第一篇：First Inaugural Address(Excerpts)John F. Kennedy

First Inaugural Address(Excerpts)John F.Kennedy 肯尼迪第一次就職演說（節(jié)選）We observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom, symbolizing an end, as well as a beginning;signifying vt.表示，意味renewal, as well as change.For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn adj.莊嚴的oath n.誓言 our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three quarters ago.我們今天慶祝的并不是政黨的勝利，而是自由的勝利。它象征著結(jié)束，也象征著開始；它意味著復興，也意味著變革。因為我已在我們和全能的上帝面前宣誓，這莊嚴的誓言是我們的祖先在將近一又四分之三個世紀以前所擬就的。

In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than in mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course.Since this country was founded, each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony n.證詞 to its national loyalty.The graves of young Americans who answered the call to service surround the globe.同胞們，我們的事業(yè)的最終成敗，主要取決于你們，而不是我。自建國以來，每一代美國人都曾受到召喚去證明自己對祖國的忠誠。響應這種召喚而服軍役的美國青年的忠骨遍及世界各地。

Now the trumpet n.喇叭summons us again, not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need;not as a call to battle, though embattled we are;but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight adj.黎明的struggle, year in and year out, “rejoicing vi.欣喜，高興 in hope;patient in tribulation n.苦難，憂患”, a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself..現(xiàn)在那號角又在召喚我們，不是召喚我們拿起武器，雖然我們需要武器；不會司號召我們奔赴戰(zhàn)場，雖然我們嚴陣以待；而是號召我們肩負重任，去作黎明前漫長的斗爭，年復一年，“在希望中歡樂，在磨難中忍耐”。這是一場對抗人類公敵的斗爭，這些人類的公敵是：暴政、貧困、疾病和戰(zhàn)爭。

Can we forge against these enemies a grand and global alliance n.聯(lián)盟，聯(lián)合, North and South, East and West, that can assure a more fruitful life for all mankind? Will you join in that historic effort? 不管是南北方，還是東西方，我們能否結(jié)成一個全球性的偉大聯(lián)盟來對付這些敵人，以確保全人類過上更美好的生活？你們愿意參與這歷史性的努力嗎？

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger.I do not shrink vi.退縮from this responsibility.I welcome it.I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation.The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it.And the glow from that fire can truly light the world.在漫長的歷史長河中，只有少數(shù)幾代人在自由遭遇最大威脅時被賦予捍衛(wèi)自由的重任。在這一重任面前，我決不退縮，我將迎接它。我相信，我們之中沒有人愿意跟任何其他民族或其他時代交換我們現(xiàn)在所處的位置。我們?yōu)榇烁冻龅木Α⑿拍钆c奉獻，將照亮我們的祖國以及所有為國效力的人。那火焰所發(fā)出的光芒必能照亮全世界。

And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.所以，我的餓美國同胞們，不要問你的國家能為你做些什么，而要問你能為你的國家做些什么。

My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.全世界的公民們，不要問美國會為你做些什么，而應問我們能為人類的自由共同做些什么。Finally, whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the world, ask of期望，要求 us here the same high standards of strength and sacrifice which we ask of you.With a good conscience n.良心our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth, God’s work must truly be our own.最后，無論諸位是美國公民抑或是他國的公民，請在此以我們要求你們效力與奉獻的高標準來要求我們。問心無愧是我們唯一確定的報酬，歷史將是我們所作所為的最后裁判者。讓我們勇往直前來引領(lǐng)我們所熱愛的土地，同時祈求上帝的保佑和扶攜。但我們知道，在這個世界上，上帝的任務必須由我們自己來完成。