安南清华大学演讲(中英对照)(共5篇)
安南清华大学演讲(中英对照) 篇1
鼓舞梦想的声音:安南在清华大学的演讲(双语)
[大] [中] [小]发布人:圣才学习网发布日期:2012-01-16 15:24共30人浏览
The eighth and last Millennium Development Goal is a global partnership for development. This means that developing countries must not be left to develop on their own. They need the help of the richer and more powerful countries through the removal of unfair trade barriers and subsidised competition; through the elimination of the debts which oblige so many poor countries to spend more on repaying and servicing their creditors than they can on the social needs of their own people; and through more generous official development aid which the rich countries have repeatedly promised to provide.
In practical terms,global partnership means that every country where there is extreme poverty is entitled to expect help in forging and pursuing a national strategy to achieve the MDGs by 2015. For the poorest countries,most of which are in Africa,this will be of decisive importance. Without it,they will not reach the Goals. With it,they are in with a real chance.That places a big responsibility on the rich countries and it is one that China shares. I know you are used to thinking of your country as a developing one,and so it is probably the fastest developing country the world has ever seen. But the more successfully it develops,the more it too will be expected to show solidarity with smaller and poorer countries that still need a helping hand.
By the same token,as China’s geopolitical weight grows,so does its share of responsibility for world security.
As well as global solidarity,the Millennium Declaration expressed a shared vision of collective security,rooted in the United Nations Charter.
Yet the events of the past two years have called that consensus in question.
Some have doubted whether Article 51 of the Charter,which reaffirms the inherent right of self-defence if an armed attack occurs against a Member of the United Nations,until the Security Council has taken measures necessary to maintain international peace and security,is still sufficient in an age when an armed attack may come without warning,from a clandestine terrorist group,perhaps armed with weapons of mass destruction.
They have argued that force must sometimes be used preventively,and that they must be free to decide when their national security requires it.
Others have replied that that doctrine is in itself a grave threat to international peace and security since it might imply that any state has the right to use force whenever it sees fit,without regard to other states’ concerns. And that is precisely the state of affairs which the United Nations was created to save humanity from.
Indeed,the first purpose of the United Nations,laid down in Article 1 of the Charter,is to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace.
We must show that the United Nations is capable of fulfilling that purpose,so that States do not feel obliged or entitled to take the law into their own hands.
that is why,last year,I asked a small panel of distinguished men and women to make recommendations on ways of dealing with threats and challenges to peace and security in the twenty-first century. I am delighted that a very wise Chinese statesman,Mr. Qian Qichen,agreed to join that panel,whose report should be ready in a few weeks’ time.
In short,my friends,there is much to be done to make the world safe in this new century,and to give all its inhabitants a real chance of living prosperous and fulfilling lives. Many bold
decisions need to be taken,and taken soon.
I hope that some of the most important may be taken in September next year,when world leaders will again assemble at the United Nations to review the progress made,or not made,since the Millennium Declaration. This will be the world’s best chance for a breakthrough to address the joint global challenges of development and security. Yet the task will be much tougher than five years ag instead of setting goals,this time leaders must agree on concrete decisions to achieve them.
For 191 nations to agree on a common path forward,many debates will be needed over the coming year,both within countries and among them. Governments will have to work together and reach compromises,sometimes involving the sacrifice of cherished national goals or interests. And they can do so only if their peoples understand what is at stake,and firmly support it.
China,with its remarkable experience in development and expertise in security,can make a leading contribution to this vital global breakthrough.
That is why I am so glad to be in Beijing today,and to have the chance to speak not only to your government but also to you here,in one of China’s great centres of innovation and creative thought. You young educated people have so much to contribute to development,and to meeting the global challenges that I have spoken about safeguarding world peace and security,developing friendly relations among peoples of different faith or culture,and achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
You already have a well-developed network of solidarity between richer and poorer regions within China,and I know many of you will be serving in poor areas,after you graduate. I hope some of you will think also about serving in other parts of the world,where your skills may be even more desperately needed.
I urge you all and your contemporaries throughout China to commit yourselves to finding answers to our century’s great challenges of poverty,disease,and environmental degradation. I say to you,as I have said to students in the United States,and many other countries,go out and make the world better!
But I have spoken long enough. Now it’s your turn. If you have questions,I will try to answer them. But I hope you may also have comments,so that I can learn from you.Thank you very much.
千年发展目标的第八项也是最后一项是全球合作促进发展。这就意味着不能抛开发展中国家不管,任其自己发展。发展中国家需要较为富裕、较为强大的国家给予帮助,这就需要消除不公平的贸易壁垒,消除补贴式竞争;需要免除债务,许多贫穷国家为了向债主偿还债务,所费开支远远超出了这些国家为满足本国人民的社会需求所作的开支:还需要更为慷慨的官方发展援助,许多富裕国家曾屡作承诺,提供这种援助。
具体说来,全球伙伴关系意味着每一个存在赤贫的国家都有权利期望获得帮助,以拟定并执行到2015年实现千年发展目标的国家战略。这一点对于大多数位处非洲的最贫穷的国家来说,具有至关重要的意义。如果没有这种帮助,这些国家就不能实现千年发展目标。如果能够得到这种帮助,这些国家就真正有机会实现这些目标。
这就使富裕国家担负起一个重大责任,对此,中国也责无旁贷。我知道,你们习惯将自己的国家作为一个发展中国家来看待,中国也的确是一个发展中国家,也许是世界上前所未有的发展速度最快的囚家。不过,中国发展越成功,人们也就越期待中国能够对那些仍然需要援助之手的小国、穷国表现出同舟共济的精神。
同样,随着中国在地缘政治方面地位不断提高,她在世界安全方面也应分担更大的责任。《千年宣言》体现了全球团结的精神,也表达了集体安全这一植根于《联合国宪章》的共同理想。
然而,过去两年来发生的各种事件使人们对这一共识产生了疑虑。
《宪章》第八十一条重申“联合国会员国受武力攻击时,在安全理事会采取必要办法,以维持国际和平及安全以前,行使自卫之自然权利”。而在当今时代,秘密的恐怖主义集团可能在没有任何警告的情况下发动武装攻击,这些集团也许持有大规模毁灭性武器,在这样一个时代,一些人对上述条款是否依然具有足够效力产生怀疑。
这些人辩解说,这些时候必须为了预防而使用武力,而在他们国家安全需要时,必须有权自由作出此种决定。
还有些人则认为,这种理论本身就是对国际和平与安全的严重威胁,因为这就意味着任何国家,只要自己认为合适,都有权动武,而不必考虑其他国家所关切的问题。然而,创立联合国恰恰是为了使人类免于遭受这种局面。的确,《宪章》第一条规定,联合国的首要宗旨是“采取有效集体办法,防止且消除对和平之威胁”。
我们必须表现出联合国有能力履行这一宗旨,以使各国不必感到必须或有权利自行执法。
正是出于这一原因,我于去年请一个名人小组就如何在二十一世纪解决对和平与安全的威胁和挑战提出建议。我感到欣慰的是,一位充满智慧的中国政治家钱其琛先生同意参加该小组,再过几个星期小组的报告就可以提交了。
我希望小组的建议将有助于我们重新建立并改进我们的全球安全体系,这样,未来将没有任何一个国家会感到必须要单枪匹马地面对全球性威胁,而所有国家都会充满信心地认为其他国家将会遵守这些规则。
简言之,朋友们,要在这个新世纪里使世界变得安全,并赋予全世界所有居民以真正的机会,欣欣向荣,充实地生活,尚有许多工作要做。需要作出许多具有胆识的决定,而且时不我待。
明年九月,世界领导人将再一次在联合国聚集一堂,审查《千年宣言》以来有哪些进展,或缺乏进展,我希望,届时将会作出一些极为重要的决定。这将是世界在应对发展与安全这一双重全球性挑战方面实现突破的绝佳机遇。不过与五年前相比,任务将更加艰巨,这次领导人不是制订目标,而是为实现这些目标商定具体的决策。
要使191个国家就共同的前进道路达成协议,还需要在未来的一年进行许多讨论,在一国之内和各国之间都要开展辩论。各国政府必须共同努力,并且还要达成妥协,有时甚至要对宝贵的国家目标或国家利益忍痛作出牺牲。但要做到这点,就必须使本国人民懂得利害相关所在,赢得他们的坚定支持。
中国在发展方面有出色经验,在安全方面也独具专长,因此,可以为这一至关重要的全球性突破作出主导性贡献。
因此,我今天来到北京非常高兴,能够有机会不仅同贵国政府交谈,而且来到中国著名的学府,这个发明与创新思想的摇篮,与在座各位交谈。我刚刚谈到了各种挑战,包括保卫世界和平与安全,在不同信仰或文化的人民之间发展友好关系,实现千年发展目标等等,为应对这些全球性挑战,为实现发展,你们这些有教育的青年可以大有作为。
在中国,你们在富裕和贫困地区之间已经建立了十分发达的互助网络,而且我知道你们许多人将在毕业之后去贫困地区服务。我希望你们中的一些人也会考虑到世界的其他地方去服务,在那里,也许更加迫切的需要你们的技艺。
我鼓励你们全体,全中国各地的你们这一代人,立志求索,为解决贫穷、疾病及环境退
化等我们这个世纪所面临的各种巨大挑战,寻求途径。我曾对美国的学生,对其他许多国家的学生说过,现在也对你们说:“走出去,把世界变得更美好!”
我说的时间已经够长了。现在该轮到你们了。如果你们有问题,我将尽力回答。不过我还希望你们作出评论,这样我可以向你们学习。
安南清华大学演讲(中英对照) 篇2
国家教育部制订颁发的《大学英语课程教学要求》中明确指出:“大学英语的教学目标是培养学生的英语综合应用能力, 特别是听说能力, 使他们在今后学习、工作和社会交往中能用英语有效地进行交际, 同时增强其自主学习能力, 提高综合文化素养, 以适应我国社会发展和国际交流的需要”。大学英语教学改革以及语言教学研究的深入发展促使大学英语课堂教学方法方式不断改进、丰富, 根据实际教学的需求进行优化综合, 以期达到最佳教学效果。应该在现有基础上通过调查总结发现并解决应用中的实际问题, 完善英语演讲的课堂应用, 使其发挥更大的作用。
一、二语习得中的输出
输出在语言学习中至关重要, 因为人们不得不把词语按照某种顺序排列, 所以产出“会迫使学习者由语义加工转到句法加工” (Swain, 1985) 。大学英语教学由于课时减少, 教学任务重, 课堂教学一贯重视输入, 多采用以教师为主导, 以语言知识为中心, 以阅读为主要学习途径的教学方式。语言输出应该引起足够重视, 这是影响语言交际能力的重要因素, 是一个对学习者提高学习能力, 验证输入功效的重要概念。输出是以学生为中心, 以任务为途径, 以语言功能和技能为目标, 更加有利于能力的培养, 语言知识的应用, 达到沟通和交流的目的。英语演讲作为有效输出, 综合了学生听、说、读、写四大技能, 演讲稿的准备阶段、演讲进行阶段、师生反馈阶段都可以有效引导和协助学生将平时所学知识调用出来, 再加以练习, 就可利用资源产生效益, 完成从语言输入到输出的过程。输出除了可以练习已有知识外, 还可以诱发其他输入, 学习者在语言产出时受到“推动”或“伸拉”, 这是让他们的话语能够被人理解的重要组成部分。在这个过程中, 他们可能对前面的话语做出修改或试着使用以前没用过的形式。
二、英语演讲在大学英语课堂上的应用
1. 演讲题目的选择
学生在课堂上的英语演讲分为两大类, 一类是自己选择话题, 做好准备以后在课堂上演讲, 之后由教师点评并回答师生提问。这一类的演讲中, 学生一般选择自己熟悉的, 在他们知识范围内的, 或与当前社会热点和日常生活紧密相关的话题, 如看过的电影、动漫、书籍, 自己的感悟, 熟悉的产品或者软件, 对当前热点新闻发表评论等等。
另一类是跟课文紧密相关的给定话题演讲, 按照单元教学要求选择话题。教师会在单元学习结束后, 要求学生总结文章内容, 发表自己看法, 或者根据给定的话题发表演讲。这类演讲准备时间较短, 有可能会是即兴演讲, 但是内容熟悉, 而且有很多可以利用的词汇和句型。即兴演讲可以锻炼学生随机应变和快速思考的能力。
2. 课堂应用的步骤
课前10分钟左右的时间作为演讲时间, 学生事先按照教师提供的教学日历表选择自己的演讲日期, 提前做好准备, 鼓励学生充分利用多媒体教室的设备, 演讲过程中可以使用Power Point进行展示, 或者以图片或关键词辅助。演讲结束后, 教师马上给出点评, 一般以鼓励为主。点评后, 其他学生根据演讲的内容提出问题, 并要求演讲者作答;教师也可根据演讲内容提问要求其他学生回答。这种互动促使学生去听、去思考, 锻炼了他们的听力和口语, 培养了他们的思考能力, 也促进了课堂教学其他环节的良性循环。
3. 出现的问题
通过大学英语课堂学生演讲发现学生演讲时语言普遍缺乏思想性、逻辑性、连贯性和地道性, 不能有效组织观点、增强语言的说服力和运用非语言因素增加感染力。最主要的问题在于学生口语表达中的发音、音量、语调、速度、停顿和变化, 这些问题造成了听众理解困难, 且演讲过程中不与听众沟通, 听众关注度不高, 使得语言交际能力训练仍流于表面。另外课堂英语演讲时间不够, 即使在课堂上安排, 也只停留在较浅的语言形式的操练层面上, 学生缺乏一定热情, 造成准备不充分, 缺乏互动, 实际效果不佳。
4. 解决方法
实际教学过程中, 对学生进行一些演讲技巧的指导会使学生受益匪浅。课堂上通过开设英语演讲课程让学生观摩、模仿、锻炼, 使他们了解成功演讲的要素:语言流畅 (Fluent) 、大方自然 (Natural) 、满腔热情 (Enthusiastic) 、充满信心 (Confident) 和直面听众 (Direct) (祁寿华, 2005) , 让学生加强口语练习, 从音标、重音、语音、语调、音量、速度等各方面提高口语表达能力。
英语演讲在很大程度上激发了学生学习英语的热情, 提高了学生的英语口语技能, 培养了学生的综合能力。使教师认识到英语演讲在英语教学中的重要性, 从而认真选题、实施、实践, 针对问题加以改进, 把英语演讲作为课堂教学的一个重要环节加以推广运用, 那么英语演讲就会不断为大学英语教学带来惊喜, 最终受益于师生。
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安南清华大学演讲(中英对照) 篇3
the east and the west, let’s enjoy the bination of the two cultures?
kipling said:“east is east, and west is west, and never the twain shall meet!” but now, a century later, they have met.they have met in business.they have met in education.they have met in the arts.some people will argue that these meetings will leave us with a choice between east and west, but i believe that the best future lies in the creative bination of both worlds.we can make western ideas, customs and technology our own, and adapt them to our own use.we can enjoy the best of both worlds, because our t
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radition is, above all, one of selecting the best and making it our own.i love beijing and hennan opera because it always reminds me of who i am.but i am also a fan of pop music, especially english songs.so i have bined eastern melody with western language.it is called western henna opera.when two cultures meet, there may be things in one culture, which do not fit into the tradition of the other.when this happens, we need to learn to understand and respect the customs of another culture.then there are certain things some people may not like.to this, i will say, if you do not like it, please tr
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y to tolerate it.to learn to tolerate what you personally don’t like is a great virtue at a time when different cultures mix and merge.before us, there are two rivers, eastern and western cultures.at present, they may run in different courses.but eventually, they will converge into the vast sea of human culture.right now, i can see peoples of eastern and western cultures, standing side by side, singing the olympic theme song: we are hand in hand, heart to heart, together we will shape a beautiful tomorrow!thank you!
让我们共同感受东西方的融合
吉卜林说过:东方是东方,西方是西方,二者永不相聚。但是一个世纪后的今天,东西方相汇了!它们相聚在经济领域,它们相聚在教育领域,它们相聚在艺术的殿堂。有人争论说:这种融合需要我们在东方和西方之间做出选择,但我却坚信最美好的未来在于东方和西方创造性的融合。我们可以将西方的思想,观念和技术变为我们自己所用的东西。&nb
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我喜爱京剧和河南豫剧,因为它们经常使我想起自己是谁。但我也热衷于流行音乐,特别是英文歌曲。于是我将东方的旋律和西方的语言结合到了一起,它叫做西方版的河南豫剧。
当两种文化相结合的时候,也许一方的文化中的某些东西不适应另一方的传统文化。当此种情况出现时,我们需要试着理解并接受另一种文化中的风俗习惯。然而,也许有些东西你并不喜欢,对于此,我可以说,如果你不喜欢它,请试着去容忍它。当两种文化融合的时候,试着去容忍你个人不喜欢的东西是一种美德。
在我们面前有两条河流,东方文化和西方文化。现在,它们也许正朝着不同的方向流去。但是最终它们将汇合到人类文化的海洋里。
就在此时此刻,我看见东方和西方的人肩并肩的站在一起,高唱奥林匹克主题曲:我们手拉手,心靠着心,共同创造美好的明天
奥巴马胜选演讲(中英文对照) 篇4
It’s the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen, by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different, that their voices could be that difference.是那些今天在学校和教堂排着长队、数不胜数的选民做出了回答;是那些为了投票等待了三四个小时的人们做出了回答。他们中的很多人,是有生以来第一次投票,因为他们相信,这次真的不同――他们的声音会让这次不同。It’s the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled.Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states.We are, and always will be, the United States of America.这个回答来自青年、老人、穷人、富人、民主党、共和党人、黑皮肤、白皮肤、拉美人、亚裔、印第安人、同性恋和非同性恋者、残疾人和健全者。美国告诉世界,我们从来就不是一半红、一半蓝(译者:分别代表民主党和共和党。),我们是——美利坚合众国。
It’s the answer that led those who’ve been told for so long by so many to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.很多人,在长久以往的耳濡目染中愤世嫉俗、担忧、怀疑。但今天他们做出了回答。他们的双手扭转了历史,让历史转向充满希望的新的一天。
It’s been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this date in this election at this defining moment change has come to America.我们等待了很久。但今夜,因为我们今天的努力、因为这次选举,在这决定性的时刻,美国终于迎来了转变。
A little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Sen.McCain.Sen.McCain fought long and hard in this campaign.And he’s fought even longer and harder for the country that he loves.He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine.We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.I congratulate him;I congratulate Gov.Palin for all that they’ve achieved.And I look forward to working with them to renew this nation’s promise in the months ahead.我刚刚收到麦凯恩参议员打来的电话,他非常诚挚。在这次漫长的竞选中,他付出了艰苦的努力。而为这个 他所爱的国家,他付出得更多、时间也更长。他忍受过的牺牲,是我们很多美国人无法想象的。这位勇敢而无私的领袖的付出会让我们的国家更强大。对麦凯恩参议 员和佩林州长所取得的成绩,我这里也表示钦佩。我期待在接下来的几个月中,与他们一道重拾美国的承诺。I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart, and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on the train home to Delaware, the vice president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.我要感谢我的竞选伙伴。他发自内心地投入竞选,他的声音代表了那些在他成长的斯克兰顿街生活的人们的声音,代表那些和他一道乘火车上下班的特拉华州人民的声音。现在他将是美国的副总统,他就是乔·拜登。
And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation’s next first lady Michelle Obama.Sasha and Malia I love you both more than you can imagine.And you have earned the new puppy that’s coming with us to the new White House.And while she’s no longer with us, I know my grandmother’s watching, along with the family that made me who I am.I miss them tonight.I know that my debt to them is beyond measure.2 To my sister Maya, my sister Alma, all my other brothers and sisters, thank you so much for all the support that you’ve given me.I am grateful to them.如果不是我过去十六年间最亲密的朋友、我的家庭的基石和我一生的至爱给予的支持,今晚我不会站在这 里。那就是我们国家的下任第一夫人,米歇尔·奥巴马。还有我的女儿,萨沙和玛丽亚。我是如此爱你们。我们会带着你们刚赢得的小狗一起搬进白宫。而我的外祖 母,虽然此刻他已经离我们而去,但我知道她在看着呢——和带给我生命、定义了我人生的家人们一道。今夜,我想念他们。我知道我欠他们的难以偿还。
And to my campaign manager, David Plouffe, the unsung hero of this campaign, who built the best — the best political campaign, I think, in the history of the United States of America.To my chief strategist David Axelrod who’s been a partner with me every step of the way.To the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you’ve sacrificed to get it done.感谢我的竞选经理——大卫·普劳夫(David Plouffe),我的首席战略官大卫·阿克塞罗德(David Axelrod),以及美国政治史上最棒的竞选团队,是你们造就了今天,对你们的付出和牺牲我永远感谢。
But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to.It belongs to you.It belongs to you.但最重要的是,我永远不会忘记这一胜利真正属于谁。它属于你们!
I was never the likeliest candidate for this office.We didn’t start with much money or many endorsements.Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington.It began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston.It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to the cause.我从来都不是总统的最佳人选。刚开始时我们没有太多经费也没有很多要人的支持。我们的竞选不是孵化自华盛顿的会议大厅,而是始于得梅因(美国衣阿华Iowa州的首府)的后院、康科德市普通人家的客厅、以及查尔斯顿的某个前廊。
It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation’s apathy who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep.It drew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on doors of perfect strangers, and from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organized and proved that more than two centuries later a government of the people, by the people, and for the people has not perished from the Earth.This is your victory.这一胜利来自于普通工薪阶层人民,他们从微薄的积蓄中拿出五元、十元来支持我们的理念。我们的胜利来自于年轻人--那些远离家人承担辛苦但收入微薄 的竞选工作的年轻人。他们反驳了关于他们是冷漠的一代的谬论。我们的胜利也来自于那些已不再年轻的人们,他们在严寒或酷暑中走街串巷向完全陌生的选民进行 宣传。我们的胜利来自数以百万计的美国人民,他们的志愿参与和组织证明了两个多世纪之后,那个民有、民治、民享的政府仍然长存。这个胜利属于你们!
And I know you didn’t do this just to win an election.And I know you didn’t do it for me.You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead.For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime — two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us.There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after the children fall asleep and wonder how they’ll make the mortgage or pay their doctors’ bills or save enough for their child’s college education.There’s new energy to harness, new jobs to be created, new schools to build, and threats to meet, alliances to repair.我知道你们这样做不仅仅是为了这次竞选,不仅仅是为了我。你们这样做是因为你们知道我们面临的任务之艰巨。即便我们今晚在此庆祝,我们也知道明天的 挑战是前所未有的——两场战争、一个奄奄一息的星球、和一场百年不遇的经济危机。即便我们今晚在此庆祝,我们也清楚地知道那些勇敢的美国人明早会在伊拉克 的沙漠或是阿富汗的山地中醒来——他们在为我们冒生命危险。我们知道父母们在孩子睡下后辗转难眠,不知如何才能偿付按揭、医疗账单、或 是为孩子上大学筹 款。我们需要去开发新能源、创造新就业机会、建设新学校、面对新挑战、和修复我们的战略联盟。
The road ahead will be long.Our climb will be steep.We may not get there in one year or even in one term.But, America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there.I promise you, we as a people will get there.前路严峻而漫长,我们也许在一年甚至一届总统任期之内都无法解决这些问题。但是美国,我从来没有像今晚这样有信心,相信我们会解决它们。我向你们承诺:我们,美国人民会解决这些问题。
There will be setbacks and false starts.There are many who won’t agree with every decision or policy I make as president.And we know the government can’t solve every problem.But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face.I will listen to you, especially when we disagree.And, above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way it’s been done in America for 221 years — block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.前面会有挫折和弯路。很多人不会完全同意我作为总统做出的政策和决定。而且我们知道政府不会解决所有问题。但关于面对的挑战,我会始终对你们坦诚相 告。我会倾听你们的声音——特别是当我们意见相左时。而最重要的是,我请你们加入到家园的重建中来,用二百二十一年以来我们唯一的方法,美国的方法——一 砖一瓦,水滴石穿。
What began 21 months ago in the depths of winter cannot end on this autumn night.This victory alone is not the change we seek.It is only the chance for us to make that change.And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were.It can’t happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice.二十一个月之前那个深冬开始的胜利之路,不会在今天这个秋夜止步。这个胜利本身并不是我们所追求的。这只是给了我们机会,去实现我们期待的转变。而如果我们退回原地则什么也不会发生。没有你们的参与,也不会发生。
So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other.Let us remember that, if this financial crisis taught us anything, it’s that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers.In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people.让我们呼唤一种全新的爱国主义,一种投入与责任感——我们每个人都更努力地工作,不仅考虑到我们自己,还要考虑到他人。如果这次金融危机有什么教训的话,那就是实体经济受损,华尔街也不可能繁荣。在这个国家,我们荣辱与共。
Let’s resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.Let’s remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House, a party founded on the values of self-reliance and individual liberty and national unity.Those are values that we all share.And while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress.As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, we are not enemies but friends.Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices.I need your help.And I will be your president, too.让我们一起抵制两党分立所带来的那些长久以来腐蚀我们的政治的幼稚、繁琐、无谓的争端。让我们记住来自这个州的那个第一个将共和党的大旗插上白宫的 人——他引领了一个崇尚自力更生、独立自由和国家统一的政党,这是我们都崇尚的价值观。今晚民主党所取得的伟大胜利,将促使我们更加谦虚、更加坚定地弥合 曾经阻碍我们前进的分裂。正如林肯总统对那个更加分裂的国家所说的:“我们不是敌人,我们是朋友„„尽管目前的情绪有些紧张,但决不能容许它使我们之间的 亲密情感纽带破裂。”而对于那些不支持我的美国人——我可能还没有赢得你们的选票,但是我听到了你们的声音,我需要你们的帮助,我也会成为你们的总统。
And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.To those — to those who would tear the world down: We will defeat you.To those who seek peace and security: We support you.And to all those who have wondered if America’s beacon still burns as bright: Tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope.对于那些身居海外,正在看着这里的美国人,还有在国会、白宫和在世界的某个角落围坐在收音机前的人们——我们可能有不同的经历,但是我们有相同的目 标,美国的崭新黎明正浮现在我们的面前。对那些想要破坏这个世界的人——我们将会击败你。对那些寻求和平与安宁的人们——我们将会帮助你。对那些怀疑美国 的自由之火是否依旧兴旺的人们——今晚我们再次证明了,我们的真正实力不是来自我们的强大力量、也不是来自我们的巨额财富,而是来自我们坚忍不拔的信念: 民主、自由、机遇和永不放弃的理想。
That’s the true genius of America: that America can change.Our union can be perfected.What we’ve already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.天赋异禀的美国人——我们的国家可以改变,我们的联盟将是完美的。我们已经取得的成绩给我们带来了信心,让我们向着更伟大的成就前进。
This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations.But one that’s on my mind tonight’s about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta.She’s a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.这次选举有太多的第一次,有太多的故事将被代代传叙。但是给我印象最深的是一位女性在亚特兰大投下了她的选票,她像千千万万的美国人一样发出自己的声音,除了一点——安·尼克松·库帕(Ann Nixon Cooper)已经106岁了。She was born just a generation past slavery;a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky;when someone like her couldn’t vote for two reasons — because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.她生于黑暗的奴隶时代,那个时候路上没有汽车,天上也没有飞机。当时的她不能投票,只有两个原因——她的性别和她的肤色。
And tonight, I think about all that she’s seen throughout her century in America — the heartache and the hope;the struggle and the progress;the times we were told that we can’t, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can.而今晚,我想她一个世纪的经历——心痛与希望;抗争与进步;一次次失败和逆流而上都证明了:我们做得到。
At a time when women’s voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot.Yes we can.每一次女性的声音被压制,梦想被摧残,她都看到她们再次站起来,行使自己的权利。我们做得到。
When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs, a new sense of common purpose.Yes we can.当美国人在风沙中绝望,全国陷入萧条,她都看到这个国家克服恐惧,施行新政,创造新的工作岗位,统一目标。我们做得到。
When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved.Yes we can.当我们的港口被炸,暴政笼罩着世界,她见证了一代人的崛起,他们捍卫了民主。我们做得到。
She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that “We Shall Overcome.” Yes we can.她见证了蒙哥马利的公共汽车停运、伯明翰的黑人暴动、塞尔玛的血腥周末和那位来自亚特兰大的传教士对人们高声喊出:“我们一定会胜利。”我们做得到。
A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination.And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change.Yes we can.8 我们登上过月球,我们推倒了柏林墙,我们用科学和创想连接了整个世界。今年,在这次选举中,她伸出手指在屏幕上按下,她投出了自己的一票,因为经历了106年的光明与黑暗,她知道美国应该如何转变。我们做得到。America, we have come so far.We have seen so much.But there is so much more to do.So tonight, let us ask ourselves — if our children should live to see the next century;if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made? 美国,我们已经走了很久,我们已经看了 很多,但是还有很多事情等着我们去做。今晚,让我们扪心自问——如果我们的孩子能够看到下个世纪,如果我的女儿们也能幸运地像安·尼克松·库帕那样长寿,他们会看到什么样的转变?我们应该如何完成这些转变?
This is our chance to answer that call.This is our moment.This is our time, to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids;to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace;to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth, that, out of many, we are one;that while we breathe, we hope.And where we are met with cynicism and doubts and those who tell us that we can’t, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: 这是我们完成使命的机会。这是我们的时代。这是我们创造历史的时刻——让我们的人民得到工作,敞开门让我们的孩子得到机会;恢复繁荣并推进和平;让 美国梦再次浮现,重申我们的基本信念——团结一心。当我们呼吸、我们畅想、我们面对犬儒主义、我们迟疑、我们面对那些质疑我们的人的时候,我们将铭记那凝 聚了我们精神的不灭的信条: Yes, we can.我们一定做得到。Thank you.谢谢大家。
安南清华大学演讲(中英对照) 篇5
我今晚不是以美国总统的身份向各位发言,我也不是一个国家的元首,而是人类的一员,人类面对的最大的挑战。圣经上说这是世界末日,万物毁灭。不过这是地球历上人类首次有能力避免遭到毁灭,我要让大家知道,我们已经尽一切努力避免这场浩劫,人类追求的知识结晶,对科学的苦心钻研,冒险飞向太空的努力,现代科技的成果和想象力,甚至来自战争的经验,都为这场生死战提供利器,在多灾多难的历史上,人类曾经犯过多少错,人类曾经受过多少苦难,经过这么多年。只有一种情操,能让人类继续存在下去,那就是勇气,全世界的希望都寄托在这十四名勇士身上,他们将飞向太空。让全球的人类目睹你们的英雄事迹,愿上帝保佑,祝你们好运。”
I address you tonight, not as the President of the United States, not as the leader of a country, but as a citizen of humanity.We are faced with the very gravest of challenges.The Bible calls this day Armageddon, the end of all things.And yet, for the first time in the history of the planet, a species has the technology to prevent its own extinction.All of you praying with us need to know that everything that can be done to prevent this disaster is being called into service.The human thirst for excellence, knowledge, every step up the ladder of science, every adventurous reach into space, all of our combined modern technologies and imaginations, even the wars that we’ve fought, have provided us the tools to wage this terrible battle.Through all the chaos that is our history, through all of the wrongs and the discord, through all of the pain and suffering, through all of our times, there is one thing that has nourished our souls.And elevated our species above its origins, and that is our courage.Dreams of an entire planet are focused tonight on those 14 brave souls traveling into the heavens.And may we all, citizens the world over, see these events through.Godspeed and good luck to you.
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