听力原文

I accept your nomination and your program. I should have preferred to hear those words uttered by a stronger, a wiser, a better man than myself. But after listening to the President's speech, I even feel better about myself. None of you, my friends, can wholly appreciate what is in my heart. I can only hope that you understand my words. They will be few.
I have not sought the honor you have done me. I could not seek it, because I aspired to another office, which was the full measure of my ambition, and one does not treat the highest office within the gift of the people of Illinois as an alternative or as a consolation prize. I would not seek your nomination for the Presidency, because the burdens of that office stagger the imagination. Its potential for good or evil, now and in the years of our lives, smothers exultation and converts vanity to prayer.

参考译文
我接受你们的提名和竞选安排;2.nB4#jHe5oAl|iOI~。我本应该从一个比我更强有力，更有智慧，更好的人哪里听到这句话4J!SSiI#8Rw91lmxu。然而，听了总统的发言后，我对自己更有信心了*d]GiK-1%.。朋友们，虽然你们无人能完全了解此时我的心情，但我们希望你们能理解我这个很简短的发言=&M6&e*mS[m。我没有想到你们给我这样崇高的荣誉86%OCDcf4POKhK%3jq。我不会追求这种荣誉，因为我很渴望另一个职位，在那个职位上我可以很好地实现我的远大抱负，人们并不认为那个最高职位是伊利诺伊州人民无奈选择的礼物，或者只是一个安慰奖)A7Hua|YqgY^H=g.。我不会寻求你们提名我为总统候选人，因为那个职位的压力是难以想象的%Bm*K_F7[uw。不管现在还是将来，那个职位本身既存在善，也存在恶，它既可窒息欢快，也可让空虚变成信仰K(9%CGSVzs)yk9S#*c[g。

词语解释
1. nomination n. 提名， 任命

Who will get the nomination for president?
谁将获得总统提名？

2. appreciate v. 欣赏，赏识

We appreciate your helping us.
我们感谢你们的帮助xs_9u3bXszJRW-4-M=D@。
3. aspire v. 热望， 立志

He aspired to leadership even in his childhood.
童年时代他就渴望当领袖7rZx^#Cc1w5.WOi。
4．ambition n. 雄心，抱负

A person with his ambition won't stay long in a potty little firm like this.
一个有雄心大志的人在这样一个不起眼的小公司里是待不长的QLAN*td8X&qb9~ly。
5. consolation n. 安慰， 慰藉

Your company has been a great consolation to me.
能和你在一起对我是件极为安慰的事.fA9wGscL]kD&Fe。