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美国经典英文演讲100篇(中英对照):Truth and Tolerance in America(4)

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The danger is as great now as when the founders of the nation first saw it. In 1789, their fear was of factional

strife among dozens of denominations. Today there are hundreds -- and perhaps even thousands of faiths -- and

millions of Americans who are outside any fold. Pluralism obviously does not and cannot mean that all of them are

right; but it does mean that there are areas where government cannot and should not decide what it is wrong to

believe, to think, to read, and to do. As Professor Larry Tribe, one of the nation's leading constitutional

scholars has written, "Law in a non-theocratic state cannot measure religious truth, nor can the state impose it."

The real transgression occurs when religion wants government to tell citizens how to live uniquely personal parts of

their lives. The failure of Prohibition proves the futility of such an attempt when a majority or even a substantial

minority happens to disagree. Some questions may be inherently individual ones, or people may be sharply divided

about whether they are. In such cases, like Prohibition and abortion, the proper role of religion is to appeal to

the conscience of the individual, not the coercive power of the state.

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1. strife n. 冲突,争斗

She was faint with strife and dejected.
她被争吵弄得精疲力竭，情绪低落R!6By(&OE|!;R6c。

2. scholar n. 学者

A genuine scholar does not make a parade of his knowledge.
真正的学者不会夸示他的知识rkqN7Y%@9!%Fe-5&Va。

3. occur v. 发生

Oxidation cannot occur without reduction.
没有还原反应就没有氧化反应0,0YC6GAXLMF_。

5. citizen n. 市民

Every citizen should be obedient to the law.
每个公民都应当是遵守法律的^G+KqVS9GemAi9bsvlr。

6. abortion n. 堕胎

He took a lot of flak for his stand against abortion.
他因坚持反对堕胎而饱受责难.%LGko8TPGMf。

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minority	[mai'nɔ:riti]	想一想再看 n. 少数，少数民族，未成年	联想记忆 X 单词minority 联想记忆： minor小或少+ity→少的状态→少数；未成年
futility	[fju:'tiliti]	想一想再看 n. 无用，无益，无价值	联想记忆 X 单词futility 联想记忆： futile[SAT]（adj 琐细无用的）fut流，ile易…的－易流出去的－无用的fu负，tility能力－具有负债的能力－无用，无益
reduction	[ri'dʌkʃən]	想一想再看 n. 减少，缩小，(化学)还原反应，(数学)约分
disagree	[.disə'gri:]	想一想再看 v. 不一致，有分歧，不适应，不适宜	联想记忆 X 单词disagree 联想记忆： dis不+agree同意→不一致，争执
substantial	[səb'stænʃəl]	想一想再看 adj. 实质的，可观的，大量的，坚固的 n.	联想记忆 X 单词substantial 联想记忆：源于：substance（n 物质）
conscience	['kɔnʃəns]	想一想再看 n. 良心，责任心，顾忌	联想记忆 X 单词conscience 联想记忆： con全部，sci知道－全部知道自己的错误，还算是个有良心的。Con共同，science（n 科学）：科学家共同的特点是：比较有良心
inherently		想一想再看 adv. 固有地；天性地；内在地
faint	[feint]	想一想再看 n. 昏厥，昏倒 adj. 微弱的，无力的，模
genuine	['dʒenjuin]	想一想再看 adj. 真正的，真实的，真诚的	联想记忆 X 单词genuine 联想记忆： genu=birth出生，产生+ine→产生→来源清楚→真正的，纯正的
flak	[flæk]	想一想再看 n. 高射炮，对空炮火，抨击，指责 =flack	联想记忆 X 单词flak 联想记忆：用flak人工降雪flake（n 薄片；雪花）