第33期:洛克非勒家族信条(2)

 　　克洛菲勒是个大家族，他们得以成功的原因是什么呢？

　　I believe that truth and justice are fundamental to an enduring social order.

　　I believe in the sacredness of a promise, that a man's word should be as good as his bond, the character--not wealth or power or position—is of supreme¹ worth.

　　I believe that the rendering² of useful service is the common duty of mankind and that only in the purifying fire of sacrifice is the dross³ of selfishness consumed and the greatness of the human soul set free.

　　I believe in an all-wise and all-loving God, named by whatever name, and that the individual's highest fulfillment, greatest happiness and widest usefulness are to be found in living in harmony with His will.

　　I believe that love is the greatest thing in the world; that it alone can overcome hate; that right can and will triumph over might.

　　There are the principles, however formulated⁴, for which all good men and women throughout the world, irrespective of race or creed⁵, education, social position or occupation, are standing⁶, and for which many of them are suffering and dying.

　　These are the principles upon which alone a new world recognizing the brotherhood⁷ of man the fatherhood of God can be established.

　　我相信真理与正义是社会秩序长久维系的基础。

　　我相信诺言的神圣,一句承诺应该如同契约一般有效；品格——而非财富、权势或地位——具有至为崇高的价值。

　　我相信报效社会是人类共同的责任；惟有在牺牲奉献的炼火中,自私自利的渣滓才能烧毁,而人类灵魂的伟大也才能发挥出来。

　　我相信全能博爱的上帝,不论其名称为何；而个人最高的成就,最大的幸福以及最大的作用都在符合上帝意旨的生活中才能找到。

　　我相信爱是世界上最伟大之物；惟有爱能够克服仇恨；公理能够而且必将战胜强权。

　　不管如何阐述,这些就是全世界所有善良的男女——不分种族、信仰、教育、社会地位或职业——所共同坚持的原则,而为了这些原则,他们当中许多人正饱受煎熬或濒临死亡。

　　惟有在这些信条的基础上 ,一个认同人类手足情和上帝慈父爱的世界才能建立起来。

1 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

2 rendering   

n.表现，描写

参考例句：

• She gave a splendid rendering of Beethoven's piano sonata.她精彩地演奏了贝多芬的钢琴奏鸣曲。
• His narrative is a super rendering of dialect speech and idiom.他的叙述是方言和土语最成功的运用。

3 dross   

n.渣滓；无用之物

参考例句：

• Caroline felt the value of the true ore,and knew the deception of the flashy dross.卡罗琳辨别出了真金的价值，知道那种炫耀的铁渣只有迷惑人的外表。
• The best players go off to the big clubs,leaving us the dross.最好的队员都投奔大俱乐部去了，就只给我们剩下些不中用的人。

4 formulated   

v.构想出( formulate的过去式和过去分词 )；规划；确切地阐述；用公式表示

参考例句：

• He claims that the writer never consciously formulated his own theoretical position. 他声称该作家从未有意识地阐明他自己的理论见解。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This idea can be formulated in two different ways. 这个意思可以有两种说法。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 creed   

n.信条；信念，纲领

参考例句：

• They offended against every article of his creed.他们触犯了他的每一条戒律。
• Our creed has always been that business is business.我们的信条一直是公私分明。

6 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

7 brotherhood   

n.兄弟般的关系，手中情谊

参考例句：

• They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
• They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。