hesesufferingisles;
Andbeeachdropinfutureyears,Repaidtheebythypeople\'ssmiles!
(为父王的耻辱,王国的衰颓,你尽情哭泣吧,皇家的公主!
啊!但愿你的每一滴泪水能洗掉父亲一桩错处。
你的眼泪是“美德”的眼泪,将为这多难的岛国造福;
人民将会在未来的岁月,以笑颜回报你每一滴泪珠。)
几个美国人听了不由得都瞪大眼睛,“哎呀,想不到,谷将军的英语这么流利?”
谷雨笑着解释说,他过去在湖南上过一个教会学校平民中学,所有的课程都是用英语授课的。随后,他又用英语朗诵了一段《美国独立宣言》——
eholdthesetruthstobeself-evident,thatallmenarecreatedequal,thattheyareendoedbytheirCreatorithcertainunalienableRights,thatamongtheseareLife,Liberty,andthepursuitofHappiness.
Thattosecuretheserights,GovernmentsareinstitutedamongMen,derivingtheirjustpoersfromtheconsentofthegoverned.
ThatheneveranyformofGovernmentbecomesdestructiveoftheseends,itistheRightofthePeopletoalterortoabolishit,andtoinstituteneGovernment,layingitsfoundationonsuchprinciplesandorganizingitspoersinsuchform,astothemshallseemmostlikelytoeffecttheirSafetyandHappiness.
(我们认为这些真理是不言而喻的:人人生而平等,造物者赋予他们若干不可剥夺的权利,其中包括生命权、自由权和追求幸福的权利。
为了保障这些权利,人类才在他们之间建立政府,而政府之正当权力,是经被