名校励志英语演讲 123:21世纪的挑战(17)

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　　在我们生活的世界，在这个全球性的信息时代、不断的改进和变革是增加经济机会和增强国力的必要条件。因此，最大限度地自由交换信息、观念和看法，更多地尊重不同的政治和宗教信仰，实际上将增加实力，推动稳定。

　　It is, therefore, profoundly in your interest, and the world's, that young Chinese minds be free to reach the fullness of their potential. That is the message of our time and the mandate¹ of the new century and the new millennium².

　　因此，为了贵国和世界的根本利益，中国的年轻人必须享有心灵上的自由，以便最充分地发挥自己的潜力。这是我们时代的信息，也是新的世纪和新的千年的要求。

　　I hope China will more fully³ embrace this mandate. For all the grandeur⁴ of your history, I believe your greatest days are still ahead. Against great odds⁵ in the 20th century China has not only survived, it is moving forward dramatically.

　　我希望中国能更充分地赞同这个要求。尽管贵国历史上有过辉煌的功绩，我认为，贵国最伟大的时光仍在前头。中国不仅在20世纪的种种艰难险阻生存了下来，而且正在迅速向前迈进。

　　Other ancient cultures failed because they failed to change. China has constantly proven the capacity to change and grow.

　　其它的古老文化消亡了，因为他们没有进行变革。中国始终显示出变革和成长的能力。

　　克林顿给我们的启示

　　For all the grandeur of your history, I believe your greatest days are still ahead. Against great odds in the 20th century China has not only survived, it is moving forward dramatically.

　　尽管贵国历史上有过辉煌的功绩，我认为，贵国最伟大的时光仍在前头。中国不仅在20世纪的种种艰难险阻生存了下来，而且正在迅速向前迈进。

　　This new century can be the dawn of a new China, proud of your ancient greatness, proud of what you are doing, prouder still of the tomorrows to come. It can be a time when the world again looks to China for the vigor⁶ of its culture, the freshness of its thinking, the elevation⁷ of human dignity that is apparent in its works. It can be a time when the oldest of nations helps to make a new world.

　　新世纪将是新的中国的黎明，贵国为其在历史上的伟大而自豪，为你们进行的事业而自豪，更为明天的到来而自豪。在新世纪中，世界可能再次转向中国寻求她文化的活力、思想的新颖、人类尊严的升华，这在中国的成就中显而易见。在新世纪中，最古老的国家有可能帮助建设一个新世界。

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