名校勵(lì)志英語演講 第141期:敢于競(jìng)爭(zhēng) 勇于關(guān)愛(8)

[00:00.41]Well, I admit there is enough truth in that critique to justify feeling disconnected and alienated. 我承認(rèn)，人們批評(píng)的人類情感淡漠和疏遠(yuǎn)很多都是事實(shí)。 [00:08.51]But at bottom, that's a personal cop-out and a national peril. 但實(shí)際上，這只是個(gè)人托辭和國(guó)家危難。 [00:14.07]Political conditions maximize the conditions for individual opportunity and responsibility as well as community. 政局最大限度地?cái)U(kuò)大了個(gè)人機(jī)會(huì)和個(gè)人要承擔(dān)的責(zé)任，同時(shí)也最大限度地?cái)U(kuò)大了社會(huì)機(jī)會(huì)和社會(huì)所要承擔(dān)的責(zé)任。 [00:22.05]America corps and the Peace Corps exist because of political decisions. 美國(guó)軍團(tuán)和美國(guó)和平部隊(duì)因政治決策而存在。 [00:28.06]Our air, water, land and food will be clean and safe because of political choices. 我們的空氣、水、土地和食品因政治決策而安全衛(wèi)生。 [00:35.18]Our ability to cure disease or log onto the Internet have been advanced because of politically determined investments. 以政治為導(dǎo)向的投資使醫(yī)療技術(shù)和網(wǎng)絡(luò)技術(shù)取得了新的發(fā)展。 [00:42.38]Ethnic cleansing in Kosovo ended because of political leadership. 政治領(lǐng)導(dǎo)結(jié)束了科索沃（南斯拉夫自治省名）的種族凈化。 [00:48.18]Your parents and grandparents traveled here by means of government built and subsidized transportation systems. 你們的父母、祖父母能夠到此旅游得益于政府資助修建的交通運(yùn)輸系統(tǒng)。 [00:55.00]Many used GI Bills or government loans, as I did, to attend college. 和我一樣，很多人在美國(guó)退伍軍人權(quán)利法案和政府貸款條例的幫助下完成了大學(xué)教育。 [01:02.16]Now, I could, as you might guess, go on and on, 現(xiàn)在，你們也許已經(jīng)猜到，我會(huì)一直堅(jiān)持下去。 [01:07.02]but the point is to remind us all that government is us and each generation has to stake its claim. 而且我要強(qiáng)調(diào)一點(diǎn)，政府使我們的，每一代人都要響應(yīng)它的號(hào)召。 [01:14.50]And, as stakeholders, you will have to decide whether or not to make the choice to participate. 作為其中的一份子，你們必須做出選擇，決定要不要參與其中。 [01:21.01]It is hard and it is, bringing change in a democracy, particularly now. 這很艱難，卻能給民主社會(huì)帶來變革，尤其是現(xiàn)在。 [01:28.09]There's so much about our modern times that conspire to lower our sights, 現(xiàn)代社會(huì)無形中使我們個(gè)人、 [01:32.40]to weaken our vision-as individuals and communities and even nations. 團(tuán)體甚至國(guó)家放低眼光，縮小視野。

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