名人演讲：Mario Cuomo《Tale of Two Cities》.doc

名人演讲：Mario Cuomo《Tale of Two Cities》 　　背景介绍：这篇演讲的题目是Tale of Two Cities， 借著名作家Charles Dickens的名作来抨击里根政府“星球大战”的政策，呼吁美国选民站出来抵制共和党的统治，虽然民主党在最后的选举中没能获胜，但这段Keynote Address却永载史册。 　　他的即兴演讲术较目前风头正盛的Obama更为学术，引经据典，妙语连珠, 拍案叫绝。而且老先生不苟言笑，颇有“冷面杀手”之感。 　　前纽约州州长，著名的银舌参议员Mario Cuomo(一般超强的演说家会被认为是Silver-tongued Orator)在1984的民主党全文大会上的基调讲话Keynote Address。 　　(中文翻译仅供参考) 　　Thank you very much. 　　On behalf of the great Empire State and the whole family of New York, let me thank you for the great privilege of being able to address this convention. Please allow me to skip the stories and the poetry and the temptation to deal in nice but vague rhetoric. Let me instead use this valuable opportunity to deal immediately with the questions that should determine this election and that we all know are vital to the American people. 　　Ten days ago, President Reagan admitted that although some people in this country seemed to be doing well nowadays, others were unhappy, even worried, about themselves, their families, and their futures. The President said that he didn’t understand that fear. He said, “Why, this country is a shining city on a hill.” And the President is right. In many ways we are a shining city on a hill. 　　十天前，里根总统承认虽然这个国家的很多人现在看上去都感觉很不错，但是也有人不高兴，甚至很为他们自己，他们的家庭和他们的未来担心。总统说他不明白他们为什么会有这种担心。他说“为什么?这个国家就像是一个在山顶照耀出灿烂光芒的城市”。总统说的是对的。从很多方面来说，我们就像是一个在山顶照耀出灿烂光芒的城市。 　　But the hard truth is that not everyone is sharing in this city’s splendor and glory. A shining city is perhaps all the President sees from the portico of the White House and the veranda of his ranch, where everyone seems to be doing well. But there’s another city; there’s another part to the shining the city; the part where some people can’t pay their mortgages, and most young people can’t afford one; where students can’t afford the education they need, and middle-class parents watch the dreams they hold for their children evaporate. 　　但是严酷的事实是并不是每个人都能沐浴在这个城市的光辉与荣耀下面。一个光辉照耀的城市或者只是存在于总统从他白宫的门廊和农场的阳台上所能达到的视线里面，在这个视线里面的每个人都感觉很好。但是除此之外还