世界经典英文演讲100篇

Martin Luther King, Jr.:

delivered 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.

I am happy to join with you today in what will go down

传下去被接受

in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our

nation.

Five score years ago

一百年前

, a great American, in whose symbolic

shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This

momentous decree

重要的发令

came as a great beacon light

航标灯

of

hope to millions of Negro slaves, who had been seared

凋谢枯萎

in the

flames of withering injustice

讽刺性的不公平

. It came as a joyous

（

joy

）

daybreak

黎明破晓

to end the long night of their captivity

囚禁

.

一百多年 前，

一位伟大的美国人签署了解放奴隶宣言。

对于在讽刺性

的不公平中调谐枯萎的亿万黑奴来说，

这条重要的法令犹如他们的航

标灯。它想令人预约的破晓，结束了黑奴被囚禁的漫长黑夜。

But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years

later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled

使受残，

使受伤，

by the

manacles

镣铐束缚

of segregation

种族隔离

and the chains of

discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely

island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity

物质

繁荣

. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in

因受苦憔

悴

the corners of American society and finds himself

意识到

an exile

放

逐，

流放

in his own land. And so we've come here today to dramatize

将

戏剧化

a shameful condition.

但是一百年后，黑人依旧并不自由。一百年后，黑人的生活依旧 被种

族隔离的镣铐和歧视的枷锁摧残。

一百年后，

黑人依旧生活在一个物

质繁荣的广阔海上的一个孤岛上。

一百年后，

黑人依旧在美国社会的

角落里受苦，并且意识到 自己是故园的流浪者。所以，今天我们来到

这里把这种令人羞愧的情形公布于众。

In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check

兑现支票

. When the architects of

our republic wrote the magnificent

高尚的宏伟的

words of the Constitution and the Declaration

of Independence

独立宣言

, they were signing a promissory note

本票期票

to which every

American was to fall heir

继承

. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as

white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable

不可剥夺的

rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit

of happiness. It is obvious today that America has defaulted on

拖欠未出席

this promissory note,

insofar as

在范围内

her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring

履行

this sacred

obligation

义务债务

, America has given the Negro people a bad check

空头支票

, a check which

has come back marked

资金不足

事实上，

我们来到我们国家的首都来兑现诺言 。

当我们共和国的建设者签署

《独立宣言》

时，

他们给每个美国人可以继承的本期支票。

这是一个保证 所有人包括黑人和白人可以拥有生命

的权力，

自由和幸福追求的 承诺。

但是显而易见就有色公民而言，

美国并没有履行这个承诺 。

美国并没有履行这个神圣的诺言，

而是开了一张空头支票，< /p>

支票上盖着

“

资金不足

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的戳子退

了回来。

But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are

insufficient funds in the great vaults

保管库避难所

of opportunity of this nation. And so we have

come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon

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on

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demand the riches of freedom and the

security of justice.

但是我们不相信正义银行破产了，我们不相信在这个国家巨大的机会宝库中没有足够的资

金。今天我们来兑现支票，这张支票将给予我们宝贵的自由和公平保障。

We have also come to this hallowed

神圣的

spot to remind America of the fierce

凶猛的

urgency

紧急

of Now. This is no time to engage in

从事经营

the luxury

奢华奢侈

of cooling off

冷静冷

处理

or to take the tranquilizing drug

镇定性药物

of gradualism

渐进主义，

按部就班主义

. Now

is the time to make real the promises of democracy

民主

. Now is the time to rise from

从出来，

由

复活

the dark and desolate

荒凉的无人烟的

valley of segregation

种族隔离

to the sunlit

阳光照

射的

path of racial

种族

justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands

流 沙，危

险的陷阱

of racial injustice to the solid rock

坚石

of brotherhood

手足情谊

. Now is the time to

make justice a reality for all of God's children.

我们来到这里提醒美国人现在是非常紧急的时 刻。

现在绝非奢谈冷静下来或者服用渐进主义

的镇定性药物的时 候。

现在是兑现民主承诺的时候。

现在是从黑暗和荒凉的种族隔 离种族出

来，走向种族公平的阳光大道的时候。现在是把我们的国家从种族歧视的流沙中 拯救出来，

置于手足情谊的磐石上的时候。现在是对上帝的所有孩子实现真正公平的时候 。

It would be fatal for the nation to overlook

忽略

the urgency of the moment. This sweltering

闷

热的，热的难受的

summer of the Negro's legitimate

合法的，正当的

discontent

不满

will not

pass until there is an invigorating

爽快的，精力充沛的

autumn of freedom and equality

平等

.

Nineteen sixty-three is not an end but a beginning. Those who hope that the Negro needed to blow

off steam

发脾气，放出多余的蒸汽

and will now be content will have a rude awakening

猛然觉

醒

if

the nation returns to business as usual. There will be neither rest nor tranquility

宁静，

平静

in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds

旋风

of revolt

反抗

will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges

浮现，

摆脱，暴露

.

我们的国家忽略这一紧急时刻是致命的。

如果自由和平等的令人 爽快的秋天没到来，

那么黑

人正当的不满的闷热的夏天就不会过 去。

1963

不是结束而是开始。如果国家毫无反应，那

些认为黑人随便发发脾气就会满意的人群将会猛然觉醒。

在黑人没有得 到公民权利时，

美国

就不会安宁或者平静。反抗的风暴将会持续 晃动我们国家的根基，直到公平出现的那一天。

But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold

入口，门槛

which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of gaining our rightful

合法的

place we must

not be guilty of

对有罪 恶感

wrongful

不合法的

deeds

行为

. Let us not seek to

试图，设法

satisfy our thirst for

渴望热望

freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness

苦难

and hatred

憎

恨

. We must ever conduct

管理引导

our struggle on

挣扎下去

the high plane of dignity and

discipline

尊严和纪律

. We must not allow our creative protest

抗议

to degenerate into

退化成

physical violence

暴力

. Again and again we must rise to the majestic

庄严的

heights of meeting

physical force with soul force

精神力量

.

但是我必须告 诉那些站在平等宫殿门口的人们。

在我们得到合法地位的过程中，

我们不必对

不合法行为有罪恶感。

我们不要通过苦难和憎恨来 试图满足对自由的向往。

我们斗争时必须

永远举止得体，

纪律严明。

我们不能容许我们的具有崭新内容的抗议蜕变为暴力行动。

我们

要不断地升华到以精神力量对付物质力量的崇高境界中去。