4.Inaugural Address
(January 20, 1961)
John F. Kennedy
目的/重点
Aims
1.To know how to make good conversation
2.T o trace the history of the King’s English
3.T o learn the methods in developing an expository writing,esp. the u of examples
4.T o analy the features of spoken English
5.T o appreciate the language features
Teaching Contents
1. Exposition
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2. History of Britain
3. Detailed study of the text
4. Organizational pattern
5. Language features
6. The characteristics of spoken English
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Time allocation
1. Exposition and history (15 min.)
2. Detailed study of the text (105 min.)
3. Structure analysis (15 min.)
4. Language appreciation (15 min.)
5. The characteristics of spoken English (30 min)
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4. Inaugural Address
520什么意思(January 20, 1961)
John F. Kennedy
1 We obrve today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom, symbolizing an end as well as a beginning, signifying renewal as well as change. For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three-quarters ago.
2 The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. And yet the same revolutionary belief for which our forebears fought is still at issue around the globe, the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.
3 We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution. Let the word go forth from thi
s time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been pasd to a new generation of Americans, born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage, and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of the human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world.
4 Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or i11, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppo any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
5 This much we pledge--and more.
6 To tho old allies who cultural and spiritual origins we share, we pledge the loyalty of faithful friends. United, there is little we cannot do in a host of co-operative ventures. Divided, there is little we can do, for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split asunder.
自己做蛋糕7 To tho new states whom we welcome to the ranks of the free, we pledge our word that one form of colonial control shall not have pasd away merely to be replaced by a far more iron tyranny. We shall not always expect to find them supporting our view. But we shall always hope to find them stron
gly supporting their own freedom, and to remember that, in the past, tho who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside.
8 To tho peoples in the huts and villages of half the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass miry, we pledge our best efforts to help them help themlves, for whatever period is required, not becau the Communists may be doing it, not becau we ek their votes, but becau it is right. If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
9 To our sister republics south of our border, we offer a special pledge: to convert our good words into good deeds, in a new alliance for progress, to assist free men and free governments in casting off the chains of poverty. But this peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the prey of hostile powers. Let all our neighbors know that we shall join with them to oppo aggression or subversion anywhere in the Americas. And let every other power know that this hemisphere intends to remain the master of its own hou.孔雀鱼怎么繁殖
10 To that world asmbly of sovereign states, the United Nations, our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of peace, we renew our pledge of support: to prevent it from becoming merely a forum for invective, to strengthen its shield of the new and the weak, and to enlarge the area in which its writ may run.
11 Finally, to tho nations who would make themlves our adversary, we offer not a pledge but a request: that both sides begin anew the quest for peace, before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental lf-destruction.
12 We dare not tempt them with weakness. For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed.
13 But neither can two great and powerful groups of nations take comfort from our prent cour--both sides overburdened by the cost of modern weapons, both rightly alarmed by the steady spread of the deadly atom, yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind's final war.
14 So let us begin anew, remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof. Let us never negotiate out of
fear, but let us never fear to negotiate.
15 Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring tho problems which divide us.
16 Let both sides, for the first time, formulate rious and preci proposals for the inspection and control of arms and bring the absolute power to destroy other nations under the absolute control of all nations.
17 Let both sides ek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the derts, eradicate dia, tap the ocean depths and encourage the arts and commerce.
18 Let both sides unite to heed in all corners of the earth the command of Isaiah to "undo the (and) let the oppresd go free".
19 And if a beachhead of co-operation may push back the jungle of suspicion, let both sides join in creating a new endeavor, not a new balance of power, but a new world of law, where the strong are just and the weak cure and the peace prerved.
20 All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.
21 In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than mine, will rest the final success or failure of our cour. Since this country was founded, each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty. The graves of young Americans who answered the call to rvice surround the globe.
22 Now the trumpet summons us again--not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not as a call to battle, though embattled we are; but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, "rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation," a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, dia and war itlf.
23 Can we forge against the enemies a grand and global alliance, North and South, East and West, that can assure a more fruitful life for all mankind? Will you join in the historic effort?
24 In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility; I welcome it. I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who rve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.
25 And so, my fellow Americans ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
26 My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.
27 Finally, whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the world, ask of us here the same high standards of strength and sacrifice which we ask of you. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but
knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own.
(from A Treasury of the World's Great Speeches, 1965)
NOTES
1. inaugural address: since 1937, Inauguration Day has been changed to Jan. 20. On this day every four years the newly elected president of the United States faces the people for the first time, takes the presidential oath of office and delivers his inaugural address.
2. solemn oath: the presidential oath, traditionally administered by the Chief Justice, is prescribed in Article II, ction 1 of the Constitution of the United States. The oath runs as follows: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, prerve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. "
世界领土排名3. The belief that the rights of man.., hand of God: refers to a passage in the American Declaration of Independence: "We hold the truths to be lf-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among the are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. "
4. command of Isaiah: one of the greatest Hebrew prophets who writings are extant (late 8th century B. C. ) ; venerated by rabbis as 2nd only to Mos. The Book of Isaiah, a book in the Old Testament of the Bible of the Christian, is believed to be a work of two authors of different periods; chapters 1--39 relate to the history of the Israelites; chapters 40--66 foretell the coming of the Messiah. The quotation in the text is taken from chapter 58, ver 6: "Is not this the fast that I have chon? to loo the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppresd go free, and that ye break every yoke?"
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