偶像励志英语演讲 第124期:直面恐惧(11)

Speaking from 54 years' experience, the world towards a more perfect union is a never-endingconcern that involves each every one of us. Evidence that our nation is becoming a better placeis everywhere. But each new day, fear is, as the Jersey poet said, lurking in the darkness of theedge of dawn. Your rising from bed every morning will give fear its chance to grow stronger justas it will afford faith its chance to blossom. You will make the choice to react to one or createthe other, and because you are smart enough to earn your place on this college day at YaleUniversity. You will sense the moment, and you will know what to do. In the meantime,ponder this front in the struggle against ceaseless fear, and ceaseless flow, in the comingmonths and years, veterans of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, will finally come home for good,at so many tours. And we know this...and we know this, some after many tours of the war andbody he saw spent great portion of their lives.
我以我54年的经验告诉大家，建立更加完美的国度，是个永不终止的目标，而责任就在每个人身上。我们的国家变得越来越好，例证处处可见。但是每个新的一天，就像泽西岛诗人所说，恐惧都潜伏在黎明前的黑暗中。你每天早上从床上爬起来，既可能让信心更加坚强也可能让恐惧蔓延。你们必须作出抉择：要让恐惧蔓延，还是让信心更加坚强?你们很聪明，所以才能在耶鲁大学获得一席之位。你们将会感受到这一时刻，而且你们清楚自己该做什么。同时，思考一下前线的士兵，他们挣扎在无尽的恐惧和不断的行军中。再过一段时间，伊拉克和阿富汗的许多美军就要退伍返家，在多次海外服役后，永远地回到家里。我们知道，一些人，在海外战争中多次服役，看到尸体无数，归来后，他们已经度过了生命的大部分时间。
1. never-ending
永无止境的;永无休止的;永恒的;
eg. Success is a never-ending process.
成功是一个永无止境的过程。
eg. We have to make a decision; otherwise there's a never-ending debate.
但是我们必须有一个结论;要不就会陷入无穷无尽的争论中。
2. react to
(作出)反应;回应;
eg. They did not react to this provocation.
他们对这一挑衅未作反应。
eg. People don't react to reality; they react to their perception of reality.
人们不是对现实作出反应;他们是对他们对现实的理解作出反应。
3. in the meantime
在此期间;其间;
eg. In the meantime I had a better chance, as I supposed, before me.
在此期间，我感到有个更好的机会摆在我的面前。
eg. In the meantime, something more interesting could evolve.
与此同时，事情可能出现更加有趣的发展。
4. for good
永远;永久;
eg. The days of big-time racing at Herne Hill had gone for good.
在赫恩山举行盛大赛马会的日子早已一去不复返了。
eg. A few shots of this drug cleared up the disease for good.
注射几次这种药物就根除了这种疾病。