The promise of "40 acres and a mule"was for most blacks a dream deferred.

“40英亩地，一头骡子”的许诺对大多数黑人来说是一个梦想的破灭。

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That part of his life, writing books, apparently was a dream deferred.

出书，显然是他少年未完成的一个梦。

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The “dream deferred” is not only that of a nation which is still struggling to close the gaps between black and white, and rich and poor, but, as the author asserts, also Mr Mbeki's own.

那个被延迟的梦不仅仅是仍在为消除黑白人种歧视、贫富差距而斗争的那个国家之梦，同时也是作者所说的，姆贝基自己的梦。

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It was a dream deferred less than 50 years ago, when a preacher spoke of justice and brotherhood from Lincoln's memorial.

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Or we can decide that in the United States of America, no child should have their dream deferred because of an overcrowded classroom.

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Or we can decide in the United States of America, no child should have their dream deferred because of an overcrowded classroom or outdated textbooks.

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