试听90秒10.2 奥巴马：谁才是希望所在（讲解版下）

1. Hope

We are the hope of those boys who have so little

对那些匮乏的小孩子来说，我们是他们的希望

We are the hope我们就是希望

hope在这里是名词

做动词I hope it will rain tomorrow.我希望明天会下雨

做名词，希望盼望

I am full of hope.我们满心希望

I am full of hope for the future.我对未来满心希望

My hope is that ......我的希望是什么？

My hope is that I will get rich!我的希望是我能够发财，我的希望是我能够变得有钱

There is no hope of something.什么没有希望

There is no hope of getting rich.变的有钱毫无希望

only hope唯一的希望

You are my only hope.你是我唯一的希望

last hope最后的希望

You are my last hope.你是我最后的希望  

Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.如果没有希望和信心的话，什么事情都做不成。-Helen Keller

2. Have very little拥有的非常少

little是一种否定的意思

have very little基本上就是什么都没有，一无所有

一定要跟a little相区分，have a little有一些，have little/have very little基本什么都没有

3. Dream

who've been told that they cannot have what they dream还被人告知他们无法获得他们所梦想的

who've是who have的缩写

have been told that被告知什么

they cannot have what they dream他们无法获得他们所梦想的

cannot这两个词同时出现时要连在一起，中间不加空格

what they dream他们所梦想的

dream梦想，可以做动词，也可以做形容词

dream of something/dream about something梦见什么

have a dream做梦

bad dream/disturbing dream噩梦

pleasant dream美梦

Dreams come true梦想成真

马丁路德金牧师曾发表过著名的演讲叫做I Have a Dream. 

4. 平行结构& Imagine

who've been told that they cannot have what they dream, that they cannot be what they imagine这些小孩子被告知两件事情，第一件事情是that they cannot have what they dream他们无法获得他们所梦想的，第二件事情是that they cannot be what they imagine他们无法成为他们自己所想象的，这两个是平行结构。

imagine想象，既可当形容词又可当名词

imagine doing something/imagine someone doing something

Can you imagine him smoking?你能想象他抽烟吗？

约翰列侬曾经写过一首歌叫Imagine.

5. Yes, they can是的，他们可以

一个英文写作和演讲的技巧，当你说了一个非常长的句子之后，跟一个短句会非常有节奏感，一下子就会显得英语很抓人。

奥巴马用了一个有三个分句的从句之后接了一个非常短的句子，Yes, they can.是的，他们可以。一下子就会让你感觉非常的铿锵有力。

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Change will not come if we wait for some other person or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. We are the hope of those boys who have so little, who've been told that they cannot have what they dream, that they cannot be what they imagine. Yes, they can.

如果你一直等某个人或某个时机的到来，改变永远不会发生。你等待的是你自己。你寻求的改变将由你自己来完成。年少时的你几乎一无所有，别人曾对你说你永远不可能梦想成真，你永远活不成自己想象中的模样，而你可以成为你的希望。你能做到。

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Change will not come

改变永远不会发生

if we wait for some other person

如果你一直等某个人

or if we wait for some other time.

或某个时机的到来。

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or if we wait for some other time.

如果你一直等某个人或某个时机的到来，改变永远不会发生。

We are the ones we've been waiting for.

你等待的是你自己。

We are the change that we seek.

你寻求的改变将由你自己来完成。

We are the hope of those boys who have so little,

你可以成为你的希望——年少时的你几乎一无所有，

who've been told that they cannot have what they dream,

别人曾对你说你永远不可能梦想成真，

that they cannot be what they imagine.

你永远活不成自己想象中的模样。

We are the hope of those boys who have so little, who've been told that they cannot have what they dream, that they cannot be what they imagine.

年少时的你几乎一无所有，别人曾对你说你永远不可能梦想成真，你永远活不成自己想象中的模样，而你可以成为你的希望。

Yes, they can.

你能做到。