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第13章 非常时刻(12)

ATogether, we join two distinguished South Africans, the late Chief Albert Luthuli and His Grace Archbishop Desmond Tutu, to whose seminal contributions to the peaceful struggle against the evil system of apartheid you paid well-deserved tribute by awarding them the Nobel Peace Prize.

It will not be presumptuous of us if we also add, among our predecessors, the name of another outstanding Nobel Peace Prize winner, the late African-American statesman and internationalist, the Rev Martin Luther King Jr. BHe, too, grappled with and died in the effort to make a contribution to the just solution of the same great issues of the day which we have had to face as South Africans.

We speak here of the challenge of the dichotomies of war and peace, violence and non-violence, racism and human dignity, oppression and repression and liberty and human rights, poverty and freedom.

CWe stand here today as nothing more than a representative of the millions of our people who dared to rise up against a social system whose very essence is war, violence, racism, oppression, repression and the impoverishment of an entire people.

I am also here today as a representative of the millions of people across the globe, the anti-apartheid movement, the governments and organisations that joined with us, not to fight against South Africa as a country or any of its peoples, but to oppose an inhuman system and sue for a speedy end to the apartheid crime against humanity.

难点重点,一目了然!

长难句解析Sentence Structures

ATogether, we join two distinguished South Africans, the late Chief AIbert Luthuli and His Grace Archbishop Desmond Tutu, to whose seminal contributions to the peaceful struggle against the evil system of apartheid you paid well-deserved tribute by awarding them the Nobel Peace Prize.

在此我们一起追忆两位伟大的南非人,已故的领袖阿尔伯特·卢图利和德斯蒙德·图图大主教。他们因为在你们极为称赞的反对罪恶的种族隔离制度的和平斗争中做出具有深远意义的贡献而被授予和平奖。

句中Iate表示已故的,His Grace这里表示尊称,大主教。

BHe, too, grappled with and died in the effort to make a contribution to the just solution of the same great issues of the day which we have had to face as South Africans.

正如南非人民一样,他也曾面临着同样的严峻问题,他努力寻求正义的解决方式,并为此献出了生命。

make a contribution to为……做出贡献。例如:He makes a great contribution to the things.他为这些事做出了巨大贡献。

CWe stand here today as nothing more than a representative of the millions of our people who dared to rise up against a social system whose very essence is war, violence, racism, oppression, repression and the impoverishment of an entire people.

今天我们站在这儿,只是代表千百万敢于站起来反抗一种社会制度的人民,这种社会制度的本质就是战争、暴力、种族主义、压迫、镇压及整个民族的贫困。

nothing more than仅仅。例如:It was nothing more than a shower.只不过下了场阵雨。

22.For Peace(2)为了和平(2)

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“儿童终于能在开阔的草原上玩耍,不再经受种种折磨:饥饿的痛苦、疾病的摧残、无知、骚扰和虐待的威胁,并且不再被迫去从事那些超过了其幼小年龄所能负担的工作”。这是黑人总统纳尔逊·曼德拉终身奋斗的目标。

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These countless human beings, both inside and outside our country, had the nobility of spirit to stand in the path of tyranny and injustice, without seeking selfish gain.They recognized that an injury to one is an injury to all and therefore acted together in defense of justice and a common human decency.

Because of their courage and persistence for many years, we can, today, even set the dates when all humanity will join together to celebrate one of the outstanding human victories of our century. When that moment comes, we shall, together, rejoice in a common victory over racism, apartheid and white minority rule.

AThat triumph will finally bring to a close a history of five hundred years of Africa of the rare metals and precious stones that rest in the bowels of the African soil we tread in the footsteps of our ancestors. It will and must be measured by the happiness and welfare of the children, at once the most vulnerable citizens in any society and the greatest of our treasures.

The children must, at last, play in the open veld, no longer tortured by the pangs of hunger or ravaged by disease or threatened with the scourge of ignorance, molestation and abuse, and no longer required to engage in deeds whose gravity exceeds the demands of their tender years.

BIn front of this distinguished audience, we commit the new South Africa to the relentless pursuit of the purposes defined in the World Declaration on the Survival, Protection and Development of Children.

CThe value of that gift to all who have suffered will and must be measured by the happiness and welfare of all the people of our country, who will have torn down the inhuman walls that divide them.

难点重点,一目了然!

长难句解析Sentence Structures

AThat triumph will finally bring to a close a history of five hundred years of Africa of the rare metals and precious stones that rest in the bowels of the African soil we tread in the footsteps of our ancestors.

这个胜利终将结束我们随着祖先的脚印踩踏的这块蕴藏着稀有金属和珍贵宝石的非洲土地的500年历史。

bring to a close 结束。例如:The ceremony was brought to a close by the singing of the national anthem.典礼在国歌声中结束。

BIn front of this distinguished audience, we commit the new South Africa to the relentless pursuit of the purposes defined in the World Declaration on the Survival, Protection and Development of Children.

在诸位高贵的听众面前,我们保证,新南非将坚定不移地追求《世界儿童生存,保护和发展宣言》中所制定的那些目标。

commit sb/oneself to sth.向某人/自己保证。例如:He has committed himself to support his brother"s children.他已承诺抚养他弟弟的孩子。

CThe value of that gift to all who have suffered will and must be measured by the happiness and welfare of all the people of our country, who will have torn down the inhuman walls that divide them.

这种酬劳的价值也必须由我们国家所有人民的幸福与福利来评价,我国人民必将推翻那些分隔他们的野蛮壁垒。

tear down 拆掉。例如:They are tearing down these old houses to build a new office block.他们正拆除这些旧房子来建一座新办公楼。

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