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1、MONDAY,JANUARY20,1969 Senator['sen?t?]Dirksen,Mr.ChiefJustice,Mr.VicePresident,PresidentJohnson,VicePresidentHumphrey,myfellowAmericans——andmyfellowcitizensoftheworldcommunity: Iaskyoutosharewithmetodaythemajesty['m?d?isti]ofthismoment.Intheorderlytransferofpower權(quán)力交接,wecelebratetheunitythat
2、keepsusfree. Eachmomentinhistoryisafleeting['fli:ti?]time,precious['pre??s]andunique.Butsomestandoutasmomentsofbeginning,inwhichcoursesaresetthatshapedecadesorcenturies. Thiscanbesuchamoment. Forcesnowareconverging[k?n'v?:d?i?]thatmakepossible,forthefirsttime,thehopethatmanyofman'sdeepesta
3、spirationscanatlastberealized.Thespiraling['spai?r?l]paceofchangeallowsustocontemplate['k?nt?m,pleit],withinourownlifetime,advancesthatoncewouldhavetakencenturies. Inthrowingwidethehorizonsofspace,wehavediscoverednewhorizonsonearth. Forthefirsttime,becausethepeopleoftheworldwantpeace,andthe
4、leadersoftheworldareafraidofwar,thetimesareonthesideofpeace. EightyearsfromnowAmericawillcelebrateits200thanniversaryasanation.Withinthelifetimeofmostpeoplenowliving,mankindwillcelebratethatgreatnewyearwhichcomesonlyonceinathousandyears——thebeginningofthethirdmillennium[mi'leni?m]. Whatkind
5、ofnationwewillbe,whatkindofworldwewilllivein,whetherweshapethefutureintheimageofourhopes,isourstodeterminebyouractionsandourchoices. Thegreatesthonorhistorycanbestow[bi'st?u]isthetitleofpeacemaker.Thishonornowbeckons['bek?n]America——thechancetohelpleadtheworldatlastoutofthevalleyofturmoil['t
6、?:m?il],andontothathighgroundofpeacethatmanhasdreamedofsincethedawnofcivilization. Ifwesucceed,generationstocomewillsayofusnowlivingthatwemasteredourmoment,thatwehelpedmaketheworldsafeformankind. Thisisoursummonstogreatness. IbelievetheAmericanpeoplearereadytoanswerthiscall. Thesecondthir
7、dofthiscenturyhasbeenatimeofproudachievement.Wehavemadeenormousstridesinscienceandindustryandagriculture.Wehavesharedourwealthmorebroadlythanever.Wehavelearnedatlasttomanageamoderneconomytoassureitscontinuedgrowth. Wehavegivenfreedomnewreach