. At this moment, Britain is at the forefront of the European anti-fascist aggression. However, due to the depletion of gold foreign exchange, the United Kingdom has been completely unable to obtain military equipment from the United States in accordance with the principle of ”cash, buy and sell.“ At that time, some short-sighted members of the U.S. Congress refused to give support to the United Kingdom. To this end, Roosevelt held this reception. He said: ”Dear ladies and gentlemen, If my neighbor is in a fire and I have a watering pipe, I should lend my water pipe to my neighbor to put out the fire instead of bargaining.