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听力原文
For once the battle is lost, once our natural splendor is destroyed, it can never be recaptured. And once man can no longer walk with beauty or wonder at nature his spirit will wither and his sustenance be wasted.
A third place to build the Great Society is in the classrooms of America. There your children's lives will be shaped. Our society will not be great until every young mind is set free to scan the farthest reaches of thought and imagination. We are still far from that goal. Today, 8 million adult Americans, more than the entire population of Michigan, have not finished 5 years of school. Nearly 20 million have not finished 8 years of school. Nearly 54 million -- more than one quarter of all America -- have not even finished high school.
参考译文
因为一旦这一努力失败，一旦我们的自然美景遭到破坏，这一切将一去不复返。人们如果不能继续在美丽的大自然中轻松散步，自由遐想，其精神就会枯竭，其财富就会荒芜。
创建伟大社会的第三个方面在美国的教室。在那里，你们的孩子将形成自己的人生观。只有每个年轻人的思想自由飞翔在无无限的想象空间，我们的社会才会伟大。我们现在与这个目标相差甚远。今天，美国仍有800万成年人——比密歇根州的总人口还多——没有完成小学教育，约2000万成年人还没有完成初中教育，约5400万成年人——比美国总人口的四分之一还多——还没有完成高中教育。
词语解释
1. splendor n. 壮丽;壮观
The splendor of the palace dazed him.
王宫的富丽堂皇使他眼花缭乱。
2. sustenance n. 食物,粮食
He has gone for a week without sustenance.
他已经一星期未吃食物了。
3. society n. 社会
Technical society has prepared standard procedures.
技术协会已制定出标准程序。
4. imagination n. 想象力
A pioneer should have imagination.
开拓者应该有丰富的想象力。
5. quarter n. 四分之一
About a quarter of one's salary had to be earmarked for voluntary subscription.
每人的工资约有四分之一得留起来付各种各样的志愿捐献。
