论四大自由The Four Freedom 罗斯福(吐血整理、推荐).docVIP

The Four Freedoms 论四大自由 ——Franklin Delano Roosevelt（富兰克林·德拉诺·罗斯福） Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, members of the 77th Congress: 译：主席先生，发言人先生以及第77届国会的成员们 I address you, the Members of the Seventy-Seventh Congress, at a moment unprecedented in the history of the Union. I use the word unprecedented, because at no previous time has American security been as seriously threatened from without as it is today. 译：今天在这美利坚历史上史无前例的时刻，我在这里为你们—第77届国会的成员们—进行演讲。我之所以用“史无前例”这个词是因为这个国家现在面临的外部威胁比之前的任何时候都要严重。 Unprecedented:空前的；史无前例的；新奇的；崭新的 Previous：先、前、以前的；（口语）过早的、过急的 Since the permanent formation of our government under the Constitution in 1789, most of the periods of crisis in our history have related to our domestic affairs. And, fortunately, only one of these -- the four-year war between the States -- ever threatened our national unity. Today, thank God, 130,000,000 Americans in 48 States have forgotten points of the compass in our national unity. 译： Permanent：永、不变常务的常设的 Domestic里的、家庭的内的、本国的热心家务的、会持家的家养 Compass：周围、、区域；、指面针圆规；迂回的路径It is true that prior to 1914 the United States often had been disturbed by events in other Continents. We had even engaged in two wars with European nations and in a number of undeclared wars in the West Indies, in the Mediterranean and in the Pacific for the maintenance of American rights and for the principles of peaceful commerce. In no case, however, had a serious threat been raised against our national safety or our independence. 译： Continents：大陆、洲Continent：节俭的、节制的；自制的 Maintenance：保持、维持、支持、继续；坚决、主张、拥护；抚养、供给、生计 Commerce：商业；社交；交际、应酬；（古）性交 What I seek to convey is the historic truth that the United States as a nation has at all times maintained opposition -- clear, definite opposition -- to any attempt to lock us behind an ancient Chinese wall while the procession of civilization went past. Today, thinking of our children and their children, we oppose enforced isolation for ourselves or for any part of the Americas. 译：、国长城后Isolation：隔离、孤立；封锁交通；】离析（） That d