名校勵志英語演講 第52期:拯救世界 拯救兒童

[00:00.23]And because of all the neglect, too many of our kids have, essentially, to raise themselves. 因為被忽視，很多孩子從根本上必須自己照顧自己。 [00:06.04]They are growing more distant from their parents, grandparents and other family members, 他們漸漸疏遠自己的父母、祖父母以及其他家庭成員， [00:12.15]as all around us the indestructible bond that once glued together the generations, unravels. 曾經(jīng)連接各代人的強有力的紐帶已經(jīng)瓦解。 [00:20.41]This violation has bred a new generation, Generation O let us call it, that has now picked up the torch from Generation X. 這種違背常理的行為造就了一代新人，讓我們稱之為“O時代”的人，他們承接了“X時代”人傳遞下來的“火炬”。 [00:31.35]The O stands for a generation that has everything on the outside—wealth, “O時代”的人擁有所有外在的東西——財富、 [00:35.00]success, fancy clothing and fancy cars, but an aching emptiness on the inside. 成功、時尚、漂亮的衣服以及名車，但是他們的內(nèi)心卻很空虛很痛苦。 [00:40.52]That cavity in our chests, that barrenness at our core, 那種胸口的空洞，心靈的荒蕪 [00:51.18]that void in our centre is the place where the heart once beat and which love once occupied. 以及內(nèi)在的空虛也曾經(jīng)是我們的心臟搏動的地方，那里也曾被愛占據(jù)。 [00:57.41]And it's not just the kids who are suffering. It's the parents as well. 其實，不僅孩子們遭受這種痛苦，父母也備受煎熬。 [01:03.59]For the more we cultivate little-adults in kids'-bodies, 我們越是讓孩子們早熟， [01:07.40]the more removed we ourselves become from our own child-like qualities, 我們就越來越遠離了天真， [01:13.13]and there is so much about being a child that is worth retaining in adult life. 而這種天真就算成年人也值得擁有。 [01:17.59]Love, ladies and gentlemen, is the human family's most precious legacy, its richest bequest, its golden inheritance. 女士們，先生們，愛是人類家庭最珍貴的遺產(chǎn)，是最貴重的饋贈，是最無價的傳統(tǒng)， [01:33.48]And it is a treasure that is handed down from one generation to other. 是我們應(yīng)該世代相傳的財富。

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