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類別:演說 題目:I Have A Dream 我有一個夢想 參考:金恩博士的演說
by 陳慈雯, 2015-01-04 21:56, 人氣(2083)
空大英語社英語研習材料 類別:演說
題目:I Have A Dream 我有一個夢想 參考:金恩博士的演說
In 1950’s America, the equality of man envisioned by the Declaration of
Independence was far from realty. People of color---blacks, Hispanic, Asians---
were discriminated against in many ways.
Martin Luther King,Jr., a Baptist minister, was leading people to fight for racial
equality in the 1950’s and 1960’s. They marched and protested non-violently.
In 1963, in Birmingham, Alabama, king was arrested and jailed, but he helped
organize a massive march on Washington D.C. On August 28, 1963, on the steps
of the Lincoln Memorial, King gave his famous “I have a dream speech”, which
prompted the 1964 Civil Rights Act. King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in
The following are a few lines from king’s speech, which I would like to share
I am happy to join with you today in the greatest demonstration for freedom in the
history of our nation... Even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow,
I still have a dream.
I have a dream that one day that this nation will rise up and live out the true
meaning of its creed: ‘we hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are
I have a dream that one day the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave
owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they
will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
I have a dream that one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black
girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and
This is our hope. This will be the day when all of God’s children will be able to
sing ‘From every mountainside let freedom ring.’
If America is to be a great nation, this must become true. So let freedom ring from
every mountainside...
And when we let it ring from every village, from every state and every city, we will
be able to speed up the day when all of God’s children, black men and white men,
Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing
in the words of the old Negro spiritual, “Free at last! Free at last! Thank God
Almighty, we are free at last!”