Arguably, the most, or certainly one of the most influential speeches of all time was Martin Luther King's I have a dream.
史上最有影响力的演讲,或者之一,是马丁路德金的《我有一个梦想》
I've read this speech more than dozens of times.
这个演讲我听了不下12次
Why? Because beyond its beauty, its rhythm and its importance, it also captures what is means, what it means to create an image of success.
为什么?因为除了它很美,押韵和重要性之外,也表达了它的意图,它的意图就是描绘出一幅成功的画面
'Cause this is what he did for this country and defined generations to come.
因为这是他为这个国家做的并为后来人所定义的远景
So first of all, I want to read some excerpts from it.
因此首先,我想从中摘录几句
It is about visualizating a better future, and he says it explicitly, doesn't hide it.
是对一个更美好的未来的想象,他说得很明确,没有隐藏
He says: "I have a dream, I say to you today my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow I still have a dream.
"我有一个梦想,朋友们,今天我对你们说,在此时此刻,我们虽然遭受种种困难和挫折,我仍然有一个梦想
It is a dream deeply rooted in the America dream."
这个梦想是深深扎根于美国的梦想中的"
This is all about imagination, but through the imagination he created a better reality.
这都是关于想象,但通过想象他创建了更好的现实
Look at how he talks about the process; he doesn't talk just about the outcome: we want equality at the end.
看他如何谈论这个过程;他不是仅仅谈到结果:我们希望最后达到平等
He talks about how we will get to this outcome.
他谈的是我们如何获得这个结果
So let me read you a couple of excerpts: "This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism."
让我读几句摘录的句子:"现在绝非侈谈冷静下来或服用渐进主义的镇静剂的时候"