现代大学英语精读5课文翻译1-11课(2)

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24．换言之，他说，“你的整个人必须彻底改变。”一个奴役国民达244年之久的国家会把人“物化”--- 把他们变成东西。因此，他们以及所有的穷人会从经济上受到剥削。一个在经济上进行剥削的国家不得不向外国投资并干些别的什么巧取豪夺的勾当，因此需要军事力量来保护其利益。所有这些问题都是密不可分的。我今天要说的是当我们离开这个集会时我们必须说，“美国，你必须重生!”

25．因此今天我最后重申我们的任务，让我们带着“神圣的期待”开始抗争。让我们期待着美国不再患有信念上的高血压和行动上的贫血症，即在种族平等问题上只唱高调而不见行动。让我们期待着把城外富裕舒适的人与城内贫困绝望的人分隔开来的悲剧的墙被正义的攻城锤摧毁。让我们期待着那些濒临绝望的人会被拉回到每日有保障的生活中来。让我们期待着贫民窟将被丢进历史的垃圾堆，从而每个家庭都能拥有体面的有卫生设施的家。让我们期待着遭受种族隔离的学校的黑暗的昨天会被取消种族隔离的素质教育的光明的明天所取代。让我们期待着种族融合将不再被看作是问题而是参与创造异彩纷呈的美的机会。让我们期待着衡量黑人男女的尺度是他们的人格才识而不是他们的肤色。让我们期待着。让我们期待着所有的州府都有一个做事公正、慈爱为本、追随上帝的州长。让我们期待着在所有的市府里看到公正像浩渺的水域，正义像不息的溪流遍布九州，滋润众生。让我们期待着有一天狮子会与羔羊同卧一处，所有的人都会坐在自家的葡萄藤和无花果树下，不再有恐惧。让我们期待着。所有的人都会明白上帝用同一个血脉创造了所有的人，使之生活在地球表面上。让我们期待着，有一天不再有人叫嚣“白人权力!”--- 也不再有人叫嚣“黑人权力!”--- 而所有的人都会谈论上帝的权威和人类的权力。

26．我必须承认，我的朋友们，前面的路不会总是平坦的，岩石遍布之处会带来挫败，蜿蜒曲折之处会令人迷惘。到处都会有不可避免的障碍。有时我们会从希望之颠跌入绝望之谷。我们的梦想有时会被打破；渺茫的希望有时会破灭。我们可能会泪眼模糊地再一次站在某位勇敢的人权志士的灵柩前，悲悼嗜血成性的暴民凶残地夺去他的生命。无论多么艰难，无论多么痛苦，我们必须以毫不畏惧的信念在未来的日子里勇往直前。当我们继续我们既定的征途时，我们能从昔日伟大的自由战士，黑人诗人詹姆斯·韦尔登·约翰逊的诗中得到慰藉： 脚踏颠簸的石路 手握苦涩的惩戒木摸索着 在希望胎死腹中时 然而步伐依然坚定，我们疲惫的双脚难道不也踏上了我们祖先为之叹息的土地?我们一路走 浸满泪水的道路我们已艰难踏上流淌着烈士鲜血的小径。走出阴暗的过去， 迄今我们终于站在 自我们明亮的星辰洒下的光明的微曦中。

27．让这一信念成为我们的战斗口号。它将给我们勇气以面对无法预见的未来。它将给我们疲惫的双脚以新的力量，向着自由之城大踏步继续我们的征程。当绝望的阴云密布，我们的日子变得阴郁无望时，当我们的夜晚变得比1000个深夜还黑暗时，让我们记住宇宙之间有一种创造力，能把黑暗的昨天变成光辉灿烂的明天。让我们铭记道德的苍穹长又长，但它终将落向正义。

28．让我们铭记威廉·卡伦·布莱恩特的至理名言：“真理无论如何被践踏都终将再度被证明是真理。”让我们带着《圣经》里的箴言开始抗争，“不要被欺骗，因为上帝不能被嘲弄。种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。”这就是对未来的希望，带着这个信仰，我们就会在不远的将来用宇宙的过去时来歌唱“我们已经胜利，我们已经胜利。在我们心灵的深处，我曾坚信我们会胜利。”

(边娜译，国永荣审校)

Key to exercises: I. VocabularyA．Look up the following words and phrases．Select the meaning that best suits the sentence in which each appears．1．the state of being human2．harmless or trivial lie，esp．one told in order to avoid hurting sb3．person regarded as a disgrace or a failure by other members of his family or group 4．to defeat5．stating sth．as

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truth firmly and forcefully6．to make the greatest possible effort 7．mistaken8．lack of9．rallying call Ⅳ．Questions on AppreciationA．Organization1．Dr．King begins his speech by raising the question“Where are we now?”，which is naturally and logically connected with the question under discussion“Where do we go from here?”，for it is necessary to find out their present situation before talking about their future direction and policy．2．Para 3 serves as a paragraph of transition．The first sentence“This is where we are．\previous ones．The second sentence, on this basis，raises the question“Where do we go from here?\“first” begins to answer the question．The paragraph is well organized and ideas develop logically．3．The speaker moves to the second task by making a logical link with the first task，with the first one as “not easy\“another basic challenge”．both implying considerable degrees of difficulty．And the use of“another”indicates addition to the listing of the first4. The speaker brings up the last task of restructuring the whole American society by asking questions about the problems in the country．He concludes the triple evils of the society which have triggered the other problems．By retelling an analogous Bible story，he points out the only way out for the American societ y is to be born again．5．Para 26 plays the role of a transitional paragraph．As a follow-up of the previous paragraph about the future expectation and direction，the speaker points out that there may be unavoidable setbacks and frustrations in their struggle against discrimination and persecution．Nevertheless，this arouses even firmer determination and more optimistic revolutionary spirit of the speaker，and so leads to the concluding remark of“We shall overcome”．

6．Dr．King ends his speech by borrowing a civil rights song“We Shall Overcome”, as the past tense and the perfect tense show the speaker's optimism and confidence．However，this optimism is not strong．By then，with the split within the rank of the Civil Rights Movement and the suppression of riots in the“long hot Summers”starting from 1965，Dr．King was less optimistic than he had been in 1963 when he delivered his famous“I Have A Dream”speech．B．Antithesis is the setting of contrasting phrases opposite each other for emphasis．In this speech, the speaker uses a number of antitheses．Pick out 4 examples and comment on them．1．As long as the mind is enslaved,the body can never be free．(mind vs．body：enslaved vs．free)2．Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem，is the most powerful weapon against t …… 此处隐藏：3686字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……