名人励志英语演讲 第64期:我有一个梦想(7)
时间:2018-12-30 作者:英语课 分类:名人励志英语演讲
英语课
Let us not wallow in the valley of despair.
我们不要陷入绝望而不能自拔。
I say to you today, my friends, 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.
朋友们,今天我对你们说,在此时此刻,我们虽然遭受种种困难和挫折,我仍然有一个梦想。这个梦是深深扎根于美国的梦想中的。
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up, live up to the true meaning of its creed 1: "We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal."
我梦想有一天,这个国家会站立起来,真正实现其信条的真谛:“我们认为这些真理是不言而喻的;人人生而平等。”
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 2.
我梦想有一天,在佐治亚的红山上,昔日奴隶的儿子将能够和昔日奴隶主的儿子坐在一起,共叙兄弟情谊。
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice 3, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis 4 of freedom and justice.
我梦想有一天,甚至连密西西比州这个正义匿迹,压迫成风,如同沙漠般的地方,也将变成自由和正义的绿洲。
I have a dream that my four 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.
我梦想有一天,我的四个孩子将在一个不是以他们的肤色,而是以他们的品格优劣来评判他们的国度里生活。
I have a dream today.
我今天有一个梦想。
n.信条;信念,纲领
- They offended against every article of his creed.他们触犯了他的每一条戒律。
- Our creed has always been that business is business.我们的信条一直是公私分明。
n.兄弟般的关系,手中情谊
- They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
- They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。
n.非正义,不公正,不公平,侵犯(别人的)权利
- They complained of injustice in the way they had been treated.他们抱怨受到不公平的对待。
- All his life he has been struggling against injustice.他一生都在与不公正现象作斗争。