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Nelson Mandela’s Most Memorable Quotes 曼德拉经典语录集锦摘编

2014-02-27小扬

新东方英语 2014年2期
关键词:经典语录曼德拉斗争

小扬

2013年12月5日,南非前领导人纳尔逊·曼德拉辞世,一位伟大的人物永远离开了我们。在近一个世纪的漫漫人生路上,他带领南非人民走出种族隔离的阴霾,重新拥抱平等和正义的光芒。他曾身陷囹圄却梦想自由,受尽磨难仍坚忍不拔。他是永不屈服的自由战士,他是崇尚和平的精神领袖。他改变了南非的历史,更引领了人类的进步。他用坚强和理性、平和与宽容赢得了全世界的爱与尊重。

下面让我们一起来聆听曼德拉曾说过的至理名言,从中感悟其不朽的精神与人格力量。

“During my lifetime, I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons will live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But, if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.”

—April 1964, statement made in the Rivonia trial1)

“在我的一生中,我已经把自己献给了非洲人民的斗争。我与白人统治进行了斗争,我也同黑人专制进行了斗争。我珍视实现民主和自由社会的理想,在那样的社会里,人人都和睦相处,机会均等。我希望为这个理想而活着,并能去实现它。但如果需要,我也准备为这个理想献出生命。”

——1964年4月,曼德拉在

瑞佛尼亚审判中发言

“For to be free is not merely to cast off2) ones chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”

—from “Working Toward Peace”

“因为自由不仅仅意味着摆脱自身的枷锁,还意味着以一种尊重和提升他人自由的方式生活。”

——选自《为和平而努力》

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”

—from Long Walk to Freedom3)

“生命中最伟大的荣耀不在于永不坠落,而是坠落后总能再度升起。”

——选自《漫漫自由路》

“As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didnt leave my bitterness and hatred behind, Id still be in prison.”

—In 1990, said after he was freed

“当我走出那扇门(编注:指囚室的门),迈向通往我的自由的大门时,我知道如果我不能把痛苦和怨恨留在身后,那我仍将在狱中。”

——1990年,曼德拉出狱后说

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”

—from Long Walk to Freedom

“我懂得了,勇气不是没有恐惧,而是战胜恐惧。勇者不是感觉不到害怕的人,而是克服了恐惧的人。”

——选自《漫漫自由路》

“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.”

—July 2008, spoke at the 90th birthday celebration in Johannesburg

“生命的意义不仅是我们活着这个事实,而是我们给别人的生命带来了何种不同,这决定我们人生的意义。”

——2008年7月,曼德拉于约翰内斯堡庆祝90岁生日时发表演讲

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