名人演讲：芭芭拉乔丹1976民主党大会主题演讲.docVIP

名人演讲：芭芭拉乔丹1976民主党大会主题演讲 Barbara Charline Jordan 1976 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address delivered 12 July 1976, New York, NY 　　演讲者简介：芭芭拉·乔丹(Barbara Jordan)——首位当选美国国会议员的南方黑人。芭芭拉·乔丹是美国历史上著名的演说家和辩论家，也是美国历史上首位来自南部地区的非洲裔国会女议员。 　　作为20世纪最有影响力的女性之一，芭芭拉·乔丹的名字被载入美国国家妇女名人录。 　　1976年，芭芭拉·乔丹作为民主党国家大会的政策发言人，在会上发表激情洋溢的演说，并提名吉米·卡特为总统候选人。芭芭拉·乔丹的演讲充满动力， 获得听众的一致好评。 　　1976 民主党大会主题演讲 　　Thank you ladies and gentlemen for a very warm reception. 　　It was one hundred and forty-four years ago that members of the Democratic Party first met in convention to select a Presidential candidate. Since that time, Democrats have continued to convene once every four years and draft a party platform and nominate a Presidential candidate. And our meeting this week is a continuation of that tradition. But there is something different about tonight. There is something special about tonight. What is different? What is special? 　　I, Barbara Jordan, am a keynote speaker. 　　When -- A lot of years passed since 1832, and during that time it would have been most unusual for any national political party to ask a Barbara Jordan to deliver a keynote address. But tonight, here I am. And I feel -- I feel that notwithstanding the past that my presence here is one additional bit of evidence that the American Dream need not forever be deferred. 　　Now -- Now that I have this grand distinction, what in the world am I supposed to say? I could easily spend this time praising the accomplishments of this party and attacking the Republicans -- but I don’t choose to do that. I could list the many problems which Americans have. I could list the problems which cause people to feel cynical, angry, frustrated: problems which include lack of integrity in government; the feeling that the individual no longer counts; the reality of material and spiritual poverty; the feeling that the grand American experiment is failing or has failed. I could recite these problems, and then I could sit down and offer no solutions. But I don’