Good for Thurgood!
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Thurgood Marshall was born in 1908 in Baltimore, Maryland.
瑟古德·马歇尔于1908年生于马里兰州巴尔的摩.
He was African American, and his grandfather had once been a slave.
他是非裔美国人,他的祖父曾经是奴隶.
By the time Thurgood was born, it was against the law to own slaves.
到了瑟古德出世的时候,拥有奴隶是违法的.
Even so, when Thurgood was a child, the South was still segregated.
即便如此,楚尔古德幼年时,南方仍被隔离.
Black people were not allowed to eat in many restaurants that served white people.
许多为白人服务的餐馆不允许黑人吃东西.
Black people were not allowed to sit in the same train cars as white people.
黑人不允许与白人坐在同一辆火车上.
Black children in the South were not allowed to go to school with white children.
南方的黑人儿童不允许与白人儿童一起上学.
Black children attend an all-black school in Kentucky in 1916.
黑人儿童在1916年就读于肯塔基州的一所全黑人学校.
Those laws were unfair.
这些法律不公平。
At the dinner table, Thurgood’s family used to argue about what to do about those laws.
在餐桌上,Thurgood的家人经常争论如何执行这些法律。
Thurgood became very good at arguing.
Thurgood 变得非常擅长争论.
After graduating from an all-black college, Thurgood wanted to go to the University of Maryland Law School.
在从一所全黑学院毕业后,瑟古德想入读马里兰大学法学院.
Because he was African American, the school would not let him in.
因为他是非裔美国人 学校不会让他进来的
Instead, he went to the all-black law school at Howard University.
相反,他进入了霍华德大学的全黑人法学院.
In 1933, he graduated first in his class and became a lawyer.
1933年,他以班级第一名毕业并成为律师.
Do You Know?
你知道吗?
Thurgood’s parents named him “Thoroughgood.”
Thurgood的父母称他为“虽然不错。 “
Because he didn’t like having to spell his name, he shortened it to Thurgood in second grade.
因为不喜欢拼出自己的名字,
His nickname was “Goody.”
他的外号是“Goody”。 “
Howard University was founded after the Civil War to offer a college education to black men and women.
霍华德大学成立于南北战争后,为黑人男女提供大学教育.
It is located in Washington, D.
它位于华盛顿特区.
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Nowadays, students of other races can and do attend.
现在,其他种族的学生可以也确实参加。
In 1936, he won his first big victory for civil rights.
1936年,他赢得了第一个争取公民权利的大胜利.
It was against the University of Maryland Law School—the same school he’d tried to attend.
这与马里兰大学法学院是对立的。
Another black student was not allowed into the school because of his skin color.
另一名黑人学生因为肤色而被禁止进入学校.
That student took the school to court, saying that keeping blacks out of the school was illegal.
那个学生把学校告上法庭,说不让黑人进入学校是非法的.
Thurgood argued the case and won.
Thurgood争论了这个案子并赢了.
Thurgood went on to argue many cases before the Supreme Court— the most important court in the United States.
Thurgood接着向最高法院——美国最重要的法院——辩论了许多案件。
Thurgood argued a case about neighborhoods.
Thurgood为邻里争吵
He said that people of other races should be allowed to buy homes in white neighborhoods.
他说,应该允许其他种族的人在白人社区购买住房.
Thurgood (standing) gets ready for court in 1935.
Thurgood(常设)于1935年准备上法庭.
Thurgood argued that it was unfair to have separate schools for black children and white children.
Thurgood认为,为黑人儿童和白人儿童分别设立学校是不公平的.
Separate schools were not equal, he argued.
他说,分立的学校是不平等的。
Instead, children of all races had to be able to attend the same public schools.
相反,所有种族的儿童都必须能够上同样的公立学校。
Once again, Thurgood won his case.
再说一遍 瑟古赢得了他的案子。
Every justice on the Supreme Court voted to end segregation in public schools.
最高法院的每一位法官都投票决定结束公立学校的隔离。
The case inspired the civil rights movement and made Thurgood famous.
该案激发了民权运动,并让瑟古德出名.
Thurgood argued another case about segregation on buses and trains.
Thurgood提出另一起公交车和火车隔离案.
He said that black people and white people should be able to ride together.
他说黑人和白人应该能够一起骑马.
Thurgood won these and many other cases for civil rights.
Thurgood赢得了这些和许多其他公民权利案件。
In 1954, Thurgood argued his most important case of all.
1954年,瑟古德就他最重要的案件进行了争论.
In some states, black children had to go to all-black schools.
在一些州,黑人儿童不得不上全黑人学校.
Their parents thought this was wrong.
他们的父母认为这是错误的。
Thurgood’s work helped make it possible for black, white, and Latino students to all say the Pledge of Allegiance together.
Thurgood的作品帮助黑人、白人和拉丁裔学生一起说起“团结誓言 ” 。
Thurgood traveled a lot in order to argue for the rights of black Americans.
瑟古德为了争取美国黑人的权利而频繁出行.
In all, Thurgood argued thirty-two cases before the Supreme Court and won twenty-nine of them.
总之,Thurgood在最高法院上辩论了32个案件,赢得了其中的29个。
In 1965, he became the first African American to argue cases for the U.
1965年,他成为第一个为U争吵的非裔美国人.
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government before the Supreme Court.
政府向最高法院提出上诉。