不自由，毋寧死

睡前一句話

1. Give me liberty or give me death.

—Patrick Henry

不自由，毋寧死。

——帕特里克·亨利

寫給在讀書的你：

People without liberty are like slaves. Maybe some people had been accustomed to the life without freedom, but others could not live without it.

沒有自由的人如同奴隸。也許有些人已經習慣了沒有自由的生活，但還有一些人沒有自由就不能活。

□ Words and Phrases:

liberty [?lib?ti] n．自由；自由權

death [deθ] n．死，死亡

dying [?daii?] adj．垂死的，臨終的

death [deθ] n．死亡

dead [ded] adj．死的

accustomed [??k?st?md] adj．習慣了的；通常的

be accustomed to 習慣于

睡前一句話

2. Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel.

—Patrick Henry

把公眾的自由當做珍貴的珠寶，全神戒備地守護它，甚至不惜懷疑每一個靠近它的人。

——帕特里克·亨利

寫給在讀書的你：

The public liberty is the most precious for the people, but it is also easy to be harmed. So everyone should keep a vigilant guard over it.

公眾的自由是最寶貴的，卻也是極易受到侵害的。所以，我們每個人都要保持警惕。

□ Words and Phrases:

jealous [?d?el?s] adj．嫉妒的；唯恐失去的；戒備的

suspect [s?s?pekt] v．懷疑；猜想

doubt [daut] v．懷疑，不相信

approach [??pr?ut?] v．靠近；接近

jewel [?d?u:?l] n．寶石；珠寶

jewellery [?d?u:?lri] n．珠寶；首飾

jewelled [?d?u:?ld] adj．鑲有寶石的

睡前一句話

3. Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere.

—Franklin D. Roosevelt

自由意味著無論在哪里，人權高于一切。

——富蘭克林·羅斯福

寫給在讀書的你：

Freedom is the foundation of all other human rights. Without it, the people are nothing but the rulers' slaves.

自由是其他一切人權的基礎。沒有自由，人民只是統治者的奴隸。

□ Words and Phrases:

supremacy [sju?prem?si] n．至高無上；主權

supreme [sju:?pri:m] adj．至高無上的

sovereign [?s?vrin] adj．獨立自主的

sovereignty [?s?vr?nti] n．最高統治權

supremacist [su:?prem?sist] n．種族優越論者

human [?hju:m?n] n．人，人類；adj．人類的

human right 人權

human being 人類

睡前一句話

4. A liberal is a man who uses his legs and his hands at the behest—at the command—of his head.

—Franklin D. Roosevelt

一個自由主義者就是按照自己的思想做事的人。

——富蘭克林·羅斯福

寫給在讀書的你：

What is liberty? It is just the right to do what you choose.

自由是什么？自由就是按照自己的選擇做事的權利。

□ Words and Phrases:

liberal [?lib?r?l] n．自由主義者；adj．自由主義的；慷慨的

behest [bi?hest] n．命令；請求

command [k??mɑ:nd] n.& v．指揮；命令

commandant [?k?m?n?d?nt] n．司令官，指揮官

commander [k??mɑ:nd?] n．司令官，指揮官

commander-in-chief [k??ma:nd?in?t?i:f] n．總司令

commanding [k??mɑ:ndi?] adj．指揮的；威風凜凜的

睡前一句話

5. Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

—Martin Luther King, Jr.

自由從來都不是統治者自愿給予的，而是被壓迫的人們自己爭取來的。

——馬丁·路德·金

寫給在讀書的你：

The oppressed should never expect that the oppressors would have mercy on them and give up their domination voluntarily. Freedom is obtained by constantly struggling.

受壓迫者永遠莫要期望統治者良心發現，而主動放棄他們的權力。只有通過不斷的斗爭，才能獲得自由。

□ Words and Phrases:

voluntarily [?v?l?nt?rili] adv．志愿地；自動地，自發地

oppressor [??pres?] n．壓制者，壓迫者

oppressed [??prest] adj．被壓迫的

have mercy on 對……憐憫

domination [?d?mi?nei??n] n．統治；支配

constantly [?k?nst?ntli] adv．不斷地；時常地

睡前一句話

6. Our goal is freedom, and I believe we are going to get there because however much she strays away from it, the goal of America is freedom.

—Martin Luther King, Jr.

我們的目標是自由，我相信我們正在一步步地靠近它，因為無論美國怎樣偏離自由的路線，她的終點永遠是自由。

——馬丁·路德·金

寫給在讀書的你：

If we insist on the goal of freedom, and go forward in the direction of it, no matter how far away from us it is, we will get there in the end.

如果我們堅持自由的目標，并且朝著它不斷前進，那么無論自由離我們有多遠，我們終將能夠到達。

□ Words and Phrases:

goal [g?ul] n．目標；終點

stray [strei] n．走失的家畜；浪子；

adj．迷途的；偏離的；v．迷路；偏離

stray away from 走離；偏離

insist on 堅持；強調

in the direction of 朝……方向

睡前一句話

7. From every mountainside, let freedom ring.

—Martin Luther King, Jr.

讓自由的鐘聲在每一處山坡上回響。

——馬丁·路德·金

寫給在讀書的你：

Martin Luther King was a prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He devoted all his life to the work of fighting for the blacks' rights. His great spirit will be remembered by people for ever.

馬丁·路德·金是美國黑人民權運動的杰出領袖。他一生都致力于為黑人爭取權利的事業。他的崇高的精神將永遠被人們銘記。

□ Words and Phrases:

mountainside [?mauntinsaid] n．山腰；山坡

mountainous [?mauntin?s] adj．多山的

mountaintop [?mauntint?p] n．山頂

mountaineer [?maunti?ni?] n．登山者；登山運動員

mountaineering [?maunt??niri?] n．登山運動

prominent [?pr?min?nt] adj．杰出的；卓越的

prominently [?pr?min?ntli] adv．顯著地

prominence [?pr?min?ns] n．卓越

remarkable [ri?mɑ:k?bl] adj．非凡的；引人注目的

睡前一句話

8. As long as the mind is enslaved, the body can never be free.

—Martin Luther King

只要思想被奴役著，身體就得不到自由。

——馬丁·路德·金

寫給在讀書的你：

Men's behavior is guided by their mind. If a man is a slave in spirit, he couldn't do anything according to his own will. In that way, he is not different from a slave.

人們的行為是由思想主導的。如果一個人在精神上是奴隸，那么他也就不可能按照自己的意愿做任何事情。這樣的人，與奴隸無異。

□ Words and Phrases:

as long as 只要

mind [maind] n．頭腦；精神；心

mental [?mentl] adj．智力的；思想的

mental age 智力年齡

睡前一句話

9. We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

—John F. Kennedy

為了維護自由并使之取得勝利，我們愿意付出任何代價，承擔任何重負，迎接任何苦難，支持任何朋友，反對任何敵人。

——約翰·肯尼迪

寫給在讀書的你：

Liberty is so precious that it is worthwhile for us to pursue it with our lives. In order to establish a free country, those martyrs experienced numerous difficulties and even sacrificed their lives.

自由是如此可貴，值得我們用生命去追求。為了建立一個自由的國度，我們的先烈們經歷了無數的苦難，甚至獻出了自己的生命。

□ Words and Phrases:

foe [f?u] n．敵人；反對者

enemy [?enimi] n．敵人；敵軍

assure [???u?] v．使確信；確保

survival [s??vaiv?l] n．幸存；生存

worthwhile [?w?:θ?wail] adj．值得做的

worthy [?w?:ei] adj．有價值的；值得的

martyr [?mɑ:t?] n．烈士；殉道者

martyrdom [?mɑ:t?d?m] n．殉難；殉道

睡前一句話

10. Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free.

—John F. Kennedy

自由是不可分割的，一人被奴役，所有人都不得自由。

——約翰·肯尼迪

寫給在讀書的你：

The foundation of freedom is the conviction that everyone is equal. If there is one man enslaved, the conviction will be ruined, and freedom will become a pipe dream.

自由的基礎就是人人平等的信念。倘若有一人被奴役，那么這一信條就不能成立，自由也就成了空想。

□ Words and Phrases:

indivisible [?indi?viz?bl] adj．不可分割的；不可分裂的

divisible [di?viz?bl] adj．可分的；可除盡的

enslave [in?sleiv] v．束縛；征服；使做奴隸

conviction [k?n?vik??n] n．堅信；信服；確信

pipe dream 白日夢；空想

睡前一句話

11. The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.

—John F. Kennedy

自由的代價雖然昂貴，但美國人負擔得起。我們唯一不會選擇的道路就是屈服或者投降。

——約翰·肯尼迪

寫給在讀書的你：

In order to gain freedom, we can endure poverty and hardship. After all, it is much better to live freely than live under great oppression.

為了獲得自由，我們可以忍受貧窮和苦難。畢竟，自由地活著要比在殘酷的壓迫下生活要好太多。

□ Words and Phrases:

surrender [s??rend?] v．投降；放棄；屈服于；n．投降

submission [s?b?mi??n] n．投降；服從；屈服

oppression [??pre??n] n．壓迫；壓抑

oppressed [??prest] adj．被壓迫的，受迫害的

睡前一句話

12. I leave you, hoping that the lamp of liberty will burn in your bosoms until there shall no longer be a doubt that all men are created free and equal.

—Abraham Lincoln

我走了，希望自由的燈火能在你們心中燃起，直到你們毫無疑問地相信人們生來是自由平等的。

——亞伯拉罕·林肯

寫給在讀書的你：

Only when everyone has the belief that all men are created free and equal, may it is possible to realize real freedom.

只有當人人都懷著“人們生來自由平等”的信念，我們才有可能實現真正的自由。

□ Words and Phrases:

lamp [l?mp] n．燈；臺燈

desk lamp 臺燈

lamplight [?l?mplait] n．燈光

lamp post 路燈柱；燈桿

gaslamp [?g?sl?mp] n．煤氣燈

bosom [?buz?m] n．胸懷；內心；胸部

chest [t?est] n．胸部

no longer 不再

睡前一句話

13. America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedom, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

—Abraham Lincoln

美國絕不會被外來的打擊摧毀。但如果我們動搖并喪失自由，美國就會被我們自己毀掉。

——亞伯拉罕·林肯

寫給在讀書的你：

If our will is strong enough, no enemy can defeat us. But if we doubt ourselves or our determination wavers, we will fail even without enemies.

如果我們的信念足夠堅定，就沒有敵人能夠打敗我們。但是如果我們懷疑自己，或是我們的決心動搖了，那么即使沒有敵人，我們也會失敗。

□ Words and Phrases:

destroy [dis?tr?i] v．破壞；消滅

destroyer [di?str?i?] n．驅逐艦；阻止者

destruction [di?str?k??n] n．破壞；毀滅

destructive [di?str?ktiv] adj．破壞性的；有害的

destructively [di?str?ktivli] adv．破壞地；狼狽地

falter [?f?:lt?] v．動搖；遲疑

freedom [?fri:d?m] n．自由；自主

waver [?weiv?] v．動搖；猶豫

睡前一句話

14. Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

—Abraham Lincoln

那些剝奪別人自由的人自己也不配得到自由。

—— 亞伯拉罕·林肯

寫給在讀書的你：

Freedom is not the privilege of some people. It should be given to everyone. Only in this way can it survive and last long.

自由不是某些人的特權。應當給予每個人自由，只有如此，自由才能夠永存。

□ Words and Phrases:

deny [di?nai] v．否定；拒絕給予

deserve [di?z?:v] v．應受，應得

privilege [?privilid?] n．特權

privileged [?privilid?d] adj．有特權的

prerogative [pri?r?g?tiv] n．特權；權利

睡前一句話

15. Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.

—Ronald Wilson Reagan

自由不超過一代就會消失。它無法通過血液傳遞給我們的子孫。自由需要爭取和保護，也只能用這種方式進行傳遞。

——羅納德·威爾遜·里根

寫給在讀書的你：

Nobody is born with freedom. If you want to get it, you have to fight for and protect it through all your life.

自由的權利不是天生的。如果你想得到自由，你就要學會為自由而戰，并終生保衛自由。

□ Words and Phrases:

extinction [iks?ti?k??n] n．消失；消滅

extinct [iks?ti?kt] adj．滅絕的

ecocide [?ik?said] n．生態滅絕

die out 滅絕，消失

bloodstream [?bl?d?stri:m] n．血流

fight for 為……而戰

hand on 轉交；傳遞下去

睡前一句話

16. We can't impose freedom, but we can eliminate roadblocks to freedom, and to allow free societies to develop.

—George W. Bush

我們不能將自由強加給人們，但是我們可以排除通往自由的阻礙，讓自由的社會得以發展。

——喬治·布什

寫給在讀書的你：

It is a long journey to realize real freedom. Maybe we couldn't get to the destination this lifetime, but it is worthwhile for us to fight for it all our lives.

實現真正的自由是一個漫長的過程。也許我們此生都不能到達終點，但它仍然值得我們為之奮斗終生。

□ Words and Phrases:

impose [im?p?uz] v．強加；征稅

eliminate [i?limineit] v．消除；排除

expulsion [iks?p?l??n] n．開除；驅逐

roadblock [?r?udbl?k] n．路障；障礙物

barricade [?b?ri?keid] n．路障，街壘

signpost [?sainp?ust] n．路標；v．設置路標

destination [?desti?nei??n] n．目的地；終點

睡前一句話

17. I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom.

—George W. Bush

我相信上帝已經在每個人的心里種下了渴望自由的種子。

——喬治·布什

寫給在讀書的你：

The desire to live in freedom is like a seed that was planted in people's hearts. Once it is sown, it will take root and sprout rapidly and become a big tree at last.

對自由的渴望就像是植入人們心田的一粒種子，一旦種下去，就會迅速生根發芽，直到長成一棵大樹。

□ Words and Phrases:

plant [plɑ:nt] v．種植；播種

sow [s?u] v．播種

sower [?s?u?] n．播種機；播種者

sprout [spraut] v．長芽，萌芽

bean sprout 豆芽

睡前一句話

18. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

—John Philpot Curran

上帝給予人類自由的條件就是要永遠保持警惕。

——約翰·菲爾波特·柯倫

寫給在讀書的你：

Liberty is not eternal. It can be violated by human's greediness at any time. We have to be always vigilant lest it should be ruined.

自由并不是永恒的。它隨時都可能被人類的貪婪侵犯。我們必須時刻保持警惕，否則它就會被毀滅。

□ Words and Phrases:

hath [h?θ] v. （古）等于has

eternal [i?t?:n?l] adj．永恒的；不朽的

eternally [i?t?:n?li] adv．不朽地；永久地

eternity [i?t?:niti] n．永恒；來世；無窮

vigilance [?vid?il?ns] n．警戒，警惕

violate [?vai?leit] v．違反；侵害

violation [?vai??lei??n] n．違反，違背；妨礙

violator [?vai?leit?] n．違反者，違背者；妨礙者

greediness [?gri:dinis] n．貪吃；貪欲

lest [lest] conj．唯恐；以免

睡前一句話

19. Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it; no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help it.

—Billings Learned Hand

自由存在于人們的心中；自由死亡時，任何憲法、法律或法庭都救不了它，也幫不了它。

——比林斯·勒尼德·漢德

寫給在讀書的你：

Liberty can only be safeguarded by people's will and effort. Even if it is written into the constitution, it is possible to be changed as well as the constitution.

只有人類的意志和努力才能捍衛自由。自由即使被寫進憲法，也可能連同憲法一起被修改。

□ Words and Phrases:

constitution [?k?nsti?tju:??n] n．憲法；章程；體質

constitutional [?k?nsti?tju:??nl] adj 憲法的，章程的

constitutionalism [?k?nsti?tju:?n?liz?m] n．立憲主義

constitutionality [?k?nsti?tju:???n?l?ti] n．符合憲法

court [k?:t] n．法院；庭院；宮廷

courthouse [?k?:t?haus] n．法院大樓

court of law 法庭；法院

courtroom [?k?:tru:m] n．法庭，審判室

court of enquiry 調查法庭

as well as 也；和……一樣

睡前一句話

20. Of course, there are dangers in religious freedom and freedom of opinion. But to deny these rights is worse than dangerous, it is absolutely fatal to liberty.

—Harry S. Truman

當然，宗教和觀念自由可能會帶來危險，但剝奪它們則會令自由死亡。

——哈里·S·杜魯門

寫給在讀書的你：

We shouldn't deny freedom for any potential dangers, just like we shouldn't give up eating for fear of choking.

我們不應該為某些潛在的危險而否定自由，就像我們不能因噎廢食。

□ Words and Phrases:

religious [ri?lid??s] adj．宗教的；虔誠的

absolutely [??bs?lu:tli] adv．絕對地；完全地

fatal [?feitl] adj．致命的；毀滅性的

fatally [?feit?li] adv．致命地

fatalism [?feit?liz?m] n．宿命論

potential [p??ten??l] adj．潛在的；可能的

starve [stɑ:v] v．挨餓

choke [t??uk] v．窒息；阻塞

睡前一句話

21. Liberty is the condition of progress. Without Liberty, there remains only barbarism. Without Liberty, there can be no civilization.

—Robert G. Ingersoll

自由是進步的前提。沒有自由，世界就還是蠻荒狀態。沒有自由，就沒有文明。

——羅伯特·英格索爾

寫給在讀書的你：

In the long history, humans have never stopped fighting for liberty. It is just the struggles for liberty that have improved the progress of human's society.

在漫長的歷史過程中，人類從未停止過對自由的爭取。正是這些為爭取自由所付出的努力推動了人類社會的進步。

□ Words and Phrases:

condition [k?n?di??n] n．條件；情況

conditional [k?n?di??n?l] adj．附帶條件的

conditioning [k?n?di??ni?] n．條件作用

barbarism [?bɑ:b?riz?m] n．野蠻；暴行；未開化

barbarian [bɑ:?b??ri?n] n．野蠻；野蠻人

barbarity [bɑ:?b?riti] n．殘忍，殘暴

civilization [?sivilai?zei??n] n．文明；文化

睡前一句話

22. The history of liberty is a history of resistance.

—Woodrow Wilson

自由的歷史就是反抗的歷史。

——伍德羅·威爾遜

寫給在讀書的你：

No resistance, no liberty. It was as the result of the brave resistance to oppression and autarchy that people win liberty step by step.

沒有反抗，就沒有自由。正是由于人們勇敢地反抗壓迫和獨裁，人們才一步步地贏得了自由。

□ Words and Phrases:

as the result of 作為……的結果；由于

autarchy [??:tɑ:ki] n．專制；獨裁

step by step 逐步地

睡前一句話

23. Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.

—George Washington

自由一旦扎下了根，就會迅速地生長。

——喬治·華盛頓

寫給在讀書的你：

Liberty is like sunshine. Before we see it, we can endure darkness;but once it shines on us, we could not endure darkness any more.

自由就像是陽光。當我們沒有見過陽光的時候，我們能夠忍受黑暗；可是一旦我們沐浴過陽光，我們就再也無法忍受黑暗了。

□ Words and Phrases:

take root 生根；扎根

endure [in?dju?] v．忍受，忍耐

patient [?pei??nt] adj．有耐心的

patience [?pei??ns] n．耐心；忍耐力

睡前一句話

24. Let us therefore animate and encourage each other, and show the world that a free man, contending for his liberty on his own ground, is superior to any slavish mercenary on earth.

—George Washington

讓我們相互鼓舞，向世界證明：一個自由的人，一個在自己的國土上為自由而戰的人，是決不會屈服于世界上任何盲從的雇傭兵的。

——喬治·華盛頓

寫給在讀書的你：

God will give infinite courage to the man who contend for liberty and make him go forward and clear all the evil and unfairness from the world.

一個為自由而戰的人，上帝將賦予他無限的勇氣，使他能夠勇往直前，掃清世間一切的邪惡和不公正。

□ Words and Phrases:

animate [??nimit] v．鼓勵

contend [k?n?tend] v．斗爭；競爭

slavish [?sleivi?] adj．奴隸的；奴隸性的；盲從的

mercenary [?m?:sineri] n．唯利是圖的人；雇傭兵

睡前一句話

25. It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.

—George Washington

如果因為害怕一個人會濫用自由的權利就去剝奪他的自由，這是不公平也是不明智的。

——喬治·華盛頓

寫給在讀書的你：

God bestows natural liberty on everyone, but he has never given any people the power to deprive others of their liberty. Those who do it at their own will have betrayed God.

上帝賦予每個人自由的權利，卻不曾給予任何人剝奪他人自由的權力。那些隨意剝奪他人自由的人已經背叛了上帝。

□ Words and Phrases:

jealousy [?d?el?si] n．嫉妒；猜忌

supposition [?s?p??zi??n] n．假設；推測；推想

presupposition [?pri:s?p??zi??n] n．預想；前提

睡前一句話

26. History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.

—Dwight D. Eisenhower

歷史證明，自由在弱者或懦夫的手里不會長久。

——德懷特·D·艾森豪威爾

寫給在讀書的你：

Freedom needs to be protected with all our efforts. If we are too weak or timid, we will lose it in the end.

自由需要我們拼盡全力去保衛。倘若我們太軟弱或怯懦，我們將會失去自由。

□ Words and Phrases:

entrust [in?tr?st] v．委托；付托

trust [tr?st] n．信托；信托財產

trusteeship [tr?s?ti:?ip] n．受托人職責

timid [?timid] adj．膽小的；羞怯的

timidity [ti?miditi] n．膽小，怯懦

睡前一句話

27. The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.

—Jimmy Carter

將自由推廣到其他地方的最好辦法就是向人們展示我們的民主體系是多么值得效仿。

——吉米·卡特

寫給在讀書的你：

If others don't think freedom is very important, it is because that they haven't seen the benefits of freedom. What we should do is to tell the benefits to them.

如果還有人不認為自由有多么重要，那是因為他們還沒有看到自由的好處。而我們要做的就是把自由的好處告訴他們。

□ Words and Phrases:

demonstrate [?dem?nstreit] v．證明；演示；示范

emulation [?emju?lei??n] n．競爭；仿效

emulative [?emjul?tiv] adj．競爭性的

emulator [?emjuleit?] n．競爭者

emulate [?emjuleit] v．效仿

睡前一句話

28. If you love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace.

—Samuel Adams

如果你愛財富超過了自由，愛做安靜的奴隸超過了當有活力的自由人，那么請你安靜地回家吧。

——塞繆爾·亞當斯

寫給在讀書的你：

In the opinion of many people, liberty is more precious than anything else, even a lot of wealth. If you don't think so, you shouldn't be among us.

在許多人的眼中，自由比其他任何東西都更加珍貴，即使是巨額的財富也比不上它。倘若你不是這樣想的，那么你就不該站在我們中間。

□ Words and Phrases:

servitude [?s?:vitju:d] n．奴役；束縛

animating [??nimeiti?] adj．有生命的；生氣勃勃的

contest [?k?ntest] n．競賽，比賽；爭論

in peace 平靜地