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第26章 伟人声音(8)

BThat I should be integrated in this way with so noble an ideal arouses a sense of pride and yet of humility which will be with me always.

我一定要遵循这个标准,结合崇高的理想,唤起自豪感,同时始终保持谦虚。

这是一句由that引导的主语从句。

BEvery pedant, every demagogue, every cynic, every hypocrite, every troublemaker, and I"m sorry to say, some others of an entirely different character, will try to downgrade them even to the extent of mockery and ridicule.

每一个迂腐的学究,每一个蛊惑民心的政客,每一个愤世嫉俗的人,每一个伪君子,每一个惹是生非的人,很遗憾,还有其他个性不甚正常的人,一定会企图贬低它们,甚至愚弄嘲笑它们。

to the extent of 到达某种程度。例如:He"s in debt to the extent of$4 million.他负债达400万美元。

45.Duty, Honor, Country(2)责任、荣誉、国家(2)

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成为一位军官和君子就要有自豪不屈的精神,面对压力困难时学会独立面对,学会哭学会笑而达到平衡,要学会严肃、学会谦虚,具备坚韧的意志、丰富的想象力、感情的活力、勇气凌驾畏惧的气质优势、渴望冒险的精神。

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But these are some of the things they do.They build your basic character.They mold you for your future roles as the custodians of the nation"s defense.They make you strong enough to know when you are weak, and brave enough to face yourself when you are afraid.AThey teach you to be proud and unbending in honest failure, but humble and gentle in success;not to substitute words for actions, not to seek the path of comfort, but to face the stress and spur of difficulty and challenge;to learn to stand up in the storm but to have compassion on those who fall;to master yourself before you seek to master others;to have a heart that is clean, a goal that is high;to learn to laugh, yet never forget how to weep;to reach into the future yet never neglect the past;to be serious yet never to take yourself too seriously;to be modest so that you will remember the simplicity of true greatness, the open mind of true wisdom, the meekness of true strength.They give you a temper of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions, a freshness of the deep springs of life, a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, of an appetite for adventure over love of ease.They create in your heart the sense of wonder, the unfailing hope of what next, and the joy and inspiration of life.They teach you in this way to be an officer and a gentleman.

The code which those words perpetuate embraces the highest moral laws and will stand the test of any ethics or philosophies ever promulgated for the uplift of mankind. BIts requirements are for the things that are right, and its restraints are from the things that are wrong.The soldier, above all other men, is required to practice the greatest act of religious training—sacrifice.CIn battle and in the face of danger and death, he discloses those divine attributes which his Maker gave when he created man in his own image.

Today marks my final roll call with you, but I want you to know that when I cross the river my last conscious thoughts will be of The Corps, and The Corps, and The Corps.

I bid you farewell.

难点重点,一目了然!

长难句解析Sentence Structures

AThey teach you to be proud and unbending in honest failure, but humble and gentle in success;not to substitute words for actions, not to seek the path of comfort, but to face the stress and spur of difficulty and challenge;

它们教导你在失败时要自尊,要不屈不挠,成功时要谦和;不要用言语代替行动,不要贪图安逸,要面对重压,接受困难和挑战的鞭策。

substitude for 代替。例如:We must substitute a new chair for the broken one.我们这把破损的椅子得换个新的了。

BIts requirements are for the things that are right, and its restraints are from the things that are wrong.

它所提倡的是正确的事物,它所制止的是谬误的东西。

句中介词for和from是分别与requirements和restraints所搭配使用。

CIn battle and in the face of danger and death, he discloses those divine attributes which his Maker gave when he created man in his own image.

在战斗中,面对着危险和死亡,他显示出造物主按照自己意愿创造人类时所赋予的品质。

in the face of 面对。例如:We are powerless in the face of such forces.面对这样强大的力量,我们无能为力。

46.What is Genuine Peace?(1)什么是真正的和平?(1)

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真正的和平使人有意义地活着,使人们充满希望,国家兴旺富强,不仅仅是一代人的和平,而是永久的和平。很多人可能认为和平是不可能实现的,但这是一个人为的问题,只有人们努力,就一定可以实现。

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What kind of peace do I mean and what kind of a peace do we seek?ANot a Pax Americana enforced on the world by American weapons of war.Not the peace of the grave or the security of the slave.I am talking about genuine peace, the kind of peace that makes life on earth worth living, and the kind that enables men and nations to grow, and to hope, and build a better life for their children—not merely peace for Americans but peace for all men and women, not merely peace in our time but peace in all the time.

Some day that it is useless to speak of peace or world law or world disarmament, and it will be useless until the leaders of the Soviet union adopt a more enlightened attitude. I hope they do.I believe we can help them do it.But I also believe that we must reexamine our own attitudes, as individuals and as a Nation, for our attitude is as essential as theirs.And even thoughtful citizen who despairs of war and wished to bring peace, should begin by looking inward, by examining his own attitude towards the possibilities of peace, towards the course of cold war and towards freedom and peace here at home.

First examine our attitude towards peace itself. Too many of us think it is impossible.Too many think it is unreal.But that is a dangerous, defeatist belief.BIt leads to the conclusion that war is inevitable, that mankind is doomed, that we are gripped by forces we cannot control.We need not accept that view.Our problems are manmade;therefore, they can be solved by man.And man can be as big as he wants.No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.Man"s reason and spirit have often solved the seemingly unsolvable, and we believe they can do it again.