We face the arduous days that lie before us in the warm courage of the national unity; with the clear consciousness of seeking old and precious moral values; with the clean satisfaction that comes from the stem performance of duty by old and young alike. We aim at the assurance of a rounded and permanent national life.
《白鲸记》（英语：Moby-Dick; or, The Whale）为赫尔曼·梅尔维尔发表于1851年的小说。是一部以海上捕鲸为题材的小说，一位名叫亚哈（Ahab）的“裴廓德号”（Pequod，IPA:ˈpikwɒt）捕鲸船船长带领全体船员，追捕一条叫做“莫比·迪克”（Moby Dick）的大白鲸的历险过程。
形容词 “bullheaded” 用来描述某人 “固执任性，刚愎自用，往往不考虑他人的感受”。
And that image in the photograph, that bright blue ball rising over the moon’s surface, containing everything we hold dear — the laughter of children, a quiet sunset, all the hopes and dreams of posterity — that’s what’s at stake. That’s what we’re fighting for. And if we remember that, I’m absolutely sure we’ll succeed.
“My one and only” 用来形容 “某人生命中最重要的那个人”，即 “我的唯一”。它用来表示 “此人是我唯一心爱的另一半”。短语中的 “my（我的）” 可以用其它形容词性物主代词替换。
Ours is a progressive people, but with a determination that progress must be based upon the foundation of experience. … But if we hold the faith of the men in our mighty past who created these ideals, we shall leave them heightened and strengthened for our children.
It’s an America teeming with new industry and commerce, humming with new energy and discoveries that light the world once more — a place where anyone from anywhere with a good idea or the will to work can live the dream they’ve heard so much about.
“Have ice in one’s veins” 的字面意思是 “某人的血管里有冰”，而它实际表达的意思是 “临危不乱，镇定自若”。“Have ice in one’s veins” 也可以被用来形容某人 “冷酷无情”。
I favor the policy of economy, not because I wish to save money, but because I wish to save people. The men and women of this country who toil are the ones who bear the cost of the Government. Economy is idealism in its most practical form.
“Throw cold water on something” 的意思是 “给一个想法、计划或情况泼冷水”。其中，动词 “throw” 可以用 “pour” 替换，即 “pour cold water on something”，用 “pour” 所表达的否定态度没有 “throw” 那么强烈。
A regret for the mistakes of yesterday must not, however, blind us to the tasks of today. War never left such an aftermath.
“Cold hands, warm heart” 的字面意思是 “冰冷的手，火热的心”，人们用它来称赞某人的本性善良、慷慨。注意：在使用中，人们多在说起某人的手很凉之后，用这个表达。
The tragic events of the 30 months of vital turmoil through which we have just passed have made us citizens of the world. There can be no turning back.
如果某件事情被称为 “cold comfort”，意思就是 “本想用此事安慰他人，使其不再因一个消极的状况而感到难过，却没有达到预期的效果，于事无补”。
The great Government we loved has too often been made use of for private and selfish purposes, and those who used it had forgotten the people.
“Frozen to the core” 用来形容 “人感觉极其寒冷”。其中，“to the core” 的意思是 “彻头彻尾的，极其”，所以，“frozen to the core” 就突出表达了 “某人从头到脚、浑身冰冷的感觉”。这个表达通常和感官动词 “feel”或系动词 “be” 连用，即 “feel frozen to the core” 或者 “be frozen to the core”。
we must take every precaution to prevent, or failing that, to punish outbursts of race feeling among our people against foreigners of whatever nationality who have by our grant a treaty right to pursue lawful business here and to be protected against lawless assault or injury.
Upon the success of our experiment much depends, not only as regards our own welfare, but as regards the welfare of mankind. If we fail, the cause of free self-government throughout the world will rock to its foundations, and therefore our responsibility is heavy, to ourselves, to the world as it is to-day, and to the generations yet unborn.
“Come in from the cold” 可以描述 “某人在受到一段时间的冷落后，或在被排斥后回归正常”，预期这个人将重新恢复以往的工作职位。这个表达多用在谈论与商务有关的话题中，同时也可以用在描述个人情况的语境中。表达中的动词 “come” 可以用 “bring” 来替换，即 “bring someone in from the cold”，意思是 “让某人不再受到冷落”。
The American people, intrenched in freedom at home, take their love for it with them wherever they go, and they reject as mistaken and unworthy the doctrine that we lose our own liberties by securing the enduring foundations of liberty to others.
