邁克爾傑克遜的英語演講稿

邁克爾傑克遜的英語演講稿

　　As you all know,our two countries broke from each other over what Thomas Jefferson referred to as “certain inalienable rights”.And while we Americans and British might dispute the justice of his claims,what is never in dispute is that children have certain obvious rights,and the gradual erosion of those rights has led to scores of children worldwide being denied the joys and security of childhood.

　　I would therefore like to propose tonight that we install in every home a Children's Universal Bill of Rights, the tenets of which are:

　　1. The right to be loved without having to earn it

　　2. The right to be protected, without having to deserve it

　　3. The right to feel valuable, even if you came into the world with nothing

　　4. The right to be listened to without having to be interesting

　　5. The right to be read a bedtime story, without having to compete with the evening news

　　6. The right to an education without having to dodge bullets at schools

　　7. The right to be thought of as adorable - (even if you have a face that only a mother could love)..

　　我們都知道，我們兩國在托馬斯·傑弗遜提出的所謂“幾個不可妥協的權利”上決裂。當我們美國人和英國人在爭執各自要求的公平時，又有什麼關於孩子們不可妥協的權利之爭呢，對這些權利的逐步剝奪已經導致了世界上的很多孩子失去歡快樂趣和童年的.安全感。

　　因此我建議今晚我們就為每個家庭建立一部全體兒童權利條約，這些條例是：

　　不必付出就可享受的被愛的權利 ；

　　不必乞求就可享有的被保護的權利 ；

　　即使來到這個世界時一無所有，也要有被重視的權利；  即使不引人注意也會有被傾聽的權利 ；

　　不須要與晚間新聞和復活節抗爭，就能在睡覺前聽一段故事的權利；

　　不須要躲避子彈，可以在學校受教育的權利 ；

　　哪怕你只有媽媽才會愛的臉蛋，也要有被人尊重的權利。