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1、精品文档ATaleofTwoCitiesmariocuomo:"ataleoftwocities"onbehalfoftheempirestateandthefamilyofnewyork,ithankyouforthegreatprivilegeofbeingabletoaddressthisconvention.pleaseallowmetoskipthestoriesandthepoetryandthetemptationtodealinnicebutvaguerhetoric.letmeinsteadusethisvaluableopportunitytodealimmedia
2、telywithquestionsthatshoulddeterminethiselectionandthatweallknowarevitaltotheamericanpeople.tendaysago,presidentreaganadmittedthatalthoughsomepeopleinthiscountryseemedtobedoingwellnowadays,otherswereunhappy,evenworried,aboutthemselves,theirfamiliesandtheirfutures.thepresidentsaidthathedidn'tunde
3、rstandthatfear.hesaid,"why,thiscountryisashiningcityonahill."andthepresidentisright.inmanywaysweareashiningcityonahill.butthehardtruthisthatnoteveryoneissharinginthiscity'ssplendorandglory.ashiningcityisperhapsallthepresidentseesfromtheporticoofthewhitehouseandtheverandaofhisranch,whereeveryone2
4、016全新精品资料-全新公文范文-全程指导写作–独家原创21/21精品文档seemstobedoingwell.butthere'sanothercity;there'sanotherparttotheshiningthecity;thepartwheresomepeoplecan'tpaytheirmortgages,andmostyoungpeoplecan'taffordone,wherestudentscan'taffordtheeducationtheyneed,andmiddle-classparentswatchthedreamstheyholdfortheirchild
5、renevaporate.inthispartofthecitytherearemorepoorthanever,morefamiliesintrouble,moreandmorepeoplewhoneedhelpbutcan'tfindit.evenworse:thereareelderlypeoplewhotrembleinthebasementsofthehousesthere.andtherearepeoplewhosleepinthecitystreets,inthegutter,wheretheglitterdoesn'tshow.thereareghettoswheret
6、housandsofyoungpeople,withoutajoboraneducation,givetheirlivesawaytodrugdealerseveryday.thereisdespair,mr.president,inthefacesthatyoudon'tsee,intheplacesthatyoudon'tvisitinyourshiningcity.infact,mr.president,thisisanation--.mr.presidentyououghttoknowthatthisnationismorea"taleoftwocities"thanitisj
7、usta"shiningcityonahill."2016全新精品资料-全新公文范文-全程指导写作–独家原创21/21精品文档maybe,maybe,mr.president,ifyouvisitedsomemoreplaces.maybeifyouwenttoappalachiawheresomepeoplestillliveinsheds,maybeifyouwenttolackawannawherethousandsofunemploye