世界名人英文演講稿

1、 世界名人英文演講稿 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

2、end the long night of captivity. 100年前，一位偉大的美國(guó)人今天我們就站在他象征性的身影下簽署了解放宣言。這項(xiàng)重要法令的頒布，對(duì)于千百萬灼烤于非正義殘焰中的黑奴，猶如帶來希望之光的碩大燈塔，恰似結(jié)束漫漫長(zhǎng)夜禁錮的歡暢黎明。 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 m

3、anacles 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 languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile i

4、n his own land. So we have come here today to dramatize an appalling condition. 然而，100年后，黑人依然沒有獲得自由。100年后，黑人依然悲慘地蹣跚于種族隔離和種族歧視的枷鎖之下。100年后，黑人依然生活在物質(zhì)繁榮翰海的貧困孤島上。100年后，黑人依然在美國(guó)社會(huì)中間向隅而泣，依然感到自己在國(guó)土家園中流離漂泊。所以，我們今天來到這里，要把這駭人聽聞的情況公諸于眾。 In a sense we have come to our nations capital to cash a check. When the arc

5、hitects 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 inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit

6、 of happiness. 從某種意義上說，我們來到國(guó)家的首都是為了兌現(xiàn)一張支票。我們共和國(guó)的締造者在擬寫憲法和獨(dú)立宣言的輝煌篇章時(shí)，就簽署了一張每一個(gè)美國(guó)人都能繼承的期票。這張期票向所有人承諾不論白人還是黑人都享有不可讓渡的生存權(quán)、自由權(quán)和追求幸福權(quán)。 It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America

7、has given the Negro people a bad 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. 然而，今天美國(guó)顯然對(duì)她的有色公民拖欠著這張期票。美國(guó)沒有承兌這筆神圣的債務(wù)，而是開始給

8、黑人一張空頭支票一張蓋著“資金不足”的印戳被退回的支票。但是，我們決不相信正義的銀行會(huì)破產(chǎn)。我們決不相信這個(gè)國(guó)家巨大的機(jī)會(huì)寶庫(kù)會(huì)資金不足。 So we have come to cash this check - a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. 因此，我們來兌現(xiàn)這張支票。這張支票將給我們以寶貴的自由和正義的保障。 We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fier

9、ce urgency of now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. 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 ch

10、ildren. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. 我們來到這塊圣地還為了提醒美國(guó)：現(xiàn)在正是萬分緊急的時(shí)刻?，F(xiàn)在不是從容不迫悠然行事或服用漸進(jìn)主義鎮(zhèn)靜劑的時(shí)候。現(xiàn)在是實(shí)現(xiàn)民-主諾言的時(shí)候?，F(xiàn)在是走出幽暗荒涼的種族隔離深谷，踏上種族平等的陽關(guān)大道的時(shí)候。現(xiàn)在是使我們國(guó)家走出種族不平等的流沙，踏上充滿手足之情的磐石的時(shí)候。現(xiàn)在是使上帝所有孩子真正享有公正的時(shí)候。 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 pauntil there is an in