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1、精品文档名人演讲:ATaleofTwoCitiesMarioCuomo:“ATaleofTwoCities”OnbehalfoftheEmpireStateandthefamilyofNewYork,Ithankyouforthegreatprivilegeofbeingabletoaddressthisconvention.Pleaseallowmetoskipthestoriesandthepoetryandthetemptationtodealinnicebutvaguerhetoric.Letmeinst
2、eadusethisvaluableopportunitytodealimmediatelywithquestionsthatshoulddeterminethiselectionandthatweallknowarevitaltotheAmericanpeople.Tendaysago,PresidentReaganadmittedthatalthoughsomepeopleinthiscountryseemedtobedoingwellnowadays,otherswereunhappy,evenworrie
3、d,aboutthemselves,theirfamiliesandtheirfutures.Thepresidentsaidthathedidn’tunderstandthatfear.Hesaid,“Why,thiscountryisashiningcityonahill.”Andthepresidentisright.Inmanywaysweareashiningcityonahill.Butthehardtruthisthatnoteveryoneissharinginthiscity’ssplendor
4、andglory.AshiningcityisperhapsallthepresidentseesfromtheporticooftheWhiteHouseandtheverandaofhisranch,whereeveryone2016全新精品资料-全新公文范文-全程指导写作–独家原创22/22精品文档seemstobedoingwell.Butthere’sanothercity;there’sanotherparttotheshiningthecity;thepartwheresomepeoplecan’t
5、paytheirmortgages,andmostyoungpeoplecan’taffordone,wherestudentscan’taffordtheeducationtheyneed,andmiddle-classparentswatchthedreamstheyholdfortheirchildrenevaporate.Inthispartofthecitytherearemorepoorthanever,morefamiliesintrouble,moreandmorepeoplewhoneedhel
6、pbutcan’tfindit.Evenworse:Thereareelderlypeoplewhotrembleinthebasementsofthehousesthere.Andtherearepeoplewhosleepinthecitystreets,inthegutter,wheretheglitterdoesn’tshow.Thereareghettoswherethousandsofyoungpeople,withoutajoboraneducation,givetheirlivesawaytodr
7、ugdealerseveryday.Thereisdespair,Mr.President,inthefacesthatyoudon’tsee,intheplacesthatyoudon’tvisitinyourshiningcity.Infact,Mr.President,thisisanation--.Mr.Presidentyououghttoknowthatthisnationismorea“TaleofTwoCities”thanitisjusta“ShiningCityona2016全新精品资料-全新
8、公文范文-全程指导写作–独家原创22/22精品文档Hill.”Maybe,maybe,Mr.President,ifyouvisitedsomemoreplaces.MaybeifyouwenttoAppalachiawheresomepeoplestillliveinsheds,maybeifyouwenttoLackawannawherethousandsofunem