杰瑞米·艾恩斯 | 朗读肯尼迪《我们选择登月》演讲

There is no strife, no prejudice, no national conflict in outer space as yet. Its hazards are hostile to us all. Its conquest deserves the best of all mankind, and its opportunity for peaceful cooperation may never come again.

在太空上没有斗争、没有偏见、没有国家冲突。太空的危险是针对所有人的。太空值得全人类尽最大的努力去征服，而且和平合作的机会可能不会再有。

But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask why climb the highest mountain? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic?

但是，有些人问，为什么选择月球？为什么选择登月作为我们的目标？他们也许还会问为什么我们要登上最高峰？35年前为什么要飞跃大西洋？

We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win.

我们选择登月。我们决定在这个10年间登月，并且完成其他的事，不是因为它们轻而易举，而是因为它们困难重重，因为这个目标将使我们能源的组织以及技能的检验达到最佳水平，因为这个挑战是我们乐于接受的，因为这个挑战是我们不愿推迟的，因为这个挑战是我们志在必得的。

Many years ago the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on Mount Everest, was asked why did he want to climb it. He said, " Because it is there."

很多年之前，伟大的英国探险家乔治·马洛里在攀登珠穆拉玛峰时遇难。此前有人问他为什么想攀登珠穆拉玛峰，他回答说：“ 因为它就在那儿。”

Well, space is there, and we're going to climb it, and the moon and the planets are there, and new hopes for knowledge and peace are there. And, therefore, as we set sail we ask God's blessing on the most hazardous and dangerous and greatest adventure on which man has ever embarked.

现在太空就在那儿，而我们即将征服它，月球和其他星星在那儿，获得知识与和平的新希望都在那儿。因此，当我们启程的时候，我们祈求上帝保佑这个人类有史以来所从事的最危险也最伟大的历险。