美国国家公共电台 NPR When A Somali-American Woman Was Attacked, Support Came From An Unlikely Source
时间：2019-01-16 作者：英语课 分类：2017年NPR美国国家公共电台7月
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DAVID GREENE, HOST:
It's Friday and time for StoryCorps - and today, a story about a woman who was attacked in public and who found support from an unlikely source.
In 2015, Asma Jama was out to dinner with her family at an Applebee's in Coon Rapids, Minn. Asma, who is Somali-American and Muslim, was wearing a hijab and speaking Swahili when a woman seated nearby demanded she speak English. She then smashed 1 Asma in the face with a beer mug.
ASMA JAMA: I could see it from the doctor's face that it was really bad. I had lacerations across my chest, all over my hands and 17 total stitches 2.
GREENE: Asma's attacker was convicted 3 of assault 4 and jailed. After the trial, the attacker's sister, Dawn Sahr, contacted Asma online. And at StoryCorps, they met in person for the first time.
DAWN SAHR: I wanted to reach out to you so much. I just wanted to know that you were OK. That was my biggest concern.
JAMA: That was my biggest concern, too. I used to be carefree. I used to go everywhere by myself. I would say hi to strangers. But after what happened to me, I felt like I have to look over my shoulder every time I go outside.
SAHR: I'm so sorry you had to go through that.
JAMA: Did you stop talking to her because of what she did to me?
SAHR: I did, yeah.
JAMA: Why can't you forgive her?
SAHR: Because then it's telling Jodie that it's OK, and it's not OK.
Do you feel like you can't speak Swahili in public anymore?
JAMA: Yes because I realize I don't belong. I have to prove myself every single day, and - makes me feel like I had to give up a lot of who I was.
SAHR: I'm going to pray that you can eventually become that person you used to be.
JAMA: I will get there. It's going to take me a while. But for you to stand up for somebody you don't know and to say that what she did was unacceptable - that meant the world to me.
SAHR: I will support you in any possible way I can. You know, they say blood's thicker than water, and you stand behind your family no matter what. Well, you've got to draw a line somewhere. And you're my line.
JAMA: Thank you.
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GREENE: That was Asma Jama with Dawn Sahr, who's the sister of the woman who attacked Asma for speaking Swahili. They spoke 5 at StoryCorps in Minneapolis. And their interview is archived at the Library of Congress.
- Several windows had been smashed. 几扇窗户劈里啪啦打碎了。
- In time-honoured tradition, a bottle of champagne was smashed on the ship. 依照由来已久的传统，对着船摔了一瓶香槟。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Try to keep the stitches small and straight. 针脚要尽量缝得小而直。
- Knit the next two stitches together to make the garment narrower. 下两针织在一起，把衣服弄瘦点儿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- She appeared in court on charges of kidnapping and assault.她因受到拐骗和侵犯人身的指控而出庭。
- The trainees were put through an assault course.受训人员接受了突击训练课程。