偶像勵(lì)志英語演講 65:執(zhí)著于你的夢(mèng)想(9)

[00:00.13]Mr. Behring says that most of us think that a wheelchair would be a confinement, 貝林先生說，我們大多數(shù)人認(rèn)為輪椅是一個(gè)禁錮， [00:05.26]but to millions of people it is not a confinement, it is freedom, 但對(duì)于無數(shù)殘疾人而言，輪椅不是禁錮，而是邁向自由的工具。 [00:09.56]freedom to move and to go to school, freedom to vote, freedom to get a job, and freedom for hope for the future. 有了輪椅，他們可以自由行動(dòng)，自由地去學(xué)校，自由地去投票，自由地得到一份工作，甚至自由地暢想未來。 [00:17.30]He has given freedom ad wheelchairs to 400,000 people around the world. 他給全世界40萬殘疾人提供了輪椅和自由。 [00:23.08]The individual can make a difference. 個(gè)人可以產(chǎn)生深遠(yuǎn)的影響。 [00:26.24]My mother-in-law, Eunice Kennedy Shriver-I always like to mention her, 我總是很樂意提起我的岳母尤尼斯·肯尼迪·施萊弗， [00:30.32]because it gets me on the good side of her- 因?yàn)檫@讓我看到她善良的一面。 [00:33.56]she, for instance, started an organization called Special Olympics. 她創(chuàng)立了特殊奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)。 [00:38.52]She started Special Olympics which is for people with mental disabilities. 她專門為智障人士創(chuàng)立了這一組織。 [00:43.16]And of course when she started that organization she was told by the experts, 當(dāng)然，在她創(chuàng)立這一運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)時(shí)，也有專家告訴她， [00:47.30]"Don't do it. You cannot take people with mental disabilities out of mental institutions “不要那樣做，你不可能把智障人士帶出精神病院， [00:53.10]and have them participate in sports events. 讓他們參加運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)。 [00:55.34]They will drown in the swimming pools. 他們會(huì)在游泳池溺水。 [00:57.45]They will kill each other out there, they will hurt each other. Don't do it." 一旦出了精神病院，他們就會(huì)相互傷害、相互殘殺。不要去做。” [01:01.37]But Eunice Kennedy Shriver had a dream and a passion, 但尤尼斯·肯尼迪·施萊弗有夢(mèng)想，也有激情， [01:05.33]and today millions of people compete in Special Olympics around the world, 如今全世界數(shù)百萬人參加殘奧會(huì)， [01:09.41]including right here in China. 包括中國在內(nèi)。 [01:11.58]This is why I was here five years ago. 這也是我五年前來這兒的原因。 [01:14.09]Five years ago you had 50,000 participants in the Special Olympics. 五年前中國有5萬人參加了殘奧會(huì)。 [01:18.31]Today, five years later, you have 500,000 participants in Special Olympics. 五年后的今天，中國有50萬殘疾人參加殘奧會(huì)、 [01:24.05]500,000 people are getting a chance to participate in sports programs, 50萬人有機(jī)會(huì)參加體育比賽、 [01:28.53]getting a chance to have health care, 有機(jī)會(huì)享受醫(yī)療保健， [01:30.28]have a chance to be treated equally, with respect and with tolerance. 享受建立在尊重和寬容的基礎(chǔ)上的平等對(duì)待。 [01:34.42]So Eunice Kennedy Shriver exemplifies that the individual can make a difference. 因此尤尼斯·肯尼迪·施萊弗向我們證明了：個(gè)人可以產(chǎn)生深遠(yuǎn)的影響。

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