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第12章 非常时刻(11)

I have only one thing I hope to convey to you today. We are all human beings, individuals transcending nationality and race and religion, and we are all fragile eggs faced with a solid wall called The System.BTo all appearances, we have no hope of winning.The wall is too high, too strong and too cold.CIf we have any hope of victory at all, it will have to come from our believing in the utter uniqueness and irreplaceability of our own and others"souls and from our believing in the warmth we gain by joining souls together.

Take a moment to think about this. Each of us possesses a tangible, living soul.The System has no such thing.We must not allow the System to exploit us.We must not allow the System to take on a life of its own.The System did not make us:we made the System.

That is all I have to say to you.

I am grateful to have been awarded the Jerusalem Prize. I am grateful that my books are being read by people in many parts of the world.And I would like to express my gratitude to the readers in lsrael.You are the biggest reason why I am here.And I hope we are sharing something, something very meaningful.And I am glad to have had the opportunity to speak to you here today.

Thank you very much.

难点重点,一目了然!

长难句解析Sentence Structures

AThe purpose of a story is to sound an alarm, to keep a light trained on the System in order to prevent it from tangling our souls in its web and demeaning them.

故事的用意是敲响警钟,使一道光线对准体制,以防止它使我们的灵魂陷于它的网络而贬低灵魂。

train sth on sb/sth对准或瞄准。例如:He trained his binoculars on the distant figures.他把双筒望远镜对准远处的景物。

BTo all appearances, we have no hope of winning.

显然,我们没有获胜的希望。

to all appearances显然,看来。例如:He was to all outward appearances dead.他显然已经死了。

CIf we have any hope of victory at all, it will have to come from our believing in the utter uniqueness and irreplaceability of our own and others"souls and from our believing in the warmth we gain by joining souls together.

假如我们有任何赢的希望,那一定来自我们对于自身及他人灵魂绝对的独特性和不可替代性的信任,来自于我们灵魂聚集一处获得的温暖。

这是一句if引导的条件状语从句,分句的主语是we,主句的主语是it,指代分句中的victory。

20.Freedom Will Win 自由定会胜利

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人们热爱自由。当一个国家或民族没有了自由,勇敢的人民就会拿起武器去战斗,为自由而牺牲。2001年9月11日美国惨遭恐怖袭击后,布什总统立即采取防御和反击措施,他向美国国民乃至全世界的人民证明了一点:自由一定会胜利的。

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Good morning.Monday is Memorial Day and all across America this weekend, people are remembering those who fought for freedom and who gave their lives in service to their country.

AHere in the Nation"s Capital, Saturday has a special significance as we dedicate the World War II Memorial in the presence of thousands of veterans of that conflict. When it mattered most, an entire generation of Americans stepped forward to fight evil and show the finest qualities of our nation, and of humanity.

The World War II Memorial will stand forever as a tribute to the generation that fought that war, and to the more than 400,000 Americans who gave their lives. Because of their sacrifice, tyrants fell;fascism and Nazism were vanquished;and freedom prevailed.

BToday, freedom faces new enemies, and a new generation of Americans has stepped forward to defeat them. Since the hour this nation was attacked on September the 11th,2001,we have seen the character of the men and women who wear our country"s uniform.In places like Kabul and Kandahar, Mosul and Baghdad, we have seen their decency and brave spirit.And because of their fierce courage, America is safer.And two terror regimes are gone forever, and more than 50 million souls now live in freedom.

Our mission continues, and we will see it through to victory. We have a strategy to defeat our terrorist enemy, and a plan to help establish lasting freedom in lraq.The stakes are high, and they are clear.The enemy seeks to establish a new haven for terror and violence at the heart of the Middle East.They seek to force free nations to retreat into isolation and fear, yet we will persevere, and defeat this enemy, and hold this hard-won ground for the realm of liberty.

Through our history, America has gone to war reluctantly because we have known the costs of war. And in every generation, it is the best among us who are called to pay that price.CThose who have paid those costs have given us every moment we live in freedom, and every living American is in their debt.We can never repay what they gave for this country.But on this holiday, we acknowledge the debt by showing our respect and gratitude.

难点重点,一目了然!长难句解析

Sentence Structures

AHere in the Nation"s Capital, Saturday has a special significance as we dedicate the World War II Memorial in the presence of thousands of veterans of that confiict.

在国家的首都,星期六具有特殊的意义,因为我们将二战纪念碑献给参加过二战的数千名老兵。

in the presence of 在……面前。例句:A second reason for government intervention is market failure, which may occur in the presence of market power or when markets do not exist.政府干预的第二个理由是市场失灵。如果存在市场影响力或者市场不存在,就会出现市场失灵。

BToday, freedom faces new enemies, and a new generation of Americans has stepped forward to defeat them.

今天,自由面临着新的敌人,而且新一代的美国公民已经走上前去战胜他们。

step forward to意为“走上前去”。

CThose who have paid those costs have given us every moment we live in freedom, and every living American is in their debt.

那些已支付那些费用的人给了我们生活在自由中的每一时刻,而且每个生活着的美国公民都在他们的恩泽下。

Those who have paid those costs……,who引导的是一个定语从句。debt在这里是“恩义,恩泽”的意思。

21.For Peace(1)为了和平(1)

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纳尔逊·曼德拉,南非第一位黑人总统,长期致力于反对种族隔离制度,反对南非当局强制黑人迁居,因此获得了1993年的诺贝尔和平奖。曼德拉伟大而辉煌的一生,充分地表达了他对种族歧视的厌恶与憎恨!

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I am indeed truly humbled to be standing here today to receive this year"s Nobel Peace Prize.I extend my heartfelt thanks to the Norwegian Nobel Committee for elevating us to the status of a Nobel Peace Prize winner.

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