with a heavy heart心情沉重地

It was a beautiful day like no other, the last day I saw my home in Africa. It is with a heavy heart that I bring to the attention of this House a trade which degrades men to the level of brutes and insults the highest qualities of our common nature. I am speaking of... the slave trade. I know that many of my honourable friends in this House have interests in the Indies. Others have investments in plantations. Others are ship owners. And I believe them to be men of humanity. I believe you all to be men of humanity.

那是个美得不能再美的日子，也是我最后一次看到非洲家乡的日子。 我怀着沉重的心情提请本院注意一桩买卖，它把人贬低到畜生的地步，也践踏了我们共同人性中最崇高的品质。 我说的就是……奴隶贸易。 我知道本院不少尊敬的同僚在西印度群岛都有利益。 有人在种植园投了钱，有人是船东。 我相信他们都是有人性的人。 我相信在座各位都是有人性的人。

It seems my young friend opposite has a long-term strategy to destroy the very nation that spawned him. While I was in Virginia losing my fingers in battle with the Americans, he was busy appeasing them. Now he would hand over the riches o f the Indies to the bloody French! If... If we didn't have slaves, there would be no plantations. And with no plantations, how would we fill the coffers of the king? Does my honourable friend really believe that if we left off the trade, the French wouldn't immediately step into our place and reap the rewards?

看来我对面这位年轻朋友，有一套长远打算，要毁掉生他养他的这个国家。 我在弗吉尼亚跟美国人打仗、连手指都打没了的时候，他正忙着讨好他们。 如今他还要把西印度群岛的财富，拱手让给该死的法国人！ 要是……要是没有奴隶，就没有种植园。 没有种植园，我们拿什么填满国王的金库？ 这位尊敬的朋友真以为，我们不干了，法国人不会马上顶上来，把好处全捞走？