"To tell you the truth,I had sung . all the songs I knew, and I am going ' What am I going to do now,'" "And in my mind I'm going 'you know, this is the freedom that my generation is looking for,"

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And I actually say in my acknowledgements that I wrote this book, above all, for the next generation, for my children.

事实上，我在致谢中提到,我写这本书，首先是为了美国的下一代，为了我的孩子。

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And you know, the image that my generation has of everyone in your generation

我们这代人对你们那一代人的印象就是，

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To keep that conception in regard to decent race relations alive and growing has been the aspiration of generation after generation in many an American family, judging by my own and by those I know.

美国世世代代,都憧憬这一种理想,那就是保持,广博开放的胸襟，来正确面对种族问题。

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