當災難降臨的時候，當傷口被刻在歷史的時候，我們能做的唯有修復傷口，展望未來。下面，為大家帶來一篇相關的英語聽力短文，希望大家喜歡。
Despite what happened and the horror and the loss
除了那天的災難 恐懼以及損失
kind of amazing that Americans could rebound
我很驚訝美國人能夠重新振作
and you know, they came back to New York,
他們回到了紐約
America came back to New York,
不少美國人都回到了紐約
and helped New York,
並幫助紐約
spent money in New York and visited New York.
在紐約消費 遊覽
We were able to do something so quickly,
我們能夠快速迅捷地
so expeditiously in terms of getting back to order after the travesty of the World Trade Centerwhen it came tumbling down.
採取措施 來恢復世貿大廈倒塌後的正常秩序
To have done that so quickly, it's amazing.
辦事效率如此之高 令人驚訝不已
You have the worst attack in the history of the country in the small little tip of the island
在這個島上的一小塊地方遭受了史上最可怕的襲擊
and ten years later you go back and it's filled with people.
十年後你回到這裡 發現依舊人山人海
More people have moved there than ever in the history of that neighborhood.
更多的人來到了這裡 比附近地區歷史最高人數還多
Certainly it didn't have that many families.
很明顯 那裡原本沒有那麼多人
Now the playground is right around the spot where the planes hit, are filled with kids.
現在 一個操場就建在飛機失事的地方 很多孩子在那裡玩耍
And so there's kind of this sense of like "Yes, try it,fine, you can fly planes into our buildings,
因此還有這種感覺 比如說"好啊 有種來啊 你能讓飛機撞我們的大樓
but, you know, we're going to go back and build a new life for ourselves there."
但我們還會回來 在這裡開始我們的新生活"
America rebuilds and looks to the future.
美國修復了傷口 繼續展望未來
400 years ago, adventurers crossed an ocean
400年前 冒險家們遠渡重洋
and began an experiment that would become the United States.
並啟動了一項後來成就了美國的偉大嘗試
They saved up every penny they had,
他們省吃儉用
so they could take treacherous ship ride to the United States
就為了能搭上危險的海船來到美國
and then come to a country where there was nothing here.
然後來到了一個一片荒蕪的國家
They had to make everything themselves,
他們不得不白手起家
build everything themselves.
自食其力
America was born out of adversity.
美國誕生於逆境
It's like in our DNA.
這一點好像就寫在我們的基因裡
At the start of new millennium,
在新千年伊始
the American experiment is still under way.
美國的嘗試仍在進行中
This is an unfinished country.
這是一個尚未成熟的國家
We're not fully completed and settled and settled down.
我們還沒有完全完成使命並安定下來
There're still opening new space, new territory and we're still incorporating new people
仍有開放的新空間 新領域 我們仍然在不斷吸納新人
who continually transform the very DNA of our society.
他們會持續改變我們這個社會的.基因
The last decade of the 20th century
20世紀的最後10年
saw nearly 10 million new Americans welcomed into the country.
近一千萬的新美國人來到這個國家
More than in any other decade of the country's history.
這個數字超過了美國曆史上任何一個十年
I think the unsung heroes, began with the first people with the courage to get on those verysmall wooden ships in 1607
無名英雄不斷湧現從1607年乘坐小木船來到這裡的第一批勇敢的先輩們開始
and have continued up to today.
直到今天 仍是英雄輩出
I always tell people, you just walk down the cab rank at National Airport
我總是跟別人說 只要走到國家機場的計程車停靠站
and list where people come from,
記下人們都是來自哪裡
you realize that the spirit of immigration and the spirit of better future hasn't disappeared at all.
就會意識到移民精神和追求美好未來的精神根本沒有消失
