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1.Tony Blair's Speech on Returning to the Downing StreetToday as well as having in our minds the priorities the people want, we, I, the government, have the experience and the knowledge as well as the determination and commitment to deliver them.And I want to say them very directly that I, we, the government, are going to focus relentlessly now on the priorities the people have set for us.And what are those Priorities? Well, first they like the strong economy, but life is still a real struggle for many people and many families in this country and they know that there are new issuses: help for the first time buyers to get their feet on the first rungs of the housing ladder; families trying to cope with balancing work and family life; many people struggling to make ends meet; many families on low incomes who desperately need help and support to increase their living standards; businesses who whilst they like the economic stability, want us also to focus on stimulating enterprise on investing in science and skills and technology for the future.It's very clear what people want us to do and we will do it.Secondly, in relation to the publice services, health and education, again people like the investment that has gone into public services, they welcome it. I've found absolutely no support for any suggestion we cut back on that investment.The people want that money to work better for them, they want higher standers, both of care and of education for the investment we are putting in.And so we will focus on delivering not just the investment but the reform and change in those public services and I will do so with passion, because I want keep universal public services but know that the only way of keeping the consent for them is by making the changes necessary for the twenty-first century.Thank you.2.Bush's Presidential Inauguration SpeechThe peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet commom in our country. With a simple oath we affirm old traditions and make new beginnings.The grandest of these ideals is an unfolding American promise that everyone belongs, that no insignificant person was ever both.Americans are called to enact this promise in our lives and in our laws. And although our nation has sometimes halted and sometimes dealyed, we must follow no other course.Sometimes in life we're called to do great things. But as a saint of our times has said, "Everyday we're called to do small things with great love." The most important tasks of a democracy are done by everyone.I will live and lead by these principles, to advance my convictions with civility, to pursue the public interest with courage, to speak for greater justice and compassion, to call for responsibility, and try to live it as well. In all these way, I will bring the values of our history to the care of our times.Americans are generous and strong and decent not because we believe in ourselves, but because we hold belifes beyond ourselves. When this spirit of citizenship is missing, no government program can replace it. When this spirit is present, not wrong can stand against it.Never tiring, never yielding, never finishing.We renew that purpose today, to make our country more just and generous, to affirm the dignity our lives, and every life. This work continues. The story goes on. And an angle still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.
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篇目1. Old Friends, Good Friends
More than 30 years ago, when I took my first jobin New York City, I found myself working with a number of youngwomen. Some I got to know just in passing, but othersgradually became my friendToday, six of these women remain an important part ofmy life. They are more than simply friends, more even thanclose friends. They are old friends, as indispensable as sunshineand more dear to me than ever. These people share a long-standing history withme. In fact, old friends are a lot like promises. They put reliability into the uncertainty of life and establish a reassuring link between the past,present,and future.The attachment between friends who have knowneach other for many years is bound to be complex. On occasion we are exceedingly close, and at othertimes one or both of us invariably step back. Ebb and flow. Thick and thin. How smoothly and gently we negotiate these hillsand valleys has everything to do with how well the friendshipages.Sometimes events intervene in a way that requiresus to rework the term of a relationship. A friend starts a second career, let’s say, andsuddenly has less free time. Another remarries, adding someone new to theequation. Talk honestly and listen to each other to find outif the other’s needs are being met. Renegotiating pays full tribute to life’sinevitable changes and says that we deem our friendships worthy ofpreserving.Old friends are familiar with the layers of ourlives. They have been there in the gloom and the glory. Even so, there’s always room to know more aboutanother person. Of course, self-disclosure can make even oldfriends more vulnerable, so go slowly: Confiding can open new doors, but only if we knockfirst.Time is the prime commodity between old friendsby this I mean the time spent doing thingstogether. Whether it’s face to face over a cup of coffee, side by side while jogging, ear to ear over thephone, or via email and letters, don’t let too much time go by without sharing yourthoughts with each other
篇目2. Three Days to SeeMost of us take life for granted. We know that one day we must die, but usually we picture that day as far in the future. The days stretch out in an endless vista, so we go about our petty tasks, hardly aware of our listless attitude toward life.The same lethargy characterizes the use of all our faculties and senses. Only the deaf appreciate hearing, only the blind realize the manifold blessings that lie in sight. I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf
for a few days at some time during his early adult life. Darkness would make him more appreciative of sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound.When walking the woods, I, who cannot see, find hundreds of things to interest me through mere touch. I feel the delicate symmetry of a leaf. I pass my hands lovingly about the smooth skin of a silver birch, or the rough, shaggy bark of a pine. In the spring I touch the branches of trees hopefully in search of a bud—the first sign of awakening Nature after her winter’s sleep. I feel the delightful, velvety texture of a flower, and discover its remarkable convolutions; and something of the miracle of Nature is revealed to me. Occasionally, if I am very fortunate, I place my hand gently on a small tree and feel the happy quiver of a bird in full song. I am delighted to have the cool waters of a brook rush thought my open finger. To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug. To me the pageant of seasons is a thrilling and unending drama, the action of which streams through my finger tips.If I can get so much pleasure from mere touch, how much more beauty must be revealed by sight. Suppose you set your mind to work on the problem of how you would use your own eyes if you had only three more days to see. If with the oncoming darkness of the third night you knew that the sun would never rise for you again, how would you spend those three precious intervening days? What would you most want to let your gaze rest upon?I, naturally, should want most to see the things which have become dear to me through my years of darkness. You, too, would want to let your eyes rest on the things that have become dear to you so that you could take the memory of them with you into the night that loomed before you.
