名人励志英语演讲 第15期:我们必须强大(5)

 　　Martin Luther King's dream was the American Dream. His quest is our quest: the ceaseless striving to live our true creed¹. Our history has been built on such dreams and labors². And dreams and labors we will redeem³ the promise of America in the 21st Century.

　　马丁·路德·金的梦想是美国之梦。他的要求就是我们的要求：不断努力，实现我们信条的真谛。我们的历史就建立在这样的梦想和努力之上。通过我们的梦想和努力，我们将履行二十一世纪美国的诺言。

　　Fellow citizens, we must not waste the precious gift of this time. For all of us are on that same journey of our lives, and our journey, too, will come to an end. But the journey of our America must go on.

　　同胞们，我们不能浪费当前宝贵的时机。因为我们大家都在生命的统一旅途上，我们的旅途会有终点。但我们的美国之路必须走下去。

　　From the height of this place and the summit of this century, let us go forth⁴. May God strengthen our hands for the good work ahead, and always, always bless our America.

　　让我们从此地之峰，从世纪之巅前进。愿上帝给我们强有力的双手，做好未来的工作，并且，永远，永远保佑我们美国。

　　It is our great good fortune that time and chance have put us not only at the edge of a new century, in a new millennium⁵, but on the edge of a bright new prospect⁶ in human affairs -- a moment that will define our course, and our character, for decades to come.

　　所幸的是，时间和机遇不仅将我们置身于一个新世纪的边缘，一个新的千年，而且是人类事业史上一个光明的崭新前景的边缘，这个时刻将会决定我们未来数十年的道路和特点。

　　From the height of this place and the summit of this century, let us go forth.

　　让我们从此地之峰，从世纪之巅前进。

1 creed   

n.信条；信念，纲领

参考例句：

• They offended against every article of his creed.他们触犯了他的每一条戒律。
• Our creed has always been that business is business.我们的信条一直是公私分明。

2 labors   

v.努力争取(for)( labor的第三人称单数 )；苦干；详细分析；（指引擎）缓慢而困难地运转

参考例句：

• He was tiresome in contending for the value of his own labors. 他老为他自己劳动的价值而争强斗胜，令人生厌。 来自辞典例句
• Farm labors used to hire themselves out for the summer. 农业劳动者夏季常去当雇工。 来自辞典例句

3 redeem   

v.买回，赎回，挽回，恢复，履行（诺言等）

参考例句：

• He had no way to redeem his furniture out of pawn.他无法赎回典当的家具。
• The eyes redeem the face from ugliness.这双眼睛弥补了他其貌不扬之缺陷。

4 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

5 millennium   

n.一千年，千禧年；太平盛世

参考例句：

• The whole world was counting down to the new millennium.全世界都在倒计时迎接新千年的到来。
• We waited as the clock ticked away the last few seconds of the old millennium.我们静候着时钟滴答走过千年的最后几秒钟。

6 prospect   

n.前景，前途；景色，视野

参考例句：

• This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
• The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。