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一、原文
I Have a Dream (excerpted)
delivered on 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.
by Martin Luther King, Jr.
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the EmancipationProclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.
But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. And so we’ve come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.
In a sense we’ve come to our nation’s capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable Rights of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note, insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked insufficient funds.
二、词汇注解
emancipation /ɪˌmnsɪˈpeɪʃən/ n.释放；解放
proclamation /ˌprɒkləˈmeɪʃn/ n.公告；布告；宣言；声明；宣称
beacon /ˈbiːkən/ n.烽火；适宜点烽火的山；灯塔；灯标；信标
injustice /ɪnˈdʒʌstɪs / n.非正义；不公正；欠公平；非正义行为；不公正事件
captivity /kpˈtɪvəti / n.被关押；被监禁；囚禁
crippled /ˈkrɪpld/ adj.残废的；跋腿的；使成跋子；(cripple的过去分词)
segregation /ˌseɡrɪˈɡeɪʃn / n.隔离；分隔；种族隔离；分离
prosperity /prɒˈsperəti / n.繁荣；昌盛；成功
exile /ˈeksaɪl/ v.&n.流放；流亡；放逐；使流亡；被流放者；流亡国外者；背井离乡者
dramatize /ˈdrmətaɪz / v.把...改编成剧本；用戏剧形式表现；戏剧性地表现；生动地表达；夸大(小事或情况)的严重性；对…言过其实
architect /ˈɑːkɪtekts /n.建筑师；创造者；缔造者；设计师
magnificent /mɡˈnɪfɪsnt / adj.壮丽的；华丽的；豪华的；宏伟的；极好的；卓越的
unalienable /ʌnˈeɪlɪənəb(ə)l / adj.不可剥夺的；不能让与的
pursuit /pəˈsjuːt / n.追赶；追逐；追捕；追击；追求；寻求；特定活动；自行车追逐赛；追视
default /diˈfɔ:ltid / v.缺席；不到场；受传唤时不出庭；由于不到庭而败诉；违约；未履行任务或责任；未履行；拖欠；未参加或完成；因未到庭而败诉
insufficient /ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃnt / adj.不足的；不够的
三、参考译文
我有一个梦想
1963年8月28日在华盛顿林肯纪念堂发表
由马丁路德金
我很高兴今天能和你们一起参加我们国家历史上最伟大的自由示威游行。
八十年前，一位伟大的美国人签署了《解放宣言》，今天我们就站在他象征性的影子下。这一重大法令的颁布，就像一盏巨大的灯塔，照亮了数百万在不公正的烈焰中煎熬的黑人奴隶。这就像欢乐的黎明，结束了他们被囚禁的漫漫长夜。
但一百年后，黑人仍未获得自由。一百年后，黑人的生活仍然悲惨地受到种族隔离和歧视的束缚。一百年后，黑人生活在物质繁荣的汪洋大海中的一个贫穷孤岛上。一百年后，黑人仍然在美国社会的角落里徘徊，发现自己在自己的土地上流放。因此，我们今天来到这里是为了生动地描述这种可耻的状况。
从某种意义上说，我们来到我们国家的首都是为了兑现一张支票。当我们共和国的缔造者们撰写宪法和独立宣言的辉煌篇章时，他们签署了一张每一个美国人都能继承的期票。这张钞票承诺所有的人，无论是白人还是黑人，都将享有不可剥夺的生命权、自由权和追求幸福的权利。今天，很明显，就有色人种而言，美国已经拖欠了这张期票。美国没有履行这项神圣的义务，而是给黑人开了一张空头支票，这张支票上贴着“资金不足”的标签被退回来。
一审一校|余珊珊
二审二校|倪娅
三审三校|黄华
