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The Great Society
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  • President Hatcher, Governor Romney, Senators McNamara and Hart, Congressmen Meader and Staebler, and other members of the fine Michigan delegation1, members of the graduating class, my fellow Americans:

    It is a great pleasure to be here today. This university has been coeducational since 1870, but I do not believe it was on the basis of your accomplishments2 that a Detroit high school girl said (and I quote), "In choosing a college, you first have to decide whether you want a coeducational school or an educational school." Well, we can find both here at Michigan, although perhaps at different hours. I came out here today very anxious to meet the Michigan student whose father told a friend of mine that his son's education had been a real value. It stopped his mother from bragging3 about him.

    I have come today from the turmoil4 of your capital to the tranquility of your campus to speak about the future of your country. The purpose of protecting the life of our Nation and preserving the liberty of our citizens is to pursue the happiness of our people. Our success in that pursuit is the test of our success as a Nation.

    For a century we labored6 to settle and to subdue7 a continent. For half a century we called upon unbounded invention and untiring industry to create an order of plenty for all of our people. The challenge of the next half century is whether we have the wisdom to use that wealth to enrich and elevate our national life, and to advance the quality of our American civilization.

    Your imagination and your initiative and your indignation will determine whether we build a society where progress is the servant of our needs, or a society where old values and new visions are buried under unbridled growth. For in your time we have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society, but upward to the Great Society.

    The Great Society rests on abundance and liberty for all. It demands an end to poverty and racial injustice8, to which we are totally committed in our time. But that is just the beginning.

    The Great Society is a place where every child can find knowledge to enrich his mind and to enlarge his talents. It is a place where leisure is a welcome chance to build and reflect, not a feared cause of boredom9 and restlessness. It is a place where the city of man serves not only the needs of the body and the demands of commerce but the desire for beauty and the hunger for community. It is a place where man can renew contact with nature. It is a place which honors creation for its own sake and for what is adds to the understanding of the race. It is a place where men are more concerned with the quality of their goals than the quantity of their goods.

    But most of all, the Great Society is not a safe harbor, a resting place, a final objective, a finished work. It is a challenge constantly renewed, beckoning10 us toward a destiny where the meaning of our lives matches the marvelous products of our labor5.

     9级    英语演讲 


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    1 delegation [ˌdelɪˈgeɪʃn] NxvxQ   第7级
    n.代表团;派遣
    参考例句:
    • The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion. 我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
    • We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival. 我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。
    2 accomplishments [ə'kʌmplɪʃmənts] 1c15077db46e4d6425b6f78720939d54   第8级
    n.造诣;完成( accomplishment的名词复数 );技能;成绩;成就
    参考例句:
    • It was one of the President's greatest accomplishments. 那是总统最伟大的成就之一。
    • Among her accomplishments were sewing,cooking,playing the piano and dancing. 她的才能包括缝纫、烹调、弹钢琴和跳舞。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    3 bragging [b'ræɡɪŋ] 4a422247fd139463c12f66057bbcffdf   第8级
    v.自夸,吹嘘( brag的现在分词 );大话
    参考例句:
    • He's always bragging about his prowess as a cricketer. 他总是吹嘘自己板球水平高超。 来自辞典例句
    • Now you're bragging, darling. You know you don't need to brag. 这就是夸口,亲爱的。你明知道你不必吹。 来自辞典例句
    4 turmoil [ˈtɜ:mɔɪl] CKJzj   第9级
    n.骚乱,混乱,动乱
    参考例句:
    • His mind was in such a turmoil that he couldn't get to sleep. 内心的纷扰使他无法入睡。
    • The robbery put the village in a turmoil. 抢劫使全村陷入混乱。
    5 labor ['leɪbə(r)] P9Tzs   第7级
    n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
    参考例句:
    • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor. 我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
    • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor. 艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
    6 labored ['leɪbəd] zpGz8M   第7级
    adj.吃力的,谨慎的v.努力争取(for)( labor的过去式和过去分词 );苦干;详细分析;(指引擎)缓慢而困难地运转
    参考例句:
    • I was close enough to the elk to hear its labored breathing. 我离那头麋鹿非常近,能听见它吃力的呼吸声。 来自辞典例句
    • They have labored to complete the job. 他们努力完成这一工作。 来自辞典例句
    7 subdue [səbˈdju:] ltTwO   第7级
    vt.制服,使顺从,征服;抑制,克制
    参考例句:
    • She tried to subdue her anger. 她尽力压制自己的怒火。
    • He forced himself to subdue and overcome his fears. 他强迫自己克制并战胜恐惧心理。
    8 injustice [ɪnˈdʒʌstɪs] O45yL   第8级
    n.非正义,不公正,不公平,侵犯(别人的)权利
    参考例句:
    • They complained of injustice in the way they had been treated. 他们抱怨受到不公平的对待。
    • All his life he has been struggling against injustice. 他一生都在与不公正现象作斗争。
    9 boredom [ˈbɔ:dəm] ynByy   第8级
    n.厌烦,厌倦,乏味,无聊
    参考例句:
    • Unemployment can drive you mad with boredom. 失业会让你无聊得发疯。
    • A walkman can relieve the boredom of running. 跑步时带着随身听就不那么乏味了。
    10 beckoning ['bekənŋ] fcbc3f0e8d09c5f29e4c5759847d03d6   第7级
    adj.引诱人的,令人心动的v.(用头或手的动作)示意,召唤( beckon的现在分词 )
    参考例句:
    • An even more beautiful future is beckoning us on. 一个更加美好的未来在召唤我们继续前进。 来自辞典例句
    • He saw a youth of great radiance beckoning to him. 他看见一个丰神飘逸的少年向他招手。 来自辞典例句

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