今天要介紹的英語故事MP3是 Black Hawk: Surrender Speech黑鷹酋長投降宣言：我不曾做過令族人蒙羞的事 |
Black-hawk is an Indian. He has done nothing for which an Indian ought to be ashamed. He has fought for his countrymen, the squaws and papooses, against white men, who came, year after year, to cheat them and take away their lands. You know the cause of our making war. It is known to all white men. They ought to be ashamed of it. The white men despise the Indians, and drive them from their homes. But the Indians are not deceitful. The white men speak bad of the Indian, and look at him spitefully. But the Indian does not tell lies; Indians do not steal. An Indian, who is as bad as the white men, could not live in our nation; he would be put to death, and eat up by the wolves. The white men are bad schoolmasters; they carry false looks, and deal in false actions; they smile in the face of the poor Indian to cheat him; they shake them by the hand to gain their confidence, to make them drunk, to deceive them, and ruin our wives. We told them to let us alone, and keep away from us; but they followed on, and beset our paths, and they coiled themselves among us, like the snake. They poisoned us by their touch. We were not safe. We lived in danger. We were becoming like them, hypocrites and liars, adulterers, lazy drones, all talkers, and no workers. We looked up to the Great Spirit. We went to our great father. We were encouraged. His great council gave us fair words and big promises; but we got no satisfaction. Things were growing worse. There were no deer in the forest. The opossum and beaver were fled; the springs were drying up, and our squaws and papooses without victuals to keep them from starving; we called a great council, and built a large fire. The spirit of our fathers arose and spoke to us to avenge our wrongs or die. We all spoke before the council fire. It was warm and pleasant. We set up the war-whoop, and dug up the toma-hawk; our knives were ready, and the heart of Black-hawk swelled high in his bosom, when he led his warriors to battle. He is satisfied. He will go to the world of spirits contented. He has done his duty. His father will meet him there, and commend him.
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黑鷹是一個印地安人，他不曾做過任何令族人蒙羞的事情。他為他的族人、為部落的婦孺，與白人奮戰。白人欺騙了他們，奪走了他們的土地。你們很明白，我們是為何而戰，這一點所有的白人都心知肚明，他們應該深感羞愧的。 白人歧視印地安人，並且將他們趕出了他們的家園。印地安人是誠實不欺的，白人卻妄加詆毀，而且不懷好意。事實上，印地安人是不打妄語、不偷不搶的。 要是有印地安人的品性和白人一樣那麼差，那他在部落裡是毫無立足之地的，他會被處以極刑，扔去餵野狼。白人就像是心懷不軌的師長，他們道貌岸然，卻是壞事做盡。他們對可憐的印地安人笑裡藏刀，他們跟印地安人握手，騙取信任；他們用酒把印地安人灌醉，騙取他們的東西，還玷污了印地安的婦女。 我們要白人離開，離我們遠一點，但他們緊跟著不走，在我們的部落裡四處蹓躂，像蛇一樣蜷伏在我們的族人當中，只要一跟他們接觸，我們就會受到毒害。我們的處境一點也不安全，我們生活在危機四伏的環境中。我們逐漸變得愈來愈像白人：虛偽矯情，滿口謊言，私生活不檢點，好吃懶做，好說大話，不願腳踏實地的工作。 我們崇敬偉大的神靈，我們敬拜祖先，祂們給予我們勇氣。在祈神會上，上天賜與我們美好的祝福、光明的遠景。然而，事實卻與之相違。現在的局勢，每況愈下。樹林裡再也看不到鹿，老鼠和河狸也都消聲匿跡；河泉日漸乾涸，我們的妻兒沒有食物可以填飽肚子。為此，我們再度築營火、召開祈神會。 我們的祖靈出來告訴我們，我們必須為我們已受的冤屈而戰，否則會走上滅亡之路。在祈神會的營火前，我們作出宣誓，這令我們感到溫暖而愉悅。我們高喊戰爭的口號，並且挖出戰斧，備妥刀槍。當黑鷹領著他的戰士們投奔戰場時，他的胸膛如此澎湃地鼓動著。他感到無比的滿足，他終將前往充滿神靈的世界。他此生的責任已了，他的父親會在彼岸迎接他，並且好好稱讚他一番。
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