申論題內容
二、Translate the following paragraphs into Chinese. Be sure to translate everything given.
(35 分)
It is the American story—a story of flawed and fallible people, united across the
generations by grand and enduring ideals.
The grandest of these ideals is an unfolding American promise that everyone belongs,
that everyone deserves a chance, that no insignificant person was ever born.
Americans are called to enact this promise in our lives and in our laws. And though
our nation has sometimes halted, and sometimes delayed, we must follow no other course.
Through much of the last century, America’s faith in freedom and democracy was a
rock in a raging sea. Now it is a seed upon the wind, taking root in many nations.
Our democratic faith is more than the creed of our country, it is inborn hope of our
humanity, an ideal we carry but do not own, a trust we bear and pass along. And even after
nearly 225 years, we have a long way yet to travel.
While many of our citizens prosper, others doubt the promise, even the justice, of our
own country. The ambitions of some Americans are limited by failing schools and hidden
prejudice and the circumstances of their birth. And sometimes our differences run so deep,
it seems we share a continent, but not a country.