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布克·T·华盛顿：力争上游·摘录 222
布克·T·华盛顿《力争上游》· Up from Slavery · 领导
I was anxious, however, that the way might also be opened for me to speak directly to a representative Southern white audience. A partial opportunity of this kind, one that seemed to me might serve as an entering wedge, presented itself in 1893, when the international meeting of Christian Workers was held at Atlanta, Ga. When this invitation came to me, I had engagements in Boston that seemed to make it impossible for me to speak in Atlanta. Still, after looking over my list of dates and places carefully, I found that I could take a train from Boston that would get me into Atlanta about thirty minutes before my address was to be delivered, and that I could remain in that city before taking another train for Boston. My invitation to speak in Atlanta stipulated that I was to confine my address to five minutes. The question, then, was whether or not I could put enough into a five-minute address to make it worth while for me to make such a trip.
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定位：Excerpt 222 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
华盛顿一直想直接对南方白人主流听众讲话。1893年亚特兰大基督教工作者国际会议给了他机会，但他波士顿有约，行程很紧。他仔细排时间，发现可以坐火车到亚特兰大，演讲前半小时到，讲完再赶回波士顿。邀请方只给他五分钟。他盘算：五分钟能不能讲出足够分量，值得跑这一趟？他决定去，因为听众正是最有影响力的白人。
上下文
这是华盛顿在自传中讲述他1893年亚特兰大演讲的缘起，那次演讲成为他争取南方白人理解的重要契机。
今日一问
如果只有五分钟，你会怎样把最重要的事讲给关键的人听？
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