高二英語外研版必修五學(xué)案：Module 6 英美文化欣賞.doc

英美文化欣賞【導(dǎo)讀】我有一個(gè)夢(mèng)想是馬丁路德金于1963年8月28日在華盛頓林肯紀(jì)念堂發(fā)表的著名演講，內(nèi)容主要關(guān)于黑人民族平等。閱讀下面選取的部分，認(rèn)真體會(huì)作者表達(dá)了什么樣的思想感情？【節(jié)選】i have a dream five score years ago, a great american, in whose symbolic shadow we stand, signed the emancipation proclamation. this momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. it came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of captivity.but one hundred years later, we must face the tragic fact that the negro is still not free. one hundred years later, the life of the negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. one hundred years later, the negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. one hundred years later, the negro is still languished in the corners of american society and finds himself an exile in his own land. so we have come here today to dramatize an appalling condition.in a sense we have come to our nations capital to cash a check. when the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the constitution and the declaration of independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every american was to fall heir. this note was a promise that all men would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.it is obvious today that america has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. instead of honouring this sacred obligation, america has given the negro people a bad check; a check which has come back marked “insufficient funds”. but we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. we refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. so we have come to cash this checka check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. we have also come to this hallowed spot to remind america of the fierce urgency of now. there is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. now is the time to open the doors of opportunity to all of gods children. now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksand of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood.it would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment and to underestimate the determination of the negro. this sweltering summer of the negros legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. nineteen sixty three is not an end, but a beginning. there will be neither rest nor tranquility in america until the negro is granted his citizenship rights. the whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.我有一個(gè)夢(mèng)想一個(gè)世紀(jì)以前，一位偉大的美國人簽署了解放黑人奴隸宣言。我們站在他的雕像前集會(huì)。這一意義深遠(yuǎn)的政令猶如一座巨大的燈塔，給千百萬長期在非正義的烈焰中煎熬而身心飽受摧殘的黑奴送來了希望之光。它的頒布是快樂的破曉，結(jié)束了黑人受奴役的漫漫長夜。但是，一百年后的今天，我們卻不得不面對(duì)一個(gè)悲慘的事實(shí)：黑人尚未獲得自由。一百年后的今天，在種族隔離的鐐銬和種族歧視的鎖鏈的束縛下，黑人的人生依然凄涼艱難。一百年后的今天，在物質(zhì)財(cái)富的汪洋大海中，黑人依然生活在貧困的孤島上。一百年后的今天，黑人依然沒精打采地萎縮在美國社會(huì)的角落中，在自己的家園中成了流亡者。所以，今天我們來到這里向公眾揭示一個(gè)駭人聽聞的事實(shí)。就某種意義而言，我們匯集到我國的首都是為了兌換一張支票。共和國的締造者們寫下憲法和獨(dú)立宣言的莊嚴(yán)詞句時(shí)，他們事實(shí)上簽署了一張期票，每一位美國人都有權(quán)繼承。這張支票是一個(gè)承諾：任何人都享有生存、自由、追求幸福的不可剝奪的權(quán)利。今天，就有色公民而言，美國顯然沒有兌現(xiàn)這張支票。美國沒有履行這項(xiàng)神圣的義務(wù)，給黑人開的是一張空頭支票，蓋著“資金不足”的印戳被退了回來。但是，我們拒絕相信正義的銀行已經(jīng)破產(chǎn)。我們拒絕相信在這個(gè)國家巨大的機(jī)會(huì)之庫中，居然儲(chǔ)備不足。所以，今天我們來到這里要求兌現(xiàn)這張支票，這張理應(yīng)給予我們寶貴的自由和正義保障的支票。我們匯集在這個(gè)神圣的地方，同時(shí)要提醒美國：時(shí)不我待，不容延宕。現(xiàn)在決非侈談保持冷靜的時(shí)候，現(xiàn)在決非服用漸進(jìn)主義鎮(zhèn)靜劑的時(shí)候?，F(xiàn)在就是兌現(xiàn)民主承諾的時(shí)候；現(xiàn)在就是從種族隔離的幽暗荒涼的峽谷攀升到種族平等的光明大道的時(shí)候；現(xiàn)在就是給上帝所有的孩子打開機(jī)會(huì)之門的時(shí)候；現(xiàn)在就是把我們的國家從種族不平等的流沙中拯救出來、安置于兄弟友愛的磐石之上的時(shí)候。如果美國對(duì)此時(shí)此刻的迫切性視而不見，低估黑人的決心，這對(duì)美國將是致命的。自由和平等的清爽的秋天如不到來，黑人正當(dāng)?shù)膽嵟趄v起的窒人的暑氣就不會(huì)過去。1963不是終結(jié)，而是開始。只要黑人得不到公民的權(quán)利，美國就不可能有安寧和穩(wěn)定。反抗的旋風(fēng)會(huì)繼續(xù)動(dòng)搖這個(gè)國家的根基，直到正義的、光明的日子的來臨。知識(shí)積累1captivity n拘禁；囚禁；束縛2prosperity n. 興旺；繁榮3promissory adj. 應(yīng)允的；承諾的