1、Lesson one,Paraphrase and Translation,Paraphrase,1. The job of arousing manhood within a people that have been taught for so many centuries that they are nobody is not easy. (3) It is not easy to make a people realize that they are human beings with equal rights, since for many centuries they have b
2、een told that they are inferior and of no importance.,2. Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is the most powerful weapon against the long night of physical slavery. (5)If you break the mental shackles imposed on you by white supremacists, if you really respect yourself, thinking that
3、 you are a Man, equal to anyone else, you will be able to take part in the struggle against racial discrimination.,3. The Negro will only be free when he reaches down to the inner depths of his own being and signs with the pen and ink of assertive manhood his own emancipation proclamation. (5) The l
4、iberation of mind can only be achieved by the Negro himself/herself. Only when he/she is fully convinced that he/she is a Man/Woman and is not inferior to anyone else, can he/she throw off the manacles of self-abnegation and become free.,4. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justi
5、ce, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love. (8) Power in the best form of function is the carrying out of the demands of justice with love and justice in the best form of function is the overcoming of everything standing in the way of love with power. 5. At t
6、hat time economic status was considered the measure of the individuals ability and talents. (10),At that time, the way to evaluate how capable and resourceful a person was to see how much money he had made (or how wealthy he was). 6. the absence of worldly goods indicated a want of industrious habit
7、s and moral fiber. (10) A person was poor because he was lazy and lacked a sense of right and wrong.,7. It is not the work of slaves driven to their tasks either by the task, by the taskmaster, or by animal necessity. (12)This kind of work cannot be done by slaves who work because the work has to be
8、 done, because they are forced to work by slave-drivers or because they need to work in order to be fed and clothed.,8. when the unjust measurement of human worth on the scale of dollars is eliminated. (14) when the unfair practice of judging human value by the amount of money a person has its done
9、away with. 9. He who hates does not know God, but he who has love has the key that unlocks the door to the meaning of ultimate reality. (20),Those who harbor hate in their hearts cannot grasp the teachings of God. Only those who have love can enjoy the ultimate happiness in Heaven. 10. Let us be dis
10、satisfied until America will no longer have a high blood pressure of creeds and an anemia of deeds. (25) Let us be dissatisfied until America is no longer active in talking about racial equality, but is passive in taking action to eliminate racial discrimination.,Translation,1. A white lie is better
11、 than a black lie. (4) “白色”的谎言总是要好于“黑色”的谎言。/一个无关紧要的谎言总比一个恶意的谎言要好。 2. To upset this culture homicide, the Negro must rise up with an affirmation of his own Olympian manhood. (5) 为了挫败这种蓄意培植的低人一等的心态，黑人必须直起腰来宣布自己高贵的人格。 3. with a spirit straining toward true self-esteem, the Negro must boldly throw off t
12、he manacles of self-abnegation. (5) 黑人必须以一种全力以赴、自尊自重的精神，大胆抛弃自我否定的枷锁。,4. What is needed is a realization that power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. (8) 我们需要认识到没有爱的权力是无所顾忌、冷酷无情的，而没有权力的爱则是矫揉造作、软弱无力的。 5. It is precisely this collision of immoral po
13、wer with powerless morality which constitutes the major crisis of our times. (9) 正是这种不道德的权力和无权力的道德之间的冲突才构成了我们这个时代的主要危机。 6. Now early in this century this proposal would have been greeted with ridicule and denunciation, as destructive of initiative and responsibility. (10),在本世纪初，这样的提议会受到人们的嘲笑和谴责，因为它会
14、摧毁人的主动性和责任感。 7. The fact is that the work which improves the condition of mankind, the work which extends knowledge and increases power and enriched literature and elevates thought, is not done to secure a living. (12) 事实上，人们从事改善人类处境的工作，从事传播知识、增强实力、丰富文学以及升华思想的工作并非是为了谋生。 8. it can spend billions of d
15、ollars to put Gods children on their own two feet right here on earth. (15),它可以花费数十亿美元，让上帝的孩子在这世上自立自强。 9. Furthermore, few if any violent revolutions have been successful unless the violent minority had the sympathy and support of the nonresistant majority. (17) 此外，如果得不到不愿抵抗的多数派的同情和支持，诉诸暴力的少数派就难以取得暴力革命的胜利，成功的例子即使有也是寥寥无几。 10. Let us realize the act of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice. (27) 让我们认识到，道德世界之弧长之又长，但它终将弯向正义。,
