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[00:00.00]A day of commemorations will begin in Poland
不久为期一天的纪念活动将在波兰举行 [00:04.80]shortly to mark the 70th anniversary
以纪念第二次世界大战 [00:07.14]of the outbreak of the 2nd World War.
爆发第70周年 [00:09.08]The first ceremony will take place at dawn
第一场庆典将在黎明时 [00:11.57]on the Westerplatte peninsula near Gdansk.
在临近格但斯克市的维斯特布拉德半岛上举行。 [00:14.01]Greg Morsbach reports.
格雷格莫斯巴赫报道。 [00:15.89]70 years ago to the day,
70年前的今天， [00:18.13]the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein
德国的石勒苏益格-荷尔斯泰因号战列舰 [00:20.62]opened fire on a Polish military
向着波罗的海半岛上的 [00:22.97]outpost in the Baltic peninsula.
波兰军事前哨开火 [00:24.95]This heralded the start of the Second World War,
这预示着第二次世界大战的开始， [00:28.05]a conflict that claimed more than 50 million lives.
这场冲突夺去了五千多万人的性命。 [00:31.26]70 years old leaders and top officials from nations
70岁的领导人和来自各国的高级官员 [00:34.27]such as Germany, Italy, Ukraine, France, the U.S.,
例如德国，意大利，乌克兰，法国，美国 [00:38.39]Russia and Poland are reattending a series of ceremonies
俄罗斯和波兰将出席一系列在波兰海岸上举行的的庆典 [00:41.95]on the Polish coast.
在波兰海岸上 [00:43.12]Moscow is sending a top-level delegation
莫斯科派出了一只高级代表团 [00:45.96]with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin
与总统弗拉基米尔•普京一起 [00:47.79]scheduled to deliver a speech
一起计划发表演讲 [00:49.73]commemorating the event seven decades ago.
以纪念70年前的这一事件。