And in 1961, during the Cold War with the Soviet Union, John Kennedy urged people to take an active part in the future: "And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.
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Ask not what you can do for your country, etc.
不要问你能为你的国家做些什么这样的问题。
And if you're not sure what to do, you can always go to club fairs,
如果你不确定该做什么,你可以一直去俱乐部的集会,
Now we can ask, not what did you do, but what should you do?
我们不讨论你做了些什么,而讨论你应该怎么做
Thought it would ruin my career You can do that in the evenings It's not what it is to be a professor, or a philosophor, or anything that would be respected by a university.
觉得这会毁了我的事业,我可以在晚上搞这种研究,那不是一所大学里倍受尊敬的,一个教授,或是哲学家,或是任何人所会做的事。
Or like I said, you can directly reference what you do not wish to do.
或者像我说的那样,你可以直接表态你不想做某事。
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