英語演講結(jié)尾術(shù)欣賞-名言
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#名言結(jié)尾術(shù)欣賞
Chairman Mao has written, "So many deeds cry out to be done, and always urgently; the world rolls on, time presses. Ten thousand years are too long, seize the day, seize the hour!"
This is the hour, this is the day for our two peoples to rise to the heights of greatness which can build a new and a better world.
In that spirit, I ask all of you present to join me in raising your glasses to Chairman Mao, to Prime Minister Zhou, and to the friendship of the Chinese and American people which can lead to friendship and peace for all people in the world.
--(Speech by President Nixon of the United States at Welcoming Banquet 21 February, 1972)
毛主席寫過："多少事，從來急，天地轉(zhuǎn)，光陰迫。一萬年太久，只爭(zhēng)朝夕。"
現(xiàn)在就是只爭(zhēng)朝夕的時(shí)候了，是我們兩國人民攀登那種可以締造一個(gè)新的、更美好的世界的偉大境界高峰的時(shí)候了。
本著這種精神，我請(qǐng)求諸位同我一起舉杯，為毛主席，為周總理，為能夠?qū)е氯澜缢腥嗣竦挠颜x與和平的中國人民同美國人民之間的友誼，干杯！
�。x自一九七二年二月二十一日歡迎宴會(huì)上美國總統(tǒng)尼克松的講話
My friends, allow me to quote a traditional famous Chinese poem as my end. I think we can further and better understand that our parents love us warmly and deeply like that of a spring. Now I will recite the poem:
The thread in mother's hand─
A gown for parting son.
Sewn stitch by stitch, alas!
For fear of cold he'll stand.
Such kindness of warm sun
can't be repaid by grass.
May every one of us respect
and love our parents!
May our society be full of love!
Thank you all!
朋友們：最后我提議，讓我們一道重溫中國一首古老的歌謠，從中再次領(lǐng)悟一番父母對(duì)兒女春天般的厚愛：
慈母手中線，游子身上衣。
臨行密密縫，意恐遲遲歸。
誰言寸草心，報(bào)得三春暉。
愿我們都擁有一顆孝心！
愿我們的社會(huì)充滿愛心！
謝謝大家！
The last cause of this disobedient spirit in the colonies is hardly less powerful than the rest, as it is not merely moral, but laid deep in the natural constitution of things. Three thousand miles of ocean lie between you and them. No contrivance can prevent the effect of this distance in weakening government. Seas roll and months pass between the order and the execution; and the want of a speedy explanation of a single point is enough to defeat the whole system. You have, indeed, "Wingled ministers" of vengence, who carry your bolts in their pouches to the remotes verge of the sea. But there a power steps in that limits the arrogance of raging passion and furious elements, and says: "So far shalt though go, and no farther."
殖民地這種不屈服的精神作為最后一個(gè)原因，其影響并不亞于其他的原因，因?yàn)檫@不僅僅是個(gè)道德問題，而且它深深植根于自然界事物的構(gòu)造之中。你們和他們之間相距著萬里大洋。來自那遙遠(yuǎn)統(tǒng)治的影響目前尚無法防止。通過海路傳遞命令到執(zhí)行命令往往要幾個(gè)月時(shí)間；只要有一個(gè)需迅速解決的問題即可徹底毀掉整個(gè)體系。你們確實(shí)面對(duì)著"長有翅膀的復(fù)仇大臣"，他們的袋里裝著你們的霹靂直至天涯海角。但有一種力量會(huì)限制這種盛怒之威，并且說："至此為止，回頭是岸。"
There is saying that about the sun which makes us forget his spots, and when we think of General Grant our pulses quicken and his grammar vanishes; we only remember that this is the simple soldier, who, all in taught of the silken phrase makers, linked words together with an art surpassing the art of the schools and put into them a something which will still bring to American ears, as long as America shall last, the roll of his vanished drums and the tread of his marching hosts. What do we care for grammar when we think of those thunderous phrases; "unconditional and immediate surrender", "I propose to move immediately upon your words", "I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer". Mr Arnold would doubtless claim that that last phrase is not strictly grammatical, and yet it did certainly make up this nation as a hundred million tons of A No.1, fourth proof, hard-boilded, hidebound grammar from another mouth could not have done. And finally we have that gentler phrase, that one which shows you another true side of the man, shows you that in his soldier heart there was room for other than glory war mottoes and his tongue the gift to fitfully phrase them─"Let us have peace".
人們說太陽的存在使我們忘掉了它的黑點(diǎn)，我們一想起格蘭特將軍，就會(huì)心潮澎湃，而全然不管他的語法。我們只記得這是一位純樸的軍人，他根本沒有受過那些咬文嚼字的文人的影響，他使用了一種勝過各派的藝術(shù)，把詞語連接起來并加入了某種氣質(zhì)，只要美國存在，這種氣質(zhì)就仍然會(huì)把那消失的鼓點(diǎn)聲和前進(jìn)的腳步聲帶回到美國人的耳際。我們想起以下如雷灌耳的詞句，還會(huì)在乎什么語法？"無條件立即投降"；"我建議立即按你的方案行動(dòng)"；"我建議在這條戰(zhàn)線上打到底，即使要打整整一個(gè)夏天。"阿若德先生肯定說，最后一句話嚴(yán)格地說不符合語法。但這句話確實(shí)喚醒了這個(gè)國家，而另一張嘴即使吐出成千上萬噸第一流的、反復(fù)校對(duì)過的、堅(jiān)硬的和古板的語法，也未必能起到這種作用。最后，我們還記得那句溫文爾雅的話。這句話表現(xiàn)了格蘭特將軍的另一真實(shí)的方面，表現(xiàn)了在這位戰(zhàn)士的心中，除了光榮的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)之類的格言外，還可以容納別的東西，表現(xiàn)了他能夠天才地、恰如其分地說出這些東西。這句話就是："讓我們擁有和平吧！"
To summarize what I have said: Aim for the highest, never enter a bar room; do not touch liquor, or if at all only at meals; never speculate; never indorse beyond your surplus cash fund make the firm's interest yours; break orders always to save owners; concentrate; put all your eggs in one basket, and watch that basket; expenditure always within revenue; lastly be not impatient, for, as Emerson says, "No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourselves".
--From Andrew Carnegie:"The Road to Success"
我把所說的話歸納如下：要志在頂峰；千萬不要涉足酒吧；不要沾酒，即使僅在用餐時(shí)喝點(diǎn)酒；千萬不要投機(jī)；簽署支付的款項(xiàng)時(shí)，千萬不要超過盈余的現(xiàn)金儲(chǔ)備；取消定貨的目的永遠(yuǎn)在于挽救貨主；集中精力，把所有雞蛋放進(jìn)一個(gè)籃子并照管好那個(gè)籃子；支出永遠(yuǎn)小于收入；最后，不要失去耐心。因?yàn)檎鐞勰f，"除你自己以外，沒有人能哄騙你離開最后的成功。"
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