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作为纽约一个富人家庭的病弱的孩子,西奥多·罗斯福(1858-1919)当然能找到足够多的借口过一种富足、闲适的生活。但事实不是这样。凭着坚韧的决心和毅力,他投入了大运动量的体育锻炼,成为了一名毕生喜爱野外运动的人,并投入了为大众服务的工作。本篇演说词是1899年罗斯福当选纽约州州长几个月后在芝加哥作的,也是他最著名的演说词之一。他发表这篇演说的时候,美国正在日趋富足和强大,他警告人们,警惕繁荣富足和安逸给人们带来的那种“可卑的无所事事的舒适”生活。他告诉我们,一个国家的个性——正如,一个人的个性一样——是通过工作显现出来的。
As a sick child of a wealthy family in New York, Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) certainly can find enough excuse to live a rich and laid back life. But this is not the case. With a firm determination and perseverance, he invested a large amount of physical exercise, became a person who loved field sports for the rest of his life, and devoted himself to serving the public. This speech was made in Chicago in 1899 when Roosevelt was elected governor of New York, and is one of his most famous speeches. When he delivered this speech, the United States was getting richer and stronger. He warned people to be alert to the kind of “lowly comfortable and idle comfort” that prosperity, prosperity and comfort brought to people. He told us that the personality of a country - just like a person’s personality - is revealed through work.