英語の学び方いろいろ

今日は、ニューヨーク時代のテニス仲間の新年会。
御年７２歳のＫさんは、「ボケ防止のため」と謙遜されながら、キング牧師のあの有名な演説を朗々と。。。一同スタンディング・オベーションでした。

Martin Luther King Jr. "I have a dream" speech

I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today.