马丁.路德.金被刺杀当晚罗伯特.肯尼迪英语演讲稿(共5页)3300字.docx
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马丁.路德.金被刺杀当晚罗伯特.肯尼迪英语演讲稿
AssassinationofMartinLutherKing,Jr.
LadiesandGentlemen:
I'monlygoingtotalktoyoujustforaminuteorsothisevening,becauseIhavesomeverysadnewsforallofyou--Couldyoulowerthosesigns,please?
--Ihavesomeverysadnewsforallofyou,and,Ithink,sadnewsforallofourfellowcitizens,andpeoplewholovepeaceallovertheworld;andthatisthatMartinLutherKingwasshotandwaskilledtonightinMemphis,Tennessee.
MartinLutherKingdedicatedhislifetoloveandtojusticebetweenfellowhumanbeings.Hediedinthecauseofthateffort.Inthisdifficultday,inthisdifficulttimefortheUnitedStates,it'sperhapswelltoaskwhatkindofanationweareandwhatdirectionwewanttomovein.Forthoseofyouwhoareblack--consideringtheevidenceevidentlyisthattherewerewhitepeoplewhowereresponsible--youcanbefilledwithbitterness,andwithhatred,andadesireforrevenge.
Wecanmoveinthatdirectionasacountry,ingreaterpolarization--blackpeopleamongstblacks,andwhiteamongstwhites,filledwithhatredtowardoneanother.Orwecanmakeaneffort,asMartinLutherKingdid,tounderstand,andtocomprehend,andreplacethatviolence,thatstainofbloodshedthathasspreadacrossourland,withanefforttounderstand,compassionandlove.
Forthoseofyouwhoareblackandaretemptedtobefilledwithhatredandmistrustoftheinjusticeofsuchanact,againstallwhitepeople,IwouldonlysaythatIcanalsofeelinmyownheartthesamekindoffeeling.Ihadamemberofmyfamilykilled,buthewaskilledbyawhiteman.
ButwehavetomakeaneffortintheUnitedStates,wehavetomakeanefforttounderstand,togetbeyond,orgobeyondtheseratherdifficulttimes.
Myfavoritepoem,myfavoritepoetwasAeschylus.Andheoncewrote:
"Eveninoursleep,painwhichcannotforget
fallsdropbydropupontheheart,
until,inourowndespair,
againstourwill,
comeswisdom
throughtheawfulgraceofGod."
WhatweneedintheUnitedStatesisnotdivision;whatweneedintheUnitedStatesisnothatred;whatweneedintheUnitedStatesisnotviolenceandlawlessness,butisloveandwisdom,andcompassiontowardoneanother,andafeelingofjusticetowardthosewhostillsufferwithinourcountry,whethertheybewhiteorwhethertheybeblack.
SoIaskyoutonighttoreturnhome,tosayaprayerforthefamilyofMartinLutherKing--yeah,it'strue--butmoreimportantlytosayaprayerforourowncountry,whichallofuslove--aprayerforunderstandingandthatcompassionofwhichIspoke.
Wecandowellinthiscountry.Wewillhavedifficulttimes.We'vehaddifficulttimesinthepast.Andwewillhavedifficulttimesinthefuture.Itisnottheendofviolence;itisnottheendoflawlessness;andit'snottheendofdisorder.
Butthevastmajorityofwhitepeopleandthevastmajorityofblackpeopleinthiscountrywanttolivetogether,wanttoimprovethequalityofourlife,andwantjusticeforallhumanbeingsthatabideinourland.
LetusdedicateourselvestowhattheGreekswrotesomanyyearsago:
totamethesavagenessofmanandmakegentlethelifeofthisworld.Letusdedicateourselvestothat,andsayaprayerforourcountryandforourpeople.
Thankyouverymuch.
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