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I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration1 for freedom in the history of our nation.
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic2 shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation3 Proclamation. This momentous4 decree came as a great beacon5 light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering6 injustice7. It came as a joyous8 daybreak to end the long night of their captivity9.
But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation10 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. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished11 in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. And so we've come here today to dramatize a shameful12 condition.
I say to you today, my friends.
And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed13: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."
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n.表明,示范,论证,示威 | |
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3 emancipation | |
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4 momentous | |
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5 beacon | |
n.烽火,(警告用的)闪火灯,灯塔 | |
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6 withering | |
使人畏缩的,使人害羞的,使人难堪的 | |
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7 injustice | |
n.非正义,不公正,不公平,侵犯(别人的)权利 | |
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9 captivity | |
n.囚禁;被俘;束缚 | |
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n.隔离,种族隔离 | |
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11 languished | |
长期受苦( languish的过去式和过去分词 ); 受折磨; 变得(越来越)衰弱; 因渴望而变得憔悴或闷闷不乐 | |
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12 shameful | |
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13 creed | |
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