著名演讲《I have a dream》教案
Delivered（[di\'livə] vt.发表） on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.on August 28, 1963 , by Martin Luther King.正文如下:
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down（传下去；被接受）in history as the greatest demon stration for freedom in the history of our nation.Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow（阴影；庇护；幽灵）we stand today, signed the Emancipation（[i,mænsi\'peiʃən] n.解放）Proclamation（[,prɔklə\'meiʃən] n.公布；宣布.塔）light This momentous（[məu\'mentəs] adj.重要的）decree（[di\'kri:] n.法令vt.颁布）came as a great beacon（[\'bi:kən] n.灯It came as a joyous（[\'dʒɔiəs]adj.令人高兴的；充满欢乐的（等于joyful））daybreak（黎明）to of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared（[siə] vt.烤焦）in the flames of withering（[\'wiðə
riŋ] n.枯萎；凋谢v.使凋谢）injustice.end the long night of their captivity（[kæp\'tivəti] n.囚禁；被关）.
But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free.One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled（[\'kripld] v.使成跛子adj.残废的，跛腿的）by the manacles（[\'mænəklz] n.镣铐；手铐（manacle的复数））of seg regation（[,seɡri\'ɡeiʃən] n.种族隔离）and the chains of discrimination.One hundred years later, the Negro live on a lonely island of poverty in the midst（[midst] n.当中，中间prep.在…中间）of a vast ocean of material prosperity（[prɔs \'periti] n.繁荣，成功.）One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished([\'læŋɡwiʃ] vi.凋萎；憔悴；失去活力)in the cornersof American society and finds himself an exile([\'eɡzail, \'eksail] n.流放，充军；vt.放逐)in his own land.And so we\'ve come here today to dramatize([\'dræmətaiz] vt.使戏剧化) a shameful condition.In a sense(在某种意义上，等于 in a way) we\'vecome to our nation\'s capital to cash([kæʃ] n.现款，现金vt.将…兑现；支付现款) a check.When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing apromiory([\'prɔmisəri] adj.约定的；允诺的) note to which every American was to fall heir([εə] n.继承人；后嗣).This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the \"unalienable([,ʌn\'eiljənəbl] adj.不可剥夺的（等于inalienable）alien [\'eiljən] adj.外国的；n.外星人；外国人vt.让渡，转让)
Rights\" of \"Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happine.\" It is obvious today that America has defaulted（[di\'fɔ:lt] vi.拖欠；不履行）on this promiory note, insofar as her citizens of color are concerned.Instead of honoring this sacred（[\'seikrid] adj.神圣的；庄严的） obligation（[,ɔbli\'ɡeiʃən] n.义务；职责；债务）, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked \"insufficient funds.”
But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt.We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults（[vɔ:lt]n.拱顶；地下室）of opportunity of this nation.And so, we\'ve come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice.We have also come to this hallowed（[\'hæləud] adj.神圣的）spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now.This is notime to engage in the luxury([\'lʌkʃəri] n.奢侈adj.奢侈的) of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing（[\'træŋ,kwilaiz] vt.使镇定）drug of gradualism.Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy.Now is the time to rise
from the dark and desolate（[\'desələt] adj.荒凉的）valley of segregation（[,seɡri\'ɡeiʃən]）to the sunlit path of racial justice.Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksand（流沙）of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood（兄弟关系）.Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God\'s children.
It would be fatal（[\'feitl] adj.致命的；重大的；毁灭性的）for the nation to overlook（俯览） the urgency of the moment.This sweltering（闷热的）summer of the Negro\'s legitimate（[li\'dʒitimət] adj.合法的）discontent（不满） will not pa until there is an invigorating（爽快的）autumn of freedom and equality.Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a begin
ning.And those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off（放出）steam and will now be content will have arude awakening（觉醒）if the nation returns to busine as usual.And there will be neither rest nor tranquility （[træŋ\'kwiləti] n.宁静） in America until the Negro is granted（[ɡrɑ:nt] vt.授予；承认） his citizenship rights.The whirl Winds（旋风）of revolt（反抗；反叛） will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges（浮现；暴露）.
But there is something that I must say to my people, who stand on the warm threshold（[\'θreʃhəuld] n.极限；门槛；入口） which leads into the palace of justice: In the proce of gaining our rightful（合法的） place, we mustnot be guilty of wrongful（不合法的） deeds.Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterne (苦味；苦难) and hatred（[\'heitrid] n.憎恨；怨恨）.
We must forever conduct our struggle（进行斗争）on the high plane of dignity and discipline（尊严和纪律）.Wemust not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence.Again and again, we must rise to themajestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny.And they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom.We cannot walk alone.And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead.We cannot turn back.There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, \"When will you be satisfied?\" We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality.We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities.We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Miiippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote.No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters, and righteousne like a mighty stream.\" I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations.Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells.And some of you have come from areas where your quest -- quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality.You have been the veterans of creative suffering.Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.Go back to Miiippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed.Let us not wallow in thevalley of despair, 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 creed: \"We hold these truths to be self-evident,that all men are created equal.\"I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.I have a dream that one day even the state of Miiippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppreion, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.I have a dream that myfour little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.I have a dream today! I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, withits vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of \"interposition\" and \"nullification\" -- one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.I have a dream today!
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; \"and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.\" This is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with.With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.And this will be the day -- this will be the day when all of God\'s children will be able to sing with new meaning: My country \'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing.Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim\'s pride, From every mountainside, let freedom ring! And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true.And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado.Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California.But not only that: Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tenneee.Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Miiippi.From every mountainside, let freedom ring.And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God\'s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!（为了节约纸张，请大家自己分段！）
