富兰克林·罗斯福英语励志演讲稿

富兰克林·罗斯福英语励志演讲稿

The

only

thing

we

have

to

fear

is

fear

itself

—

nameless,

unreasoning,

unjustified

terror,which

paralyzes

needed

efforts to convert retreat into advance.

我们唯一害怕的

是害怕本身——这种 难以名状、失去理智和毫

无道理的恐惧，把人转退为进所需的种种努力化为泡影。

President Hoover, Mister Chief Justice, my friends:

胡佛总统，首席法官先生，朋友们：

This is a day of national consecration, and I am certain

that

on

this

day,

my

fellow

Americansexpect

that

on

my

induction

in

the

Presidency

I

will

address

them

with

a

candor

and

adecision which the present situation of our people impels.

This

is

preeminently

the

time

tospeak

the

truth,

the

whole

truth,

frankly

and

boldly.

Nor

need

we

shrink

from

honestly

facingthe

conditions facing our country today. This great nation will

endure

as

it

has

endured,

willrevive

and

will

prosper.

So

first

of

all,

let

me

express

my

firm

belief

that

the

only

thing

wehave

to

fear

is

fear

itself-nameless,

unreasoning,

unjustified

terror,

which

paralyzes

neededefforts

to convert

retreat into

advance.

In

every

dark

hour

of

our

national

life,

a

leadership

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offrankness

and

vigor

has

met

with

that

understanding

and

support

of

the

people

themselves,which

is

essential

to

victory.

And

I

am

convinced

that

you

will

again

give

that

support

toleadership in these critical days.

今天，对我们的国家来说，是一个 神圣的日子。我肯定，同胞们

都期待我在就任总统时，

会像我国 目前形势所要求的那样，

坦率而果

断地向他们讲话。现在正是坦 白、勇敢地说出实话，说出全部实话的

最好时刻。我们不必畏首畏尾，不老老实实面对我 国今天的情况。这

个伟大的国家会一如既往地坚持下去，它会复兴和繁荣起来。因此，< /p>

让我首先表明我的坚定信念：

我们唯一不得不害怕的就是害怕本身

--

一种莫名其妙、丧失理智的、毫无根据的恐惧，它把人转退 为进所需

的种种努力化为泡影。

凡在我国生活阴云密布的时刻，

坦率而有活力

的领导都得到过人民的理解和支持，

从而为胜利准备了必不可少的条

件。我相信，在目前危急时刻，大家会再次给 予同样的支持。

In

such

a

spirit

on

my

part

and

on

yours,

we

face

our

common

difficulties. They concern, thankGod, only material things.

Values have shrunken to fantastic levels; taxes have risen,

ourability

to

pay

has

fallen;

government

of

all

kinds

is

faced

by serious curtailment of income; themeans of exchange are

frozen

in

the

currents

of

trade;

the

withered

leaves

of

industrialenterprise

lie

on

every

side;

farmers

find

no

markets

for their produce, and the savings ofmany years and thousands

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of families are gone.

我和你们都要以这种精神，来面对我们共同的困难。感谢上帝 ，

这些困难只是物质方面的。

价值难以想象地贬缩了

课税增加了

;

我们

的支付能力下降了

;

各级政府面临着严重的 收入短缺

;

交换手段在贸

易过程中遭到 了冻结

;

工业企业枯萎的落叶到处可见

;

农场主的产品

找不到销路

;

千家万户多年的积蓄付之东流。

More

important,

a

host

of

unemployed

citizens

face

the

grim

problem of existence, and an equaland great number toil with

little

return.

Only

a

foolish

optimist

can

deny

the

dark

realities ofthe moment.

更重要的是，

大批失业公民正面临严峻的生存问题，

还有大批公

民正以艰 辛的劳动换取微薄的报酬。

只有愚蠢的乐天派会否认当前这

些阴 暗的现实。

And yet, our distress comes from no failure of substance,

we

are

stricken

by

no

plague

oflocusts.

Compared

with

the

perils

which

our

forefathers

conquered,

because

they

believed

andwere

not

afraid,

we

have

so

much

to

be

thankful

for.

Nature

surrounds

us

with

her

bounty,

andhuman

efforts

have

multiplied

it.

Plenty

is at our doorstep, but a generous use of it languishesin the

very

sight

of

the

supply.

Primarily,

this

is

because

the

rulers

of the exchange ofmankind

’

s goods have failed, through their

own

stubbornness

and

their

own

incompetence,have

admitted

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their

failure

and

have

abdicated.

Practices

of

the

unscrupulous

money changersstand indicted in the court of public opinion,

rejected by the hearts and minds of men.

但 是，

我们的苦恼决不是因为缺乏物资。

我们没有遭到什么蝗虫< /p>

的灾害。

我们的先辈曾以信念和无畏一次次转危为安，