John McCain’s Concession Speech

2019-第86届奥斯卡影帝马修麦康纳获奖英语演讲稿-推荐word版本文部分内容来自网络整理，本司不为其真实性负责，如有异议或侵权请及时联系，本司将立即删除！== 本文为word格式，下载后可方便编辑和修改！ == 第86届奥斯卡影帝马修麦康纳获奖英语演讲稿Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you to the Academy for this - all 6,000members.Thank you to the other nominees. All these performances were impeccable in my opinion. Ididn't see a false note anywhere. I want to thank Jean-Marc Vallée, our director. Want to thankJared Leto, Jennifer Garner, who I worked with daily.There's a few things, about three things to my account that I need each day. One of them issomething to look up to, another is something to look forward to, and another is someone tochase. Now, first off, I want to thank God. 'Cause that's who I look up to.He has graced my life with opportunities that I know are not of my hand or any other humanhand. He has shown me that it's ascientific fact that gratitude reciprocates. In the words ofthe late Charlie Laughton, who said, 'When you've got God, you got a friend. And that friend isyou.'To my family, that who and what I look forward to. To my father who, I know he's up thereright now with a big pot of gumbo. He's got a lemon meringue pie over there. He's probably inhis underwear. And he's got a cold can of Miller Lite and he's dancing right now.Loading gallery...To you, Dad, you taught me what it means to be a man. To my mother who's here tonight, whotaught me and my two older brothers' demanded that we respect ourselves. And what we inturn learned was that we were then better able to respect others. Thank you for that, Mama. Tomy wife, Camila, and my kids Levi, Vida and Mr. Stone, the courage and significance you giveme every day I go out the door is unparalleled. You are the four people in my life that I want tomake the most proud of me. Thank you.。

To John's beloved family, Mrs. McCain, Cindy, to the McCain children, President Bush, President and Secretary Clinton, Vice President Biden, Vice President Mr. Cheney, Vice President Gore, and as John would say, my friends.We come to celebrate an extraordinary man, a warrior, a statesman, a patriot, who embodied so much that is best in America. President Bush and I are among the fortunate few who competed against John at the highest levels of politics. He made us better presidents, just as he made the Senate better, just as he made this country better. So, for someone like John to ask you while he was still alive to stand and speak of him when he is gone, is a precious and singular honor. Now, when John called me with that request earlier this year, I admit sadness and also a certain surprise. But after our conversation ended, I realized how well it captured some of John's essential qualities.To start with, John liked being unpredictable, even a little contrarian. He had no interest in conforming to some prepackaged version of what a senate should be and he did not want a memorial that was gonna be prepackaged either. That also showed John’s disdain for self-pity. He had been to hell and back, yet somehow never lost his energy, his optimism, or his zest for life. So cancer did not scare him, and he would maintain that buoyant spirit to the very end, too stubborn to sit still, opinionated as ever, fiercely devoted to his friends, and most of all to his family. It showed his irreverence, sense of humor, a little bit of mischievous stray, after all what better way to get the last laugh and make George and I say nice things about him to a national audience. [laughter] And most of all, it showed a largeness of spirit, an ability to see past differences in search of common ground.And in fact, on the surface, John and I could not have been more different. We were of different generations. I came from a broken home and never knew my father. John was the son of one of America's most distinguished military families. I had a reputation for keeping cool, John, not so much. [laughter] We were standard bearers of a different American political traditions. And throughout my presidency, John never hesitated to tell me when he thought I was screwing up, which by his calculation, was about once a day. But for all of our differences, for all of the times we sparred, I never tried to hide. And I think John came to understand the long-standing admiration that I had for him.By his own account, John was a rebellious young man. In his case, that is understandable. What faster way to distinguish yourself when you are the son and grandson of admirals then to mutiny, eventually though, he concluded that the only way to really make his mark on the world is to commit to something bigger than yourself. And for John, that meant answering the highest of calls, serving his country in a time of war. Othersthis week, and this morning, have spoken to the depths of his torment, and the depths of his courage there in the cells of Hanoi, when day after day, year after year, that useful iron was tempered into steel. It brings to mind something that Hemingway wrote in the book that Megan referred to, his favorite book,“Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be, but what will happen in all the other days that ever come can depend on what you do today.” In captivity, John learned in ways that few of us ever will, the meaning of those words. How each moment, each day, each choice is a test. And John McCain passed that test again, and again, and again. And that is why when John spoke of virtues like service and duty, it did not ring hollow. They were not just words to him. It was a truth that he had lived, and for which he was prepared to die, and if forced, even the most cynical. To consider, what were we doing for our country? What might we risk everything for?Much has been said this week about what a maverick John was. Now, in fact, John was a pretty conservative guy. Trust me, I was on the receiving end of some of those votes. But he did understand that some principles transcend politics, that some values transcend parties. He considered a part of his duty to uphold those principles and uphold those values. John cared about the institutions of self-government, our Constitution, our Bill of Rights, rule of law, separation of powers, even the arcane rules and procedures of the senate. He knew that in a nation as big and boisterous and diverse as ours, those institutions, those rules and those norms are what bind us together and give shape and order to our common life, even when we disagree, especially when we disagree. John believed in honest argument and hearing other views. He understood that if we get in the habit of bending the truth to suit political expediency or party orthodoxy, our democracy will not work. That is why he was willing to buck his own party at times, occasionally work across the aisle on campaign finance reform and immigration reform. That is why he championed a free and independent press as vital to our democratic debates. And the fact that it earned him some good coverage did not hurt either. John understood, as JFK understood, as Ronald Reagan understood, that part of what makes our country great is that our membership is based not on our bloodline, not on what we look like, what our last names are, not based on where our parents or grandparents came from, or how recently they arrived, but on adherence to a common creed. That all of us are created equal, and thou by our creator, with certain inalienable rights. It has been mentioned today, and we have seen footage this week of John pushing back against supporters who challenged my patriotism during the 2008 campaign. I was grateful, but I was not surprised. As Joe Lieberman said, it was John's instinct. I never saw John treat anyone differently because of their race or religion, or gender. And I am certain that in those moments that have beenreferred to during the campaign, he saw himself as defending America's character, not just mine. He considered it the imperative of every citizen who loved this country to treat all people fairly.And finally, while John and I disagreed on all kinds of foreign-policy issues, we stood together on America's role as the one indispensable nation, believing that the great power and great blessings comes great responsibility. That burden is born most heavily by our men and women in uniform, service members like Doug, Jimmy, and Jack, who follow their father's footsteps, as well as the families who served alongside our troops. But John understood that our security and our influence was one, not just by our military might, not just by our wealth, not just by our abilities to bend others to our will, but from our capacity to inspire others, with our adherence to a set of universal values, like rule of law and human rights, and insistence on the God-given dignity of every human being.Of course, John was the first to tell us he was not perfect. Like all of us who go into public service, he did have an ego. Like all of us, there was no doubt some vote he cast, some compromises he struck, some decisions he made that he wished he could have back. It is no secret. It has been mentioned that he had a temper. When it flared up, it was a force of nature, a wonder to behold. His jaw grinding, his face reddening, his eyes boring a hole right through you, not that I ever experience it firsthand, mind you. [laughter] But to know John was to know that as quick as his passions might flare, he was just as quick to forgive and ask for forgiveness. He knew more than most his own flaws in his blind spots, and he knew how to laugh at himself. And that self-awareness made him all the more compelling. We did not advertise it. But every so often over the course of my presidency, John would come over to the White House, and we would just sit and talk in the Oval Office, just two of us. And we would talk about policy, and we would talk about family, and we would talk about the state of our politics. And our disagreements did not go away during these private conversations. Those were real, and they were often deep. But we enjoyed the time we shared away from the bright lights, and we laughed with each other, and we learned from each other.We never doubted the other man's sincerity, or the other man's patriotism, or that when all was said and done, we were on the same team. We never doubted we were on the same team. For all of our differences, we shared a fidelity to the ideals for which generations of Americans have marched and fought, and sacrificed, and given their lives. We considered our political battles a privilege, an opportunity to serve as the source of those ideals here at home, and to do our best to advance them around the world. We saw this country as a place where anything is possible, and citizenship as an obligation to ensure it forever remains that way. And more than once during his career, John drew comparisons to Teddy Roosevelt. I am sure ithas been noted that Roosevelt's “Man in the Arena” oration seems tailored to John. Most of you know it, Roosevelt’s speaks of “those who strive, who dare to do great things, who sometimes win and sometimes come up short, but always relish the good fight. A contrast to those cold, timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.” Isn't that the spirit we celebrate this week? that striving to be better? to do better? to be worthy of the great inheritance that our founders bestowed? So much of our politics, our public life, our public discourse can seem small and mean, and petty trafficking and bombast, and insults, and phony controversies, and manufactured outrage. It is a politics that pretends to be brave, and tough, but in fact is born fear. John called on us to be bigger than that. He called on us to be better than that. “Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be. But what will happen in all the other days that will ever come can depend on what you do today.”What better way to honor John McCain's life of service than as best we can? Follow his example. To prove that the willingness to get in the arena and fight for this country is not reserved for the few. It is open to all of us. In fact, it is demanded of all of us as citizens of this great republic. That is perhaps how we honor him best. By recognizing that there are some things bigger than party, or ambition, or money, or fame, or power, that there are some things that are worth risking everything for, principles that are eternal, truths that are abiding. At his best, John showed us what that means. For that, we are all deeply in his debt. May god bless John McCain. May god bless this country he served so well. [applause] [drumming] (music)。

The Framework for the Reform of Evidence证据法革新的框架The 4th International Conference on Evidence Law and Forensic ScienceBeijing, China第四届证据理论与科学国际研讨会（中国•北京）The Contribution of Evidence Science to the Rule of Lawand the Progression of Civilization证据科学对于法治和文明进程的贡献July 20-21, 20132013年7月20 －21日Ronald J. Allen*罗纳德J. 艾伦Thank you for those kind words of introduction. It is a great pleasure to be addressing you today, and a distinct honor. I have been working with the faculty of CUPL and other Chinese Universities for over a decade now, and this is my fifteenth trip to China to do lectures and meet with colleagues concerning matters of mutual interest. What began for me as a somewhat exotic excursion into the law of another nation has now become a part of the fabric of my life. And as a teacher and scholar, it is particularly gratifying to see the great progress that has been made in China through the contributions of the many Chinese scholars I have been privileged to have study with me at Northwestern University, and with whom I have interacted over the years in China and the United States.* John Henry Wigmore Professor of Law, Northwestern University, President, Board of Foreign Advisors, Evidence Law and Forensic Sciences Institute, Fellow, Procedural Law Research Center, CUPL. I am indebted to Jiang Yujia, a second year law student at Northwestern University, for her research assistance.美国西北大学约翰•亨利•威格莫尔法学教授、中国政法大学证据科学研究院外国专家咨询委员会主席、诉讼法研究中心研究员。

简介有时候，承认失败、汲取教训、坦然面对的精神更能让我们钦佩谢谢你们，我亲爱的朋友们，谢谢你们能在这样一个美丽的亚利桑那之夜来到这里。

朋友们，我们这漫长的旅程已经走到了尽头。

美国人民已经做出了决定，结果是如此地显而易见。

就在不久前，我有幸与奥巴马通话，向他的成功表示了祝贺。

”（观众嘘声）“大家请冷静下来。

祝贺他成为我们二人都所深爱着的这个国家的下一任总统。

这是一次漫长而充满坚信的竞选。

光是他的胜出便足以让我为他的卓越的能力和坚忍不拔的毅力而深表敬佩。

此外，更让我深感羡慕和赞赏的是，为了实现此次竞选的目标，他成功地点燃了数百万美国人民对选举的激情，使他们认识到自己的行为对下一任美国总统的产生并非无足轻重。

这是一次历史性的大选。

我能够了解对于非洲裔美国人来说，这次的胜利具有多么重大的意义。

我能够体会他们今晚所能感受到的独有的自豪感。

我一直相信，我们的国家总是会给那些努力奋斗，并能抓住机会的人提供成功的机遇。

奥巴马议员也深信这一点。

但是同时，我们也都意识到，我们都花费了很长的时间、很多的努力来摆脱曾经笼罩在我们身边不公的现象。

正是这种种的不公，曾一度损害了我们国家的名誉，伤害了部分美国公民应该享受的利益。

他们的遭遇至今令我们倍感伤痛。

一百年前，罗斯福总统曾经邀请非裔美国教育领袖布克.华盛顿前往白宫共进晚餐，结果引来反对声一片。

然而，如今的美国早已不是当初那个冷酷无情、顽固守旧的美国了。

我们今天选举出的非裔美国籍总统，就是最好的证明。

所以，我们现在不应该再轻视…任何每一个人都不应该再轻视他们作为美国——这个世界上最伟大的国家——的公民应有的权利。

奥巴马议员所取得的胜利，不仅仅是他一个人的胜利，更是一个国家的胜利。

为此，我向他表示祝贺。

与此同时，我还要向他表示诚挚的哀悼。

他亲爱的祖母没有能坚持到今天，亲眼看着他走向成功的舞台。

我们相信她已在主的面前得到了安息，并会为她一手带大的这位英才感到骄傲。

奥巴马议员曾经与我在许多问题上有过分歧。

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您的努力学习是为了更美好的未来！In all the work I have done as president, every decision I have made, every executive action I have taken, every bill I have proposed and signed, I've tried to give all Americans the tools and conditions to build the future of our dreams, in a good society, with a strong economy, a cleaner environment, and a freer, safer, more prosperous world. 作为总统，我所做的一切---每一个决定，每一个行政命令，提议和签署的每一项法令，都是在努力为美国人民提供工具和创造条件，来实现美国的梦想，建设美国的未来---一个美好的社会，繁荣的经济，清洁的环境，进而实现一个更自由、更安全、更繁荣的世界．I have steered my course by our enduring values. Opportunity for all. Responsibility from all. A community of all Americans. I have sought to give America a new kind of government, smaller, more modern, more effective, full of ideas and policies appropriate to this new time, always putting people first, always focusing on the future. 借助我们永恒的价值，我驾驭了我的航程．机会属于每一个美国公民；(我的)责任来自全体美国人民；所有美国人民组成了一个大家庭．我一直在努力为美国创造一个新型的政府：更小、更现代化、更有效率、面对新时代的挑战充满创意和思想、永远把人民的利益放在第一位、永远面向未来．Working together, America has done well. Our economy is breaking records, with more than 22 million new jobs, the lowest unemployment in 30 years, the highest home ownership ever, the longest expansion in history. 我们在一起使美国变得更加美好．我们的经济正在破着一个又一个的记录，向前发展．我们已创造了2200万个新的工作岗位，我们的失业率是30年来最低的，老百姓的购房率达到一个空前的高度，我们经济繁荣的持续时间是历史上最长的．Our families and communities are stronger. Thirty-five million Americans have used the family leave law. Eight million have moved off welfare. Crime is at a 25-year low. Over 10 million Americans receive more college aid, and more people than ever are going to college. Our schools are better - higher standards, greater accountability and larger investments have brought higher test scores, and higher graduation rates. 我们的家庭、我们的社会变得更加强大．3500万美国人曾经享受联邦休假，800万人重新获得社会保障，犯罪率是25年来最低的，1000多万美国人享受更多的入学贷款，更多的人接受大学教育．我们的学校也在改善．更高的办学水平、更大的责任感和更多的投资使得我们的学生取得更高的考试分数和毕业成绩．More than three million children have health insurance now, and more than 7 million Americans have been lifted out of poverty. Incomes are rising across the board. Our air and water are cleaner. Our food and drinking water are safer. And more of our precious land has been preserved, in the continental United States, than at any time in 100 years. 目前，已有300多万美国儿童在享受着医疗保险，700多万美国人已经脱离了贫困线．全国人民的收入在大幅度提高．我们的空气和水资源更加洁净，食品和饮用水更加安全．我们珍贵的土地资源也得到了近百年来前所未有的保护．America has been a force for peace and prosperity in every corner of the globe. I'm very grateful to be able to turn over the reins of leadership to a new president, with America in such a strong position to meet the challenges of the future. 美国已经成为地球上每个角落促进和平和繁荣的积极力量．我非常高兴能于此时将领导权交给新任总统，强大的美国正面临未来的挑战．Tonight, I want to leave you with three thoughts about our future. First, America must maintain our record of fiscal responsibility. Through our last four budgets, we've turned record deficits to record surpluses, and we've been able to pay down $600 billion of our national debt, on track to be debt freeby the end of the decade for the first time since 1835. 今晚，我希望大家能从以下3点审视我们的未来：第一，美国必须保持它的良好财政状况．通过过去4个财政年度的努力，我们已经把破纪录的财政赤字变为破纪录的盈余．并且，我们已经偿还了6000亿美元的国债，我们正向10年内彻底偿还国家债务的目标迈进，这将是1835年以来的第一次．Staying on that course will bring lower interest rates, greater prosperity and the opportunity to meet our big challenges. If we choose wisely, we can pay down the debt, deal with the retirement of the baby boomers, invest more in our future and provide tax relief. 只要这样做，就会带来更低的利率、更大的经济繁荣，从而能够迎接将来更大的挑战．如果我们做出明智的选择，我们就能偿还债务，解决(二战后出生的)一大批人们的退休问题，对未来进行更多的投资，并减轻税收．Second, because the world is more connected every day in every way, America's security and prosperity require us to continue to lead in the world. At this remarkable moment in history, more people live in freedom that ever before. Our alliances are stronger than ever. People all around the world look to America to be a force for peace and prosperity, freedom and security. The global economy is giving more of our own people, and billions around the world, the chance to work andlive and raise their families with dignity. 第二，世界各国的联系日益紧密．为了美国的安全与繁荣，我们应继续融入世界．在这个特别的历史时刻，更多的美国人民享有前所未有的自由．我们的盟国更加强大．全世界人民期望美国成为和平与繁荣、自由与安全的力量．全球经济给予美国民众以及全世界人民更多的机会去工作、生活，更体面地养活家庭．But the forces of integration that have created these good opportunities also make us more subject to global forces of destruction, to terrorism, organized crime and narco-trafficking, the spread of deadly weapons and disease, the degradation of the global environment. 但是，这种世界融合的趋势一方面为我们创造了良好的机会，但同时使得我们在全球范围内更容易遭致破坏性力量、恐怖主义、有组织的犯罪、贩毒活动，致命性武器和疾病传播的威胁．The expansion of trade hasn't fully closed the gap between those of us who live on the cutting edge of the global economy and the billions around the world who live on the knife's edge of survival. 尽管世界贸易不断扩大，但它没能缩小处于全球经济繁荣中的我们同数十亿处于死亡边缘的人们之间的距离．This global gap requires more than compassion. It requires action. Global poverty is a powder keg that could be ignitedby our indifference. In his first inaugural address, Thomas Jefferson warned of entangling alliances. But in our times, America cannot and must not disentangle itself from the world. If we want the world to embody our shared values, then we must assume a shared responsibility. 要解决世界贫富两极分化需要的不是同情和怜悯，而是实际行动．贫穷有可能被我们的漠不关心激化而成为火药桶．托马斯-杰斐逊在他的就职演说中告诫我们结盟的危害．但是，在我们这个时代，美国不能，也不可能使自己脱离这个世界．如果我们想把我们共有的价值观赋予这个世界，我们必须共同承担起这个责任．If the wars of the 20th century, especially the recent ones in Kosovo and Bosnia, have taught us anything, it is that we achieve our aims by defending our values and leading the forces of freedom and peace. We must embrace boldly and resolutely that duty to lead, to stand with our allies in word and deed, and to put a human face on the global economy so that expanded trade benefits all people in all nations, lifting lives and hopes all across the world. 如果 20世纪的历次战争，尤其是新近在科索沃地区和波斯尼亚爆发的战争，能够让我们得到某种教训的话，我们从中得到的启示应是：由于捍卫了我们的价值观并领导了自由和和平的力量，我们才达到了目标．我们必须坚定勇敢地拥抱这个信念和责任，在语言和行动上与我们的同盟者们站在一起，领导他们按这条道路前进；循着在全球经济中以人为本的观念，让不断发展的贸易能够使所有国家的所有人受益，在全世界范围内提高他们的生活水平和实现他们的梦想．Third, we must remember that America cannot lead in the world unless here at home we weave the threads of our coat of many colors into the fabric of one America. As we become ever more diverse, we must work harder to unite around our common values and our common humanity. 第三，我们必须牢记如果我们不团结一致，美国就不能领先世界．随着我们变得越来越多样化，我们必须更加努力地团结在共同价值观和共同人性的旗帜下．We must work harder to overcome our differences. In our hearts and in our laws, we must treat all our people with fairness and dignity, regardless of their race, religion, gender or sexual orientation and regardless of when they arrived in our country, always moving toward the more perfect union of our founders' dreams. 我们要加倍努力地工作，克服生活中存在的种种分歧．于情于法，我们都要让我们的人民受到公正的待遇，不论他是哪一个民族、信仰何种宗教、什么性别或性倾向，或者何时来到这个国家．我们时时刻刻都要为了实现先辈们建立高度团结的美利坚合众国的梦想而奋斗．Hillary, Chelsea and I join all Americans in wishing our very best to the next president, George W. Bush, to his familyand his administration in meeting these challenges and in leading freedom's march in this new century. 希拉里、切尔西和我同美国人民一起，向即将就任的布什总统、他的家人及美国新政府致以衷心的祝福，希望新政府能够勇敢面对挑战，并高扛自由大旗在新世纪阔步前进．As for me, I'll leave the presidency more idealistic, more full of hope than the day I arrived and more confident than ever that America's best days lie ahead. 对我来说，当我离开总统宝座时，我充满更多的理想，比初进白宫时更加充满希望，并且坚信美国的好日子还在后面．My days in this office are nearly through, but my days of service, I hope, are not. In the years ahead, I will never hold a position higher or a covenant more sacred than that of president of the United States. But there is no title I will wear more proudly than that of citizen. 我的总统任期就要结束了，但是我希望我为美国人民服务的日子永远不会结束．在我未来的岁月里，我再也不会担任一个能比美利坚合众国总统更高的职位、签订一个比美利坚合众国总统所能签署的更为神圣的契约了．当然，没有任何一个头衔能让我比作为一个美国公民更为自豪的了．Thank you. God bless you, and God bless America. 谢谢你们！愿上帝保佑你们！愿上帝保佑美国！。

'I Believe in an America Where the Separation of Church and State is Absolute'September 12, 1960, address to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association BY: John F. KennedyWhile the so-called religious issue is necessarily and properly the chief topic here tonight, I want to emphasize from the outset that we have far more critical issues to face in the 1960 election; the spread of Communist influence, until it now festers 90 miles off the coast of Florida--the humiliating treatment of our President and Vice President by those who no longer respect our power--the hungry children I saw in West Virginia, the old people who cannot pay their doctor bills, the families forced to give up their farms--an America with too many slums, with too few schools, and too late to the moon and outer space.These are the real issues which should decide this campaign. And they are not religious issues--for war and hunger and ignorance and despair know no religious barriers.But because I am a Catholic, and no Catholic has ever been elected President, the real issues in this campaign have been obscured--perhaps deliberately, in some quarters less responsible than this. So it is apparently necessary for me to state once again--not what kind of church I believe in, for that should be important only to me--but what kind of America I believe in.I believe in an America where the separation of church and state isabsolute--where no Catholic prelate would tell the President (should he be Catholic) how to act, and no Protestant minister would tell his parishioners for whom to vote--where no church or church school is granted any public funds or political preference--and where no man is denied public office merely because his religion differs from the President who might appoint him or the people who might elect him.I believe in an America that is officially neither Catholic, Protestant norJewish--where no public official either requests or accepts instructions on publicpolicy from the Pope, the National Council of Churches or any other ecclesiastical source--where no religious body seeks to impose its will directly or indirectly upon the general populace or the public acts of its officials--and where religious liberty is so indivisible that an act against one church is treated as an act against all.For while this year it may be a Catholic against whom the finger of suspicion is pointed, in other years it has been, and may someday be again, a Jew--or a Quaker--or a Unitarian--or a Baptist. It was Virginia's harassment of Baptist preachers, for example, that helped lead to Jefferson's statute of religious freedom. Today I may be the victim--but tomorrow it may be you--until the whole fabric of our harmonious society is ripped at a time of great national peril.Finally, I believe in an America where religious intolerance will somedayend--where all men and all churches are treated as equal--where every man has the same right to attend or not attend the church of his choice--where there is no Catholic vote, no anti-Catholic vote, no bloc voting of any kind--and where Catholics, Protestants and Jews, at both the lay and pastoral level, will refrain from those attitudes of disdain and division which have so often marred their works in the past, and promote instead the American ideal of brotherhood.That is the kind of America in which I believe. And it represents the kind of Presidency in which I believe--a great office that must neither be humbled by making it the instrument of any one religious group nor tarnished by arbitrarily withholding its occupancy from the members of any one religious group. I believe in a President whose religious views are his own private affair, neither imposed by him upon the nation or imposed by the nation upon him as a condition to holding that office.I would not look with favor upon a President working to subvert the first amendment's guarantees of religious liberty. Nor would our system of checks and balances permit him to do so--and neither do I look with favor upon those who would work to subvert Article VI of the Constitution by requiring a religioustest--even by indirection--for it. If they disagree with that safeguard they should be out openly working to repeal it.I want a Chief Executive whose public acts are responsible to all groups and obligated to none--who can attend any ceremony, service or dinner his office may appropriately require of him--and whose fulfillment of his Presidential oath is not limited or conditioned by any religious oath, ritual or obligation.This is the kind of America I believe in--and this is the kind I fought for in the South Pacific, and the kind my brother died for in Europe. No one suggested then that we may have a "divided loyalty," that we did "not believe in liberty," or that we belonged to a disloyal group that threatened the "freedoms for which our forefathers died."And in fact this is the kind of America for which our forefathers died--when they fled here to escape religious test oaths that denied office to members of less favored churches--when they fought for the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom--and when they fought at the shrine I visited today, the Alamo. For side by side with Bowie and Crockett died McCafferty and Bailey and Carey--but no one knows whether they were Catholic or not. For there was no religious test at the Alamo.I ask you tonight to follow in that tradition--to judge me on the basis of my record of 14 years in Congress--on my declared stands against an Ambassador to the Vatican, against unconstitutional aid to parochial schools, and against any boycott of the public schools (which I have attended myself)--instead of judging me on the basis of these pamphlets and publications we all have seen that carefully select quotations out of context from the statements of Catholic church leaders, usually in other countries, frequently in other centuries, and always omitting, of course, the statement of the American Bishops in 1948 which strongly endorsed church-state separation, and which more nearly reflects the views of almost every American Catholic.I do not consider these other quotations binding upon my public acts--why should you? But let me say, with respect to other countries, that I am wholly opposed to the state being used by any religious group, Catholic or Protestant, to compel, prohibit, or persecute the free exercise of any other religion. And I hope that you and I condemn with equal fervor those nations which deny their Presidency to Protestants and those which deny it to Catholics. And rather than cite the misdeeds of those who differ, I would cite the record of the Catholic Church in such nations as Ireland and France--and the independence of such statesmen as Adenauer and De Gaulle.But let me stress again that these are my views--for contrary to common newspaper usage, I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party's candidate for President who happens also to be a Catholic. I do not speak for my church on public matters--and the church does not speak for me.Whatever issue may come before me as President--on birth control, divorce, censorship, gambling or any other subject--I will make my decision in accordance with these views, in accordance with what my conscience tells me to be the national interest, and without regard to outside religious pressures or dictates. And no power or threat of punishment could cause me to decide otherwise.But if the time should ever come--and I do not concede any conflict to be even remotely possible--when my office would require me to either violate my conscience or violate the national interest, then I would resign the office; and I hope any conscientious public servant would do the same.But I do not intend to apologize for these views to my critics of either Catholic or Protestant faith--nor do I intend to disavow either my views or my church in order to win this election.If I should lose on the real issues, I shall return to my seat in the Senate, satisfied that I had tried my best and was fairly judged. But if this election is decided on the basis that 40 million Americans lost their chance of being President on the day they were baptized, then it is the whole nation that will be the loser, in the eyes of Catholics and non-Catholics around the world, in the eyes of history, and in the eyes of our own people.But if, on the other hand, I should win the election, then I shall devote every effort of mind and spirit to fulfilling the oath of the Presidency--practically identical, I might add, to the oath I have taken for 14 years in the Congress. For without reservation, I can "solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution...so help me God.。

约翰·肯尼迪就职演说稿英文就职演说约翰·肯尼迪就职演说稿英文就职演说精选2篇（一）Fellow Americans,Today, we gather here to witness the peaceful transition of power and to celebrate the promise of a new era in our great nation. I stand before you honored and humbled to take the oath of office as the President of the United States.In the face of great challenges, we must remember the ideals that our forefathers fought and died for, the principles that have guided and shaped our nation. It is in the pursuit of these ideals that we find our common ground, our shared destiny.We are a nation built on freedom, liberty, and justice for all. It is these values that have made America great, and it is these values that will guide us forward. But we must also recognize that our journey is far from complete. There are still barriers to be broken, injustices to be righted, and divisions to be healed.Today, I stand here before you with a vision for a better tomorrow. A tomorrow where every American has equal access to opportunity and prosperity. A tomorrow where no child goes to bed hungry or without hope. A tomorrow where the American Dream is within reach for all.To achieve this vision, we must come together as one nation, one people. We must set aside our differences and work towards a common purpose. We must remember that we are stronger together than we are apart.I pledge to you, my fellow Americans, that I will lead with integrity, honesty, and compassion. I will listen to your voices and be guided by your wisdom. I will work tirelessly to build a government that serves the people, not special interests or personal agendas.But I cannot do it alone. I call on each and every one of you to join me in this grand endeavor. Together, we can overcome any obstacle, achieve any goal, and build a brighter future for ourselves, our children, and generations to come.As I take this oath of office, I am reminded of the words of President Abraham Lincoln, who once said, \约翰·肯尼迪就职演说稿英文就职演说精选2篇（二）尊敬的各位贵宾，国内外的朋友们，亲爱的同胞们：我非常感谢你们出席今天的就职仪式，并给予我如此隆重的荣誉和信任，让我有机会成为这个伟大国家的总统。

迈克尔·杰克逊牛津英语励志演讲稿heal the children, heal the world拯救儿童，拯救世界——流行音乐之王迈克尔·杰克逊in a world?lled with hate, we must still dare to hope. keep hope alive. in a world?lled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. in a world?lled with despair, we must still dare to dream. and in a world?lled with distrust, we must still dare to believe. 即使世界充满仇恨，我们也要勇于憧憬，让希望永存;即使世界充满愤怒，我们也要敢于安慰;即使世界充满绝望，我们也要勇于梦想;即使世界充满猜疑，我们仍然敢于信任。

--------heal the kids – oxford speechoxford university, march XX by michael jacksonthank you, thank you dear friends, from the bottom of my heart, for such a loving and spirited welcome, and thank you, mr president, for your kind invitation to me which i am so honored to accept. i also want to express a special thanks to you shmuley, who for 11 years served as rabbi here at oxford. you and i have been working so hard to form heal the kids, as well as writing our book about childlike qualities, and in all of our efforts you have been such a supportive and loving friend. and i would also like to thank toba friedman, our director of operations at heal the kids, who is returning tonight to the alma mater where she served as a marshall scholar, as well as marilyn piels, another central member of our heal the kids team.i am humbled to be lecturing in a place that has previously been filled by such notable figures as mother theresa, albert einstein, ronald reagan, robert kennedy and malcolm x. i've even heard that kermit the frog has made an appearance here, and i'vealways felt a kinship with kermit's message that it's not easy being green. i'm sure he didn't find it any easier being up here than i do!as i looked around oxford today, i couldn't help but be aware of the majesty and grandeur of this great institution, not to mention the brilliance of the great and gifted minds that have roamed these streets for centuries. the walls of oxford have not only housed the greatest philosophical and scientific geniuses –they have also ushered forth some of the most cherished creators of children's literature, from j.r.r. tolkien to cs lewis. today i was allowed to hobble into the dining hall in christ church to see lewis carroll's alice in wonderland immortalized in the stained glass windows. and even one of my own fellow americans, the beloved dr seuss graced these halls and then went on to leave his mark on the imaginations of millions of children throughout the world.i suppose i should start by listing my qualifications to speak before you this evening. friends, i do not claim to have the academic expertise of other speakers who have addressed this hall, just as they could lay little claim at being adept at the moonwalk –and you know, einstein in particular was really terrible at that.but i do have a claim to having experienced more places and cultures than most people will ever see. human knowledge consists not only of libraries of parchment and ink –it is also comprised of the volumes of knowledge that are written on the human heart, chiseled on the human soul, and engraved on the human psyche. and friends, i have encountered so much in this relatively short life of mine that i still cannot believe i am chiseled only 42. i often tell shmuley that in soul years i'm sure that i'm at least 80 – and tonight i even walk like i'm 80! so please harken tomy message, because what i have to tell you tonight can bring healing to humanity and healing to our planet.through the grace of god, i have been fortunate to have achieved many of my artistic and professional aspirations realized early in my lifetime. but these, friends are accomplishments, and accomplishments alone are not synonymous with who i am. indeed, the cheery five-year-old who belted out rockin' robin and ben to adoring crowds was not indicative of the boy behind the smile.tonight, i come before you less as an icon of pop (whatever that means anyway), and more as an icon of a generation, a generation that no longer knows what it means to be children.all of us are products of our childhood. but i am the product of a lack of a childhood, an absence of that precious and wondrous age when we frolic playfully without a care in the world, basking in the adoration of parents and relatives, where our biggest concern is studying for that big spelling test come monday morning.those of you who are familiar with the jackson five know that i began performing at the tender age of five and that ever since then, i haven't stopped dancing or singing. but while performing and making music undoubtedly remain as some of my greatest joys, when i was young i wanted more than anything else to be a typical little boy. i wanted to build tree houses, have water balloon fights, and play hide and seek with my friends. but fate had it otherwise and all i could do was envy the laughter and playtime that seemed to be going on all around me.there was no respite from my professional life. but on sundays i would go pioneering, the term used for the missionary work that jehovah's witnesses do. and it was then that i was ableto see the magic of other people's childhood.since i was already a celebrity, i would have to don a disguise of fat suit, wig, beard and glasses and we would spend the day in the suburbs of southern california, going door-to-door or making the rounds of shopping malls, distributing our watchtower magazine. i loved to set foot in all those regular suburban houses and catch sight of the shag rugs and la-z-boy armchairs with kids playing monopoly and grandmas baby-sitting and all those wonderful, ordinary and starry scenes of everyday life. many, i know, would argue that these things seem like no big deal. but to me they were mesmerizing.i used to think that i was unique in feeling that i was without a childhood. i believed that indeed there were only a handful with whom i could share those feelings. when i recently met with shirley temple black, the great child star of the 1930s and 40s, we said nothing to each other at first, we simply cried together, for she could share a pain with me that only others like my close friends elizabeth taylor and mccauley culkin know.i do not tell you this to gain your sympathy but to impress upon you my first important point : it is not just hollywood child stars that have suffered from a non-existent childhood. today, it's a universal calamity, a global catastrophe. childhood has become the great casualty of modern-day living. all around us we are producing scores of kids who have not had the joy, who have not been accorded the right, who have not been allowed the freedom, or knowing what it's like to be a kid.today children are constantly encouraged to grow up faster, as if this period known as childhood is a burdensome stage, to be endured and ushered through, as swiftly as possible. and on that subject, i am certainly one of the world's greatest experts.ours is a generation that has witnessed the abrogation of the parent-child covenant. psychologists are publishing libraries of books detailing the destructive effects of denying one's children the unconditional love that is so necessary to the healthy development of their minds and character. and because of all the neglect, too many of our kids have, essentially, to raise themselves. they are growing more distant from their parents, grandparents and other family members, as all around us the indestructible bond that once glued together the generations, unravels.this violation has bred a new generation, generation o let us call it, that has now picked up the torch from generation x. the o stands for a generation that has everything on the outside –wealth, success, fancy clothing and fancy cars, but an aching emptiness on the inside. that cavity in our chests, that barrenness at our core, that void in our centre is the place where the heart once beat and which love once occupied.and it's not just the kids who are suffering. it's the parents as well. for the more we cultivate little-adults in kids'-bodies, the more removed we ourselves become from our own child-like qualities, and there is so much about being a child that is worth retaining in adult life.love, ladies and gentlemen, is the human family's most precious legacy, its richest bequest, its golden inheritance. and it is a treasure that is handed down from one generation to another. previous ages may not have had the wealth we enjoy. their houses may have lacked electricity, and they squeezed their many kids into small homes without central heating. but those homes had no darkness, nor were they cold. they were lit bright with the glow of love and they were warmed snugly by the very heat ofthe human heart. parents, undistracted by the lust for luxury and status, accorded their children primacy in their lives.as you all know, our two countries broke from each other over what thomas jefferson referred to as "certain inalienable rights". and while we americans and british might dispute the justice of his claims, what has never been in dispute is that children have certain inalienable rights, and the gradual erosion of those rights has led to scores of children worldwide being denied the joys and security of childhood.i would therefore like to propose tonight that we install in every home a children's universal bill of rights, the tenets of which are:1. the right to be loved without having to earn it2. the right to be protected, without having to deserve it3. the right to feel valuable, even if you came into the world with nothing4. the right to be listened to without having to be interesting5. the right to be read a bedtime story, without having to compete with the evening news6. the right to an education without having to dodge bullets at schools7. the right to be thought of as adorable – (even if you havea face that only a mother could love).friends, the foundation of all human knowledge, the beginning of human consciousness, must be that each and every one of us is an object of love. before you know if you have red hair or brown, before you know if you are black or white, before you know of what religion you are a part, you have to know that you are loved.about twelve years ago, when i was just about to start mybad tour, a little boy came with his parents to visit me at home in california. he was dying of cancer and he told me how much he loved my music and me. his parents told me that he wasn't going to live, that any day he could just go, and i said to him: "look, i am going to be coming to your town in kansas to open my tour in three months. i want you to come to the show. i am going to give you this jacket that i wore in one of my videos." his eyes lit up and he said: "you are gonna give it to me?" i said "yeah, but you have to promise that you will wear it to the show." i was trying to make him hold on. i said: "when you come to the show i want to see you in this jacket and in this glove" and i gave him one of my rhinestone gloves –and i never usually give the rhinestone gloves away. and he was just in heaven.but maybe he was too close to heaven, because when i came to his town, he had already died, and they had buried him in the glove and jacket. he was just 10 years old. god knows, i know, that he tried his best to hold on. but at least when he died, he knew that he was loved, not only by his parents, but even by me, a near stranger, i also loved him. and with all of that love he knew that he didn't come into this world alone, and he certainly didn't leave it alone.if you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can he dealt with. a professor may degrade you, but you will not feel degraded, a boss may crush you, but you will not be crushed, a corporate gladiator might vanquish you, but you will still triumph. how could any of them truly prevail in pulling you down? for you know that you are an object worthy of love. the rest is just packaging.but if you don't have that memory of being loved, you arecondemned to search the world for something to fill you up. but no matter how much money you make or how famous you become, you will still fell empty. what you are really searching for is unconditional love, unqualified acceptance. and that was the one thing that was denied to you at birth.friends, let me paint a picture for you. here is a typical day in america – six youths under the age of 20 will commit suicide, 12 children under the age of 20 will die from firearms – remember this is a day, not a year – 399 kids will be arrested for drug abuse, 1,352 babies will be born to teen mothers. this is happening in one of the richest, most developed countries in the history of the world.yes, in my country there is an epidemic of violence that parallels no other industrialized nation. these are the ways young people in america express their hurt and their anger. but don't think that there is not the same pain and anguish among their counterparts in the united kingdom. studies in this country show that every single hour, three teenagers in the uk inflict harm upon themselves, often by cutting or burning their bodies or taking an overdose. this is how they have chosen to cope with the pain of neglect and emotional agony.in britain, as many as 20% of families will only sit down and have dinner together once a year. once a year! and what about the time-honored tradition of reading your kid a bedtime story? research from the 1980s showed that children who are read to, had far greater literacy and significantly outperformed their peers at school. and yet, less than 33% of british children ages two to eight have a regular bedtime story read to them. you may not think much of that until you take into account that 75% of their parents did have that bedtime story when they were thatage.clearly, we do not have to ask ourselves where all of this pain, anger and violent behavior comes from. it is self-evident that children are thundering against the neglect, quaking against the indifference and crying out just to be noticed. the various child protection agencies in the us say that millions of children are victims of maltreatment in the form of neglect, in the average year. yes, neglect. in rich homes, privileged homes, wired to the hilt with every electronic gadget. homes where parents come home, but they're not really home, because their heads are still at the office. and their kids? well, their kids just make do with whatever emotional crumbs they get. and you don't get much from endless tv, computer games and videos.these hard, cold numbers which for me, wrench the soul and shake the spirit, should indicate to you why i have devoted so much of my time and resources into making our new heal the kids initiative a colossal success.our goal is simple – to recreate the parent/child bond, renew its promise and light the way forward for all the beautiful children who are destined one day to walk this earth.but since this is my first public lecture, and you have so warmly welcomed me into your hearts, i feel that i want to tell you more. we each have our own story, and in that sense statistics can become personal.they say that parenting is like dancing. you take one step, your child takes another. i have discovered that getting parents to re-dedicate themselves to their children is only half the story. the other half is preparing the children to re-accept their parents.when i was very young i remember that we had this crazy mutt of a dog named "black girl," a mix of wolf and retriever. notonly wasn't she much of a guard dog, she was such a scared and nervous thing that it is a wonder she did not pass out every time a truck rumbled by, or a thunderstorm swept through indiana. my sister janet and i gave that dog so much love, but we never really won back the sense of trust that had been stolen from her by her previous owner. we knew he used to beat her. we didn't know with what. but whatever it was, it was enough to suck the spirit right out of that dog.a lot of kids today are hurt puppies who have weaned themselves off the need for love. they couldn't care less about their parents. left to their own devices, they cherish their independence. they have moved on and have left their parents behind.then there are the far worse cases of children who harbor animosity and resentment toward their parents, so that any overture that their parents might undertake would be thrown forcefully back in their face.tonight, i don't want any of us to make this mistake. that's why i'm calling upon all the world's children – beginning with all of us here tonight – to forgive our parents, if we felt neglected. forgive them and teach them how to love again.you probably weren't surprised to hear that i did not have an idyllic childhood. the strain and tension that exists in my relationship with my own father is well documented. my father is a tough man and he pushed my brothers and me hard, from the earliest age, to be the best performers we could be.he had great difficulty showing affection. he never really told me he loved me. and he never really complimented me either. if i did a great show, he would tell me it was a good show. and if i did an ok show, he told me it was a lousy show.he seemed intent, above all else, on making us a commercial success. and at that he was more than adept. my father was a managerial genius and my brothers and i owe our professional success, in no small measure, to the forceful way that he pushed us. he trained me as a showman and under his guidance i couldn't miss a step.but what i really wanted was a dad. i wanted a father who showed me love. and my father never did that. he never said i love you while looking me straight in the eye, he never played a game with me. he never gave me a piggyback ride, he never threw a pillow at me, or a water balloon.but i remember once when i was about four years old, there was a little carnival and he picked me up and put me on a pony. it was a tiny gesture, probably something he forgot five minutes later. but because of that moment i have this special place in my heart for him. because that's how kids are, the little things mean so much to them and for me, that one moment meant everything.i only experienced it that one time, but it made me feel really good, about him and the world.but now i am a father myself, and one day i was thinking about my own children, prince and paris and how i wanted them to think of me when they grow up. to be sure, i would like them to remember how i always wanted them with me wherever i went, how i always tried to put them before everything else. but there are also challenges in their lives. because my kids are stalked by paparazzi, they can't always go to a park or a movie with me.so what if they grow older and resent me, and how my choices impacted their youth? why weren't we given an average childhood like all the other kids, they might ask? and at that moment i pray that my children will give me the benefit of thedoubt. that they will say to themselves: "our daddy did the best he could, given the unique circumstances that he faced. he may not have been perfect, but he was a warm and decent man, who tried to give us all the love in the world."i hope that they will always focus on the positive things, on the sacrifices i willingly made for them, and not criticize the things they had to give up, or the errors i've made, and will certainly continue to make, in raising them. for we have all been someone's child, and we know that despite the very best of plans and efforts, mistakes will always occur. that's just being human.and when i think about this, of how i hope that my children will not judge me unkindly, and will forgive my shortcomings, i am forced to think of my own father and despite my earlier denials, i am forced to admit that me must have loved me. he did love me, and i know that.there were little things that showed it. when i was a kid i had a real sweet tooth –we all did. my favorite food was glazed doughnuts and my father knew that. so every few weeks i would come downstairs in the morning and there on the kitchen counter was a bag of glazed doughnuts – no note, no explanation – just the doughnuts. it was like santa claus.sometimes i would think about staying up late at night, so i could see him leave them there, but just like with santa claus, i didn't want to ruin the magic for fear that he would never do it again. my father had to leave them secretly at night, so as no one might catch him with his guard down. he was scared of human emotion, he didn't understand it or know how to deal with it. but he did know doughnuts.and when i allow the floodgates to open up, there are other memories that come rushing back, memories of other tinygestures, however imperfect, that showed that he did what he could. so tonight, rather than focusing on what my father didn't do, i want to focus on all the things he did do and on his own personal challenges. i want to stop judging him.i have started reflecting on the fact that my father grew up in the south, in a very poor family. he came of age during the depression and his own father, who struggled to feed his children, showed little affection towards his family and raised my father and his siblings with an iron fist. who could have imagined what it was like to grow up a poor black man in the south, robbed of dignity, bereft of hope, struggling to become a man in a world that saw my father as subordinate. i was the first black artist to be played on mtv and i remember how big a deal it was even then. and that was in the 80s!my father moved to indiana and had a large family of his own, working long hours in the steel mills, work that kills the lungs and humbles the spirit, all to support his family. is it any wonder that he found it difficult to expose his feelings? is it any mystery that he hardened his heart, that he raised the emotional ramparts? and most of all, is it any wonder why he pushed his sons so hard to succeed as performers, so that they could be saved from what he knew to be a life of indignity and poverty?i have begun to see that even my father's harshness was a kind of love, an imperfect love, to be sure, but love nonetheless. he pushed me because he loved me. because he wanted no man ever to look down at his offspring.and now with time, rather than bitterness, i feel blessing. in the place of anger, i have found absolution. and in the place of revenge i have found reconciliation. and my initial fury has slowly given way to forgiveness.almost a decade ago, i founded a charity called heal the world. the title was something i felt inside me. little did i know, as shmuley later pointed out, that those two words form the cornerstone of old testament prophecy. do i really believe that we can heal this world, that is riddled with war and genocide, even today? and do i really think that we can heal our children, the same children who can enter their schools with guns and hatred and shoot down their classmates, like they did at columbine? or children who can beat a defenseless toddler to death, like the tragic story of jamie bulger? of course i do, or i wouldn't be here tonight.but it all begins with forgiveness, because to heal the world, we first have to heal ourselves. and to heal the kids, we first have to heal the child within, each and every one of us. as an adult, and as a parent, i realize that i cannot be a whole human being, nor a parent capable of unconditional love, until i put to rest the ghosts of my own childhood.and that's what i'm asking all of us to do tonight. live up to the fifth of the ten commandments. honor your parents by not judging them. give them the benefit of the doubt.that is why i want to forgive my father and to stop judging him. i want to forgive my father, because i want a father, and this is the only one that i've got. i want the weight of my past lifted from my shoulders and i want to be free to step into a new relationship with my father, for the rest of my life, unhindered by the goblins of the past.in a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. in a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. in a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. and in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.to all of you tonight who feel let down by your parents, i ask you to let down your disappointment. to all of you tonight who feel cheated by your fathers or mothers, i ask you not to cheat yourself further. and to all of you who wish to push your parents away, i ask you to extend you hand to them instead. i am asking you, i am asking myself, to give our parents the gift of unconditional love, so that they too may learn how to love from us, their children. so that love will finally be restored to a desolate and lonely world.shmuley once mentioned to me an ancient biblical prophecy which says that a new world and a new time would come, when "the hearts of the parents would be restored through the hearts of their children." my friends, we are that world, we are those children.mahatma gandhi said: "the weak can never forgive. forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." tonight, be strong. beyond being strong, rise to the greatest challenge of all –to restore that broken covenant. we must all overcome whatever crippling effects our childhoods may have had on our lives and in the words of jesse jackson, forgive each other, redeem each other and move on.this call for forgiveness may not result in oprah moments the world over, with thousands of children making up with their parents, but it will at least be a start, and we'll all be so much happier as a result.and so ladies and gentlemen, i conclude my remarks tonight with faith, joy and excitement.from this day forward, may a new song be heard.let that new song be the sound of children laughing.let that new song be the sound of children playing.let that new song be the sound of children singing.and let that new song be the sound of parents listening.together, let us create a symphony of hearts, marveling at the miracle of our children and basking in the beauty of love.let us heal the world and blight its pain.and may we all make beautiful music together.god bless you, and i love you.。

诺贝尔生理学奖得主约翰·奥基夫在颁奖晚宴上英语演讲稿诺贝尔生理学奖得主约翰·奥基夫在颁奖晚宴上英语演讲稿Your Majesties,Your Royal Highnesses,Your Excellencies,Ladies and GentlemenOn behalf of my colleagues May-Britt and Edvard Moser, and myself, I would like to express ourgratitude to the Nobel Foundation for hosting this magnificent banquet. I would also like toexpress our gratitude to the Nobel Committee and Assembly for deeming our research worthyof this distinguished accolade. I th ink it’s fair to say that the Nobel Prize is the highest honorany scientist or artist can achieve. We are pleased and delighted.We see the awards as a recognition not only of ourselves and our accomplishments but also ofour collaborators in the study of the spatial functions of the hippocampus, and our colleagues inthe wider field of cognitive and behavioural neuroscience. Cognitive neuroscience is entering anexciting era in which new technologies and ideas are making it possible to study the neuralbasis of cognition, perception, memory and emotion at the level of networks of interactingneurons, the level at which we believe many of the important operations of the brain take place.We know a considerable amount about how individual neurons work and how two cells cancommunicate with each other but the way in which entire networks of hundreds andthousands of neurons cooperate, interact with each other, and are orchestrated to create ourideas and concepts is an underexplored area of neuroscience. It is probably at this level thatnetwork failure occurs and leads to some of our most disturbing and intractable diseases ofthe mind and brain.This new area of neuroscience has been made possible by the development of new optical,computer-based electronic, and molecular biological tools which will allow us tomonitor theactivity of many thousands of cells simultaneously and to manipulate their activity. We willmove from looking at correlations between brain activity and behaviour to studying how thebrain causes mental states and behaviour. It is fitting therefore that our fellow laureates thisyear in physics and chemistry are world’s leaders in providing us with some of these tools. Weare eager to begin to use some of the laser-based optical techniques being developed by ourchemistry co- laureates.We are also pleased to be receiving the prize with laureates from so many different countries.Science is the quintessential international endeavour and the sterling reputation of the Nobelawards is partly due to the widely-perceived lack of national and other biases in the selection ofthe laureates. We believe that the future great contributions to our understanding of thebiological and physical world can come from citizens of any country in any part of the world. It isto the credit of the Nobel committees that they have steadfastly endeavoured to follow AlfredNobel’s wishes that the prizes recognise contributions to the welfare of humanity regardless ofcountry of origin, gender, race or religious affiliation.I want to end by recognising and thanking our many collaborators and colleagues toonumerous to mention in this short speech, our universities, UCL and NTNU, and our generousfunders.Thank you for your attention. Tack.。

Thank you very much。

Rain，somebody said，is like confetti from heaven。

So even the heavens are celebrating this morning，joining the rest of us at this wonderful commencement ceremony。

Before we go any further，graduates，you have an important task to perform because behind you are your parents and guardians。

Two or three or four years ago，they drove into Cardigan，dropped you off，helped you get settled and then turned around and drove back out the gates。

It was an extraordinary sacrifice for them。

They drove down the trail of tears back to an emptier and lonelier house。

They did that because the decision about your education，they knew，was about you。

It was not about them。

That sacrifice and others they made have brought you to this point。

But this morning is not just about you。

It is also about them，so I hope you will stand up and turn around and give them a great round of applause。