演讲文本:
We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.
The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny. And they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom.
We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back.
There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their self-hood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating: "For Whites Only."
段落知识点梳理:
We must forever conduct our struggle/ on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest/ to degenerate /into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise/ to the majestic heights/ of meeting physical force with soul force.
1. 注意断句
2. 连读:Again and again
3. plane 本义: 飞机 在这里指高度,思想高度
We must forever conduct our struggle/ on the high plane of dignity and discipline. 我们斗争时必须永远举止得体,纪律严明。
4. degenerate 降级
5. creative protest VS physical violence
creative protest 指非暴力抗议,比如游行,唱歌等方式
6. majestic /mə’dʒɛstɪk/ : large and impressively beautiful 庄严的
majestic heights 天堂;崇高的境界
meeting physical force with soul force 身灵统一/以精神力量对付物质力量
physical force 指 physical violence
soul force 可以理解为甘地演讲中提出来的:unarmed truth and unconditional love
The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny. And they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom.
1. militancy /'militənsi,-təns/ 交战状态(正向的)
The marvelous new militancy (了不起的新的战斗状态/精神)指的是 creative protest
2. engulfed 好词 /ɛnˈɡʌlf/
【如何判断一个好词: 形象;准确;声音美(声韵)】
英文释义:本义:突然吞没;吞噬 ;If one thing engulfs another, it completely covers or hides it, often in a sudden and unexpected way. ;使陷入某种感觉或情绪,If a feeling or emotion engulfs you, you are strongly affected by it. [V n]
在这里有共情的意思,形象生动,具有画面感
3. evidenced by 体现
4. come to realize 认识;开始意识到
学会使用这样的动词表达, 强调转化的过程 比如:come to; got to
e.g. I got to know Eric by his WeChat official account.
5. 精彩句子,可用在口语表达中:
their destiny is tied up with our destiny 他们的命运与我们的命运是紧密相连的
6. And they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. (背诵)
inextricably/'ɪnɪk'strɪkəbli/(发音);紧密相连,不可分割地 与前文中学到的 unalienable 意思一致
be inextricably bound to = be tied up with 紧密相连;息息相关
We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back.There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?"
1. 注意发音:
walk /wɔk/;
must /mʌst/ ;
devotee /ˌdevə(ʊ)'tiː/ /ˌdɛvə'ti/
2. make the pledge 保证
3. march ahead 向前: 指进行 marvelous new militancy
4. turn back 后退
e.g. There is no turning back.
We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim/ of the unspeakable horrors/ of police brutality. We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities.
1. police brutality /brʊ'tæləti/ 警察暴力 (生活中可以用来指城管暴力事件)
2. heavy with 充满
heavy on : I’m heavy on salt. 口味重
light on light on ice 少放点冰
3. fatigue of travel 因在外奔波而疲乏
fatigue /fə'tig/ :the state of being very tired : extreme weariness
4. gain lodging in the motels 在汽车旅馆找到住宿之所
motel /məu'tel/ 汽车旅馆
We cannot be satisfied as long as the negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their selfhood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating: "For Whites Only."
1. mobility 移动 不仅仅指位置的移动,也指工作,社会的流动e.g. social mobility 社会流动性
2. ghetto /'getəʊ/ /‘ɡɛto/ 贫民窟 (注意发音)
3. mobility is from...to...
the negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. 黑人的基本活动范围只是从少数民族聚居的小贫民区转移到大贫民区
聊天可以用到的表达
e.g. Our social mobility is from the smaller village to a large one.
4. selfhood:the quality that makes a person or thing different from others : individuality
自我;这里指黑人接受教育
背诵段落:And they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom.
建议背诵:We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back.