公众人物毕业演讲第283期:奥巴马2013莫尔豪斯学院8

 That's a Morehouse man talking

这是一个莫尔豪斯人说的

Now, think about it

想想这个

For black men in the '40s and the '50s

对于四五十年代的黑人而言

The threat of violence, the constant humiliations, large and small

暴力的威胁 持续而来的大大小小的屈辱

The uncertainty¹ that you could support a family

维持家庭生计的不确定性

The gnawing² doubts born of the Jim crow culture that told you

黑人歧视的文化让你深深怀疑自己

Every day that somehow you were inferior

每天都让你觉得自己低人一等

The temptation to shrink from the world, to accept your place

让你总想逃避 总想接受现实

To avoid risks, to be afraid

总想避免冒险 总想着害怕

That temptation was necessarily strong

这种念头无疑非常之强

And yet, here, under the tutelage of men like Dr. Mays

但在这里 在梅斯博士这样的人的教导之下

Young martin learned to be unafraid

年轻的马丁学会了无所畏惧

And he, in turn, taught others to be unafraid

反过来 他又教会其他人 不要畏惧

And over time, he taught a nation to be unafraid

随着时间的推移 他教会了整个国家 不要畏惧

And over the last 50 years

过去50年间

Thanks to the moral force of Dr. King and a Moses generation

感谢金牧师这一代伟人的道德力量

That overcame their fear and their cynicism and their despair

他们克服了恐惧 克服了嘲讽 克服了绝望

Barriers have come tumbling down

障碍层层瓦解

And new doors of opportunity have swung open

新机遇之门豁然敞开

And laws and hearts and minds have been changed to the point

法律 感情和理智都已经得到深刻的转变

Where someone who looks just like you

让和你们一样的人

Can somehow come to serve as president of these united states of America

能作为美利坚合众国的总统站在这里

So the history we share should give you hope

我们共同拥有的历史 能为你们提供希望

The future we share should give you hope

我们共同拥有的未来 能为你提供希望

You're graduating into an improving job market

你们毕业后进入的就业市场正逐渐改善

You're living in a time when advances in technology and communication

你们正生活的时代中 科技和通信的发展

Put at your fingertips

让世界触手可及

1 uncertainty   

n.易变，靠不住，不确知，不确定的事物

参考例句：

• Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
• After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。

2 gnawing   

a.痛苦的，折磨人的

参考例句：

• The dog was gnawing a bone. 那狗在啃骨头。
• These doubts had been gnawing at him for some time. 这些疑虑已经折磨他一段时间了。