名校勵志英語演講 第118期:21世紀的挑戰(zhàn)(12)

[00:00.58]From the windows of the White House, where I live in Washington, D.C., 從我居住的華盛頓特區(qū)白宮的窗口向外眺望， [00:05.00]the monument to our first President, George Washington, dominates the skyline. 我們第一任總統(tǒng)喬治·華盛頓的紀念碑俯視全城。 [00:13.10]It is a very tall obelisk. But very near this large monument there is a small stone which contains these words: 那是一座高聳的方形尖塔。在這個龐大的紀念碑旁，有一塊很小的石碑， [00:27.49]The United States neither established titles of nobility and royalty, nor created a hereditary system. 上面刻著的碑文是：美國決不設(shè)立貴族和皇室頭銜，也不建立世襲制度。 [00:37.05]State affairs are put to the vote of public opinion. 國家事務(wù)由輿論公決。 [00:42.15]This created a new political situation, unprecedented from ancient times to the present. 美國就是這樣建立了一個從古至今史無前例的嶄新政治體系。 [00:50.20]How wonderful it is. Those words were not written by an American. 這是最奇妙的事物。這些話不是美國人寫的， [00:59.15]They were written by Xu Jiyu, governor of Fujian Province, inscribed as a gift from the government of China to our nation in 1853. 而出自福建省巡撫徐繼玉之手，并于1853年由中國政府刻成碑文，作為禮物送給美國。 [01:19.24]I am very grateful for that gift from China. 我很感激中國送的這份禮物。 [01:23.52]It goes to the heart of who we are as a people—the right to life, liberty, 它道出了我們?nèi)w美國人民的心聲，即人人有生命和自由的權(quán)利、 [01:31.12]and the pursuit of happiness, the freedom to debate, to dissent, to associate, to worship without interference from the state. 追求幸福的權(quán)利，有不受國家的干涉發(fā)表言論和持不同政見的自由、有結(jié)社的自由和宗教信仰的自由。

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