Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream"
delivered 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down传下去家兔被承受 in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.
Five score years ago一百年前, a great American, in who symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree重要的发令 came as a great beacon light 航标灯of hope to millions of Negro slaves, who had been ared 凋枯萎in the flames of withering injustice挖苦性的不公平. It came as a joyous 〔joy〕daybreak 黎明破晓to end the long night of their captivity囚禁.
一百多年前，一位伟大的美国人签署了解放奴隶宣言。对于在挖苦性的不公平中调谐枯萎的亿万黑奴来说，这条重要的法令犹如他们的航标灯。它想令人预约的破晓，完毕了黑奴被囚禁的漫长黑夜。
But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of
the Negro is still sadly crippled使受残，使受伤， by the manacles 镣铐束缚of gregation种族隔离 and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity物质繁荣. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in因受苦憔悴 the corners of American society and finds himlf 意识到肺尘病an e*ile放逐，流放 in his own land. And so we've e here today to dramatize 将戏剧化a shameful condition.
但是一百年后，黑人依旧并不自由。一百年后，黑人的生活依旧被种族隔离的镣铐和歧视的枷锁摧残。一百年后，黑人依旧生活在一个物质繁荣的广阔海上的一个孤岛上。一百年后，黑人依旧在美国社会的角落里受苦，并且意识到自己是故园的流浪者。所以，今天我们来到这里把这种令人羞愧的情形公布于众。
In a n we have e to our nation's capital to cash a check兑现支票. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent高尚的宏伟的 words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence独立宣言, they were signing a promissory note本票期票 to which every American was to fall heir继承. This note was a promi that all men,
yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable 不可剥夺的rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It is obvious today that America has defaulted on 拖欠未出席this promissory note, 迎接新学期图片insofar as在围 her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring 履行this sacred obligation什么汤好喝义务债务坏习惯, America has given the Negro people a bad check空头支票, a check which has e back marked "insufficient funds.资金缺乏"
事实上，我们来到我们国家的首都来兑现诺言。当我们国的建立者签署"独立宣言"时，他们给每个美国人可以继承珠海珍珠乐园的本期支票。这是一个保证所有人包括黑人和白人可以拥有生命的权力，自由和幸福追求的承诺。但是显而易见就有色公民而言，美国并没有履行这个承诺。美国并没有履行这个神圣的诺言，而是开了一空头支票，支票上盖着“资金缺乏〞的戳子退了回来。
But we refu to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refu to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults 保管库避难所of opportunity of this nation. And so we have e to cash this check, a check that will give us upon〔on〕 demand the riches of freedom and the curity of justice.
但是我们不相信正义银行破产了，我们不相信在这个国家巨大的时机宝库中没有足够的资金。今天我们来兑现支票，这支票将给予我们珍贵的自由和公平保障。
We have also e to this hallowed神圣的 spot to remind America of the fierce 凶猛的urgency 紧急of Now. This is no time to engage in 从事经营the lu*ury奢华奢侈 of cooling off冷静冷处理 or to take the tranquilizing drug 镇定性药物of gradualism渐进主义，按部就班主义. Now is the time to make real the promis of democracy. Now is the time to ri from从出来，由复活 the dark and desolate 荒凉的无人烟的valley of gregation种族隔离 to the sunlit照射的 path of racial 种族justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands流沙，危险的陷阱 of racial injustice to the solid rock 坚石of brotherhood手足情谊. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.
我们来到这里提醒美国人现在是非常紧急的时刻。现在绝非奢谈冷静下来或者服用渐进主义的镇定性药物的时候。现在是兑现承诺的时候。现在是从黑暗和荒凉的种族隔离种族出来，走向种族公平的大道的时候。现在是把我们的国家从种族歧视的流沙中拯救出来，置于手足情谊的磐石上的时候。现在是对上帝的所有孩子实现真正公平的时候。
It would be fatal for the nation to overlook 忽略the urgency of the moment. This sweltering 闷热的，热的难受的summer of the Negro's legitimate合法的，正当的 discontent不满 will not pass until there is an invigorating 爽快的，精力充分的autumn of freedom and equality平等. Nineteen si*ty-three is not an end but a beginning. Tho who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam 发脾气，放出多余的蒸汽and will now be content will have a rude awakening猛然觉醒 if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be neither rest nor tranquility宁静，平静 in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds旋风 of revolt 对抗will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges浮现，画时圆写时方摆脱，暴露.
我们的国家忽略这一紧急时刻是致命的。如果自由和平等的令人爽快的秋天没到来，则黑人正当的不满的闷热的夏天就不会过去。1963不是完毕而是开场。如果国家毫无反响，那些认为黑人随便发发脾气就会满意的人群将会猛然觉醒。在黑人没有得到公利时，美国就不会安宁或者平静。对抗的风暴将会持续晃动我们国家的根基，直到公平出现的那一天。
But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold入后背麻
口，门槛 which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of gaining our rightful合法的 place we must not be guilty of 对有罪反感wrongful不合法的 deeds行为. Let us not ek to 试图，设法satisfy our thirst for渴望热望 freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness苦难 and hatred憎恨. We must ever conduct管理引导 our struggle on挣扎下去 the high plane of dignity and discipline尊严和纪律. We must not allow our creative protest抗议 to degenerate into退化成 physical violence暴力. Again and again we must ri to the majestic 庄严的heights of meeting physical force with soul force精神力量.
但是我必须告诉那些站在平等宫殿门口的人们。在我们得到合法地位的过程中，我们不必对不合法行为有罪反感。我们不要通过苦难和憎恨来试图满足对自由的向往。我们斗争时必须永远举止得体，纪律严明。我们不能容许我们的具有崭新容的抗议蜕变为暴力行动。我们要不断地升华到以精神力量对付物质力量的崇高境界中去。
