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1、MarioCuomo:"ATaleofTwoCities"OnbehalfoftheEmpireStateandthefamilyofNewYork,Ithankyouforthegreatprivilegeofbeingabletoaddressthisconvention.Pleaseallowmetoskipthestoriesandthepoetryandthetemptationtodealinnicebutvaguerhetoric.Letmeinsteadusethisvaluableopportunitytodealimmediatelywithquestionst
2、hatshoulddeterminethiselectionandthatweallknowarevitaltotheAmericanpeople.Tendaysago,PresidentReaganadmittedthatalthoughsomepeopleinthiscountryseemedtobedoingwellnowadays,otherswereunhappy,evenworried,aboutthemselves,theirfamiliesandtheirfutures.Thepresidentsaidthathedidn'tunderstandthatfear.H
3、esaid,"Why,thiscountryisashiningcityonahill."Andthepresidentisright.Inmanywaysweareashiningcityonahill.Butthehardtruthisthatnoteveryoneissharinginthiscity'ssplendorandglory.AshiningcityisperhapsallthepresidentseesfromtheporticooftheWhiteHouseandtheverandaofhisranch,whereeveryoneseemstobedoingw
4、ell.Butthere'sanothercity;there'sanotherparttotheshiningthecity;thepartwheresomepeoplecan'tpaytheirmortgages,andmostyoungpeoplecan'taffordone,wherestudentscan'taffordtheeducationtheyneed,andmiddle-classparentswatchthedreamstheyholdfortheirchildrenevaporate.Inthispartofthecitytherearemorepoorth
5、anever,morefamiliesintrouble,moreandmorepeoplewhoneedhelpbutcan'tfindit.Evenworse:Thereareelderlypeoplewhotrembleinthebasementsofthehousesthere.Andtherearepeoplewhosleepinthecitystreets,inthegutter,wheretheglitterdoesn'tshow.Thereareghettoswherethousandsofyoungpeople,withoutajoboraneducation,g
6、ivetheirlivesawaytodrugdealerseveryday.Thereisdespair,Mr.President,inthefacesthatyoudon'tsee,intheplacesthatyoudon'tvisitinyourshiningcity.Infact,Mr.President,thisisanation--.Mr.Presidentyououghttoknowthatthisnationismorea"TaleofTwoCities"thanitisjusta"ShiningCityonaHill."Maybe,maybe,Mr.Presid
7、ent,ifyouvisitedsomemoreplaces.MaybeifyouwenttoAppalachiawheresomepeoplestillliveinsheds,maybeifyouwenttoLackawannawherethousandsofunemployedsteelworkerswonderwhywesubsidizedforeignsteel.Maybe,maybe,Mr.President,ifyoustoppedinatashelter
