[by:可可英語～www.ccdyzl.cn][00:00.00]Beginning with the earliest pioneers, Americans have always highly valued their freedoms, and fought hard to protect them.從最早的拓荒者開始，美國人就一直十分珍視自由，一直為捍衛(wèi)自由而奮斗。[00:10.29]And yet, the author points out that there is a basic freedom which Americans are in danger of losing.然而，本文作者指出還有一個美國人正面臨著喪失危險的基本自由。[00:17.93]What is this endangered freedom?這一有喪失危險的自由是什么？[00:21.18]For what reasons could freedom-loving Americans possibly let this freedom slip away?為什么熱愛自由的美國人會讓這一自由悄悄溜走？[00:28.15]And what steps can they take to protect it --- their fifth freedom?他們能采取什么措施來捍衛(wèi)這一自由--他們的第五自由？[00:34.88]The Fifth Freedom第五自由[00:36.70]by Seymour St.John西摩·圣約翰[00:39.11]More than three centuries ago a handful of pioneers crossed the ocean to Jamestown and Plymouth三百多年以前，少數(shù)拓荒者橫渡大洋來到詹姆斯敦和普利茅斯，[00:46.22]in search of freedoms they were unable to find in their own countries,尋求他們在自己國內(nèi)無法找到的自由，[00:51.05]the freedoms of we still cherish today:也是我們今天仍然珍視的自由：[00:54.81]freedom from want, freedom from fear, freedom of speech, freedom of religion.免于匱乏的自由，免于恐懼的自由，言論自由及信仰自由。[01:01.96]Today the descendants of the early settlers, and those who have joined them since,今天，這些早期移民的后裔以及后來加入其行列的人們[01:07.45]are fighting to protect these freedoms at home and throughout the world.還在美國國內(nèi)和全世界為捍衛(wèi)這些自由而戰(zhàn)斗。[01:12.97]And yet there is a fifth freedom --- basic to those four ---然而還有一個我們正面臨著喪失危險的第五自由：[01:17.62]that we are in danger of losing: the freedom to be one's best.達(dá)到自己最佳水平的自由。而這一自由正是上述四大自由的基礎(chǔ)。[01:23.27]St. Exupery describes a ragged, sensitive-faced Arab child, haunting the streets of a North African town, as a lost Mozart:法國作家圣·?？颂K佩里曾把一個衣衫襤褸但長相聰穎，常在北非某市街頭游蕩的阿拉伯少年描寫成一個被埋沒的莫扎特：[01:33.23]he would never be trained or developed.他決不會受到訓(xùn)練或培養(yǎng)。[01:36.29]Was he free?這個孩子自由嗎？[01:38.25]"No one grasped you by the shoulder while there was still time;“也許你一生下來就具有成為詩人、音樂家或天文學(xué)家的才能，但在時間還不算太晚的時候，[01:42.49]and nought will awaken in you the sleeping poet or musician or astronomer that possibly inhabited you from the beginning."沒有人拉你一把，時機(jī)一過，就再也無法喚醒在你身上沉睡著的這些才能了?！盵01:51.12]The freedom to be one's best is the chance for the development of each person to his highest power.達(dá)到自己最佳水平的自由就是讓每個人把自己的能力發(fā)展到最高水平的機(jī)會。