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1. Theyare the principleson whichmy wife and I have tried tobring upour family. They are the principlesin whichmy fatherbelievedandby whichhe governed his life. They are theprinciples,many of them,whichI learnedat my mother's knee.
1、这些是我和我太太在教育子女的时候所尽力倚仗的信条，这些是我父亲所深信并以之为人生律条的信条，这些信条中的大部分是我从母亲的膝下秉承而来的。 (一串定语从句)
2. Theypoint the waytousefulness and happinessin life,tocourage and peaceindeath.
2、这些信条告诉人们如何快乐而有所作为地活着，也告诉人们如何勇敢而安详地面对死亡。
3.Iftheymean toyouwhat they mean to me, they mayperhapsbehelpful also toour sons for theirguidanceandinspiration.
3、假如这些信条于诸位的意义如同它们于我的意义，那么也许它们可以有效地指导和鼓舞我们的儿女们。
4.Let mestate them:4、让我说出这些信条：
5. Ibelieveinthesupremeworth of the individualandinhis right to life,liberty, and thepursuitof happiness.
5、我相信，个人拥有无上的（supreme）价值，拥有生存、自由和追求幸福的权利。
6. Ibelievethatevery rightimplies aresponsibility;every opportunity, anobligation;everypossession,a duty.
6、我相信，每一项权利都必然包含着(imply)责任，每一个机遇都必然包含着义务，每一种获得都必然包含着职责。
7. Ibelieve thatthe law was made for man and not man for the law;thatgovernmentistheservantof the peopleandnot theirmaster.
7、我相信，法律为人而制，而非人为法律而生，政府是人民的公仆，而非人民的主人。
8. Ibelieveinthedignity of labor,whetherwithheadorhand;thatthe worldowesno man a living butthatitowesevery manan opportunity to make aliving.
8、我相信，无论体力劳动还是脑力劳动都是高尚的（dignity），世界不会让人不劳而获，而会给人一次谋生的机会。
9. Ibelieve thatthriftisessentialtowell-orderedlivingandthateconomy is aprime requisiteof a soundfinancialstructure,whether ingovernment, business,orpersonal affairs.
9、我相信，无论在政府、商业还是个人事务中，勤俭节约都是合理安排生活之基本要素(be essential to 对…必要的)，而经济适用是健全的金融机制（a sound financial structure）之必需。
10. Ibelievethattruth andjusticeare fundamental toanenduringsocial order.
10、我相信，真理和正义是任何一个长治久安的社会秩序之基础。
11. Ibelieveinthesacredness of a promise,thata man's wordshouldbe as good as his bonds,thatcharacter-not wealth or power orposition-is of supreme worth.
11、我相信，承诺是神圣的；我也相信，假如人的言语(a man's word)能和契约同样可靠(as good as)，那么这种品质(thatcharacter)-而非财富、权势与身份地位-就具有至高无上的价值。
12. Ibelievethatthe rendering of useful serviceis the common duty ofmankind andthatonlyin thepurifyingfire ofsacrificeisthedrossofselfishnessconsumedandthegreatness of the human soulset free.
12、我相信，人类共同的职责是有用地服务社会(the rendering of useful service)，只有在自我牺牲的炼火中(only in the purifying fire of sacrifice)，自私的沉渣才会被焚为灰烬(only 在句首时，句子要倒装，is提到主语前)，人类灵魂中的伟大情操才会显现(setfree)。
13. Ibelieveinanall-wiseandall-lovingGod,namedbywhatevername, andthattheindividual'shighest fulfillment,greatest happiness,andwidest usefulnessare tobe found inliving inharmonywithhis will.
13、我相信，有一位大智大慧、大慈大悲的上帝存在-尽管人们对他的称呼各不相同--人们能在与他的意志相和谐的生活过程中得到最高的满足感（highest fulfillment）、最大的幸福感(greatesthappiness)，以及最广博的成就感(widest usefulness)。
14. Ibelievethatlove is the greatest thing in the world;thatitalonecanovercomehate;thatrightcan and willtriumph over might.
14、我相信，世界上最伟大的事物就是爱，只有爱能够战胜仇恨，而真理(right)能够而且必定能击败强权(might)。
15.These are the principles,howeverformulated,for whichallgood men and womenthroughoutthe world,irrespectiveof race orcreed,education, social position, or occupation, arestanding, andforwhichmany of themaresufferingand dying.
15、无论怎样表达(howeverformulated)，以上就是那些信条-世界上所有不计(irrespective)种族、信仰、教育、地位或职业的善良的人们（all good men and women）所代表(stand for)的信条-而且正是为了这些信条，他们中许多人正在忍受折磨(suffer for)，甚至正在死去。
16.These are the principlesupon whichalone a newworldrecognizingthe brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of Godcan beestablished.
16、只有凭借这些信条，人类才能建立起人人如手足、上帝如慈父的新世界。
