英语演讲：Thiswasanemotionalday

1、英语演讲：Thiswasanemotionaldaythe ceremonies honoring the fortieth anniversary of d day became more than commemorations. they became celebrations of heroism and sacrifice.this place, pointe du hoc, in itself was moving and majestic. i stood there on that windswept point with the ocean behind me. before

2、me were the boys who forty years before had fought their way up from the ocean. some rested under the white crosses and stars of david that stretched out across the landscape. others sat right in front of me. they looked like elderly businessmen, yet these were the kids who climbed the cliffs.*were

3、here to mark that day in history when the allied armies joined in battle to reclaim this continent to liberty. for four long years, much of europe had been under a terrible shadow. free nations had fallen, jews cried out in the camps, millions cried out for liberation. europe was enslaved, and the w

4、orld prayed for its rescue. here, in normandy, the rescue began. here, the allies stood and fought against tyranny, in a giant undertaking unparalleled in human history.we stand on a lonely, windswept point on the northern shore of france. the air is soft, but forty years ago at this moment, the air

5、 was dense with smoke and the cries of men, and the air was filled with the crack of rifle fire and the roar of cannon. at dawn, on the morning of the 6th of june, 1944, two hundred and twenty-five rangers jumped off the british landing craft and ran to the bottom of these cliffs.their mission was o

6、ne of the most difficult and daring of the invasion: to climb these sheer and desolate cliffs and take out the enemy guns. the allies had been told that some of the mightiest of these guns were here, and they would be trained on the beaches to stop the allied advance.the rangers looked up and saw th

7、e enemy soldiers at the edge of the cliffs, shooting down at them with machine guns and throwing grenades. and the american rangers began to climb. they shot rope ladders over the face of these cliffs and began to pull themselves up. when one ranger fell, another would take his place. when one rope

8、was cut, a ranger would grab another and begin his climb again. they climbed, shot back, and held their footing. soon, one by one, the rangers pulled themselves over the top, and in seizing the firm land at the top of these cliffs, they began to seize back the continent of europe. two hundred and tw

9、enty-five came here. after two days of fighting, only ninety could still bear arms.and behind me is a memorial that symbolizes the ranger daggers that were thrust into the top of these cliffs. and before me are the men who put them here. these are the boys of pointe du hoc. these are the men who too

10、k the cliffs. these are the champions who helped free a continent. these are the heroes who helped end a war. gentlemen, i look at you and i think of the words of stephen spenders poem. you are men who in your lives fought for life and left the vivid air signed with your honor.i think iknow what you

11、 may be thinking right now - thinking we were just part of a bigger effort; everyone was brave that day. well everyone was. do you remember the story of bill millin of the 51st highlanders? forty years ago today, british troops were pinned down near a bridge, waiting desperately for help. suddenly,

12、they heard the sound of bagpipes, and some thought they were dreaming. well, they werent. they looked up and saw bill millin with his bagpipes, leading the reinforcements and ignoring the smack of the bullets into the ground around him.lord lovat was with him - lord lovat of scotland, who calmly ann

13、ounced when he got to the bridge, sorry, im a few minutes late, as if hed been delayed by a traffic jam, when in truth hed just come from the bloody fighting on sword beach, which he and his men had just taken.there was the impossible valor of the poles, who threw themselves between the enemy and th

14、e rest of europe as the invasion took hold; and the unsurpassed courage of the canadians who had already seen the horrors of war on this coast. they knew what awaited them there, but they would not be deterred. and once they hit juno beach, they never looked back.all of these men were part of a roll

15、 call of honor with names that spoke of a pride as bright as the colors they bore; the royal winnipeg rifles, polands 24th lancers, the royal scots fusiliers, the screaming eagles, the yeomen of englands armored divisions, the forces of free france, the coast guards matchbox fleet, and you, the amer

16、ican rangers.forty summers have passed since the battle that you fought here. you were young the day you took these cliffs; some of you were hardly more than boys, with the deepest joys of life before you. yet you risked everything here. why? why did you do it? what impelled you to put aside the ins

17、tinct for self-preservation and risk your lives to take these cliffs? what inspired all the men of the armies that met here? we look at you, and somehow we know the answer. it was faith and belief. it was loyalty and love.the men of normandy had faith that what they were doing was right, faith that

18、they fought for all humanity, faith that a just god would grant them mercy on this beachhead, or on the next. it was the deep knowledge - and pray god we have not lost it - that there is a profound moral difference between the use of force for liberation and the use of force for conquest. you were h

19、ere to liberate, not to conquer, and so you and those others did not doubt your cause. and you were right not to doubt.you all knew that some things are worth dying for. ones country is worth dying for, and democracy is worth dying for, because its the most deeply honorable form of government ever d

20、evised by man. all of you loved liberty. all of you were willing to fight tyranny, and you knew the people of your countries were behind you.the americans who fought here that morning knew word of the invasion was spreading through the darkness back home. they fought - or felt in their hearts, thoug

21、h they couldnt know in fact, that in georgia they were filling the churches at 4:00 am. in kansas they were kneeling on their porches and praying. and in philadelphia they were ringing the liberty bell.something else helped the men of d-day; their rock-hard belief that providence would have a great

22、hand in the events that would unfold here; that god was an ally in this great cause. and so, the night before the invasion, when colonel wolverton asked his parachute troops to kneel with him in prayer, he told them: do not bow your heads, but look up so you can see god and ask his blessing in what

23、were about to do. also, that night, general matthew ridgway on his cot, listening in the darkness for the promise god made to joshua: i will not fail thee nor forsake thee.these are the things that impelled them; these are the things that shaped the unity of the allies.when the war was over, there w

24、ere lives to be rebuilt and governments to be returned to the people. there were nations to be reborn. above all, there was a new peace to be assured. these were huge and daunting tasks. but the allies summoned strength from the faith, belief, loyalty, and love of those who fell here. they rebuilt a

25、 new europe together. there was first a great reconciliation among those who had been enemies, all of whom had suffered so greatly. the united states did its part, creating the marshall plan to help rebuild our allies and our former enemies. the marshall plan led to the atlantic alliance - a great a

26、lliance that serves to this day as our shield for freedom, for prosperity, and for peace.in spite of our great efforts and successes, not all that followed the end of the war was happy or planned. some liberated countries were lost. the great sadness of this loss echoes down to our own time in the s

27、treets of warsaw, prague, and east berlin. the soviet troops that came to the center of this continent did not leave when peace came. theyre still there, uninvited, unwanted, unyielding, almost forty years after the war. because of this, allied forces still stand on this continent. today, as forty y

28、ears ago, our armies are here for only one purpose: to protect and defend democracy. the only territories we hold are memorials like this one and graveyards where our heroes rest.we in america have learned bitter lessons from two world wars. it is better to be here ready to protect the peace, than t

29、o take blind shelter across the sea, rushing to respond only after freedom is lost. weve learned that isolationism never was and never will be an acceptable response to tyrannical governments with an expansionist intent. but we try always to be prepared for peace, prepared to deter aggression, prepa

30、red to negotiate the reduction of arms, and yes, prepared to reach out again in the spirit of reconciliation. in truth, there is no reconciliation we would welcome more than a reconciliation with the soviet union, so, together, we can lessen the risks of war, now and forever.its fitting to remember

31、here the great losses also suffered by the russian people during world war ii: 20 million perished, a terrible price that testifies to all the world the necessity of ending war. i tell you from my heart that we in the united states do not want war. we want to wipe from the face of the earth the terr

32、ible weapons that man now has in his hands. and i tell you, we are ready to seize that beachhead. we look for some sign from the soviet union that they are willing to move forward, that they share our desire and love for peace, and that they will give up the ways of conquest. there must be a changin

33、g there that will allow us to turn our hope into action.we will pray forever that someday that changing will come. but for now, particularly today, it is good and fitting to renew our commitment to each other, to our freedom, and to the alliance that protects it.were bound today by what bound us 40

34、years ago, the same loyalties, traditions, and beliefs. were bound by reality. the strength of americas allies is vital to the united states, and the american security guarantee is essential to the continued freedom of europes democracies. we were with you then; we are with you now. your hopes are o

35、ur hopes, and your destiny is our destiny.here, in this place where the west held together, let us make a vow to our dead. let us show them by our actions that we understand what they died for. let our actions say to them the words for which matthew ridgway listened: i will not fail thee nor forsake

36、 thee.strengthened by their courage and heartened by their valor and borne by their memory, let us continue to stand for the ideals for which they lived and died.thank you very much, and god bless you all.仪式纪念成立四十周年的d一天变得更为重要纪念活动。他们成为庆祝活动的英雄主义和牺牲精神。这个地方，角特设委员会，本身就是移动和雄伟。我站在那里的坏天气点我后面的海洋。在我之前是男孩谁四十年前

37、战斗一路从海洋。一些休息的白色十字架和星星的大卫说，伸出整个景观。其他星期六权利在我的前面。他们像老人商人，然而，这些人的孩子谁爬上悬崖.*我们来这里，纪念这一天在历史上时，盟军加入战斗收回这块大陆上的自由。 4年之久，欧洲大部分地区下了可怕的阴影。自由的国家已经下降，犹太人大叫在难民营，数以百万计高喊解放。欧洲是被奴役，世界祈求救援。在这里，在诺曼底，救援开始。在这里，为盟军和反对暴政，在一个巨大的事业在人类历史上无与伦比的。我们站在一个孤独的，风化点北岸的法国。空气是软的，但40年前在此时刻，空气密度烟雾和呼声的男人，和空气中弥漫着裂缝的步枪射击和大炮的轰鸣。在清晨，上午的1944年6月6

38、日， 225骑兵跳下英国登陆艇和运行的底部这些悬崖。他们的任务是最困难和最大胆的入侵：攀登这些纯粹和荒凉的峭壁，并采取了敌人的机枪。盟国已被告知，一些最强大的这些枪在这里，他们将接受培训的海滩上，以阻止盟军前进。骑兵抬起头来，看到敌人的士兵在悬崖边缘，他们击落了机枪和投掷手榴弹。和美国骑兵开始回升。他们开枪绳子梯子在面对这些悬崖，并开始撤出自己的行动。当一个游侠下跌，另一个将采取自己的位置。当一个人绳被切断，一个游侠会抓住他的另一并开始回升。他们攀升，反击，并举行了基础。不久，一个接一个，骑兵撤出自己的顶端，并抓住该公司的土地上方的这些悬崖，他们开始抓住回到欧洲大陆。在两日的xx年来到这里。经

39、过两天的战斗中，只有90还可以携带武器。和我身后是一个纪念的象征游侠匕首是推力进入前这些悬崖。和在我面前是谁把他们的男子在这里。这些男孩的角特设委员会。这是谁的男人了悬崖。这些都是免费的冠军谁帮助大陆。这是英雄谁帮助结束战争。先生们，我看着你和我想的话澍德的诗。你是谁在你的男人“的生活奋斗的生活，离开了生动的空气签署您的荣誉。 ”我想我知道你可能会考虑现在-思维“我们只是一部分，更大的努力;每个人都勇敢的那一天。 ”那么大家。你还记得的故事，条例草案的第51次米林高地？ 40年前的今天，英国军队被牵制的桥梁附近，等待拼命寻求帮助。突然，他们听到风笛的声音，有些人认为他们做梦。那么，他们没有。他

40、们抬起头来，看到比尔米林他风笛，带领增援部队和无视带有子弹进入地面身边。主洛瓦特是他-主洛瓦特苏格兰，谁冷静时宣布他的桥梁， “对不起，我几分钟的时间晚了， ”好像他会被推迟了交通堵塞，当他在真相的d刚从血腥的战斗剑海滩，他和他的男子刚刚采取。人们不可能英勇的波兰人，谁把自己的敌人和欧洲其他国家的入侵抓住;和无与伦比的勇气，加拿大人谁已经看到了战争的恐怖在此海岸。他们知道他们有什么期待，但他们不会被吓倒。一旦他们达到朱诺海滩，他们再也不愿回首。所有这些人的一部分唱名荣誉与名称，以一个骄傲一样明亮的颜色，他们承担;皇家温尼伯步枪，波兰第24李晓霞，皇家苏格兰燧，老鹰的尖叫，在yeomen英格兰的

41、装甲司，自由法国部队，海岸警卫队的“火柴盒舰队”和你，美国骑兵。第四十二夏天已经过去了，战斗在这里，你打。你是年轻的一天，您把这些悬崖;一些你很难超过男生，最深切的欢乐与之前你的生活。然而，你可能这里的一切。为什么？你为什么这样做？是什么促使你搁置的本能自我保护您的生命和风险采取这些悬崖？激发所有男人的军队在这里会见了？我们期待在你，不知我们知道答案。这是信仰和信念。这是忠诚和热爱。男子诺曼底了信心，他们正在做的事情是正确的，战斗的信念，他们为全人类，信仰，公正上帝给予他们怜悯这个滩头，或对下一步。这是深入了解-并祈祷上帝，我们并没有失去它-是有深刻的道德区别使用武力解放和使用武力来征服。你在这里解放，而不是征服，所以你和其他人并没有怀疑你的事业。而你有权不怀疑。你们都知道，有些事情是值得死去的。自己的国家是值得死亡和死亡的民主是值得的，因为这是最深刻光荣的政府形式所发明的人。所有你爱的自由。大家都愿意打击暴政，你知道你的人民的国家都在你身后。美国人战斗在这里，谁知道今天上午一词的入侵蔓延通过黑暗回家。他们又打了-或觉得在他们的心中，尽管他们可能不知道，事实上，在格鲁吉亚他们填补了教堂在上午4点。在堪萨