英語篇#7 I am Prepared to Die - Nelson Mandela
2024-03-24
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英語篇#7 I am Prepared to Die - Nelson Mandela
2024-03-24
Summary of the Speech:
- Mandela saw the trial as a transformative opportunity that offered him visibility and a hearing, a space from which to spread stories of such significance and consequence
- He admitted the truth of some of the charges made against him
- He focused on the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, for social equality, and political rights for all South Africans
- He was sentenced to life imprisonment, escaped the death penalty.
Some Important Parts of the Speech:
Some of the things so far told to the Court are true and some are untrue. I do not, however, deny that I planned sabotage. I did not plan it in a spirit of recklessness魯莽, nor because I have any love for violence.
- Deny 否認/不允許
Neil denies breaking the window.
尼爾不承認是他打破了窗戶
Her request for time off work was denied.
她的休假請求未獲得批准
- Sabotage (爲阻止敵人或對手成功而)毀壞
The angry workers were responsible for the sabotage of the machines.
She sabotaged his plan.
During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people… I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal 理想 which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.
- Dedicate 奉獻,獻出(全部精力、時間等)
He has dedicated his life to scientific research.
他把自己的一生都奉獻給科學研究工作
- Mandela saw the trial as a transformative opportunity that offered him visibility and a hearing, a space from which to spread stories of such significance and consequence
- He admitted the truth of some of the charges made against him
- He focused on the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, for social equality, and political rights for all South Africans
- He was sentenced to life imprisonment, escaped the death penalty.
Some Important Parts of the Speech:
Some of the things so far told to the Court are true and some are untrue. I do not, however, deny that I planned sabotage. I did not plan it in a spirit of recklessness魯莽, nor because I have any love for violence.
- Deny 否認/不允許
Neil denies breaking the window.
尼爾不承認是他打破了窗戶
Her request for time off work was denied.
她的休假請求未獲得批准
- Sabotage (爲阻止敵人或對手成功而)毀壞
The angry workers were responsible for the sabotage of the machines.
She sabotaged his plan.
During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people… I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal 理想 which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.
- Dedicate 奉獻,獻出(全部精力、時間等)
He has dedicated his life to scientific research.
他把自己的一生都奉獻給科學研究工作