Good evening, my fellowadj. /ˈfeloʊ/ 同伴的,同类的 Americans. First, I should like to express my gratituden. /ˈɡrætɪtuːd/ 感激,感恩 to the radio and television networksn. /ˈnetwɜːrks/ 广播网,电视网(复数) for the opportunities they have given me, over the years, to bring reports and messages to our nation. My special thanks go to them for the opportunityn. /ˌɑːpərˈtuːnəti/ 机会,时机 of addressingv. /əˈdresɪŋ/ 向……讲话(address 的现在分词) you this evening.
晚上好,我的美国同胞们。首先,我要向全国的广播与电视网表示感谢——多年来,它们给予我机会,把报告和讯息传递给我们的国民。我尤其要感谢它们,让我今晚有机会向你们讲话。
Three days from now, after half a century in the service of our country, I shall lay downv. /leɪ daʊn/ 卸下,放弃(职务) the responsibilitiesn. /rɪˌspɑːnsəˈbɪlətiz/ 责任,职责 of office as, in traditional and solemnadj. /ˈsɑːləm/ 庄严的,隆重的 ceremony, the authority of the Presidency is vestedv. /ˈvestɪd/ 被授予(权力等) in my successorn. /səkˈsesər/ 继任者,接班人.
三天之后,在为国服务半个世纪之后,我将卸下公职的重任——届时,按照传统而庄严的仪式,总统的权力将移交给我的继任者。
This evening I come to you with a message of leave-takingn. /ˈliːv teɪkɪŋ/ 告别,辞别 and farewelln. /ˌferˈwel/ 告别,辞行, and to share a few final thoughts with you, my countrymenn. /ˈkʌntrimən/ 同胞,同国之人.
今晚,我来到你们面前,是要说一声告辞与道别,并与你们——我的同胞——分享几点最后的想法。
Like every other citizenn. /ˈsɪtɪzn/ 公民, I wish the new President, and all who will laborv. /ˈleɪbər/ 工作,辛劳 with him, Godspeedn. /ˈɡɑːdspiːd/ 一路平安,成功顺利(祝愿语). I pray that the coming years will be blessedadj. /ˈblesɪd/ 蒙福的,有幸的 with peace and prosperityn. /prɑːˈsperəti/ 繁荣,昌盛 for all.
和每一位公民一样,我祝愿新任总统以及所有将与他共事的人一切顺利。我祈祷未来岁月为所有人带来和平与繁荣。
Our people expect their President and the Congress to find essentialadj. /ɪˈsenʃl/ 基本的,根本的 agreement on issues of great momentn. /ˈmoʊmənt/ 重大,重要(of great moment 极其重要), the wise resolutionn. /ˌrezəˈluːʃn/ 解决,处置 of which will better shapev. /ʃeɪp/ 塑造,决定……的形态 the future of the Nation.
我们的人民期待总统与国会能在重大问题上达成根本一致——这些问题的明智解决,将更好地塑造国家的未来。
My own relations with the Congress, which began on a remote and tenuousadj. /ˈtenjuəs/ 薄弱的,微妙的 basis when, long ago, a member of the Senate appointedv. /əˈpɔɪntɪd/ 任命,指派 me to West Point, have since rangedv. /reɪndʒd/ 变化,从……到……不等 to the intimateadj. /ˈɪntɪmət/ 亲密的,密切的 during the war and immediate post-war period, and, finally, to the mutually interdependentadj. /ˌɪntərdɪˈpendənt/ 相互依赖的 during these past eight years.
我与国会的关系,始于很久以前一段疏远而微弱的渊源:当年一位参议员把我送进了西点军校;此后在战争和战后初期变得密切,最终在过去八年里发展为彼此相依。
In this final relationship, the Congress and the Administrationn. /ədˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃn/ 政府,行政当局 have, on most vitaladj. /ˈvaɪtl/ 至关重要的 issues, cooperated well, to serve the Nation good rather than mere partisanshipn. /ˈpɑːrtɪznʃɪp/ 党派偏见,党派性, and so have assuredv. /əˈʃʊrd/ 确保,保证 that the business of the Nation should go forward. So, my officialadj. /əˈfɪʃl/ 公务的,官方的 relationship with the Congress ends in a feeling, on my part, of gratitude that we have been able to do so much together.
在这一最后阶段的关系中,国会与政府在绝大多数关键议题上合作良好,服务于国家利益而非单纯的党派之见,从而确保了国家事务得以向前推进。因此,我与国会的公务关系,最终是在一种感激的心情中结束的——感激我们能够共同做成这么多事。
We now stand ten years past the midpointn. /ˈmɪdpɔɪnt/ 中点,一半 of a century that has witnessedv. /ˈwɪtnəst/ 见证,目睹 four major wars among great nations. Three of these involved our own country. Despite these holocaustsn. /ˈhoʊləkɔːsts/ 大屠杀,浩劫 America is today the strongest, the most influential and most productive nation in the world. Understandably proud of this pre-eminencen. /priˈemɪnəns/ 卓越,超群地位, we yet realize that America's leadership and prestigen. /preˈstiːʒ/ 声望,威望 depend, not merely upon our unmatched material progress, riches and military strength, but on how we use our power in the interests of world peace and human bettermentn. /ˈbetərmənt/ 改善,改进.
如今,我们正处在一个世纪的中点之后十年——这个世纪见证了列强之间的四场大战。其中三场把我们自己的国家卷入其中。尽管经历了这些浩劫,美国今天是世界上最强大、最具影响力、生产力最高的国家。我们为这种卓越地位感到理所当然的骄傲,但也明白:美国的领导地位与威望,不仅取决于我们无可匹敌的物质进步、财富与军力,更取决于我们如何为世界和平与人类福祉运用这种力量。
Throughout America's adventure in free government, our basic purposes have been to keep the peace; to fosterv. /ˈfɔːstər/ 促进,培育 progress in human achievement, and to enhancev. /ɪnˈhæns/ 提升,增进 liberty, dignity and integrityn. /ɪnˈteɡrəti/ 正直,完整 among peoples and among nations. To strivev. /straɪv/ 努力,力争 for less would be unworthyadj. /ʌnˈwɜːrði/ 不值得的,不相称的 of a free and religious people. Any failure traceable to arrogancen. /ˈærəɡəns/ 傲慢,自大, or our lack of comprehension or readiness to sacrifice would inflict upon us grievousadj. /ˈɡriːvəs/ 严重的,令人痛苦的 hurt both at home and abroad.
在美国实行自由政府的整个历程中,我们的基本目标一直是:维护和平,促进人类成就的进步,增进各民族、各国家之间的自由、尊严与正直。若目标定得更低,就不配一个自由而笃信宗教的民族。任何源于傲慢,或源于我们缺乏理解、不愿做出牺牲的失误,都会在国内和国外给我们造成严重伤害。
Progress toward these noble goals is persistentlyadv. /pərˈsɪstəntli/ 持续地,顽固地 threatened by the conflict now engulfingv. /ɪnˈɡʌlfɪŋ/ 吞没,席卷 the world. It commands our whole attention, absorbs our very beings. We face a hostileadj. /ˈhɑːstl/ 敌对的,敌意的 ideologyn. /ˌaɪdiˈɑːlədʒi/ 意识形态—global in scope, atheisticadj. /ˌeɪθiˈɪstɪk/ 无神论的 in character, ruthless in purpose, and insidiousadj. /ɪnˈsɪdiəs/ 暗中为害的,阴险的 in method. Unhappily the danger it poses promises to be of indefinite duration. To meet it successfully, there is called for, not so much the emotional and transitoryadj. /ˈtrænsətɔːri/ 短暂的,转瞬即逝的 sacrifices of crisis, but rather those which enable us to carry forward steadily, surely, and without complaint the burdens of a prolonged and complex struggle—with liberty the stake. Only thus shall we remain, despite every provocationn. /ˌprɑːvəˈkeɪʃn/ 挑衅,刺激, on our charted course toward permanent peace and human betterment.
通向这些崇高目标的进程,持续受到当下席卷世界的冲突的威胁。它牵动我们的全部注意力,占据我们的整个身心。我们面对的是一种敌对意识形态——范围上是全球性的,性质上是无神论的,目的上冷酷无情,手段上阴险隐蔽。不幸的是,它所带来的危险注定将无限期地持续下去。要成功应对它,需要的并不是危机时刻那种情绪化、短暂的牺牲,而是能让我们稳步、坚定、毫无怨言地承担起一场长期而复杂的斗争之重负——以自由为赌注。唯有如此,我们才能不顾一切挑衅,始终走在我们既定的航道上,通往永久和平与人类福祉。
Crisesn. /ˈkraɪsiːz/ 危机(crisis 的复数) there will continue to be. In meeting them, whether foreign or domestic, great or small, there is a recurringadj. /rɪˈkɜːrɪŋ/ 反复出现的 temptationn. /tempˈteɪʃn/ 诱惑,冲动 to feel that some spectacularadj. /spekˈtækjələr/ 壮观的,惊人的 and costly action could become the miraculousadj. /mɪˈrækjələs/ 奇迹般的 solution to all current difficulties. A huge increase in newer elements of our defenses; development of unrealistic programs to cure every illn. /ɪl/ 弊病,祸害 in agriculture; a dramatic expansion in basic and applied research—these and many other possibilities, each possibly promising in itself, may be suggested as the only way to the road we wish to travel.
危机总会继续出现。在应对危机时——无论是对外还是对内,无论大小——总有一种反复出现的诱惑:觉得某种惊人而代价高昂的行动,可以成为解决当前一切困难的奇迹般方案。大幅增加更新的防务要素;制定不切实际的项目来医治农业的一切弊病;基础研究与应用研究的急剧扩张——这些以及其他许多可能性,每一个本身或许都有可取之处,都可能被提出来,当作通往我们所愿之路的唯一途径。
But each proposaln. /prəˈpoʊzl/ 提议,方案 must be weighedv. /weɪd/ 权衡,斟酌 in the light of a broader considerationn. /kənˌsɪdəˈreɪʃn/ 考量,考虑: The need to maintainv. /meɪnˈteɪn/ 维持,保持 balance in and among national programs—balance between the private and the public economy, balance between the cost and hoped for advantages—balance between the clearly necessary and the comfortably desirable; balance between our essential requirements as a nation and the duties imposedv. /ɪmˈpoʊzd/ 强加,施加 by the nation upon the individual; balance between actions of the moment and the national welfaren. /ˈwelfer/ 福祉,福利 of the future. Good judgment seeks balance and progress; lack of it eventually finds imbalancen. /ɪmˈbæləns/ 失衡 and frustrationn. /frʌˈstreɪʃn/ 挫败,沮丧.
但每一项提议都必须放在更广阔的考量下权衡:需要在各项国家计划内部及其之间保持平衡——私营经济与公共经济之间的平衡,成本与预期收益之间的平衡,明确必需与舒适可欲之间的平衡,国家的基本需求与国家加于个人的义务之间的平衡,当下行动与未来国家福祉之间的平衡。良好的判断力追求平衡与进步;缺乏判断力,最终只会带来失衡与挫折。
The recordn. /ˈrekərd/ 记录,历史 of many decades stands as proof that our people and their government have, in the mainphr. /ɪn ðə meɪn/ 大体上,基本上, understood these truths and have responded to them well, in the face of threat and stressn. /stres/ 压力,紧张. But threats, new in kind or degree, constantly arisev. /əˈraɪz/ 出现,产生. Of these, I mention two only.
数十年来的记录证明:我们的人民和政府大体上理解了这些道理,并在威胁与压力面前做出了良好回应。但新的威胁——在种类或程度上是新的——不断出现。其中我只提两项。
A vital element in keeping the peace is our military establishmentn. /ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt/ 机构,建制. Our armsn. /ɑːrmz/ 军备,武器 must be mightyadj. /ˈmaɪti/ 强大的,有力的, ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressorn. /əˈɡresər/ 侵略者 may be temptedv. /ˈtemptɪd/ 被诱惑,想要 to risk his own destruction.
维护和平的一个关键要素,是我们的军事建制。我们的军力必须强大,随时可以立即行动,使任何潜在侵略者都不敢冒险自取灭亡。
Our military organization today bearsv. /berz/ 具有,带有(bear relation to 与……有关联) little relation to that known of any of my predecessorsn. /ˈpredəsesərz/ 前任,前辈 in peacetimen. /ˈpiːstaɪm/ 和平时期, or indeed by the fighting men of World War II or Korea.
我们今天的军事组织,与我的任何一位前任在和平时期所知的军事组织都几乎没有相似之处,也与二战或朝鲜战场上的战士所知的相去甚远。
Until the latest of our world conflicts, the United States had no armamentsn. /ˈɑːrməmənts/ 军备,武器装备 industry. American makers of plowsharesn. /ˈplaʊʃerz/ 犁头(喻和平生产) could, with time and as required, make swordsn. /sɔːrdz/ 剑(喻武器) as well. But now we can no longer risk emergency improvisationn. /ˌɪmprəvaɪˈzeɪʃn/ 临时应付,即兴而为 of national defense; we have been compelledv. /kəmˈpeld/ 被迫,不得不 to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportionsn. /prəˈpɔːrʃnz/ 规模,程度. Added to this, three and a half million men and women are directly engaged in the defense establishment. We annuallyadv. /ˈænjuəli/ 每年 spend on military security alone more than the net income of all United States corporationsn. /ˌkɔːrpəˈreɪʃnz/ 公司,企业.
直到最近一次世界大战之前,美国并没有军工产业。美国的犁头制造者,只要有时间、有需要,同样可以造出刀剑。但如今,我们再也无法冒临时拼凑国防的风险;我们不得不建立起一个规模庞大的常设军工产业。此外,还有三百五十万男女直接供职于国防部门。我们每年仅用于军事安全的开支,就超过美国所有公司的净收入总和。
Now, this conjunctionn. /kənˈdʒʌŋkʃn/ 结合,并存 of an immenseadj. /ɪˈmens/ 巨大的 military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence—economic, political, even spiritual—is felt in every city, every State house, every office of the Federal government. We recognize the imperativeadj. /ɪmˈperətɪv/ 迫切必要的 need for this development. Yet we must not fail to comprehendv. /ˌkɑːmprɪˈhend/ 理解,领会 its graveadj. /ɡreɪv/ 严重的,重大的 implicationsn. /ˌɪmplɪˈkeɪʃnz/ 影响,含义. Our toiln. /tɔɪl/ 辛劳,劳动, resources and livelihoodn. /ˈlaɪvlihʊd/ 生计 are all involved; so is the very structure of our society.
于是,庞大的军事建制与庞大的军工产业相结合——这在美国经验中是全新的。它的总体影响——经济的、政治的,甚至精神的——在每一座城市、每一个州议会大厦、每一个联邦政府机关里都能感受到。我们承认这种发展有其迫切必要。但我们绝不能不去理解它严重的含义。我们的辛劳、资源与生计全都牵涉其中;我们社会的根本结构也是如此。
In the councilsn. /ˈkaʊnslz/ 议事机构,委员会 of government, we must guard againstphr. /ɡɑːrd əˈɡenst/ 防范,警惕 the acquisitionn. /ˌækwɪˈzɪʃn/ 获得,取得 of unwarrantedadj. /ʌnˈwɔːrəntɪd/ 不正当的,无理的 influence, whether soughtv. /sɔːt/ 寻求(seek 的过去分词) or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrousadj. /dɪˈzæstrəs/ 灾难性的 rise of misplaced power exists and will persistv. /pərˈsɪst/ 持续存在.
在政府的各级议事机构中,我们必须防范——无论其是被主动谋求还是无意获得——军事—工业复合体获取不正当的影响力。错置的权力灾难性崛起的可能性确实存在,并将持续存在。
We must never let the weight of this combination endangerv. /ɪnˈdeɪndʒər/ 危及,使遭危险 our libertiesn. /ˈlɪbərtiz/ 自由(权利) or democratic processes. We should take nothing for grantedphr. /teɪk ˈnʌθɪŋ fər ˈɡræntɪd/ 不把任何事视为理所当然. Only an alertadj. /əˈlɜːrt/ 警觉的 and knowledgeableadj. /ˈnɑːlɪdʒəbl/ 有见识的,消息灵通的 citizenryn. /ˈsɪtəzənri/ 全体公民 can compel the proper meshingn. /ˈmeʃɪŋ/ 啮合,协调配合 of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosperv. /ˈprɑːspər/ 繁荣,兴旺 together.
我们绝不能让这一结合体的份量危及我们的自由或民主进程。我们不应把任何事情视为理所当然。只有一个警觉而富有见识的公民群体,才能迫使庞大的工业与军事国防机器与我们的和平方式及目标恰当啮合,使安全与自由得以共同繁荣。
Akin tophr. /əˈkɪn tuː/ 与……相似,类似于, and largely responsible for the sweepingadj. /ˈswiːpɪŋ/ 广泛的,彻底的 changes in our industrial-military posturen. /ˈpɑːstʃər/ 姿态,态势, has been the technologicaladj. /ˌteknəˈlɑːdʒɪkl/ 技术的 revolution during recent decades.
与我们在工业—军事态势上的全面变化相近、并在很大程度上促成这些变化的,是近几十年来的技术革命。
In this revolution, research has become central; it also becomes more formalizedadj. /ˈfɔːrməlaɪzd/ 正规化的,程式化的, complex, and costly. A steadilyadv. /ˈstedɪli/ 稳步地 increasing sharen. /ʃer/ 份额,比重 is conductedv. /kənˈdʌktɪd/ 进行,开展 for, by, or at the direction ofphr. /æt ðə dəˈrekʃn əv/ 在……的指导下, the Federal government.
在这场革命中,研究已成为核心;它同时也变得更加程式化、复杂和昂贵。其中由联邦政府进行、为其进行或受其指导的比例正稳步上升。
Today, the solitaryadj. /ˈsɑːləteri/ 独自的,单独的 inventor, tinkeringv. /ˈtɪŋkərɪŋ/ 摆弄,修修补补 in his shop, has been overshadowedv. /ˌoʊvərˈʃædoʊd/ 使相形见绌,被盖过 by task forces of scientists in laboratories and testing fields. In the same fashion, the free university, historically the fountainheadn. /ˈfaʊntənhed/ 源头,源泉 of free ideas and scientific discovery, has experienced a revolution in the conduct of research. Partly because of the huge costs involved, a government contract becomes virtuallyadv. /ˈvɜːrtʃuəli/ 实际上,几乎 a substituten. /ˈsʌbstɪtuːt/ 替代品 for intellectualadj. /ˌɪntəˈlektʃuəl/ 智力的,求知的 curiosity. For every old blackboard there are now hundreds of new electronic computers.
今天,那个在自家作坊里修修补补的孤独发明家,已被实验室和试验场上成队的科学家所盖过。同样,自由大学——历史上一直是自由新思想与科学发现的源头——在研究的方式上也经历了一场革命。部分由于所涉的巨额成本,一份政府合同实际上成了求知欲的替代品。每一块旧黑板,如今都对应着数百台新的电子计算机。
The prospectn. /ˈprɑːspekt/ 前景,可能性 of dominationn. /ˌdɑːmɪˈneɪʃn/ 支配,控制 of the nation's scholarsn. /ˈskɑːlərz/ 学者 by Federal employment, project allocationsn. /ˌæləˈkeɪʃnz/ 分配,拨款, and the power of money is ever present—and is gravelyadv. /ˈɡreɪvli/ 严重地,严肃地 to be regarded. Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captiven. /ˈkæptɪv/ 俘虏,受制于人者 of a scientific-technological eliten. /eɪˈliːt/ 精英,上层集团.
联邦的雇佣、项目拨款以及金钱的力量,有可能支配这个国家的学者——这种前景始终存在,且必须严肃对待。然而,在我们理应对科学研究与发现给予尊重的同时,我们也必须警惕一种同等而相反的危机:公共政策本身可能沦为科学—技术精英的俘虏。
It is the task of statesmanshipn. /ˈsteɪtsmənʃɪp/ 政治家的才能,治国之道 to moldv. /moʊld/ 塑造,引导, to balance, and to integratev. /ˈɪntɪɡreɪt/ 整合,融合 these and other forces, new and old, within the principles of our democratic system—ever aiming toward the supremeadj. /suːˈpriːm/ 最高的,至上的 goals of our free society.
政治家的任务,就是在我们民主制度的原则之内,塑造、平衡并整合这些以及其他新旧力量——始终朝着我们自由社会的最高目标努力。
Another factor in maintaining balance involves the element time. As we peer intophr. /pɪr ˈɪntuː/ 凝视,审视 society's future, we—you and I, and our government—must avoid the impulsen. /ˈɪmpʌls/ 冲动,念头 to live only for today, plunderingv. /ˈplʌndərɪŋ/ 掠夺,劫掠, for our own ease and convenience, the precious resources of tomorrow. We cannot mortgagev. /ˈmɔːrɡɪdʒ/ 抵押,拿……作抵押 the material assetsn. /ˈæsets/ 资产,财富 of our grandchildren without risking the loss also of their political and spiritual heritagen. /ˈherɪtɪdʒ/ 遗产,传统. We want democracy to survive for all generations to come, not to become the insolventadj. /ɪnˈsɑːlvənt/ 破产的,无力偿债的 phantomn. /ˈfæntəm/ 幻影,幽灵 of tomorrow.
维持平衡的另一个因素涉及时间。当我们审视社会的未来时,我们——你和我,以及我们的政府——必须避免只顾今天、为自己的安逸便利而掠夺明天宝贵资源的冲动。我们不能抵押孙辈的物质资产,而不冒同时失去他们政治与精神遗产的风险。我们希望民主为后代子孙延续下去,而不是变成明天那个破产的幻影。
During the long lanen. /leɪn/ 小巷,路径 of the history yet to be written America knows that this world of ours, ever growing smaller, must avoid becoming a community of dreadfuladj. /ˈdredfl/ 可怕的,令人恐惧的 fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederationn. /kənˌfedəˈreɪʃn/ 联盟,联合体 of mutualadj. /ˈmjuːtʃuəl/ 相互的,彼此的 trust and respect.
在尚未写就的漫长历史之路上,美国明白:我们这个日益缩小的世界,必须避免成为一个充满可怕恐惧与仇恨的共同体,而应成为一个由互信与互敬构成的、值得骄傲的联盟。
Such a confederation must be one of equalsn. /ˈiːkwəlz/ 平等者,地位相同的人. The weakest must come to the conference tablen. /ˈkɑːnfərəns ˌteɪbl/ 谈判桌 with the same confidence as do we, protected as we are by our moral, economic, and military strength. That table, though scarredv. /skɑːrd/ 留下伤痕 by many past frustrations, cannot be abandonedv. /əˈbændənd/ 放弃,抛弃 for the certain agonyn. /ˈæɡəni/ 极度痛苦 of the battlefield.
这样一个联盟必须是平等者之间的联盟。最弱小的国家也必须带着与我们同样的信心坐到谈判桌前——我们受到道德、经济与军事力量的保护。这张桌子虽然因往昔诸多挫折而伤痕累累,却不能被放弃,去换取战场上必然的痛苦。
Disarmamentn. /dɪsˈɑːrməmənt/ 裁军, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative. Together we must learn how to composev. /kəmˈpoʊz/ 调解,平息(分歧) differences, not with arms, but with intellectn. /ˈɪntəlekt/ 理智,才智 and decentadj. /ˈdiːsnt/ 正派的,得体的 purpose. Because this need is so sharp and apparent I confessv. /kənˈfes/ 承认,坦白 that I lay down my official responsibilities in this field with a definite sense of disappointment. As one who has witnessed the horror and the lingeringadj. /ˈlɪŋɡərɪŋ/ 挥之不去的,久久不散的 sadness of war—as one who knows that another war could utterlyadv. /ˈʌtərli/ 完全地,彻底地 destroy this civilization which has been so slowly and painfully built over thousands of years—I wish I could say tonight that a lasting peace is in sight.
以相互尊重与信任为基础的裁军,是一项持续的当务之急。我们必须共同学会如何化解分歧——不是用武器,而是用理智与正派的意图。由于这一需要如此迫切而明显,我承认:在这个领域卸下我的公职责任时,我怀着明确的失望。作为一个目睹过战争的恐怖与挥之不去的悲伤的人——作为一个知道另一场战争可能彻底摧毁这个历经数千年缓慢而痛苦地建立起来的文明的人——我希望今晚我可以说,持久和平已在望。
Happily, I can say that war has been avoided. Steady progress toward our ultimateadj. /ˈʌltɪmət/ 最终的,根本的 goal has been made. But, so much remainsv. /rɪˈmeɪnz/ 仍然有,剩下 to be done. As a private citizen, I shall never ceasev. /siːs/ 停止,终止 to do what little I can to help the world advance along that road.
令人欣慰的是,我可以说战争已被避免。朝着最终目标的稳步进展已经取得。但仍有太多事情有待完成。作为一介平民,我将永不停止尽我绵薄之力,帮助世界沿着那条道路前行。
So—in this my last good night to you as your President—I thank you for the many opportunities you have given me for public servicen. /ˌpʌblɪk ˈsɜːrvɪs/ 公职,公共服务 in war and peace. I trustv. /trʌst/ 相信,希望 that in that service you find some things worthyadj. /ˈwɜːrði/ 值得称赞的,有价值的; as for the rest of it, I know you will find ways to improve performancen. /pərˈfɔːrməns/ 表现,成绩 in the future.
那么——在我作为总统向你们道最后一声晚安之时——我感谢你们给予我的许多机会,让我在战争与和平年代从事公共服务。我相信,在这份服务中,你们会找到一些值得肯定的东西;至于其余的,我知道你们会找到办法,在未来做得更好。
You and I—my fellow citizens—need to be strong in our faithn. /feɪθ/ 信念,信仰 that all nations, under God, will reach the goal of peace with justice. May we be ever unswervingadj. /ʌnˈswɜːrvɪŋ/ 坚定不移的 in devotionn. /dɪˈvoʊʃn/ 忠诚,献身 to principlen. /ˈprɪnsəpl/ 原则,准则, confident but humbleadj. /ˈhʌmbl/ 谦逊的 with power, diligentadj. /ˈdɪlɪdʒənt/ 勤勉的,孜孜不倦的 in pursuitn. /pərˈsuːt/ 追求,追寻 of the Nation's great goals.
你们和我——我的同胞们——需要对我们的信念保持坚定:所有国家,在上帝之下,终将抵达正义和平的目标。愿我们始终不渝地忠于原则,手握权力时自信而谦逊,在追求国家伟大目标的路上勤勉不懈。
To all the peoples of the world, I once more give expressionn. /ɪkˈspreʃn/ 表达,表述 to America's prayerfuladj. /ˈprerfl/ 虔诚的,祈祷般的 and continuing aspirationn. /ˌæspəˈreɪʃn/ 愿望,抱负:
致世界所有人民,我再次表达美国虔诚而持久的愿望:
We pray that peoples of all faiths, all races, all nations, may have their great human needs satisfied; that those now deniedv. /dɪˈnaɪd/ 被剥夺,得不到 opportunity shall come to enjoy it to the full; that all who yearn forphr. /jɜːrn fɔːr/ 渴望,向往 freedom may experience its spiritualadj. /ˈspɪrɪtʃuəl/ 精神的,心灵的 blessings; those who have freedom will understand, also, its heavy responsibility; that all who are insensitiveadj. /ɪnˈsensətɪv/ 麻木的,不体恤的 to the needs of others will learn charityn. /ˈtʃærəti/ 仁爱,慈善; that the scourgesn. /ˈskɜːrdʒɪz/ 祸害,灾难 of povertyn. /ˈpɑːvərti/ 贫困, disease and ignorancen. /ˈɪɡnərəns/ 无知,愚昧 will be made to disappear from the earth, and that, in the goodness of time, all peoples will come to live together in a peace guaranteed by the binding force of mutual respect and love.
我们祈祷:信仰各异、种族各异、国家各异的人民,都能满足其重大的人类需求;那些如今被剥夺机会的人,能够充分享有机会;所有渴望自由的人,都能体验到自由的精神恩典;那些已经拥有自由的人,也能理解自由沉重的责任;所有对他人疾苦麻木不仁的人,都能学会仁爱;贫困、疾病与无知这三大祸害将从地球上消失;并在时间的善意之中,所有人民终将共同生活在由互敬与互爱之约束力所保障的和平之中。
Now, on Friday noon I am to become a private citizenn. /ˈpraɪvət ˈsɪtɪzn/ 平民,普通公民. I am proudadj. /praʊd/ 自豪的,骄傲的 to do so. I look forward tophr. /lʊk ˈfɔːrwərd tuː/ 期待,盼望 it. Thank you, and good night.
本周五中午,我将成为一名普通公民。我为此感到自豪。我期待这一天的到来。谢谢你们,晚安。