偶像勵志英語演講 64:執(zhí)著于你的夢想(8)

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[00:00.33]Recently, as you probably maybe have read, Rosa Parks, a former seamstress married to a barber, married to a hairdresser, died, 最近羅莎·帕克斯去世了，你們可能已經看到了相關報道。她曾是一名裁縫，嫁給了一個理發(fā)師， [00:10.07]and she lay in honor in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capital in Washington. 但現(xiàn)在她卻長眠于美國首都華盛頓國會大廈的圓形建筑里，受世人敬仰。 [00:15.09]People from around America came to say farewell to her 來自美國各個州的人們都來向她告別， [00:18.46]and to thank her for changing our history and for changing our society. 感謝她改變了我們的歷史、改變了我們的社會。 [00:23.56]Now, what did this 92 year-old black woman do that deserved such great honor? 這位92歲的黑人婦女到底做了什么竟能獲得如此殊榮? [00:29.15]What did she do? 她做過什么? [00:30.22]Well, in 1955, the days of racial segregation, 955年，美國那時還處于種族隔離時期， [00:34.58]she had refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man. 羅莎·帕克斯在公交車上拒絕把座位讓給一個白人。 [00:39.24]She had refused. 沒錯，她拒絕讓座給白人。 [00:40.53]Her simple refusal to move to the back of the bus put into motion events that led to my country's great civil rights movement. 她拒絕到公交車車尾這一簡單的舉動推動了美國偉大的民權運動的進展。 [00:49.47]The small protest of a woman that maybe weighed less than 100 pounds, brought down a racist system. 一位體重不足100磅的女人的一個小小的抗議竟瓦解了種族主義制度。 [00:57.54]As you can see, the individual can make a difference. 由此你們可以看到，個人可以產生深遠的影響。 [01:02.07]Let me tell you about another individual, 讓我再給你們講述一個人， [01:03.53]Ken Behring, a millionaire California businessman 這個人就是加利福尼亞州的百萬富翁肯·貝林，他是一位商人， [01:07.05]who found his passion in giving wheelchairs to poor and physically disabled people all around the globe, including China. 他對援助輪椅情有獨鐘，曾向包括中國在內的全世界各個國家的貧困殘疾人捐助輪椅。 [01:15.04]He says that he has met people who have spent years in rooms with no window, 他說他曾見過一些殘疾人連續(xù)數(shù)年待在沒有窗戶的屋子里， [01:19.31]just lying there and staring up at the ceiling, never seeing the outside world 只是躺在那兒盯著天花板看，看不到外面的世界， [01:23.39]unless someone was willing to pick up that person and take them outside to show them the world. 除非有人愿意扶起他們，帶他們去看外面的世界。 [01:29.23]He says that it's no wonder so many of those physically disabled people dream about being a bird. 他說難怪那么多殘疾人都夢想著自己能成為一只小鳥呢。

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Recently, as you probably maybe have read, Rosa Parks, a former seamstress married to abarber, married to a hairdresser, died, and she lay in honor in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capital inWashington. People from around America came to say farewell to her and to thank her forchanging our history and for changing our society. Now, what did this 92 year-old black womando that deserved such great honor? What did she do? Well, in 1955, the days of racialsegregation, she had refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man. She hadrefused. Her simple refusal to move to the back of the bus put into motion events that led tomy country's great civil rights movement. The small protest of a woman that maybe weighedless than 100 pounds, brought down a racist system. As you can see, the individual can makea difference.

最近羅莎·帕克斯去世了，你們可能已經看到了相關報道。她曾是一名裁縫，嫁給了一個理發(fā)師，但現(xiàn)在她卻長眠于美國首都華盛頓國會大廈的圓形建筑里，受世人敬仰。來自美國各個州的人們都來向她告別，感謝她改變了我們的歷史、改變了我們的社會。這位92歲的黑人婦女到底做了什么竟能獲得如此殊榮?她做過什么?1955年，美國那時還處于種族隔離時期，羅莎·帕克斯在公交車上拒絕把座位讓給一個白人。沒錯，她拒絕讓座給白人。她拒絕到公交車車尾這一簡單的舉動推動了美國偉大的民權運動的進展。一位體重不足100磅的女人的一個小小的抗議竟瓦解了種族主義制度。由此你們可以看到，個人可以產生深遠的影響。

Let me tell you about another individual, Ken Behring, a millionaire California businessman whofound his passion in giving wheelchairs to poor and physically disabled people all around theglobe, including China. He says that he has met people who have spent years in rooms with nowindow, just lying there and staring up at the ceiling, never seeing the outside world unlesssomeone was willing to pick up that person and take them outside to show them the world.He says that it's no wonder so many of those physically disabled people dream about being abird.

讓我再給你們講述一個人，這個人就是加利福尼亞州的百萬富翁肯·貝林，他是一位商人，他對援助輪椅情有獨鐘，曾向包括中國在內的全世界各個國家的貧困殘疾人捐助輪椅。他說他曾見過一些殘疾人連續(xù)數(shù)年待在沒有窗戶的屋子里，只是躺在那兒盯著天花板看，看不到外面的世界，除非有人愿意扶起他們，帶他們去看外面的世界。他說難怪那么多殘疾人都夢想著自己能成為一只小鳥呢。

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