King Jr.
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Life in the South.
南方生活目录.
4 Starting His Work.
4开始他的工作。
8 Marches and Battles.
8个行军和战役.
10 “I Have a Dream”.
10 “我有一个梦想”。
13 One Last March.
13 一个去年三月。
15 Glossary.
15 词汇。
16 Life in the South Martin Luther King Jr.
16 南马丁·路德·金(英语:
was born on January 15, 1929.
生于1929年1月15日.
His father was a minister and his mother was a teacher.
他的父亲是大臣,母亲是老师.
Martin and his sister and brother grew up in a busy, loving family.
马丁和他姐姐和弟弟在一个繁忙而有爱心的家庭长大.
Martin did his homework, took music lessons, and played sports.
马丁做了功课,上音乐课,并玩体育.
When he was nineteen, he decided to become a minister like his father.
十九岁时,他决定像他父亲一样出任大臣.
After he married, he took his first job at a church in the state of Alabama.
结婚后,他在阿拉巴马州的一所教堂接了第一份工作.
Each January, Americans celebrate Martin Luther King Day.
每年一月,美国人都会庆祝马丁·路德·金日.
We remember a great African American leader who fought for civil rights— full freedom and equality for all people.
我们记得一位伟大的非裔美国领导人,他为争取公民权利——全体人民的充分自由和平等而奋斗。
Who was this man?
这个人是谁?
The childhood home of Martin Luther King Jr.
小马丁·路德·金的童年故居.
A girl marches in a Martin Luther King Day parade.
一个女孩在马丁·路德·金日的游行中游行.
Alabama is in the South, where African Americans lived under unfair laws for many years.
阿拉巴马州位于南方,非裔美国人多年来生活在不公平的法律下.
Before the Civil War, most blacks had been slaves to white owners.
在南北战争之前,大多数黑人一直是白人所有者的奴隶.
During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln gave the slaves their freedom.
内战期间,亚伯拉罕·林肯总统给予奴隶自由.
But Southern states then passed new laws to keep blacks apart, or segregated, from whites.
但南方各州随后通过新的法律,将黑人与白人隔开,或隔离开来.
These unfair laws robbed blacks of many rights.
这些不公平的法律剥夺了黑人的许多权利.
Black children had to attend separate, poorer schools than white children.
与白人儿童相比,黑人儿童不得不在单独、更贫穷的学校上学。
On buses, blacks had to sit in the back seats—and give up those seats if whites wanted them.
在公共汽车上,黑人不得不坐在后座上——如果白人想要,则放弃这些座位.
Blacks and whites used separate drinking fountains and restrooms with signs that read “For Colored Only” or “For Whites Only.”
黑人和白人使用单独的饮用喷泉和洗手间,并带有“只为有色人种”或“只为白人”等标志。 “
In 1954, the United States Supreme Court decided that schools could not be segregated by race.
1954年,美国最高法院决定学校不能被种族隔离.
The Court ordered schools to allow both black and white students to attend.
法院命令学校允许黑人和白人学生参加。
This decision made some white people angry, including a group called the Ku Klux Klan, or KKK.
这一决定使一些白人感到愤怒,包括一个叫克克克勒克克勒克克勒克克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克勒克克克勒克勒克勒克勒克克克勒克勒克克克克勒克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克克
Members of the KKK wore white robes and hoods to hide their faces.
KKK成员穿了白色长袍和头罩来遮掩脸部.
They tried to keep black people from working for equality by scaring and hurting them.
他们试图通过恐吓和伤害黑人来阻止他们为平等而工作.
Yet many other whites around the country wanted equality for blacks.
然而,全国还有许多白人希望黑人享有平等。
Some worked along with blacks to gain civil rights.
有些人和黑人一起争取公民权利.
Starting His Work Martin had read about Mohandas Gandhi (mo-HAWN-dus GAWN-dee), the great leader from India.
印度的伟大领袖Mohandas Gandhi(Mo-HAWN-dus GAWN-dee),
Gandhi calmly refused to obey unfair laws.
甘地冷静地拒绝服从不公正的法律.
Martin decided that he, too, would calmly refuse to obey unfair laws—in this case, the laws of segregation.
马丁决定,他也会冷静地拒绝服从不公正的法律——在此情况下是隔离法.
If enough people refused to be segregated, Martin believed they could win civil rights for everyone.
如果有足够的人拒绝隔离,马丁认为他们可以赢得每个人的公民权利.
Hooded and robed KKK members burn a cross at a meeting.
蒙蔽并抢劫了KKK成员,在一次会议上烧毁了十字架.
In 1955, a black woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a city bus to a white man.
1955年,一位叫罗莎·帕克斯(Rosa Parks)的黑人女性拒绝将城市公交车上的座位让给白人男子.
After she was arrested, Martin and other blacks began a boycott.
她被捕后,马丁等黑人开始抵制.
Instead of riding buses, they walked or carpooled.
他们不是骑公交车,而是步行或拼车.
They hoped their boycott would force the city to end segregation on city buses.
他们希望他们的抵制会迫使城市结束对城市公交车的隔离.
The boycott went on for nearly a year.
抵制活动持续了近一年.
Many whites were angry with Martin.
许多白人对马丁感到愤怒.
Someone even bombed his family’s house.
有人甚至轰炸了家里。
But the boycott ended in victory for African Americans.
但抵制活动以非裔美国人取胜而告终.
Soon after, the Supreme Court decided that Alabama buses could not be segregated.
不久后,最高法院裁定阿拉巴马州公共汽车不能隔离.
Marches and Battles Still, violence against blacks continued in the South.
在南方,针对黑人的暴力仍在继续。
Several black churches in Alabama were burned.
阿拉巴马州多所黑人教堂被烧毁.
Martin spoke out, saying, “We will not hate you, but we will not obey your evil laws.”
马丁大声疾呼道:"我们不会恨你,但我们不会服从你的恶行. “
Brave Americans kept working together to change those laws and win civil rights for everyone.
勇敢的美国人不断合作改变那些法律,赢得每个人的公民权利.
A police officer takes Rosa Parks’s fingerprints in Montgomery, Alabama.
一名警察在阿拉巴马州蒙哥马利取取了罗莎·帕克斯的指纹.
A church-operated station wagon provided transportation to blacks during the Montgomery bus boycott.
在蒙哥马利公交抵制期间,一辆由教会运营的车厢向黑人提供交通.
In 1960, small groups, often students, began sit-ins at lunch counters where only white people could be served.
1960年,小团体,经常是学生,开始在午餐柜台静坐,在那里只能服务白人.
(A sit-in is a form of protest in which people sit somewhere and calmly refuse to move.)
(静坐是一种抗议形式,人们在某地静坐,冷静地拒绝移动.
While the blacks sat in their seats, angry white people often pushed or beat them.
当黑人坐在座位上时,愤怒的白人经常推倒或殴打他们.
But the protest was successful.
但抗议成功.
By the end of the year, more than a hundred Southern towns had begun to serve blacks at their lunch counters.
到同年年底,南方有一百多座城镇开始在他们的午餐柜台为黑人服务.
Martin hoped to stop segregation in Birmingham, an Alabama city known for its violence against African Americans.
马丁希望停止在伯明翰的隔离,伯明翰是一个以对非裔美国人的暴力而出名的阿拉巴马城市.
In 1963, Martin helped lead protests and marches in Birmingham.
1963年,马丁在伯明翰帮助领导了抗议和游行.
Many of those who marched were children.
游行者多为儿童.
Police officers sprayed them with powerful fire hoses, and police dogs attacked them.
警察用强大的消防管向警察喷射,警犬攻击他们.
Some children were badly hurt, and many were arrested.
一些儿童受了重伤,许多人被拘捕。
After five days, more than 2,000 children filled the jails.
经五天后,有2000多名儿童入住监狱。
A 1960 sit-in at a whites-only lunch counter Black marchers run for safety as they are sprayed with fire hoses during the Birmingham March.
在伯明翰游行期间被喷出消防管,
“I Have a Dream” Sitting at home watching the news, shocked Americans saw the violence in Birmingham.
“我有一个梦想”,坐在家里看新闻,震惊了美国人看到伯明翰的暴力。
More and more people understood the terrible ways in which blacks were being treated.
越来越多的人明白对待黑人的可怕方式。
More and more people wanted equal rights for everyone.
越来越多的人希望每个人都享有平等权利。
When Martin asked people to march on Washington, D.
当马丁要求人们向华盛顿进军时.
C.
C组
, more than 250,000 black and white Americans marched with him.
超过25万美国黑人和白人跟他一起游行
They marched from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial.
他们从华盛顿纪念碑游行到林肯纪念馆.
They marched for freedom, rights, and respect for all people.
他们为自由、权利和尊重所有人而出征。
The cheering crowd heard Martin give his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
欢呼的群众听到马丁发表了他著名的"我有一个梦想"演讲.
He shared his dream that one day, the color of their skin wouldn’t matter.
他分享了他的梦想,
All people would be “free at last.”
所有人都会“终于自由了。 “
The Civil Rights Act, which ended segregation in all public buildings, became a law the next year.
《民权法》结束了所有公共建筑的隔离,在来年成为一项法律。
Martin Luther King Jr.
小马丁·路德·金.
gives his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
发表他著名的“我有一个梦想”演讲。
President Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act, making it a law.
林登·约翰逊总统签署"民权法案",使之成为法律.
One Last March The struggle for equality wasn’t over, though.
去年三月一个 但争取平等的斗争并没有结束。
Many blacks were still poor.
许多黑人仍然贫穷.
Their lives were still hard.
他们的生活仍然艰难。
Martin kept working for better homes, schools, and jobs for them.
马丁继续为更好的家庭,学校和工作而工作.
In the spring of 1968, he went to help out on a strike held by some garbage workers.
1968年春,他去帮助一些垃圾工人举行的罢工.
(During a strike, workers refuse to work until they win better pay or working conditions.)
(罢工期间,工人拒绝工作,直到他们赢得更好的工资或工作条件。 )
While there, Martin was shot by a white man.
在那里,马丁被白人枪杀.
He died at age thirty-nine.
他死于39岁.
People around the world felt shocked and sad about his death.
全世界的人都对他的死感到震惊和悲伤.
Martin Luther King Jr.
小马丁·路德·金.
is remembered as a man of peace and a champion of rights and freedom for people of every color.
被人们铭记为一个和平的人和各种肤色的人的权利和自由的捍卫者。
This great man made his dream a reality.
这个伟大的人把他的梦想变成了现实.