每日英语 · 2026-10-24

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

Martin Luther King Jr. · I Have a Dream · 1963 · 1963 年 8 月 28 日在华盛顿林肯纪念堂前的演讲（March on Washington）

译文

我梦想有一天，我的四个孩子将生活在一个不以肤色、而以品格来评判他们的国度里。

语法

1. 句子主干是 I have a dream，后面的 that 从句是同位语从句，解释 dream 的具体内容（梦想的是什么），that 不充当成分、不能省略成 which。
2. where they will not be judged ... 是定语从句，修饰 a nation；where 相当于 in which，因为 nation 在从句里是地点状语。
3. will not be judged 是一般将来时的被动语态（will be + 过去分词），强调孩子们是“被评判”的对象。
4. not by A but by B 是“不是靠 A，而是靠 B”的对比结构，两个 by 短语结构平行，读起来有力，是演讲里常见的修辞。

词汇

• one day /wʌn deɪ/ phrase

  （将来的）某一天；（过去的）有一天

  搭配：one day soon; someday

  One day I'll design my own MCU board.

• judge /dʒʌdʒ/ v. / n.

  评判，判断（句中为被动 be judged by）

  搭配：judge sb by sth; judge from; don't judge a book by its cover

  Don't judge a programmer by the number of lines they write.

• content /ˈkɒntent/ n.

  内容；（内在的）实质（句中 the content of their character 指品格本身）

  搭配：the content of; table of contents; content creator

  The content of the datasheet matters more than its layout.

• character /ˈkærəktə(r)/ n.

  品格，性格；（也指）字符、角色

  搭配：strength of character; a man of character; special characters

  Hard times reveal a person's character.

• nation /ˈneɪʃn/ n.

  国家，民族

  搭配：the whole nation; nation-wide; the United Nations

  The speech moved the whole nation.

笔记

小提醒：content 作名词“内容”重音在前 /ˈkɒntent/，作形容词“满足的”重音在后 /kənˈtent/。小练习：用 not by ... but by ... 造一句，比如 “Good code is judged not by its length but by its clarity.”

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