英語(yǔ)經(jīng)典演講三篇

1、英語(yǔ)經(jīng)典演講三篇英語(yǔ)經(jīng)典演講一：Civil Rights AddressGd evening, my fellw citizens:This afternn, fllwing a series f threats and defiant statements, the presence f Alabama Natinal Guardsmen was required n the University f Alabama t carry ut the final and unequivcal rder f the United States District Curt f the Nrthern

2、 District f Alabama. That rder called fr the admissin f tw clearly qualified yung Alabama residents wh happened t have been brn Negr. That they were admitted peacefully n the campus is due in gd measure t the cnduct f the students f the University f Alabama, wh met their respnsibilities in a cnstruc

3、tive way.I hpe that every American, regardless f where he lives, will stp and eamine his cnscience abut this and ther related incidents. This Natin was funded by men f many natins and backgrunds. It was funded n the principle that all men are created equal, and that the rights f every man are dimini

4、shed when the rights f ne man are threatened.Tday, we are cmmitted t a wrldwide struggle t prmte and prtect the rights f all wh wish t be free. And when Americans are sent t Vietnam r West Berlin, we d nt ask fr whites nly. It ughta be pssible, therefre, fr American students f any clr t attend any p

5、ublic institutin they select withut having t be backed up by trps. It ughta t be pssible fr American cnsumers f any clr t receive equal service in places f public accmmdatin, such as htels and restaurants and theaters and retail stres, withut being frced t resrt t demnstratins in the street, and it

6、ughta be pssible fr American citizens f any clr t register and t vte in a free electin withut interference r fear f reprisal. It ughta t be pssible, in shrt, fr every American t enjy the privileges f being American withut regard t his race r his clr. In shrt, every American ught t have the right t b

7、e treated as he wuld wish t be treated, as ne wuld wish his children t be treated. But this is nt the case.The Negr baby brn in America tday, regardless f the sectin f the State in which he is brn, has abut ne-half as much chance f cmpleting a high schl as a white baby brn in the same place n the sa

8、me day, ne-third as much chance f cmpleting cllege, ne-third as much chance f becming a prfessinal man, twice as much chance f becming unemplyed, abut ne-seventh as much chance f earning $10,000 a year, a life epectancy which is 7 years shrter, and the prspects f earning nly half as much.This is nt

9、a sectinal issue. Difficulties ver segregatin and discriminatin eist in every city, in every State f the Unin, prducing in many cities a rising tide f discntent that threatens the public safety. Nr is this a partisan issue. In a time f dmestic crisis men f gd will and genersity shuld be able t unite

10、 regardless f party r plitics. This is nt even a legal r legislative issue alne. It is better t settle these matters in the curts than n the streets, and new laws are needed at every level, but law alne cannt make men see right. We are cnfrnted primarily with a mral issue. It is as ld as the Scriptu

11、res and is as clear as the American Cnstitutin.The heart f the questin is whether all Americans are t be affrded equal rights and equal pprtunities, whether we are ging t treat ur fellw Americans as we want t be treated. If an American, because his skin is dark, cannt eat lunch in a restaurant pen t

12、 the public, if he cannt send his children t the best public schl available, if he cannt vte fr the public fficials wh will represent him, if, in shrt, he cannt enjy the full and free life which all f us want, then wh amng us wuld be cntent t have the clr f his skin changed and stand in his place? W

13、h amng us wuld then be cntent with the cunsels f patience and delay?ne hundred years f delay have passed since President Lincln freed the slaves, yet their heirs, their grandsns, are nt fully free. They are nt yet freed frm the bnds f injustice. They are nt yet freed frm scial and ecnmic ppressin. A

14、nd this Natin, fr all its hpes and all its basts, will nt be fully free until all its citizens are free.We preach freedm arund the wrld, and we mean it, and we cherish ur freedm here at hme, but are we t say t the wrld, and much mre imprtantly, t each ther that this is the land f the free ecept fr t

15、he Negres; that we have n secnd-class citizens ecept Negres; that we have n class r caste system, n ghettes, n master race ecept with respect t Negres?Nw the time has cme fr this Natin t fulfill its prmise. The events in Birmingham and elsewhere have s increased the cries fr equality that n city r S

16、tate r legislative bdy can prudently chse t ignre them. The fires f frustratin and discrd are burning in every city, Nrth and Suth, where legal remedies are nt at hand. Redress is sught in the streets, in demnstratins, parades, and prtests which create tensins and threaten vilence and threaten lives

17、.We face, therefre, a mral crisis as a cuntry and a peple. It cannt be met by repressive plice actin. It cannt be left t increased demnstratins in the streets. It cannt be quieves r talk. It is a time t act in the Cngress, in yur State and lcal legislative bdy and, abve all, in all f ur daily lives.

18、 It is nt enugh t pin the blame n thers, t say this a prblem f ne sectin f the cuntry r anther, r deplre the facts that we face. A great change is at hand, and ur task, ur bligatin, is t make that revlutin, that change, peaceful and cnstructive fr all. Thse wh d nthing are inviting shame, as well as

19、 vilence. Thse wh act bldly are recgnizing right, as well as reality.Net week I shall ask the Cngress f the United States t act, t make a cmmitment it has nt fully made in this century t the prpsitin that race has n place in American life r law. The Federal judiciary has upheld that prpsitin in a se

20、ries f frthright cases. The Eecutive Branch has adpted that prpsitin in the cnduct f its affairs, including the emplyment f Federal persnnel, the use f Federal facilities, and the sale f federally financed husing. But there are ther necessary measures which nly the Cngress can prvide, and they must

21、be prvided at this sessin. The ld cde f equity law under which we live cmmands fr every wrng a remedy, but in t many cmmunities, in t many parts f the cuntry, wrngs are inflicted n Negr citizens and there are n remedies at law. Unless the Cngress acts, their nly remedy is the street.I am, therefre,

22、asking the Cngress t enact legislatin giving all Americans the right t be served in facilities which are pen t the public - htels, restaurants, theaters, retail stres, and similar establishments. This seems t me t be an elementary right. Its denial is an arbitrary indignity that n American in 1963 s

23、huld have t endure, but many d.I have recently met with scres f business leaders urging them t take vluntary actin t end this discriminatin, and I have been encuraged by their respnse, and in the last tw weeks ver 75 cities have seen prgress made in desegregating these kinds f facilities. But many a

24、re unwilling t act alne, and fr this reasn, natinwide legislatin is needed if we are t mve this prblem frm the streets t the curts.Im als asking the Cngress t authrize the Federal Gvernment t participate mre fully in lawsuits designed t end segregatin in public educatin. We have succeeded in persuad

25、ing many districts t desegregate vluntarily. Dzens have admitted Negres withut vilence. Tday, a Negr is attending a State-supprted institutin in every ne f ur 50 States, but the pace is verany Negr children entering segregated grade schls at the time f the Supreme Curts decisin nine years ag will en

26、ter segregated high schls this fall, having suffered a lss which can never be restred. The lack f an adequate educatin denies the Negr a chance t get a decent jb.The rderly implementatin f the Supreme Curt decisin, therefre, cannt be left slely t thse wh may nt have the ecnmic resurces t carry the l

27、egal actin r wh may be subject t harassment.ther features will be als requested, including greater prtectin fr the right t vte. But legislatin, I repeat, cannt slve this prblem alne. It must be slved in the hmes f every American in every cmmunity acrss ur cuntry. In this respect I wanna pay tribute

28、t thse citizens Nrth and Suth whve been wrking in their cmmunities t make life better fr all. They are acting nt ut f sense f legal duty but ut f a sense f human decency. Like ur sldiers and sailrs in all parts f the wrld they are meeting freedms challenge n the firing line, and I salute them fr the

29、ir hnr and their curage.My fellw Americans, this is a prblem which faces us all - in every city f the Nrth as well as the Suth. Tday, there are Negres unemplyed, tw r three times as many cmpared t whites, inadequate educatin, mving int the large cities, unable t find wrk, yung peple particularly ut

30、f wrk withut hpe, denied equal rights, denied the pprtunity t eat at a restauranunter r g t a mvie theater, denied the right t a decent educatin, denied almst tday the right t attend a State university even thugh qualified. It seems t me that these are matters which cncern us all, nt merely Presiden

31、ts r Cngressmen r Gvernrs, but every citizen f the United States.This is ne cuntry. It has becme ne cuntry because all f us and all the peple wh came here had an equal chance t develp their talents. We cannt say t ten percent f the ppulatin that yu cant have that right; that yur children cannt have

32、the chance t develp whatever talents they have; that the nly way that they are ging t get their rights is t g in the street and demnstrate. I think we we them and we we urselves a better cuntry than that.Therefre, Im asking fr yur help in making it easier fr us t mve ahead and t prvide the kind f eq

33、uality f treatment which we wuld want urselves; t give a chance fr every child t be educated t the limit f his talents.As Ive said befre, nt every child has an equal talent r an equal abiltivatin, but they shuld have the equal right t develp their talent and their ability and their mtivatin, t make

34、smething f themselves.We have a right t epect that the Negr cmmunity will be respnsible, will uphld the law, but they have a right t epect that the law will be fair, that the Cnstitutin will be clr blind, as Justice Harlan said at the turn f the century.This is what were talking abut and this is a m

35、atter which cncerns this cuntry and what it stands fr, and in meeting it I ask the supprt f all ur citizens.Thank yu very much.英語(yǔ)經(jīng)典演講二：A Whisper f AIDSLess than three mnths ag at platfrm hearings in Salt Lake City, I asked the Republican Party t lift the shrud f silence which has been draped ver the

36、 issue f HIV and AIDS. I have cme tnight t bring ur silence t an end. I bear a message f challenge, nt self-cngratulatin. I want yur attentin, nt yur applause.I wuld never have asked t be HIV psitive, but I believe that in all things there is a purpse; and I stand befre yu and befre the natin gladly

37、. The reality f AIDS is brutally clear. Tw hundred thusand Americans are dead r dying. A millin mre are infected. Wrldwide, frty millin, sity millin, r a hundred millin infectins will be cunted in the cming few years. But despite science and research, White Huse meetings, and cngressinal hearings, d

38、espite gd intentins and bld initiatives, campaign slgans, and hpeful prmises, it is - despite it all - the epidemic which is winning tnight.In the cntet f an electin year, I ask yu, here in this great hall, r listening in the quiet f yur hme, t recgnize that AIDS virus is nt a plitical creature. It

39、des nt care whether yu are Demcrat r Republican; it des nt ask whether yu are black r white, male r female, gay r straight, yung r ld.Tnight, I represent an AIDS cmmunity whse members have been reluctantly drafted frm every segment f American sciety. Thugh I am white and a mther, I am ne with a blac

40、k infant struggling with tubes in a Philadelphia hspital. Thugh I am female and cntracted this disease in marriage and enjy the warm supprt f my family, I am ne with the lnely gay man sheltering a flickering candle frm the cld wind f his familys rejectin.This is nt a distant threat. It is a present

41、danger. The rate f infectin is increasing fastest amng wmen and children. Largely unknwn a decade ag, AIDS is the third leading killer f yung adult Americans tday. But it wnt be third fr lng, because unlike ther diseases, this ne travels. Adlescents dnt give each ther cancer r heart disease because

42、they believe they are in lve, but HIV is different; and we have helped it alng. We have killed each ther with ur ignrance, ur prejudice, and ur silence.We may take refuge in ur steretypes, but we cannt hide there lng, because HIV asks nly ne thing f thse it attacks. Are yu human? And this is the rig

43、ht questin. Are yu human? Because peple with HIV have nt entered sme alien state f being. They are human. They have nt earned cruelty, and they d nt deserve meanness. They dnt benefit frm being islated r treated as utcasts. Each f them is eactly what Gd made: a persn; nt evil, deserving f ur judgmen

44、t; nt victims, lnging fr ur pity - peple, ready fr supprt and wrthy f cmpassin.My call t yu, my Party, is t take a public stand, n less cmpassinate than that f the President and Mrs. Bush. They have embraced me and my family in memrable ways. In the place f judgment, they have shwn affectin. In diff

45、icult mments, they have raised ur spirits. In the darkest hurs, I have seen them reaching nt nly t me, but als t my parents, armed with that stunning grief and special grace that cmes nly t parents wh have themselves leaned t lng ver the bedside f a dying child.With the Presidents leadership, much g

46、d has been dne. Much f the gd has gne unheralded, and as the President has insisted, much remains t be dne. But we d the Presidents cause n gd if we praise the American family but ignre a virus that destrys it.We must be cnsistent if we are t be believed. We cannt lve justice and ignre prejudice, lv

47、e ur children and fear t teach them. Whatever ur rle as parent r plicymaker, we must act as elquently as we speak - else we have n integrity. My call t the natin is a plea fr awareness. If yu believe yu are safe, yu are in danger. Because I was nt hemphiliac, I was nt at risk. Because I was nt gay,

48、I was nt at risk. Because I did nt inject drugs, I was nt at risk.My father has devted much f his lifetime guarding against anther hlcaust. He is part f the generatin wh heard Pastr Nemellr cme ut f the Nazi death camps t say,“They came after the Jews, and I was nt a Jew, s, I did nt prtest. They ca

49、me after the trade uninists, and I was nt a trade uninist, s, I did nt prtest. Then they came after the Rman Cathlics, and I was nt a Rman Cathlic, s, I did nt prtest. Then they came after me, and there was n ne left t prtest.”The - The lessn histry teaches is this: If yu believe yu are safe, yu are

50、 at risk. If yu d nt see this killer stalking yur children, lk again. There is n family r cmmunity, n race r religin, n place left in America that is safe. Until we genuinely embrace this message, we are a natin at risk.Tnight, HIV marches reslutely tward AIDS in mre than a millin American hmes, lit

51、tering its pathway with the bdies f the yung - yung men, yung wmen, yung parents, and yung children. ne f the families is mine. If it is true that HIV inevitably turns t AIDS, then my children will inevitably turn t rphans. My family has been a rck f supprt.My 84-year-ld father, wh has pursued the h

52、ealing f the natins, will nt accept the premise that he cannt heal his daughter. My mther refuses t be brken. She still calls at midnight t tell wnderful jkes that make me laugh. Sisters and friends, and my brther Phillip, whse birthday is tday, all have helped carry me ver the hardest places. I am

53、blessed, richly and deeply blessed, t have such a family.But nt all f yu - But nt all f yu have been s blessed. Yu are HIV psitive, but dare nt say it. Yu have lst lved nes, but yu dare nt whisper the wrd AIDS. Yu weep silently. Yu grieve alne. I have a message fr yu. It is nt yu wh shuld feel shame

54、. It is we - we wh tlerate ignrance and practice prejudice, we wh have taught yu t fear. We must lift ur shrud f silence, making it safe fr yu t reach ut fr cmpassin. It is ur task t seek safety fr ur children, nt in quiet denial, but in effective actin.Smeday ur children will be grwn. My sn Ma, nw

55、fur, will take the measure f his mther. My sn Zachary, nw tw, will srt thrugh his memries. I may nt be here t hear their judgments, but I knw already what I hpe they are. I want my children t knw that their mther was nt a victim. She was a messenger. I d nt want them t think, as I nce did, that cura

56、ge is the absence f fear. I want them t knw that curage is the strength t act wisely when mst we are afraid. I want them t have the curage t step frward when called by their natin r their Party and give leadership, n matter what the persnal cst.I ask n mre f yu than I ask f myself r f my children. T

57、 the millins f yu wh are grieving, wh are frightened, wh have suffered the ravages f AIDS firsthand: Have curage, and yu will find supprt. T the millins wh are strng, I issue the plea: Set aside prejudice and plitics t make rm fr cmpassin and suny children, I make this pledge: I will nt give in, Zac

58、hary, because I draw my curage frm yu. Yur silly giggle gives me hpe; yur gentle prayers give me strength; and yu, my child, give me the reasn t say t America, Yu are at risk. And I will nt rest, Ma, until I have dne all I can t make yur wrld safe. I will seek a place where intimacy is nt the prelud

59、e t suffering. I will nt hurry t leave yu, my children, but when I g, I pray that yu will nt suffer shame n my accunt.T all within the sund f my vice, I appeal: Learn with me the lessns f histry and f grace, s my children will nt be afraid t say the wrd AIDS when I am gne. Then, their children and yurs may nt need t whisper it at all.Gd bless the children, and Gd bless us all.Gd night.英語(yǔ)經(jīng)典演