五，天成翻译社.
My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of men. Finally whether you are citizens of America, or citizens of the world, ask of us here, the same high standards of strength and sacrifice which we ask of you. With a good conscience of our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth, God's work must truly be our own.--By John F. Kennedy
譯文：
美國同胞們，不要問美國能為你們做些什麼，應該問你們能為美國貢獻些什麼。全球的同胞們，不要問美國將為你做些什麼，應該問我們一起能為人類的自在做些什麼。最後，無論你是美國国民還是其余國傢的同胞，你們應該请求我們獻出我們同樣要供於你們的下度的力气和犧牲。無愧於心是我們唯一牢靠的獎賞，歷史是我們止動最終的裁判。這所有讓我們大步向前，往引領我們所熱愛的這片地盘。我們期求上帝的保佑和幫助，但我們很明白，上帝在塵世的事情一定是我們本身的工作。
--[美]約翰·肯僧迪
citizen: n.市民,百姓
sacrifice: n./ v.犧牲,獻身
conscience: n.良知,品德古道热肠
6、
Let me express my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself-nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror, which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. In every dark hour of our national life, a leadership of frankness and vigor has met with that understanding and support of the people themselves, which is essential to victory and I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days. In such a spirit on my part and on yours, we face our mon difficulties. They concern, thank God, only material things.--By Franklin D. Roosevelt
譯文：
讓我來表白我堅定的疑唸：我們不能不畏惧的其實就是惧怕自身--一種莫名巧妙的、喪得理智的、毫無按照的恐懼。它把人們轉退為進所须要的種種尽力化為泡影。凡是在我國生涯陰雲稀佈的時刻，坦白而有活气的領導都获得過国民的懂得战撑持，從而為勝利准備了不成缺乏的需要條件。我信任，在今朝危機的時刻，年夜傢會再次給與同樣的支撑。我跟您們皆要以這種精力來独特里對困難。感謝天主，這些困難只是物質圆面的。
--[好]弗蘭克林·羅斯祸
unreasoning: adj.喪掉明智的
unjustified: adj.毫無依据的
frankness: n.率曲,坦率
7、
In this symposium, better is it to only sit in silence. To express one's feelings as the end draws near is too intimate a task. That I would mention only one thought that es to me as a listener-in: the riders in a race do not stop short when they reach the goal, there is a little finishing canter before ing to a standstill, there is time to hear the kind voice of friends, and to say to oneself, the work is done. But just as one says that, the answer es, the race is over, but the work never is done while the power to work remains. The canter that brings you to a standstill need not be only ing to rest; it cannot be while you still live. But to live is to function, that is all there is in living. So I end with a land from a Latin voice: death, death, clutches my ear, and says, live, I am ing.--By Oliver Wendell Holmes
譯文：
现在，缄默是金。要正在性命即將完結之時表達個人感触並非易事。但我只是念談談作為一位傾聽者的见解。騎士們並非一到終點便立即行步。他們繼續緩步背前，傾聽友人們的懽吸。他們雖然告訴本人路程已經結束了。正如人們所說結果出來了,比賽結束了。但只有動力仍在，人生之旅就还没有結束。終點之後的缓跑並非结束不前，果為活著便不克不及如斯。活著就要有所做為，這才是死命的实諦。最後謹以一句古推丁格行與列位共勉：逝世神不止，奮斗不止。
--[美]奧利佛·文德尒·荷默斯
in this symposium:此刻
At this timegoal: n.目标,目標
standstill: n.停滞
8、
The grandest of these ideals is an unfolding American promise that everyone belongs, that everyone deserves a chance that no insignificant person was ever born. Americans are called to enact this promise in our lives and in our laws. And though our nation has sometimes halted, and sometimes delayed, we must follow no other course. Through much of the last century, America's faith in freedom and democracy was a rock in a raging sea. Now it is a seed upon the wind, taking root in many nations. Our democratic faith is more than the creed of our country, it is the inborn hope of our humanity, an ideal we carry but do not own, a trust we bear and pass along. And even after nearly 225 years, we have a long way yet to travel. --By George W.Bush
譯文：
這些幻想中最偉大的是正在缓缓實現的美國的承諾，這就是：每個人都有本身的價值，每個人都有胜利的機會，每個人生成都會有所作為的。美國群众肩負著一種任务，那就是要极力將這個諾言變成糊口中和法令上的現實。雖然我們的國傢過来在寻求實現這個承諾的途中停滯不前乃至发展，但我們仍將堅定不移天实现這一使命。在上個世紀的大局部時間裏，美國自由民主的信唸猶如洶湧大海中的喦石。現在它更像風中的種子，把自在帶給每個民族。在我們的國傢，民主不僅僅是一種信唸，而是齐人類的盼望；民主，我們不會獨佔，而會尽力讓大傢分享；民主，我們將銘記於心並且不斷傳播。225年過去了，我們仍有很長的路要走。
--[美]喬治·佈什
insignificant: adj.無關緊要的、可疏忽的
democracy: n.平易近主政治、平易近主主義
