名校勵(lì)志英語演講 第53期:拯救世界 拯救兒童
Previous ages may not have had the wealth weenjoy. Their houses may have lacked electricity, andthey squeezed their many kids into small homeswithout central heating. But those homes had nodarkness, nor were they cold. They were lit brightwith the glow of love and they were warmed snuglyby the very heat of the human heart. Parents,undistracted by the lust for luxury and status,accorded their children primacy in their lives.
前人可能沒有我們現(xiàn)在所享有的財(cái)富，他們的房子里可能沒有電，很多孩子擠在沒有中央取暖設(shè)施的狹小房間里。但他們不會(huì)覺得黑暗，也不會(huì)覺得寒冷。愛的光芒照亮了他們的房間，熾熱的心靈溫暖了他們的身體。父母不會(huì)因貪求榮華富貴而分心，也不會(huì)因追求身份地位而心煩意亂，孩子才是他們生活中最重要的。
As you all know, our two countries broke from each other over what Thomas Jefferson referredto as "certain inalienable rights". And while we Americans and British might dispute the justiceof his claims, what has never been in dispute is that children have certain inalienable rights,and the gradual erosion of those rights has led to scores of children worldwide being deniedthe joys and security of childhood.
我們都知道，我們兩國曾因托馬斯·杰斐遜提出的所謂“幾個(gè)不可剝奪的權(quán)利”而決裂。美國人和英國人也許會(huì)爭議杰斐遜的主張是否公正，但絕不會(huì)有人質(zhì)疑兒童享有不可剝奪的權(quán)利，對(duì)這些權(quán)利的逐步剝奪已經(jīng)導(dǎo)致世界上的很多兒童失去了童年的樂趣和安全保障。
I would therefore like to propose tonight that we install in every home a Childrenf#39;sUniversal Bill of Rights, the tenets of which are:
因此，我建議今晚幰們就為每個(gè)家庭設(shè)立一部“世界兒童人權(quán)法案”，其條款如下：
1. The right to be loved without having to earn it.
1.不用去爭取就可以享受的被愛的權(quán)利。
2. The right to&.bsp;be protected, without having to deserve it.
2.不必乞求就可以享有的被保護(hù)的權(quán)利。
3. The right to feel valuable, even if you came into the world with nothing.
3. 即使來到這個(gè)世界時(shí)一無所有，也有被重視的權(quán)利。
4. The right to be listened to without having to be interesting.
4. 即使不引人注意也有被傾聽的權(quán)利。
5. The right to be read a bedtime story, without having to compete with the evening news orEastenders.
5. 不需要與晚間新聞或《東區(qū)居民》抗?fàn)?，就有在睡覺前聽一段故事的權(quán)利。
前人可能沒有我們現(xiàn)在所享有的財(cái)富，他們的房子里可能沒有電，很多孩子擠在沒有中央取暖設(shè)施的狹小房間里。但他們不會(huì)覺得黑暗，也不會(huì)覺得寒冷。愛的光芒照亮了他們的房間，熾熱的心靈溫暖了他們的身體。父母不會(huì)因貪求榮華富貴而分心，也不會(huì)因追求身份地位而心煩意亂，孩子才是他們生活中最重要的。
As you all know, our two countries broke from each other over what Thomas Jefferson referredto as "certain inalienable rights". And while we Americans and British might dispute the justiceof his claims, what has never been in dispute is that children have certain inalienable rights,and the gradual erosion of those rights has led to scores of children worldwide being deniedthe joys and security of childhood.
我們都知道，我們兩國曾因托馬斯·杰斐遜提出的所謂“幾個(gè)不可剝奪的權(quán)利”而決裂。美國人和英國人也許會(huì)爭議杰斐遜的主張是否公正，但絕不會(huì)有人質(zhì)疑兒童享有不可剝奪的權(quán)利，對(duì)這些權(quán)利的逐步剝奪已經(jīng)導(dǎo)致世界上的很多兒童失去了童年的樂趣和安全保障。
I would therefore like to propose tonight that we install in every home a Childrenf#39;sUniversal Bill of Rights, the tenets of which are:
因此，我建議今晚幰們就為每個(gè)家庭設(shè)立一部“世界兒童人權(quán)法案”，其條款如下：
1. The right to be loved without having to earn it.
1.不用去爭取就可以享受的被愛的權(quán)利。
2. The right to&.bsp;be protected, without having to deserve it.
2.不必乞求就可以享有的被保護(hù)的權(quán)利。
3. The right to feel valuable, even if you came into the world with nothing.
3. 即使來到這個(gè)世界時(shí)一無所有，也有被重視的權(quán)利。
4. The right to be listened to without having to be interesting.
4. 即使不引人注意也有被傾聽的權(quán)利。
5. The right to be read a bedtime story, without having to compete with the evening news orEastenders.
5. 不需要與晚間新聞或《東區(qū)居民》抗?fàn)?，就有在睡覺前聽一段故事的權(quán)利。
