50篇经典英文演讲之1

Martin Luther King Jr I Have a Dream I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation Five score years ago a great American in whose symbolic sim b lik 象 征 shadow we stand today signed the Emancipation Proclamation 奴隶解放宣言 This momentous m u ment s decree di kri came as a great beacon bi k n light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared si 烤焦的 in the flames 火焰 of withering wi ri 干枯的 injustice in d stis 不公正的 It came as a joyous d i s 令人高兴的 daybreak to end the long night of their captivity k p tiv ti 囚禁 But one hundred years later the Negro still is not free One hundred years later the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled kripld 蹒跚与 by the manacles m n kl 束缚 of segregation se ri ei n 种族隔离 and the chains t einz 枷锁 of discrimination dis krimi nei n 种族歧视 One hundred years later the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty p v ti in the midst midst of 在之中 a vast 巨大的 ocean of material m ti ri l 物资 prosperity pr s periti 繁荣 One hundred years later the Negro is still languished l wi in 因 受苦 或憔 悴 the corners of American society and finds himself an exile e zail eksail in his own land And so we ve come here today to dramatize 公布 dr m taiz a shameful 可耻的 eimful condition In a sense we ve come to our nation s capital to cash a check When the architects 建筑师 of our republic wrote the magnificent m nifis nt 壮丽的 words of the Constitution k nsti tju n 宪法 and the Declaration of Independence 独立 宣言 they were signing saini 签下 a promissory 约定的 note 期票 to which every American was to fall heir n 法 继承人 后嗣 This note was a promise that all men yes black men as well as white men would be guaranteed g r n ti d 担保 the unalienable n eilj n bl 不可剥夺 Rights of Life Liberty lib ti 自由 and the pursuit p sju t 追求 of Happiness It is obvious bvi s today that America has defaulted 不履行 on this promissory note insofar ins u f as her citizens of color are concerned Instead of honoring this sacred obligation America has given the Negro people a bad check a check which has come back marked insufficient ins fi nt 不足 funds f ndz 基金 存款不足 But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt b kr pt 破产 We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults 保税贵重物品保 管处 of opportunity of this nation And so we ve come to cash this check a check that will give us upon demand di m nd m nd 需要 the riches of freedom and the security si kju riti 保证 of justice We have also come to this hallowed h l ud 神圣的 spot 地点 to remind 提醒 America of the fierce fi s 猛烈的 urgency d nsi 紧急 of Now This is no time to engage in eid in 从事于 the luxury l k ri l ri n 奢侈 of cooling off 使冷静 or to take the tranquilizing tr kwilaiz tr n drug 镇静性药物 of gradualismn r d u liz m 渐进主义 按步就班主义 Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy di m kr si 民主 Now is the time to rise 升起 from the dark and desolate des l t des leit 荒凉的 valley v li 山谷 of segregation to the sunlit 阳光 照射的 path 小道 of racial rei l 种族 justice Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands kwiks nd n 流沙 危险的陷阱 of racial injustice to the solid s lid 结实的 rock of brotherhood Now is the time to make justice a reality ri l ti ri 现实 真实 for all of God s children It would be fatal feitl 致命的 for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment This sweltering 闷热的 summer of the Negro s legitimate li d itim t li d itimeit vt 使合 法 认为正当discontent disk n tent 不满的 will not pass until there is an invigorating 爽快的 autumn of freedom and equality i kw l ti 平等 Nineteen sixty three is not an end but a beginning And those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam sti m 蒸汽 发脾气 and will now be content 满足的 will have a rude awakening 猛然觉醒 if the nation returns to 回到 business as usual 一如往常 And there will be neither rest nor tranquility tr kwil ti tr n 宁静 平静 in America until the Negro is granted gra ntid 给予 his citizenship 公民身份 rights The whirlwinds hw lwind 旋风般的快速行动of revolt ri v ult v lt 反抗 will continue to shake the foundations faun dei nz 基础 of our nation until the bright day 愉快的一 天 of justice 正义 emerges i m d 浮现 出现 But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold re h uld 门槛 临界值 which leads into the palace p lis 宫殿 of justice In the process of 在 的过程中 gaining our rightful raitful 合法的 正当的 place we must not be guilty ilti of 对 感到内疚 wrongful deeds Let us not seek to 追求 satisfy our thirst for 渴望 热望 freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness bit nis 苦味 and hatred heitrid 憎恨 We must forever conduct 带领 our struggle on 挣扎下去 the high plane of dignity di n ti 尊严 高贵 and discipline disiplin 科学 纪律 We must not allow our creative 创造性的 protest 抗 议 to degenerate di d en reit di d en r t into 退化为 physical 物质的 violence 暴力的行动 Again and again we must rise to the majestic m d estik 宏 伟的 heights 高度 of meeting physical force 体力 with soul force 灵魂的力量 The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people for many of our white brothers as evidenced by their presence here today have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny And they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom We cannot walk alone And as we walk we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead We cannot turn back There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights When will you be satisfied We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies heavy with the fatigue of travel cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote No no we are not satisfied and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells And some of you have come from areas where your quest quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality You have been the veterans of creative suffering Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive Go back to Mississippi go back to Alabama go back to South Carolina go back to Georgia go back to Louisiana go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed Let us not wallow in the valley of despair I say to you today my friends And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow I still have a dream It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi a state sweltering with the heat of injustice sweltering with the heat of oppression will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character I have a dream today I have a dream that one day down in Alabama with its vicious racists with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers I have a dream today I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted and every hill and mountain shall be made low the rough places will be made plain and the crooked places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together This is our hope and this is the faith that I go back to the South with With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood With this faith we will be able to work together to pray together to struggle together to go to jail together to stand up for freedom together knowing that we will be free one day And this will be the day this will be the day when all of God s children will be able to sing with new meaning My country tis of thee sweet land of liberty of thee I sing Land where my fathers died land of the Pilgrim s pride From every mountainside let freedom ring And if America is to be a great nation this must become true And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania Let freedom ring from the snow capped Rockies of Colorado Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California But not only that Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi From every mountainside let freedom ring And when this happens when we allow freedom ring when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet from every state and every city we will be able to speed up that day when all of God s children black men and white men Jews and Gentiles Protestants and Catholics will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual Free at last free at last Thank God Almighty we are free at last 我很高兴今天能和大家在一起 它将被载入史册为争取自由而举行的最伟大的示威集会我们国家 的历史 一百年前 一位伟大的美国人 在谁的代号遮蔽我们台子今天 签署了解放宣言 这项关系重大的 法令像一座巨大的灯塔照亮了数百万黑奴的希望 他们已经被凋零的不公正火焰灼伤 它之到来 犹如欢乐的黎明 结束了束缚黑人的漫漫长夜 然而一百年后的今天 黑人依然没有获得自由 一百年后的今天 黑人的生活依然悲惨地蹒跚于 种族隔离和种族歧视的枷锁之下 一百年后的今天 黑人仍生活在贫穷的一个孤单的岛处在一个 巨大的物质富裕的海洋 一百年后的今天 黑人仍然萎缩在美国社会的角落里 并且发现他们自 己在自己的国土上受到放逐 所以 我们今天来到这里 要把这骇人听闻的情况公诸于众 从某种意义上说 我们来到国家的首都是为了兑现一张支票 当我们的共和国的建筑师写了组织 的壮大字而且写了独立的公告时候 他们正在签署一个约定的笔记到哪一每个美国语要落下继承 人 这张期票是一项承诺 保证所有的人 是的 不论白人还是黑人 都享有不可让渡的不可剥 夺的权利 生活 自由和追求幸福的权利 然而 今天美国显然对兑付这张期票 就如她的颜色 市民的有关 共和国的缔造者在拟写宪法 美国开始给黑人一张空头支票 支票上盖时 就着 资 金不足 但是 我们决不相信正义的银行会破产 我们不相信 在没有足够的资金在这个国家的机会很棒 的窖 因此 我们来兑现这张支票 这张支票将给我们的要求自由的财富和正义的保障 我们来到这块圣地还为了提醒美国 现在正是万分紧急的时刻 这是没有时间去从事奢侈的侈谈 冷静下来或服用渐进主义镇静剂的时候采取 现在正是时候 要实现民主的诺言 现在是时候升 起在种族隔离黑暗荒凉的峡谷走上种族公平的金光大道了 现在是使我们国家走出种族不平等 的流沙 踏上充满手足之情的磐石的时候 现在是时候来真正享有公正上帝所有的孩子们 它会对国家是致命的俯看片刻的紧急 这个闷热的夏天黑人合法的不满直到有将不会过去令人 振奋的自由与平等的秋天 一九六三年不是一个终结 而是一个开端 那些希望黑人需要吹远 的蒸气并且现在将会是内容将会有一个粗鲁无礼的唤醒人是否国家回到一切如常 而且将会有 在美国既不是休息也不是宁静直到黑人被允许他的国籍权利 叛乱的旋风将会继续摇动我们的 国家基础直到正义的明亮日子浮现 但是有某物我一定对 说话我的人民 他们站在温暖门槛上进入正义的宫殿之内带领 在争取合法 地位的过程中 我们必须不内疚于错误的行为 让我们不要追求满足对自由的渴望而抱著敌对和 仇恨之杯痛饮 我们必须永远地引导的高飞机上的我们竞争的尊严和纪律 我们不能容许我们 富有创造性的抗议沦为暴力行动 一遍又一遍 我们应该不断升华到会合身体的力量与心灵的力 量 的新的奇迹般的战斗精神 席卷黑人社会不应导致我们对所有白人的不信任 因为我们许多白人 弟兄 从中你可以看到它们的光临 已经认识到 他们的命运紧密相连并且他们已经认识到 他们 的自由同我们的自由休戚相关 我们不能独自行走 当我们行动时 我们必须保证我们始终是向前行进的 我们不能回头 有那些正在问热心萨权运动的民事权利 你们什么时候才能满足 我们无法被满意只要黑人是 受害者遭受警察难以形容的野蛮迫害 我们无法被满意只要我们的身体 疲乏的旅行 不能找到 住宿在公路旁的汽车旅馆和饭店的城市 我们无法被满意只要在密西西比的一个黑人不能参加 选举 只要纽约有一个黑人认为他投票无济于事 不 不 我们不被满意 而且我们将不会被满意 直到正义滚下像水 使公义如一条有势力的水流一样的 我不是不留心你其中的一些有来这里经历了巨大的痛苦和磨难 你其中的一些有来新鲜的从狭 窄的牢房