Jackie Robinson
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Introduction.
导言表。
4 The Early Years.
4 《早年》。
5 Taking a Stand.
5 站起来。
7 You’re Hired!
7你被雇佣了!
8 Number 42 Takes the Field.
8 第42个拿下球场。
11 Beyond Baseball.
11 超越棒球队.
15 Glossary.
15 词汇。
16 Introduction The Ebbets Field stands were full on April 15, 1947.
导言 1947年4月15日埃贝茨球场的看台已经满了.
Brooklyn Dodger Jackie Robinson picked up his baseball bat.
布鲁克林道奇杰基·罗宾逊拿起他的棒球棒.
The crowd watched as the only African American in Major League Baseball (MLB) walked to the plate.
观众观看了主力联赛棒球(MLB)中唯一一位非裔美国人走入球盘.
Insults rang out from the other team’s dugout.
从另一支队伍的挖地出土的侮辱。
The Dodgers’ general manager, Branch Rickey, had warned him this would happen.
道奇队总经理Rickey警告过他,
The words hurt, but Robinson had promised not to respond.
这些话很伤人,但罗宾逊答应不回应.
He would play ball and let his bat do the talking.
他会打球 让他的球棒来说话
Many people took note of the great courage Jackie Robinson showed that day.
许多人注意到那天杰基·罗宾逊表现出来的巨大勇气.
His courage would make him a baseball legend and a champion for equal rights.
他的勇气将使他成为棒球传奇和争取平等权利的冠军.
Robinson waits for the pitch during an exhibition game at Ebbets Field the day before his MLB debut.
罗宾逊在他的MLB出道前一天在Ebbets Field的一出展会中等投出.
The Early Years Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born on January 31, 1919, the youngest of five children in a poor Georgia family.
早年杰克罗斯福 罗宾逊生于1919年1月31日,是格鲁吉亚一个贫穷家庭五个孩子中最小的孩子.
The Robinson family moved to California when Jackie was a boy.
杰基小时候罗宾逊一家就搬到了加州.
There, he became known as a talented athlete in not one but several sports.
在那里,他以有才华的运动员而出名,不只参加过一次运动,而是参加过几次运动.
Jackie Robinson (second from left) poses with his family around 1925.
Jackie Robinson(从左起第二位)在1925年左右与他的家人相会.
Jackie Robinson attended the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).
杰基·罗宾逊就读于加州大学洛杉矶分校(UCLA).
He was a star on the school’s football, track, basketball, and baseball teams.
他是学校足球、田径、篮球和棒球队的明星。
Robinson was the first student in the school’s history to win special awards in four sports in a single year.
罗宾逊是该校历史上第一位在一年一度的四项运动中获得特别奖的学生.
In spite of this success, Robinson did not graduate from UCLA.
尽管取得了这一成功,罗宾逊并没有从加州大学洛杉矶分校毕业.
The Robinsons had little money.
罗宾逊家的钱很少
He left school in 1941 to help support his family.
1941年离校出走帮助养家.
In addition to baseball, Robinson ran track and played basketball and football at UCLA—and excelled at all of them.
除了棒球,罗宾逊还在加州大学洛杉矶分校(UCLA)跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑跑
Taking a Stand Robinson played semiprofessional football after college.
大学毕业后,他打过半专业足球
Then, in December 1941, the United States entered World War II.
后于1941年12月被美国打入二战.
Like many young men at the time, Robinson was called up to serve in the U.
和当时许多年轻人一样,罗宾逊被召去U服役.
S.
师曰.
Army.
陆军
Robinson served at Fort Hood, Texas.
罗宾逊曾在德克萨斯州胡德堡服役.
One day in 1944, he and a group of soldiers got on an army bus.
1944年的一天,他和一行士兵乘坐了一辆陆军巴士.
The bus was segregated—white soldiers sat in the front and black soldiers in the back.
公共汽车被隔离——白人士兵坐在前面,黑人士兵坐在后面。
Yet Robinson knew he was no less a soldier than the white men.
然而罗宾逊知道他不亚于白人
He refused an order to move to the back of the bus.
他拒绝命令搬去后站。
For this, he was arrested.
为此他被逮捕。
The army wanted to punish Robinson, but many people defended him.
军队想惩罚罗宾逊,但许多人为他辩护.
He was a good soldier who had only stood up for what was right.
他是个好士兵,只为正义而战。
In the end, he was found not guilty.
最终他被判无罪.
Robinson poses in his U.
罗宾逊在他的U。
S.
师曰.
Army uniform.
军服.
You’re Hired!
你被雇用了!
After his time in the army, Robinson worked at a Texas college coaching basketball.
在军队服役后,罗宾逊曾在德克萨斯州大学教练篮球队工作.
In 1945, he received a letter from the Kansas City Monarchs, a professional baseball team.
1945年,他收到了职业棒球队堪萨斯城君主联队的信.
They offered Robinson a contract to play with them for four hundred dollars a month.
他们向罗宾逊提供了一份每月与他们玩400美元的合同.
The Monarchs were part of the Negro Leagues.
君主党是黑人联盟的一部分。
At that time, baseball was segregated.
当时,棒球被隔离.
White and black athletes played in separate leagues.
白人和黑人运动员在不同的联赛中出场.
Robinson signed on to play for the Monarchs, thinking it might be a way to someday get into the all-white major leagues.
罗宾逊签约为君主队出场,认为这可能是某天进入全白大联盟的一种方式.
Robinson played shortstop for the Kansas City Monarchs in the mid-1940s.
鲁滨逊于1940年代中期为堪萨斯城君主出道出道.
Robinson showed everyone he was a skilled player.
罗宾逊向大家展示了他是一个熟练的球员.
He caught the eye of Branch Rickey, general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
他吸引了布鲁克林道奇队总经理Branch Rickey的目光.
Rickey felt that there should not be separate baseball leagues based on race.
瑞基觉得不应该有单独的以种族为基础的棒球联赛.
Instead, as he put it, professional baseball should be “color- blind.”
相反,正如他说的,职业棒球应该“色盲”。 “
He wanted the Dodgers to sign a player from the Negro Leagues, a first attempt to integrate major league baseball.
他希望道奇队签下一名来自黑人联盟的球员,这是将主要的联赛棒球整合的首次尝试.
Rickey knew that this player would not only have to be a great athlete.
Rickey知道这个球员不仅需要成为一名优秀的运动员.
He would also have to show strong character in the face of abuse.
面对虐待,他还必须表现出坚强的品德。
In 1945, Rickey met with Robinson.
1945年,瑞奇与罗宾逊相会.
Rickey offered to hire him on one condition: Robinson could not respond to any prejudice against him because of his race.
Rickey提出雇用他有一个条件: 罗宾逊因种族原因无法回应对他的任何偏见.
Wesley Branch Rickey, pictured here around 1945, wanted to see baseball’s “color barrier” (the rules keeping white and black athletes separate) broken.
韦斯利分部 Rickey, 1945年左右在这里被描绘出来, 希望看到棒球的"彩色屏障"(将白人和黑人运动员分开的规则)被打破。
Robinson was at first very surprised.
罗宾逊起初很惊讶.
How could this man expect him to not fight back against prejudice?
这个人怎么能指望他不反击偏见呢?
Rickey explained that the best way to fight back would be to play well.
Rickey解释说,反击的最佳方式是发挥好.
Robinson would show just how good he was.
Robinson会证明他有多好
A Team of Two Robinson shakes Rickey’s hand after signing his 1948 contract.
一队二人罗宾逊在1948年签约后与瑞奇握手.
Punishing Pitches Number 42 Takes the Field On October 23, 1945, Jackie Robinson signed on to play for the Dodgers’ minor league team.
1945年10月23日,杰基·罗宾逊签约,为道奇队小联盟球队出场,罚下第42号皮切斯取球.
Spring training for the team was held in Florida.
球队的春季训练在佛罗里达州举行.
There, Robinson had a taste of what he would face as MLB’s first African American player.
在那里,罗宾逊尝到了他作为MLB第一位非裔美国球员将要面对的滋味.
He could not stay in the same hotels as the rest of the team.
他不能和小组其他成员住在同一家旅馆。
Other minor league teams refused to play because of Robinson.
其他小联盟球队因为罗宾逊而拒绝出场.
Opposing pitchers threw the ball at him.
反对的投出者将球扔向他.
Even some of his teammates didn’t want to play with him.
甚至有些队友也不愿意和他一起玩.
The umpire motions Robinson to first base after Robinson is hit in the arm by a pitch during his 1947 season in the major leagues.
裁判员在罗宾逊于1947赛季被一发球打入了主力联赛后,将罗宾逊移入一垒.
None of this abuse stopped Robinson.
这些虐待都没有阻止Robinson
He played well enough to move up to the Dodgers the next year.
他的演奏很出色,足以在来年升入道奇队.
Wearing number 42, Jackie Robinson took the field on April 15, 1947, before a crowd of more than twenty-six thousand spectators.
佩戴42号,成龙·罗宾逊于1947年4月15日出道,在超过2.6万观众的人群面前出场.
The Dodgers earned a victory that day, not only over the Boston Braves but also over prejudice against African Americans.
道奇队当天赢得了胜利,不仅战胜了波士顿勇士队,而且战胜了对非裔美国人的偏见.
Robinson and Dodgers team captain Pee Wee Reese smile after both hit home runs to help win Game 1 of the 1952 World Series.
罗宾逊和道奇队队长皮·威·里斯在两人打出全垒打后都笑了起来,帮助赢得了1952年世界大赛的Game 1.
As teammates they became close friends, and they remained so for the rest of their lives.
作为队友,他们成为了亲密的朋友,他们一生都如此.
Robinson and Reese were both stars in 1952.
1952年罗宾逊和里斯都是明星.
Robinson also went on to have a great career.
罗宾逊也继续有伟大的生涯.
He was chosen Rookie of the Year in 1947.
1947年被选为"年度鲁克".
In 1949, he was voted Most Valuable Player in the league.
1949年被选入联赛最有价值球员.
Robinson was a fast runner who led the league in stolen bases.
罗宾逊是一个快跑者,在被窃取的基地领导了联赛.
He helped the Dodgers win six league championships and a World Series victory.
他帮助道奇队赢得了6个联赛冠军和一个世界大赛的胜利.
In 1962, he became the first African American to enter the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1962年,他成为首位进入棒球名人堂的非裔美国人.
Another Great Steal Yankees catcher Yogi Berra attempts to tag Robinson during the 1955 World Series.
1955年世界大赛期间,又一个伟大的"窃取洋基"捕手Yogi Berra试图给罗宾逊贴上标签.
His Number, His Day The Los Angeles Angels and the Oakland Athletics both wear number 42 jerseys during an 11-inning game on April 15, 2014 (top).
他的"号码","他的日子""洛杉矶天使"和"奥克兰运动员"在2014年4月15日(上)的一出入围赛中都穿了42号球衣.
President Barack Obama views Robinson’s jersey during a tour of the Baseball Hall of Fame (right).
巴拉克·奥巴马总统在棒球名人堂巡演(右翼)期间,
Beyond Baseball After retiring from baseball in 1957, Robinson joined the coffee maker and fast- food chain Chock Full o’ Nuts.
超越了棒球 1957年从棒球队退休后,罗宾逊加入了咖啡制作人和快餐连锁店Chock Full o ' Nuts.
In doing so, he became the first black vice president of a U.
通过这样做,他成为了U的第一个黑人副总裁.
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师曰.
national company.
国家公司。
In 1964, he cofounded the Freedom National Bank, which grew to become one of the largest black-owned banks in the United States.
1964年,他共同创办了"自由国家银行"(Freedom National Bank),该行逐渐成为美国最大的黑人拥有银行之一.
Six years later, he launched a construction company.
六年后,他创办了一家建筑公司.
Robinson also became a civil rights leader who continued to work for equality for all people.
罗宾逊还成为了民权领袖,他继续为人人平等而努力.
He died in 1972 from heart problems and diabetes complications.
1972年他死于心脏病和糖尿病并发症.
Today in the United States, people of color have more opportunities in the world of sports than ever before.
今天在美国,有色人种在体育界的机会比以往任何时候都多.
We all have Number 42 to thank for that.
我们都有42号为此而感谢。
Robinson works at his desk in January 1962.
1962年1月罗宾逊在他的办公桌工作.
He knew that the power of money could bring about positive social change.
他知道金钱的力量可以带来积极的社会变革.
In his autobiography, he wrote, “Green power.
他在自传中写道:“绿色力量。
could.
能够。
reinforce black power.”
强化了黑力量。 “