名校励志英语演讲 第52期:拯救世界 拯救儿童

[00:00.23]And because of all the neglect, too many of our kids have, essentially, to raise themselves. 因为被忽视，很多孩子从根本上必须自己照顾自己。 [00:06.04]They are growing more distant from their parents, grandparents and other family members, 他们渐渐疏远自己的父母、祖父母以及其他家庭成员， [00:12.15]as all around us the indestructible bond that once glued together the generations, unravels. 曾经连接各代人的强有力的纽带已经瓦解。 [00:20.41]This violation has bred a new generation, Generation O let us call it, that has now picked up the torch from Generation X. 这种违背常理的行为造就了一代新人，让我们称之为“O时代”的人，他们承接了“X时代”人传递下来的“火炬”。 [00:31.35]The O stands for a generation that has everything on the outside—wealth, “O时代”的人拥有所有外在的东西——财富、 [00:35.00]success, fancy clothing and fancy cars, but an aching emptiness on the inside. 成功、时尚、漂亮的衣服以及名车，但是他们的内心却很空虚很痛苦。 [00:40.52]That cavity in our chests, that barrenness at our core, 那种胸口的空洞，心灵的荒芜 [00:51.18]that void in our centre is the place where the heart once beat and which love once occupied. 以及内在的空虚也曾经是我们的心脏搏动的地方，那里也曾被爱占据。 [00:57.41]And it's not just the kids who are suffering. It's the parents as well. 其实，不仅孩子们遭受这种痛苦，父母也备受煎熬。 [01:03.59]For the more we cultivate little-adults in kids'-bodies, 我们越是让孩子们早熟， [01:07.40]the more removed we ourselves become from our own child-like qualities, 我们就越来越远离了天真， [01:13.13]and there is so much about being a child that is worth retaining in adult life. 而这种天真就算成年人也值得拥有。 [01:17.59]Love, ladies and gentlemen, is the human family's most precious legacy, its richest bequest, its golden inheritance. 女士们，先生们，爱是人类家庭最珍贵的遗产，是最贵重的馈赠，是最无价的传统， [01:33.48]And it is a treasure that is handed down from one generation to other. 是我们应该世代相传的财富。

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