名校勵志英語演講 第122期:21世紀的挑戰(zhàn)(16)

[00:02.20]The question is, where do we go from here? How do we work together to be on the right side of history together? 但人們不禁要問，我們的發(fā)展方向是什么？我們怎樣相互合作走上歷史的正確一面？ [00:13.19]More than 50 years ago, Hu Shi, one of your great political thinkers and a teacher at this university, said these words: 中國偉大的政治思想家、曾在北大任教的胡適教授在50多年前說過： [00:24.40]"Now some people say to me you must sacrifice your individual freedom so that the nation may be free. “有些人對我說，為了國家的自由你必須犧牲自己的個人自由。 [00:34.00]But I reply, the struggle for individual freedom is the struggle for the nation's freedom. 但我回答，為了個人自由而奮斗就是為了國家的自由而奮斗。 [00:43.27]The struggle for your own character is the struggle for the nation's character." 解放個性就是解放民族?！? [00:51.50]We Americans believe Hu Shi was right. 我們美國人認為胡適是對的。 [00:57.09]We believe and our experience demonstrates that freedom strengthens stability and helps nations to change. 我們相信，并且我們的經(jīng)驗表明，自由可以加強穩(wěn)定，自由有助于國家的變革。 [01:10.52]One of our founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin, once said, "Our critics are our friends, for they show us our faults." 我國的一位開國先賢本杰明·富蘭克林曾經(jīng)說過：“我們的批評者是我們的朋友，因為他們指出我們的缺點。” [01:24.44]Now, if that is true, there are many days in the United States when the President has more friends than anyone else in America. But it is so. 如果這話正確，在美國很多時候，總統(tǒng)的朋友比其他任何人都多。 但確實如此。

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