克林顿求婚演讲英文

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In the spring of 1971,I met a girl The first time I saw her, we were, appropriately enough, in aclass on political and civil rights She had thick blond hair, big glassesWore no makeup And she exuded this strength of self-possession I found magnetic

After the class, Ifollowed her out, intending to introduce myself I got close enough to touchher back, but I couldn't do it Somehow, I knew this would not be just anothertap on the shoulder, that I might be starting something I couldn't stop I saw herseveral more times the next few days but still didn't speak to her Then onenight in the law library talking to a classmate who wanted me to join the YaleLaw Journal, he said it would guarantee me a job at a big firm or a clerkshipwith a federal judge I really wasn’t interested — I just wanted to go home toArkansas

Then I saw the girlagain, standing at the opposite end of that long room Finally, she was staringback at me So I watched her She closed her book, put it down, and startedwalking toward me She walked the whole length of the library, came up to me,and said, "Look, if you are going to keep staring at me, we at least oughtto know each other's name I'm Hillary Rodham, who are you" I was soimpressed and surprised that, whether you believe it or not, momentarily, I wasspeechless

Finally, I sort ofblurted out my name and we exchanged a few words, and she went away Well, Ididn't join the Law Review, but I did leave that library with a whole new goalin mind A couple days later, I saw her again, wearing a long, white, floweryskirt, and I went up to her and she said she was going to register for classesfor the next term I said I would go too

We stood in line andtalked — you had to do that to register back then I thought I was doing prettywell until we got to the front of the line and the registrar looked up andsaid, "Bill, what are you doing here You registered this morning"

I turned red and shelaughed that big laugh of hers and I thought, well, heck, since my cover hasbeen blown, I asked her to take a walk down to the art museum We have beenwalking, and talking, and laughing together ever since

And we have done it ingood times, through joy and heartbreak We cried together this morning on thenews that our good friend and a lot of your good friend, Mark Weiner, passedaway early this morning We built up a lifetime of memories After the firstmonth and that first walk, I drove her home to Park Ridge, Illinois, to meether family and see the town where she grew up, a perfect example of post-WorldWar II middle-class America Street after street of nice houses, great schools,good parks, a big public swimming pool And almost all white

I really liked herfamily, her crusty, conservative father, her rambunctious brothers, allextolling the virtue of rooting for the bears and the cubs And for the peopleof Illinois here, they even told me what waiting for next year meant — could benext year, guys

Now, her mother wasdifferent She was more liberal than the boys She had a childhood that mademine look like a piece of cake She was easy to underestimate with her softmanner and she reminded me all over again of the truth of that old saying thatyou should never judge a book by its cover Knowing her was one of the greatestgifts Hillary ever gave me

I learned that Hillarygot her introduction to social justice through her Methodist youth minister,Don Jones He took her downtown to Chicago to hear Martin Luther King Jr speakand he remained her friend for the rest of his life This will be the onlycampaign of hers he ever missed

When she got tocollege, her opposition to the Vietnam War compelled her to change parties andbecome a Democrat And then between college and law school, on a total lark,she went alone to Alaska and spent time sliming fish

More to the point, bythe time I met her she had already been involved in the law school's legalservices project and she had been influenced by Marian Wright Edelman She tooka summer internship interviewing workers in migrant camps for Sen WalterMondale’s subcommittee She had also begun working in the Yale New Havenhospital to develop procedures to handle suspected child abuse cases

She got so involved inchildren's issues that she actually took an extra year in law school working atthe child studies center to learn what more could be done to improve the livesand futures of poor children She was already determined to figure out how tomake things better

Hillary opened my eyesto a whole new world of public service by private citizens In the summer of1972, she went to Dothan, Alabama, to visit one of those segregated academiesthat enrolled over a half a million white kids in the South The only way theeconomics worked was if they claimed federal tax exemptions to which they werenot legally entitled She got sent to prove they weren't

So she sauntered intoone of these academies all by herself, pretending to be a housewife that justmoved to town and needed to find a school for her son And they exchangepleasantries and finally, she said, "Look, let's get to the bottom lineIf I enroll my son in this school, will he be in a segregated school Yes orno" And the guy said "Absolutely" She had him I’ve seen it athousand times since

And she went back andher encounter was part of a report that gave Marian Wright Edelman the forcethey needed to keep working to get the Nixon administration to take those taxexemptions away and give our kids access to an equal education

Then she went down toSouth Texas, where she met one of the nicest fellows I ever met, the wonderfulunion leader Franklin Garcia, and he helped her register Mexican-Americanvoters I think some of them are still around to vote for her in 2016 Andthen, in our last year in law school, Hillary kept up this work She went toSouth Carolina to see why so many young African-American boys — I mean, youngteenagers — were being jailed for years with adults in men's prisons She fileda report on that, which led to some changes too Always making things better

Meanwhile, let's getback to business I was trying to convince her to marry me I first proposed toher on a trip to Great Britain, the first time she'd ever been overseas Wewere on the shoreline of this wonderful lake, Lake Ennerdale I asked her tomarry me and she said, "I can't do it"

So in 1974, I wenthome to teach in law school and Hillary moved to Massachusetts to keep workingon children's issues This time, trying to figure out why so many kids countedin the census weren't enrolled in school

She found one of themsitting alone on her porch in a wheelchair Once more, she filed a report aboutthese kids and that helped influence ultimately the Congress to adopt theproposition that children with disabilities, physical or otherwise, should haveequal access to public education You saw the result of that last night whenAnastasia Somoza talked She never made fun of people with disabilities Shetried to empower them based on their abilities

Meanwhile, I was stilltrying to get her to marry me The second time I asked, I tried a differenttactic I said, "I really want you to marry me, but you shouldn't doit" She smiled and looked at me like what is this boy up to She said,"That is not a very good sales pitch" I said, "I know but it'strue" And I meant it It was true I said, "I know most of the youngDemocrats our age who want to go into politics, they mean well and they speakwell, but none of them is as good as you are at actually doing things to makepositive changes in people's lives"

So I suggested she gohome to Illinois or move to New York and look for a chance to run for officeShe laughed and said, "Are you out of your mind Nobody would ever votefor me" So I finally got her to come visit me in Arkansas And when shedid, the people at the law school were so impressed, they offered her ateaching position And she decided to take a huge chance

She moved to a strangeplace, more rural and conservative than anywhere she had been Where she knewgood and well that people were wondering what in the world she was like andwhether they could or should accept her Didn't take them long to find out whatshe was like

She loved herteaching She got frustrated when one of her students said, "What do youexpect, I'm just from Arkansas" She said, "Don’t tell me thatYou’re as smart as anybody You just have to believe in yourself and work forit and set high goals" She believed anyone could make it She alsostarted the first legal aid clinic in northwest Arkansas, providing legal aidservices to poor people who couldn't pay for them

One day, I was drivingher to the airport to fly back to Chicago when we passed this little brickhouse that had a for-sale sign on it and she said, "Boy, that's a prettyhouse" It had 1,100 square feet, an attic fan and no air conditioner inhot Arkansas, and a screened-in porch Hillary commented on what a uniquelydesigned and beautiful house it was

So I took a bigchance I bought the house My mortgage was $175 a month When she came back, Ipicked her up and said, "You remember that house you like" I said,"While you were gone, I bought it, and you have to marry me now" Thethird time was the charm We were married in that little house on October 11,1975 I married my best friend

　　MrCollins:

　　Dear Miss Elizabeth,

　　亲爱的伊丽莎白**

　　My attentions have been too marked to be mistaken

　　我对你的百般殷勤，已经表现得非常明显了 你一定会明白我说话的用意

　　几乎是当我走进这房子的那一刻

　　Almost as soon as I entered the house,

　　I singled you out as the companion of my future life

　　我就挑中你做我的终身伴侣

　　But before I am run away with my feelings,

　　不过关于这个问题，也许最好趁我现在 还控制得住我自己感情的时候

　　先谈谈我要结婚的理由

　　perhaps I may state my reasons for marrying

　　第一，这是牧师的职责

　　Firstly, that it is the duty of a clergyman

　　to set the example of matrimony in his parish

　　给全教区树立一个婚姻的好榜样

　　Secondly, I am convinced it will add greatly to my happiness

　　其次，我深信结婚会大大地促进我的幸福

　　And thirdly, that it is at the urging

　　第三，我尊敬的女资助人 凯瑟琳夫人

　　催促我

　　of my esteemed patroness, Lady Catherine,

　　that I select a wife

　　挑选一个好太太

　　我来浪博恩的目的就是

　　My object in coming to Longbourn was to choose such a one

　　from among Mr Bennet's daughters,

　　从班纳特先生的女儿中挑选一个做太太

　　for I am to inherit the estate

　　因为我将要继承令尊的财产

　　而像这样的结合一定

　　and such an alliance will surely

　　会让每个人满意

　　suit everyone

　　And now nothing remains but for me to assure you in the most animated language

　　现在我的话已经说完 除非是再用最激动的语言

　　- of the violence of my affections

　　- 把我最热烈的感情向你倾诉

　　Elizabeth:

　　- Mr Collins!

　　- 柯林斯先生！

　　MrCollins:

　　对于财产的有限，没有任何责备的意思

　　And no reproach on the subject of fortune

　　- will cross my lips once we're married -

　　- 我们结婚以后，我决不会说一句小气话

　　Elizabeth:

　　You forget I have given no answer

　　- 你忘了我根本没有回答你呢

　　MrCollins:

　　Lady Catherine will thoroughly approve when I speak to her

　　凯瑟琳夫人一定会赞同这门婚事的 当我向她说起

　　of your modesty, economy and other amiable qualities

　　你的淑静，节约以及其他种种可爱的优点

　　Elizabeth:

　　Sir, I am honoured by your proposal, but I regret that I must decline it

　　先生，你的求婚使我感到荣幸 可惜我除了谢绝之外，别无办法

　　MrCollins:

　　I know ladies don't seek to seem too eager

　　我了解**们 都会矜持推诿一下

　　Elizabeth:

　　Mr Collins, I am perfectly serious You could not make me happy

　　柯林斯先生，我的谢绝完全是严肃的 你不能使我幸福

　　而且我也绝对不能使你幸福

　　And I'm the last woman in the world who could make you happy

　　MrCollins:

　　说句自不量力的话 你的拒绝正符合女人家微妙的天性

　　I flatter myself that your refusal is merely a natural delicacy

　　此外，尽管你有许多吸引人的地方

　　Besides, despite manifold attractions,

　　it is by no means certain another offer of marriage will ever be made to you

　　但不会有另外一个人再向你求婚了

　　我就不得不认为 你这样是欲擒故纵，想要更加博得我的喜爱

　　I must conclude that you simply seek to increase my love by suspense,

　　according to the usual practice of elegant females

　　仿效一般高贵的女性的通例

　　Elizabeth:

　　我不是那种故意捉弄尊敬绅士的女性

　　I am not the sort of female to torment a respectable man

　　Please understand me, I cannot accept you

　　请理解我 我不能接受你

求婚的英文：make an offer of marriage；make a proposal；marriage proposal

proposal 读法 英 [prə'pəʊz(ə)l]  美 [prə'pozl] 

n 提议，建议；求婚

短语：

1、to table a proposal 提出建议

2、rationalization proposal 合理化建议

3、make a proposal 求婚；提议

4、proposal form n 投保单

5、research proposal 研究计划

一、proposal的近义词：suggestion

suggestion 读法 英 [sə'dʒestʃ(ə)n]  美 [sə'dʒɛstʃən] 

n 建议；示意；微量，细微的迹象

短语：

1、make a suggestion 提出建议

2、suggestion box n 意见箱

3、at the suggestion of 在…的建议下

例句：

Perhaps he'd followed her suggestion of a stroll to the river

也许他已听从了她的到河边散步的建议。

二、suggestion的词义辨析：

progposal,  suggestion, view, advice这组词都有“意见、建议”的意思，其区别是：

1、progposal 指正式提出来供研究、采纳或实行的建议。

2、suggestion 普通用词，语气比advice婉转客气，也不如proposal正式。着重为改进工作、解决困难等提出的建议，有时含所提建议不一定正确，仅供参考的意味。

3、view 侧重指对重大的或引起公众关注的问题所持的看法和态度。

4、advice 普通用词，侧重依据个人经验、学识和正确判断而提出的忠言。

求婚[qiú hūn]

词典

propose; courtship; make an offer of marriage; make a proposal [marriage]; lovemaking

我们一见钟情，他6周后就向我求婚了。

It was love at first sight, and he proposed to me six weeks later

恋爱没多长时间，她就接受了他的求婚。

After a short courtship, she accepted his marriage proposal

你向我姐姐求婚了吗？

Did you propose to my sister

　　ow would ,I say,mine eyes be blessed made,

　　By looking on thee in the living day,

　　All days are nights to see till I see thee,

　　And nights bright days when dreams do show thee me

　　Will you marry me

　　原诗是莎士比亚的

　　When most I wink then do mine eyes best see,

　　For all the day they view things unrespected,

　　But when I sleep, in dreams they look on thee,

　　And darkly bright, are bright in dark directed

　　Then thou whose shadow shadows doth make bright

　　How would thy shadow's form, form happy show,

　　To the clear day with thy much clearer light,

　　When to unseeing eyes thy shade shines so!

　　How would,I say,mine eyes be blessed made,

　　By looking on thee in the living day,

　　When in dead night thy fair imperfect shade,

　　Through heavy sleep on sightless eyes doth stay!

　　All days are nights to see till I see thee,

　　And nights bright days when dreams do show thee me