The vision of hundreds of thousands more desperate would-be migrants, not too far from the English Channel, will also play directly into the most emotive argument that the Leave campaign will deploy: the fear of mass migration from Europe and the demand that the free movement of people from the EU should be halted.

数十万绝望的准移民（在离英吉利海峡不太远的地方）前景也将直接切合退欧运动可利用的最能激起民众情绪反应的理由：欧洲对大规模移民的恐惧，以及叫停欧盟境内人员自由流动的诉求。

Seeing the potentially terminal difficulties that the EU is facing may have led Mr Johnson to try to “put himself on the right side of history”, by placing a bet against Europe.

看到欧盟面临的这些潜在致命困难，可能已让约翰逊试图通过把宝押在反欧洲上，“让自己站到历史正确的一边”。

But there is more than one way of being on the right side of history. The first is simply to anticipate the direction of events. The second, more important, way is to align yourself with the right causes and values — those that the history books will ultimately vindicate. Churchill’s decision to oppose the appeasement of Hitler was right in both senses. He saw how events were unfolding — and, yes, he ultimately benefited politically from his prescience. But he also stood up against evil.

但站到历史的正确的一边的路不止一条。第一是要预测事态的发展方向。第二（更重要）是从事正义的事业，秉持正确的价值观——历史最终将证明这一切。丘吉尔反对对希特勒实行绥靖政策的决定在这两个方面都是正确的。他看清了事态的发展方向——没错，他最终在政治上获益于自己的先见之明。但他同时也站起来反抗邪恶。

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