“We Shall Overcome”

《We Shall Overcome》

We Shall Overcome

mr. speaker, mr. president, members of the congress:

i speak tonight for the dignity of man and the destiny of democracy. i urge every member of both parties, americans of all religions and of all colors, from every section of this country, to join me in that cause.

at times history and fate meet at a single time in a single place to shape a turning point in man's unending search for freedom. so it was at lexington and concord. so it was a century ago at appomattox. so it was last Week in selma, alabama. there,

long-suffering men and women peacefully protested the denial of their rights as americans. many Were brutally assaulted. one good man, a man of god, was killed.

there is no cause for pride in what has happened in selma. there is no cause for self-satisfaction in the long denial of equal rights of millions of americans. but there is cause for hope and for faith in our democracy in what is happening here tonight. for the cries of pain and the hymns and protests of oppressed people have summoned into convocation all the majesty of this great

government -- the government of the greatest nation on earth. our mission is at once the oldest and the most basic of this country: to right wrong, to do justice, to serve man.

in our time We have come to live with the moments of great crisis. our lives have been marked with debate about great issues -- issues of war and peace, issues of prosperity and depression. but rarely in any time does an issue lay bare the secret heart of america itself. rarely are We met with a challenge, not to our growth or abundance, or our Welfare or our security, but rather to the values, and the purposes, and the meaning of our beloved nation.

the issue of equal rights for american negroes is such an issue.

and should We defeat every enemy, and should We double our Wealth and conquer the stars, and still be unequal to this issue, then We will have failed as a people and as a nation. for with a country as with a person, "what is a man profited, if he Shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?"

there is no negro problem. there is no southern problem. there is no northern problem. there is only an american problem. and We are met here tonight as americans -- not as democrats or republicans. We are met here as americans to solve that problem.

this was the first nation in the history of the world to be founded with a purpose. the great phrases of that purpose still sound in every american heart, north and south: "all men are created equal," "government by consent of the governed," "give me liberty or give me death." Well, those are not just clever words, or those are not just empty theories. in their name americans have fought and died for two centuries, and tonight around the world they stand there as ……此处隐藏16576个字……row afternoon."

"they _____ be ready by 12:00."

a. canb. shouldc.

mightd. need

在四个备选项中，a、b和c均表示推测，但a通常不用于肯定句中表示推测，故不宜选；b和c虽均可用于肯定句表示推测，但根据对话情景顾客下午要照片，如果店主中午12点还不能把照片冲洗出来，那么生意肯定难做成，所以店主应用肯定语气较强的

12should(=应该)来回答顾客，而不是用语气较弱的might(=有可能)，

即应选b不选c。

6. should 用于征求意见。主要用于第一人称的疑问句形式：should i open the window? 我可以打开窗户吗？where should i meet you tonight? 我今晚该到哪儿与你见面？what should We do now? 我们现在该干什么呢？【注】该用法与Shall i (We)??的用法相似。

7. should 表示谦逊或委婉。通常与like, love, think, say, imagine等动词连用：: 'times ni should like to know why. 我想知道这是为什么。i should say she’s over forty. 我想他有40多岁了。i should think it’s too expensive. 我看这太贵了。i should imagine it will take about three hours. 我想得花大约三个小时。

8. should表示意外或惊讶it’s strange that he should come so late. 他竟然来这么迟真是奇怪。i’m sorry that this should have happened. 我很遗憾竟然发生这种事。i’m surprised that he should say so. 他竟这样说，这使我很惊讶。有时与why, who, how 等疑问词连用：why should you think that way? 你为什么会那样想？how should i know? 我怎么会知道？how should i know? who

should come in but my old friend betty！我当是谁进来时，原来是我的老朋友贝蒂呀！

9. should后所接动词形式。根据不同情况should后可接不同的动词形式：(1) 接动词原形，用于谈论现在或将来的情况。(见上例)(2) 接进行式，用于谈论正在进行的事：he should be working now. 他现在应该在工作。【注】有时表示将要发生的事(与进行式表示将来意义相似)：We should be leaving soon. 我们应该马上走。(比用should leave 委婉)(3) 接完成式，用于过去的情况，可指过去已经发生的情况，也可接本该发生而实际上未发生的情况：the train should have already left. 火车大概已经开走了吧。you should not have left so soon. 你本不该那么早就走的。you are right; i should have thought of that. 你说得对，我本应当想到这一点的。

(4) 接完成进行式，表示过去正在进行或一直在进行的情况：why Weren’t you helping tom? you should have been helping him. 你为什么不在帮助汤姆?你是应当在帮助他的。有时也表示本来应该做而未做的情况：i should have been leaving london before 9. 我本应该在九点以前离开伦敦的。

第五篇：经典英语演讲稿 Overcome self-abasement

everyone is shy when they are young, some people shy because they think they are not good enough, so they are not confident, they will low their heads before others. We call this emotion self-abasement, most people suffer such emotion, We need to conquer it. for me, i was not confident before, i always think that other guys do every thing better than me, until someday, i watch a book. the book says how to conquer self-abasement, i learn that the reason why people feel not confident, it is because they haven’t found their advantages. the book tells that everyone is good at something, We are wrong to compare other people’s advantages with our disadvantages. after i read the book, i understand why i not confident, i should never compare with others, i also have my merit, i should be proud of myself. let’s raise our heads and be confident.

当我们年轻的时候，每个人都有害羞的时候，一些人害羞是因为他们觉得自己不够好，所以他们不够自信，会在别人面前低下头。我们把这类情感称为自卑，大部分人都有这种情绪，我们需要克服。对于我来说，我以前也不自信，总是觉得别人做什么都比我好，直到有一天，我看了一本书。这本书说的是如何克服自卑，我知道了人们为什么不自信，那是因为他们还没有发现自己的优点。书上说每个人都有擅长的东西，我们错在将我们的短处拿去比别人的长处。看了这本书后，我懂得了自己自卑的原因，我不应该和别人比，我也有闪光点，应该为自己自豪。让我们抬起头和自信起来吧。

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