名校励志英语演讲 第118期:21世纪的挑战(12)

[00:00.58]From the windows of the White House, where I live in Washington, D.C., 从我居住的华盛顿特区白宫的窗口向外眺望， [00:05.00]the monument to our first President, George Washington, dominates the skyline. 我们第一任总统乔治·华盛顿的纪念碑俯视全城。 [00:13.10]It is a very tall obelisk. But very near this large monument there is a small stone which contains these words: 那是一座高耸的方形尖塔。在这个庞大的纪念碑旁，有一块很小的石碑， [00:27.49]The United States neither established titles of nobility and royalty, nor created a hereditary system. 上面刻着的碑文是：美国决不设立贵族和皇室头衔，也不建立世袭制度。 [00:37.05]State affairs are put to the vote of public opinion. 国家事务由舆论公决。 [00:42.15]This created a new political situation, unprecedented from ancient times to the present. 美国就是这样建立了一个从古至今史无前例的崭新政治体系。 [00:50.20]How wonderful it is. Those words were not written by an American. 这是最奇妙的事物。这些话不是美国人写的， [00:59.15]They were written by Xu Jiyu, governor of Fujian Province, inscribed as a gift from the government of China to our nation in 1853. 而出自福建省巡抚徐继玉之手，并于1853年由中国政府刻成碑文，作为礼物送给美国。 [01:19.24]I am very grateful for that gift from China. 我很感激中国送的这份礼物。 [01:23.52]It goes to the heart of who we are as a people—the right to life, liberty, 它道出了我们全体美国人民的心声，即人人有生命和自由的权利、 [01:31.12]and the pursuit of happiness, the freedom to debate, to dissent, to associate, to worship without interference from the state. 追求幸福的权利，有不受国家的干涉发表言论和持不同政见的自由、有结社的自由和宗教信仰的自由。

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