VOA标准英语2008年-Americans Celebrate Martin Luther King Day
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年（一月）
Washington
22 January 2008
On Monday, Americans celebrated 1 the life of one of the nation's most influential 2 civil rights activists 3, Martin Luther King, Junior. King fought for change in the 1950s and 60s - a time when much of the American South was still segregated 4 and millions of African Americans faced violence and discrimination. As VOA's Alex Villarreal reports, volunteers carry on his legacy 5.
August 28, 1963. American civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, Jr., issues his now famous call-to-action.
Speech excerpt 6: "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed 7. 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'"
Now, more than 40 years later, Americans unite on the U.S. holiday honoring his birth to answer that call.
We Feed Our People is a coalition 8 of individuals and organizations in the nation's capital devoted 9 to continuing King's work.
Each Martin Luther King Day, hundreds of volunteers flock to the MLK Library in downtown Washington to provide food, warm clothes and health screenings for the city's homeless. Monday marked the event's 21st year.
Organizer Leon Fortson says We Feed Our People responds to an important need. "We all know that there are people in this community who don't have the resources that we have. So this is a chance to get back at that demographic and make sure they know at least that somebody cares about them."
Miss Black DC, Amanda Lewis, has helped We Feed Our People for the past three years. She says it is inspiring to watch the community honor King's legacy by taking action. "All these people out here in the freezing cold, just to see all these people out here willing to give up their time to be here to help others, I think that is the most important message that Dr. King wanted us to have," Lewis said.
Earlier Monday, President Bush visited the MLK Library, where he expressed support for the volunteers. He also encouraged people not to limit their action to just one day. He said, "By loving a neighbor like you'd like to be loved yourself, by reaching out to someone who hurts, by just simply living a life of kindness and compassion 10, you can make America a better place and fulfill 11 the dream of Martin Luther King."
In 1968, King was shot and killed on a hotel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee.
But his demands for equality made their mark. And in volunteers across the country, his dream lives on.
- He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
- The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。
- He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
- He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。
- His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
- Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- a culture in which women are segregated from men 妇女受到隔离歧视的文化
- The doctor segregated the child sick with scarlet fever. 大夫把患猩红热的孩子隔离起来。
- They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
- He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。
- This is an excerpt from a novel.这是一部小说的摘录。
- Can you excerpt something from the newspaper? 你能从报纸上选录些东西吗？
- They offended against every article of his creed.他们触犯了他的每一条戒律。
- Our creed has always been that business is business.我们的信条一直是公私分明。
- The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
- Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
- He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
- We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
- He could not help having compassion for the poor creature.他情不自禁地怜悯起那个可怜的人来。
- Her heart was filled with compassion for the motherless children.她对于没有母亲的孩子们充满了怜悯心。