1929年,马丁.路德.金出生;
1963年,他发表了这篇传世不朽的伟大演讲;
1968年,他被暗杀离去;
时至今天,无数的人依然怀念他,超越了国界......

 

马丁.路德.金(1929.1.15~1968.4.4),美国黑人律师,著名黑人民权运动领袖。一生曾三次被捕,三次被行刺。
1963年8月23日,马丁.路德.金组织了美国历史上影响深远的“自由进军”运动。他率领一支庞大的游行队伍向首都华盛顿进军,为全美国的黑人争取人权(自由平等和就业);他在林肯纪念堂前向25万人发表了著名的演说《I have a dream》,为反对种族歧视、争取平等发出呼号。
1964年,获诺贝尔和平奖;

1968年4月4日,在田纳西州被暗杀;
今天,1月21日是美国的“马丁.路德.金纪念日”。

个人非常喜爱的一篇演讲,每每读来都很感动!

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I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
朋友们,今天我要对你们说,尽管眼下困难重重,但我依然怀有一个梦。这个梦深深植根于美国梦之中。

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up, live up to the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal.”
我梦想有一天,这个国家将会奋起,实现其立国信条的真谛:“我们认为这些真理不言而喻:人人生而平等。”

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave-owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
我梦想有一天,在佐治亚州的红色山岗上,昔日奴隶的儿子能够同昔日奴隶主的儿子同席而坐,亲如手足。

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and
justice.
我梦想有一天,甚至连密西西比州——一个非正义和压迫的热浪逼人的荒漠之州,也会改造成为自由和公正的青青绿洲。

I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color if their skin but by the content of their_character.
我梦想有一天,我的四个小女儿将生活在一个不是以皮肤的颜色,而是以品格的优劣作为评判标准的国家里。

I have a dream today.
我今天怀有一个梦。

I have a dream that one day down in Alabama with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, one day right down in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
我梦想有一天,亚拉巴马州会有所改变——尽管该州州长现在仍滔滔不绝地说什么要对联邦法令提出异议和拒绝执行——在那里,黑人儿童能和白人儿童兄弟姐妹般地携手并行。

 

I have a dream today.
我今天怀有一个梦。

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.
我梦想有一天,深谷弥合,高山夷平,歧路化坦途,曲径成通衢,上帝的光华再现,普天下生灵共谒。

 

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上学的时候,老师都是语重心长谆谆教导,“不要不知天高地厚,总想着改变世界。要学会适应社会,适应环境,要改变你自己......”