Note: The Chinese translation of #4 is revised. 第四句的中譯有修改。

Directions: Underline the parallel structures that you find in these quotes from the speeches and writings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-68)

1. The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace, and brotherhood.

2. The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

3. In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends.

4. Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral question of our time: the need for mankind to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.

注釋

1.

(1) to lie with someone (to do something): to be someone’s duty or responsibility 責任在於

(2) nonconformist: a person who does not follow generally accepted ways of thinking or behaving 不遵循常規者

(3) disciplined: behaving in a very controlled way 守紀律的

(4) dedicated to (doing) something: working hard at something because it is very important to you 致力於，對…盡心盡力

2.

(5) a measure of something: a way of judging something 衡量…的標準

(6) ultimate: most extreme; best, worst, greatest, most important, etc. 終極的

3.

(7) in the end: after everything has been considered 最終

4.

(8) oppression: cruel and unfair treatment of people, especially by not giving them the same freedom, rights, etc. as other people 壓迫，欺壓

(9) to resort to something: to do something that you do not want to do because you cannot find any other way of achieving something （別無辦法的情況下）訴諸

(10) to evolve something: to cause something to develop gradually 使…逐漸形成

(11) to reject something: to refuse to accept or consider something 拒絕接受

(12) revenge: something that you do in order to make somebody suffer because they have made you suffer 復仇

(13) aggression: spoken or physical behavior that is threatening or involves harm to someone or something 侵犯，攻擊，挑釁

(14) retaliation: action that a person takes against somebody who has harmed them in some way 報復，反擊

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解答：同色的為同一組對稱詞；加底線或灰背的為更大的對稱單位

1. The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace, and brotherhood.

2. The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

3. In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends.

4. Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral question of our time: the need for mankind to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.

參考中譯

1. 世界安全宜居的希望，繫於敢對抗體制且恪守紀律的人身上，他們為正義、和平、大同盡心盡力。

2. 衡量一個人的最終標準，不是看他在安逸順境時所處的位置，而是在面臨挑戰爭議時採取的立場。(疾風知勁草，板蕩識忠貞。)

3. 我們最終記得的，不是敵人的言語，而是友人的沉默。

4. 我們這時代關鍵的政治和道德問題：「人類需要在不訴諸壓迫和暴力的情況下克服壓迫和暴力」，而問題的解答就是非暴力。人類必須為所有人與人的衝突找出一種拒絕復仇、侵略和報復的方法，而這種方法的基礎是愛。