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1、精品文档ATaleofTwoCitiesMarioCuomo:“ATaleofTwoCities”OnbehalfoftheEmpireStateandthefamilyofNewYork,Ithankyouforthegreatprivilegeofbeingabletoaddressthisconvention.Pleaseallowmetoskipthestoriesandthepoetryandthetemptationtodealinnicebutvaguerhetoric.Letmeinsteadusethisvaluableopportunitytodealimm
2、ediatelywithquestionsthatshoulddeterminethiselectionandthatweallknowarevitaltotheAmericanpeople.Tendaysago,PresidentReaganadmittedthatalthoughsomepeopleinthiscountryseemedtobedoingwellnowadays,otherswereunhappy,evenworried,aboutthemselves,theirfamiliesandtheirfutures.Thepresidentsaidthathedi
3、dn’tunderstandthatfear.Hesaid,“Why,thiscountryisashiningcityonahill.”Andthepresidentisright.Inmanywaysweareashiningcityonahill.Butthehardtruthisthatnoteveryoneissharinginthiscity’ssplendorandglory.AshiningcityisperhapsallthepresidentseesfromtheporticooftheWhiteHouseandtheverandaofhisranch,wh
4、ereeveryone2016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,andmiddleclassparentswatchthedreamstheyho
5、ldfortheirchildrenevaporate.Inthispartofthecitytherearemorepoorthanever,morefamiliesintrouble,moreandmorepeoplewhoneedhelpbutcan’tfindit.Evenworse:Thereareelderlypeoplewhotrembleinthebasementsofthehousesthere.Andtherearepeoplewhosleepinthecitystreets,inthegutter,wheretheglitterdoesn’tshow.Th
6、ereareghettoswherethousandsofyoungpeople,withoutajoboraneducation,givetheirlivesawaytodrugdealerseveryday.Thereisdespair,Mr.President,inthefacesthatyoudon’tsee,intheplacesthatyoudon’tvisitinyourshiningcity.Infact,Mr.President,thisisanation.Mr.Presidentyououghttoknowthatthisnationismorea“Tale
7、ofTwoCities”thanitisjusta“ShiningCityonaHill.”Maybe,maybe,Mr.President,ifyouvisitedsomemore2016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places.MaybeifyouwenttoAppalachiawheresomepeoplestillliveinsheds,maybeifyouwenttoLackawannawherethousandsofunemployedst
