我有一个梦想 I Have a Dream（1/2）
马丁·路德·金 / Mart Luther Kg
马丁·路德·金（1929—1968），美国著名的黑人民权运动领袖，被誉为近百年来八大最具有说服力的演说家之一。他出身于亚特兰大黑人牧师家庭，15岁时进入大学，先后获得文学士、神学士及博士学位。金一生曾三次被捕，三次被行刺。1964年获诺贝尔和平奖。1968年4月4日，金在田纳西州孟菲斯被一白人青年雷伊枪杀身亡，年仅39岁。
Pracficg for Befler Learng
Listen to the follog article ice, and fillthe bnks with appropriate words.
1.One hundred years ter, the Negro is still nguishgthe rners of Ari society and fds hiself an exilehis own nd.So we have e here today to draatize an ___________________.
2.But there is sothg that I t say to y people who stand on the war threshold which _____________________.In the process of gag htful pce we t not ________________________.Letnot seek to satisfy our thirst for freedo by drkg fro the cup of bitterness and hatred.
I a happy to jo with you todaywhat will go downhistory as the greatest deonstration for freedothe history of our nation.
Five sre years ago, a great Ari,whose sybolic shadow we stand today, sighe Eancipation Procation.This onto decree ca as a great bean light of hope to illions of Negro sves who had been searedthe fs of witherg jtice.It ca as a joyo daybreak to end the long night of captivity.
But one hundred years ter, we t face the tragic fact that the Negro is still not free.One hundred years ter, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the anacles of segregation and the chas of discriation.One hundred years ter, the Negro lives on a lonely isnd of povertythe idst of a vast o of aterial prosperity.One hundred years ter, the Negro is still nguishgthe rners of Ari society and fds hiself an exilehis own nd.So we have e here today to draatize an appallg ndition.
In a sense, we have e to our nation’s Capital to cash a check.When the architects of our republic wrote the agnifit words of the stitution and the Decration of Independehey were signg a proissory o which every Ari was to fall heir.This note roise that all n would be guarahe alienable rights of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happess.
It is obvio today that Arica has defaulted on this proissory note sofar as her citizens of lor are ned.Instead of h this sacred obligation, Arica has given the Negro people a bad check; a check which has e back arked “suffit funds”.But we refe to believe that the bank of jtice is bankrupt.We refe to believe that there are suffit fundsthe great vaults of opportunity of this nation.So we have e to cash this check—a check that will giveupon deand the riches of freedo and the security of jtice.We have also e to this hallowed spot to red Arica of the fierce urgency of now.This is no ti to ehe xury of olg off or to take the tranquilizg drug of gradualis.Now is the ti to ake real the proises of Deocraow is the ti to rise fro the dark ae valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial jtiow is the ti to open the doors of opportunity to all of Gods children.Now is the ti to lift our nation fro the quids of racial jtice to the solid rock of brotherhood.
It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the ont and to uiate the deteration of the Negro.This swelterg sur of the Negro’s legitiate dis will not pass until there is an vig autun of freedo and equality.1963 is not an end, but a begng.Those who hope that the Negro o blow off stea and will now bewill have a rude awakeng if the natiourns to bess as ual.There will be her rest nor tranquilityAritil the Negro is granted his citizenship rights.The whirlds of revolt will o shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of jtice erges.
But there is sothg that I t say to y people who stand on the war threshold which leads to the pace of jti the process of gag htful pce we t not be guilty ful deeds.Letnot seek to satisfy our thirst for freedo by drkg fro the cup of bitterness and hatred.
We t forever nduct our struggle on the high pne of dignity and disciple.We t not allow our creative protest to degee to physical violence.Aga and aga we t rise to the ajestic heights of etg physical force with soul force.The arvelo new ilitancy which has engulfed the Negro unity t not leadto distrt of all white people, for any of our white brothers, as evidenannot walk alone.
And as we walk, we t ake the pledge that we shall arch ahead.We ot turn back.There are those who are askg the devotees of civil rights, “When will you be satisfied?” We ever be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victi of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality.
We ever be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, ot ga lodggthe otels of the highways and the hotels of the cities.
We ot be satisfied as long as the Negro’s basic obility is fro a saller ghetto ter one.
We ever be satisfied as long as our childreripped of their selfhood and robbed of their dignity by signs statg “For Whites Only”.
We ever be satisfied as long as a NegroMississippi ot vote and a NegroNew York believes he has nothg for which to vote.No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until jtice rolls down like waters and righteoness like a ighty strea.
I a not undful that so of you have e here out of great trials and tributions.So of you have e fresh fro narrow jail cells.So of you have e fro areas where your quest for freedo left you battered by the stors of persecution and staggered by the ds of police brutality.You have beeerans of creative sufferg.tue to work with the faith that unearned sufferg is redeptive.
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