And this will be the day -- this will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning:
"My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty; of thee I sing; land where my father died, land of the Pilgrim's pride; from every mountainside, let freedom ring!" And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true.
And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.
Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.
Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.
Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado.
Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California.
But not only that:
Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.
Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee.
Let freedom ring from every hilland molehill of Mississippi.
From every mountainside, let freedom ring.
And when this happens, and when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of Gods children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual:
Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!
And this will be the day -- this will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning:
"My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty; of thee I sing; land where my father died, land of the Pilgrim's pride; from every mountainside, let freedom ring!" And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true.
1. pilgrim朝圣者、漫游者、美(最初的移民)
2. old habits die hard. 坏习惯很难改。
And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.
Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.
Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.
1. prodigious[prə'dɪdʒəs]巨大的，比较文艺，在圣经中出现的比较多；prodigious amount 巨大的数字。prodigal (挥霍的、慷慨的) son浪子回头的儿子
2. mighty有力的、强有力的、有势力的
Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado.
Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California.
But not only that:
Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.
1. snow-capped冰雪覆盖的、银装素裹的，当中加了一个连字符"-"hyphen，比如how-to, know-how, go-better; iron-clad被金属覆盖，指很坚固，可以指合同很可靠; bullet-riddled充满子弹的。
Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee.
Let freedom ring from every hilland molehill of Mississippi.
From every mountainside, let freedom ring.
1. make a mountain out of a molehill 小题大做；take everything with a grain of salt 抱着怀疑的态度。
And when this happens, and when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of Gods children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual:
1. allow在这里用法不对，应该是let，allow sth to do。
2. It has been bugging me.一直困扰我的事情。
3. village和hamlet都是村庄的意思
4. Jews犹太教；Gentiles非犹太教、异教徒；Protestants信教；Catholics基督教
Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!
其他：
1. no-brainer无需用脑的事，容易的事；come in handy迟早有用，派得上用场。
2. mushy肉麻的，cheesy假假的
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