I Have a Dream晨读笔记01

Day 1

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. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. 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. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.

（以上黑体字部分为Eric老师规定背诵段落）

逐句理解赏析：

1） happy, 与delighted,joyful,thrilled同义互换，常用词用于此处，显得真实而有亲和力，为贴近每一个听众；

2）join with, 与……一起，注意与join(加入)的区别；

3）go down in history, 载入史册

4）demonstration (for)，public protest，march,示威游行；

5）demonstration...our nation, 押尾韵；

6）Five score years ago, 此处用以致敬经典, 林肯葛底斯堡战役演说（Abraham Lincoln，Gettysburg Speech): Four score and seven years ago...

7）...in whose symbolic shadow...演讲在该介词处作停顿，其引导的插入语减缓了说话的节奏，显得富于逻辑，表达也有层次，突出了主要信息；

8）...symbolic shadow...stand...signed..., 押头韵;

9) the Emancipation Proclamation，《农奴解放宣言》，念熟，体会其中韵律；

10）momentous, (more than)important,  significant; 较正式的大词，学习大词小词的交替使用；

11) decree, 法令（同the Emancipation Proclamation这一级别的，通常由国家首脑颁布）；

12）a great beacon light of hope, 作为好用的固定语块记背；

13）sear，灼烧，文学性用词，可译作处于水深火热中；

14) withering, 眼神犀利、话语尖刻的，令人难堪、咄咄逼人的；

15）injustice; n.不公正，不讲道义；

16) joyous daybreak; 黎明的曙光；

17) to end the long night, 结束漫漫长夜；

18）the crack of dawn, 黎明破晓，crack, 破茧。