I Had A Dream----by马丁路德金.pptVIP

* I Had A Dream----by马丁路德金 I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. 　　今天，我很高兴能在这里与你们共同进行历史上为了我们的国家与自由而进行的最伟大的一次示威游行。100年前，一位伟大的美国人签署了解放黑奴宣言，今天我们就是站在他的灵魂安息处集会。这一庄严宣言犹如灯塔的光芒，给千万在那摧残生命的不义之火中备受煎熬的黑奴带来了希望。它之到来犹如欢乐的黎明，结束了束缚黑人的漫漫长夜。 1 But 100 years later, the Negro still is not free. 100 years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. 100 years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. 100 years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. And so weve come here today to dramatize a shameful condition. 　　然而，100年后的今天，我们必须正视黑人还没有得到自由这一悲惨的事 实：100年后的今天，在种族隔离的镣铐和种族歧视的枷锁下，黑人备受压榨；100年后的今天，黑人仍生活在物质充裕的海洋在一个贫困的孤岛上；100年后的今天，黑人仍旧在美国社会的一隅受苦受难，并且发现自己竟然是自己所在国土上的流亡者。今天我们在这里集会，就是要把这骇人听闻的情况公之于众。 2 In a sense weve come to our nations capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note, insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked