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David Cameron today issues a highly personal plea to the people of Scotland not to ‘rip apart’ the United Kingdom. 英国首相大卫•卡梅隆今日发出了一项个人呼吁，请求苏格兰人民不要“撕裂”联合王国。 The Prime Minister tells Scots that the rest of the UK ‘desperately wants you to stay’. 卡梅隆在呼吁中告诉苏格兰人民，联合王国的其他地区“非常希望你们留下来”。 But he warns there will be no second chances after next week’s referendum: ‘If the UK breaks apart, it breaks apart for ever.’ 但他同时也提出警告，苏格兰人民在下周公投后不会再有第二次机会：“如果联合王国破裂了，那就是永远破裂了。” In his passionate defence of the 307-year-old Union, he says the UK family of nations has ‘punched above its weight for centuries’ – and cites as evidence the Industrial Revolution, the abolition of slavery and victory in the First World War. 他激情洋溢地为历经307年的联合王国做了辩护，他称联合王国“在过去几个世纪中的发展一直都超出了人们的预期”，并以工业革命、推翻奴隶制度以及一战的胜利为例。 Mr Cameron also puts party hostilities aside to back a last-ditch plan unveiled by his former foe Gordon Brown to fast-track new powers for Edinburgh. 卡梅隆还把党派的敌对先搁置一边，全力推进其之前的对手戈登•布朗公布的一则计划，作为最后防线，计划将快速为爱丁堡提供新动力。 | 
