○  英语演讲：the great society  ○

the beautiful. today that beauty is in danger. the water we drink, the food we eat, the very air that we breathe, are threatened with pollution. our parks are overcrowded, our seashores overburdened. green fields and dense forests are disappearing.

a few years ago we were greatly concerned about the "ugly american." today we must act to prevent an ugly america.

for once the battle is lost, once our natural splendor is destroyed, it can never be recaptured. and once man can no longer walk with beauty or wonder at nature his spirit will wither and his sustenance be wasted.

a third place to build the great society is in the classrooms of america. there your children's lives will be shaped. our society will not be great until every young mind is set free to scan the farthest reaches of thought and imagination. we are still far from that goal. today, 8 million adult americans, more than the entire population of michigan, have not finished 5 years of school. nearly 20 million have not finished 8 years of school. nearly 54 million -- more than one quarter of all america -- have not even finished high school.

each year more than 100,000 high school graduates, with proved ability, do not enter college because they cannot afford it. and if we cannot educate today's youth, what will we do in 1970 when elementary school enrollment will be 5 million greater than 1960? and high school enrollment will rise by 5 million. and college enrollment will increase by more than 3 million.

in many places, classrooms are overcrowded and curricula are outdated. most of our qualified teachers are underpaid and many of our p

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