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1、美国经典英文演讲100篇:Brandenburg Gate AddressRonaldReaganRemarksattheBrandenburgGatedelivered12June1987,WestBerlin[AUTHENTICITYCERTIFIED:Textversionbelowtranscribeddirectlyfromaudio.(2)]Thankyou.Thankyou,verymuch.ChancellorKohl,GoverningMayorDiepgen,ladiesandgentlemen:Twentyfouryearsago,PresidentJ
2、ohnF.KennedyvisitedBerlin,andspeakingtothepeopleofthiscityandtheworldatthecityhall.Wellsincethentwootherpresidentshavecome,eachinhisturntoBerlin.Andtoday,I,myself,makemysecondvisittoyourcity.WecometoBerlin,weAmericanPresidents,becauseit'sourdutytospeakinthisplaceoffreedom.ButImustconfess,w
3、e’redrawnherebyotherthingsaswell;bythefeelingofhistoryinthiscity--morethan500yearsolderthanourownnation;bythebeautyoftheGrunewaldandtheTiergarten;mostofall,byyourcourageanddetermination.Perhapsthecomposer,PaulLinke,understoodsomethingaboutAmericanPresidents.Yousee,likesomanyPresidentsbefor
4、eme,IcomeheretodaybecausewhereverIgo,whateverIdo:“IchhabnocheinenKofferinBerlin”[IstillhaveasuitcaseinBerlin.]OurgatheringtodayisbeingbroadcastthroughoutWesternEuropeandNorthAmerica.IunderstandthatitisbeingseenandheardaswellintheEast.TothoselisteningthroughoutEasternEurope,Iextendmywarmest
5、greetingsandthegoodwilloftheAmericanpeople.TothoselisteninginEastBerlin,aspecialword:AlthoughIcannotbewithyou,Iaddressmyremarkstoyoujustassurelyastothosestandingherebeforeme.ForIjoinyou,asIjoinyourfellowcountrymenintheWest,inthisfirm,thisunalterablebelief:EsgibtnureinBerlin.[Thereisonlyone
6、Berlin.]Behindmestandsawallthatencirclesthefreesectorsofthiscity,partofavastsystemofbarriersthatdividestheentirecontinentofEurope.FromtheBalticSouth,thosebarrierscutacrossGermanyinagashofbarbedwire,concrete,dogruns,andguardtowers.Farthersouth,theremaybenovisible,noobviouswall.Butthereremai
7、narmedguardsandcheckpointsallthesame--stillarestrictionontherighttotravel,stillaninstrumenttoimposeuponordinarymenandwomenthewillofatotalitarianstate.Yet,itishereinBerlinwherethewallemergesmostclearly;here,cuttingacrossyourcity,wherethenewsphotoandthetelevisio
