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1、名人演讲:里根“挑战号”惨剧致辞(英)RonaldReaganTheSpaceShuttle“Challenger”TragedyAddressdelivered28January1986 1986年1月18日,“挑战号”升空7秒钟后爆炸,美国总统里根专门发表演说。 “挑战号”飞船的机组人员为我们光荣地献出自己的一生。我们永远缅怀他们,我们不会忘记今晨最后看到他们的情景。他们整装待发,向我们挥手致意,然后脱离了大地执拗的束缚飞上天际,亲近上帝慈爱的面容。 LadiesandGentlemen,I’d
2、plannedtospeaktoyoutonighttoreportonthestateoftheUnion,buttheeventsofearliertodayhaveledmetochangethoseplans.Todayisadayformourningandremembering.NancyandIarepainedtothecorebythetragedyoftheshuttleChallenger.Weknowwesharethispainwithallofthepeopleofourcou
3、ntry.Thisistrulyanationalloss. Nineteenyearsago,almosttotheday,welostthreeastronautsinaterribleaccidentontheground.Butwe’veneverlostanastronautinflight.We’veneverhadatragedylikethis. Andperhapswe’veforgottenthecourageittookforthecrewoftheshuttle.Butthey
4、,theChallengerSeven,wereawareofthedangers,butovercamethemanddidtheirjobsbrilliantly.Wemournsevenheroes:MichaelSmith,DickScobee,JudithResnik,RonaldMcNair,EllisonOnizuka,GregoryJarvis,andChristaMcAuliffe. Wemourntheirlossasanationtogether. Forthefamilieso
5、ftheseven,wecannotbear,asyoudo,thefullimpactofthistragedy.Butwefeeltheloss,andwe’rethinkingaboutyousoverymuch.Yourlovedonesweredaringandbrave,andtheyhadthatspecialgrace,thatspecialspiritthatsays,“Givemeachallenge,andI’llmeetitwithjoy.”Theyhadahungertoexpl
6、oretheuniverseanddiscoveritstruths.Theywishedtoserve,andtheydid.Theyservedallofus. We’vegrownusedtowondersinthiscentury.It’shardtodazzleus.Butfortwenty-fiveyearstheUnitedStatesspaceprogramhasbeendoingjustthat.We’vegrownusedtotheideaofspace,and,perhapswef
7、orgetthatwe’veonlyjustbegun.We’restillpioneers.They,themembersoftheChallengercrew,werepioneers. AndIwanttosaysomethingtotheschoolchildrenofAmericawhowerewatchingthelivecoverageoftheshuttle’stake-off.Iknowit’shardtounderstand,butsometimespainfulthingslike
8、thishappen.It’sallpartoftheprocessofexplorationanddiscovery.It’sallpartoftakingachanceandexpandingman’shorizons.Thefuturedoesn’tbelongtothefainthearted;itbelongstothebrave.TheChallengercrewwaspullingusintothefuture,