I have a dream
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I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.
- happy：1、單詞本身可以替換為elated、delighted、glad、joyful、thrilled；但是不能替換為joy，因?yàn)閖oy是名詞。2、演講的時(shí)候的時(shí)候用口語化的詞讓人覺得平易自然、有親和力。3、不是用復(fù)雜的詞才是好的表達(dá)。
- join with: to get together with another company, person, or group in order to do something together.
- go down in history: take your place in history, be remembered or recorded in history.
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Five score years ago,a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
本句特點(diǎn)：1、用詞、插入語、韻律美；2、表達(dá)復(fù)雜語義的時(shí)候，要注意突出重要的信息。
- Five score years ago：score：100年
- symbolic shadow we stand today：1、讓人聯(lián)想到葛底斯堡演講；2、頭韻，音律美。3、"Symbolic shadow" is a metaphor meaning that "our" lives have been greatly affected by the beliefs and deeds - particularly the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation - of that great American
- Emancipation Proclamation /?,m?ns?'pe??n ,prɑkl?'me??n/：獨(dú)立宣言
This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice.
- momentous /mo'm?nt?s/ :adj. 重要的；重大的；可以作為important的替代詞
- decree/d??kri?/noun an official order that has the force of law.
- a great beacon light of hope：Metaphor: The Emancipation Proclamation is compared to a "great beacon light of hope."
- sear：burn or scorch the surface of (something) with a sudden, intense heat. 灼燒→處于水深火熱之中（文學(xué)性用法）
- wither /?w?e?/ verb (of a plant) become dry and shrivelled.
It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.
- joyous daybreak：黎明的曙光
- end the long night：結(jié)束漫漫長(zhǎng)夜
- captivity /k?p't?v?ti/ n. 囚禁；被關(guān)
