英語晨讀精華 Week 8 Day 6 I Have a Dream 我有一個夢想

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I Have a Dream

馬丁·路德·金(1929—1968)，美國黑人解放運動的著名領(lǐng)袖，1968 年被種族主義者刺殺。1963年8月28 日，美國首都華盛頓舉行大規(guī)模的黑人集會，為黑人爭取自由、平等和就業(yè)。馬丁·路德·金在會上發(fā)表本篇演說。

I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. 　

I have a dream today. 　

I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama, whose governor’s lips are presently dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, will be transformed into a situation where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers. 　

I have a dream today. 　

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together. 　

This is our hope. This is the faith with which I return to the South. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day. 　

　——Martin Luther King 　　

[注釋]：
Alabama: a tribe of the Creek confederacy formerly inhabiting southern Alabama and now
located in eastern Texas 阿拉巴馬州(美國的一個州)　
lip: either of two fleshy folds that surround the opening of the mouth 嘴唇　
drip: to let fall in or as if in drops (使)滴下　
interposition: 異議　
nullification: the state of being nullified 無效　
transform: to subject (a construction) to a transformation 改變　
exalt: 升高　
crooked: having or marked by bends, curves, or angles 彎曲的　
glory: a highly praiseworthy asset 榮譽，光榮　
reveal: to make known (something concealed or secret) 顯示，透露　
jangling: 刺耳的　
discord: inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; dissonance 意見不合，嘈
雜聲　
symphony: 交響樂，交響曲　
brotherhood: the state or relationship of being brothers 手足情誼　
jail: a place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention; a prison 監(jiān)獄　