King Jr.
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Introduction.
导言表。
4 Growing Up in the South.
4,成长于南方.
5 Starting His Work.
5开始他的工作。
11 Marches and Struggles.
11 三月与斗争.
15 “I Have a Dream”.
15 “我有一个梦想”。
18 One Last March.
18 去年3月1号。
22 Glossary.
22 词汇表。
24 Introduction On the third Monday in January, Americans celebrate Martin Luther King Day.
导言 1月的第三个星期一,美国人庆祝了马丁·路德·金日.
We honor a great African American leader who worked for freedom for all people.
我们向一位为所有人争取自由的伟大的非裔美国领导人致敬。
Who was this man who has a national holiday in his name?
这个人是谁 他以他的名义有国庆节?
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.
Growing Up in the South Martin Luther King Jr.
在小南马丁路德·金长大.
was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 15, 1929.
1929年1月15日生于佐治亚州亚特兰大.
His father was a Baptist minister, and his mother was a teacher.
他的父亲是浸信会牧师,母亲是教师.
Martin grew up in a busy and loving family.
马丁在一个繁忙而有爱的家庭长大.
He and his sister and brother studied, took music lessons, and played sports.
他和姐姐和弟弟一起学习,上音乐课,并玩体育.
In the South, African Americans had always lived under laws that were unfair to them.
在南非,非裔美国人一直生活在对他们不公平的法律之下。
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 this war, President Abraham Lincoln granted freedom to slaves by passing a special law.
在这场战争中,亚伯拉罕·林肯总统通过特别法律给予奴隶自由.
But even though black people were freed from slavery, Southern lawmakers passed new laws to keep them separated, or segregated, from white people.
但是,尽管黑人摆脱了奴隶制,南方立法者还是通过了新的法律,使他们与白人保持隔离或隔离.
The childhood home of Martin Luther King Jr.
小马丁·路德·金的童年故居.
These laws, called Jim Crow laws, deprived blacks of many rights.
这些法律,叫吉姆 乌鸦法,剥夺了黑人的许多权利.
Black children went to separate, poorer schools than white children.
黑人孩子去分开的,比白人孩子更穷的学校.
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——如果白人想要这些座位,就放弃这些座位.
Blacks were forced to use public drinking fountains and restrooms marked “For Colored Only.”
黑人被迫使用公共饮用喷泉和以“只有有色人种”为标志的厕所。 “
(In earlier days, African Americans were called “Colored.”
(在前几天,非裔美国人被称为“黑人”。) “
) White people used drinking fountains and restrooms that were marked “For Whites Only.”
页:1 白人使用被标为“仅供白人使用的”的喷泉和厕所。 “
As Martin grew up, he learned from his parents and his teachers that the laws calling for segregation were unfair.
在马丁长大后,他从他的父母和老师那里得知,要求隔离的法律是不公平的.
African Americans were suffering from not having equal rights.
非裔美国人因没有平等权利而痛苦不堪。
Many of them were poor and could not find jobs.
他们中许多人贫穷,找不到工作。
Martin wanted to help African American people gain full freedom and civil rights.
马丁想帮助非裔美国人获得充分的自由和公民权利.
Black men drink from fountains labeled “For Colored Only.”
黑人饮自被标为“只为有色人种”的喷泉。 “
Martin was a bright student.
马丁是一个聪明的学生。
At age fifteen, he went to college near his home in Atlanta.
15岁时在亚特兰大他家附近上大学.
He then went north to continue his religious education.
随后他又去北方继续他的宗教教育.
He decided when he was nineteen that he would be a Baptist minister like his father.
他19岁时决定要像他父亲一样做一位浸信会牧师.
He had read about Mohandas Gandhi, the great leader from India.
他读过关于印度伟大领袖莫罕达斯·甘地的文章。
Gandhi believed in using love, not hate, to stop injustice.
甘地相信利用爱而不是仇恨来阻止不公正.
Martin decided that he, too, wanted to use peaceful, nonviolent ways to help people.
马丁决定他也想用和平,非暴力的方式帮助人们.
While he was up north, Martin met his future wife, Coretta Scott.
在北上期间,马丁遇到了他未来的妻子克雷塔·斯科特.
She was studying to become a singer.
她当时正在学习成为一名歌手.
On their first date, Martin told Coretta he wanted to marry her.
在他们第一次约会时,马丁告诉科雷塔他想娶她.
He liked her for her beliefs and her commitment to equality, as well as her beauty.
他喜欢她,因为她的信仰和对平等的承诺,以及她的美丽.
In the summer of 1953, they got married.
1953年夏,两人结婚.
A year later, Martin took his first preaching job at a Baptist church in Montgomery, Alabama.
一年后,马丁在阿拉巴马州蒙哥马利的一座浸信会教堂从事了他的第一个布道活.
Mohandas Gandhi This photo of Rev.
莫汉达斯·甘地 这张照片是Rev.
Martin Luther King Jr.
小马丁·路德·金.
and his wife, Coretta, was taken three years after they married.
他的妻子科雷塔在结婚三年后被带走。
Starting His Work In 1954, the United States Supreme Court ruled that schools could no longer be segregated, or divided, by race.
1954年开始他的工作,美国最高法院裁定,学校不能再被种族隔离,或分裂.
The Court ordered schools to integrate so that different races could attend the same school.
法院命令学校进行整合,以便不同的种族能够在同一所学校上学。
With this important ruling, African Americans became very hopeful that they could change society.
有了这个重要的裁决,非裔美国人变得非常希望他们能够改变社会.
Martin and other leaders encouraged people to work together peacefully to win civil rights for everyone, no matter their race or religion.
马丁等领导人鼓励人们和平地合作,以赢得每个人的公民权利,而不论其种族或宗教.
But some white people were not happy with the Supreme Court ruling.
但一些白人对最高法院的裁决并不满意.
They fought integrated schools.
他们与综合学校作战。
A group of white people called the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) tried to prevent blacks from having equal rights.
一群白人称克卢克三K党(KKK)试图阻止黑人享有平等权利.
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.
Their actions were often violent.
他们的行为往往是暴力的。
Many other white people, while not violent, opposed integration as well.
许多其他白人虽然没有暴力,但也反对融合.
Yet many other whites around the country supported integration and full equality for blacks.
然而,全国许多白人支持黑人的融合和完全平等。
Some worked along with blacks to gain civil rights.
有些人和黑人一起争取公民权利.
Members of the KKK burn a cross at a meeting.
KKK成员在一次会议上焚烧了十字架.
In December 1955, something important happened in Montgomery, where Martin and his family were living.
1955年12月,在马丁和家人所居住的蒙哥马利发生了一件重要的事情.
A black woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man.
一个叫罗莎·帕克斯(Rosa Parks)的黑人女子拒绝将她坐公交车的座位让给白人男子.
She was arrested.
她被捕了,她已经被捕了
The black citizens of the city were outraged, and they decided to protest.
该市的黑人公民感到愤怒,他们决定进行抗议.
They refused to ride city buses because they wanted an end to segregation on the buses.
他们拒绝乘坐城市公交车,因为他们想结束对公交车的隔离.
This kind of protest, in which people refuse to participate in something in order to force a change, is called a boycott.
这种抗议,人们为了强迫改变而拒绝参与某事,被称为抵制.
It is a peaceful means of protest.
这是和平的抗议手段。
Martin became the leader of the Montgomery bus boycott.
马丁成为了蒙哥马利公交抵制运动的领导人.
People supported the boycott by walking or carpooling, but they would not ride the buses.
人们通过步行或拼车支持抵制,但不会坐公交车.
The boycott went on for over a year.
抵制活动持续了一年多.
The city would not change the segregation law.
城市不会改变隔离法。
Many angry threats were made to Martin and his family.
马丁及其家人受到许多愤怒的威胁.
Once, their house was bombed.
有一次,他们的房子被轰炸。
No one was hurt, but Martin realized that he and his family were in danger.
没有人受伤,但马丁意识到他和他的家人处于危险之中.
In November 1956, the boycott ended in victory for the African American community.
1956年11月,抵制活动以非裔美国人社区的胜利而告终.
Soon after that victory, the Supreme Court ruled that Alabama could no longer segregate riders on buses.
这场胜利后不久,最高法院裁定阿拉巴马州不能再将骑行者隔离在巴士上.
Rosa Parks is fingerprinted in Montgomery, Alabama.
罗莎 帕克斯在阿拉巴马州蒙哥马利被指纹印出.
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.
Marches and Struggles Still, violence against African Americans continued in the South.
在南方,针对非裔美国人的暴力仍在继续。
Several churches were firebombed in Montgomery.
蒙哥马利的多座教堂被燃烧弹炸.
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. “
Courageous blacks started to test the unfair laws of segregation.
勇敢的黑人开始测试不公正的隔离法则.
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.
refuse to move as a form of peaceful protest.)
拒绝作为和平抗议的形式移动。 )
While the blacks sat in their seats, angry whites 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 in time, the sit-ins were successful.
但及时静坐成功.
By the end of the year, more than a hundred Southern towns had integrated their lunch counters.
至同年底,一百多座南方城镇已整合了午餐柜台.
The next year, a group of black and white Americans called the Freedom Riders rode together on buses through the Southern states.
次年,一群叫"自由骑士"的美国黑人和白人通过南方各州一起乘坐公交车.
They wanted to test the new law banning segregation.
他们想检验禁止隔离的新法律。
When they got to Alabama, violent gangs of Southerners, including members of the KKK, burned the buses and attacked the riders.
当他们到达阿拉巴马州时,南方人的暴力团伙,包括KKK的成员,焚烧了巴士并袭击了骑行者.
The local police didn’t offer much protection, and many people were hurt.
当地警方没有提供多少保护,
Finally, the federal government in Washington, D.
最后,华盛顿的联邦政府.
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troops to put a stop to the violence.
军队阻止暴力行动
This Freedom Riders bus was firebombed in Alabama in 1961.
1961年,这辆"自由骑士"巴士在阿拉巴马州被起火炸弹袭击.
Passengers escaped without serious injury.
乘客逃出后没有受重伤.
In April 1963, Martin helped organize protests and marches in Birmingham to stop segregation in the city.
1963年4月,马丁在伯明翰帮助组织了抗议和游行,以阻止该市的隔离.
During one protest, the marchers were met by Police Chief “Bull” Connor and his men.
在一次抗议中,游行者被警察局长Connor和他的手下遇到。
Attack dogs were set loose on the marchers, even on children.
攻击犬被放走游行者,甚至放走儿童。
The marchers were sprayed with high-pressure fire hoses.
游行者被喷出高压消防管.
Many were seriously injured.
许多人受了重伤。
More than 3,000 African Americans were arrested and jailed.
3000多名非裔美国人被捕入狱.
President Kennedy sent U.
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师曰.
troops to Birmingham to stop the violence.
军队到伯明翰阻止暴力行动
Finally, the city ended its segregation laws.
最后,该市结束了隔离法.
Television and newspaper reports of the violence in Birmingham made more and more people aware of the unfair and harsh treatment of African Americans.
电视和报纸对伯明翰暴力事件的报道使越来越多的人意识到非裔美国人受到的不公正和苛刻待遇.
It brought more attention to the need for equal rights for all people.
它使人们更加关注所有人享有平等权利的必要性。
“I Have a Dream” President Kennedy spoke out in support of civil rights.
肯尼迪总统发言支持公民权利。
He said it was time for all citizens to be free.
他说,现在是所有公民自由的时候了。
Much encouraged, Martin called for a march on Washington, D.
十分鼓舞人心,马丁呼吁向华盛顿游行.
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, for August 28, 1963.
,用于1963年8月28日.
More than 250,000 black and white Americans walked from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial.
超过25万美国黑人和白人从华盛顿纪念碑走入林肯纪念馆.
They marched for freedom, rights, and dignity for all people.
他们为所有人的自由、权利和尊严而出征。
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, people of all colors would live together peacefully and be “free at last” from judgment or mistreatment because of their skin color.
他赞同他的梦想,即有朝一日,各种肤色的人将和平地生活在一起,并因其肤色而“最终免于”判断或虐待。
A group of marchers run for safety as they are sprayed with powerful fire hoses.
一群游行者跑去安全的地方,
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。
Sadly, three months later, President Kennedy was assassinated.
不幸的是,三个月后,肯尼迪总统被暗杀。
But the Civil Rights Act, which he supported and which ended segregation in all public buildings, became law in 1964.
但是他支持并结束了所有公共建筑隔离的"民权法案"于1964年成为了法律.
The next struggle for blacks was for voting rights.
接下来的黑人斗争是争取投票权.
In the South, some whites made it nearly impossible for many blacks to vote.
在南方,一些白人使得许多黑人几乎无法投票.
In some places, they charged a special tax many poor people could not afford.
在有些地方,他们征收特别税,许多穷人负担不起。
Those who failed to pay the tax were not allowed to vote.
未缴纳税款者不得投票.
President Lyndon Johnson signs into law the Civil Rights Act.
林登·约翰逊总统将《民权法》签署为法律。
Civil rights supporters stage a peaceful demonstration for voting rights in Mississippi in 1964.
民权支持者于1964年在密西西比州举行和平示威争取投票权.
In Selma, Alabama, Martin led long lines of African Americans to the registration offices.
在阿拉巴马州的塞尔马,马丁带领一长串非裔美国人去注册办公室.
He was arrested for his action and later released.
他因行动而被捕,后来获释。
Then the marchers started marching on the road from Selma to Montgomery.
随后行军开始从塞尔马到蒙哥马利的路上行军.
They wanted to present a complaint to the governor of Alabama, George C.
他们想向阿拉巴马州州长乔治·C提出控诉.
Wallace.
华莱士
But he ordered the march stopped.
但他下令游行停止.
The marchers continued and were stopped by state troopers who used tear gas and clubs to stop the marchers.
游行者继续并被用催泪瓦斯和会所来阻止游行者的州警拦住.
The day is remembered as Bloody Sunday.
那天被记为血腥的星期天
Later, on August 6, 1965, with the support of President Johnson, the Voting Rights Act was passed in Washington, D.
后来,1965年8月6日,在约翰逊总统的支持下,在华盛顿通过了"投票权法案".
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It was a great victory for all people.
令一切众生得大胜.
One Last March In 1968, Martin planned a Poor People’s Campaign.
去年3月,马丁策划了一场穷人运动。
The goal was to get better homes, schools, and jobs for poor people of all races and backgrounds.
目标是为各种族和背景的穷人提供更好的住房、学校和工作。
That spring, he went to help out on a strike held by the garbage collectors in Memphis, Tennessee.
当年春天,他去帮助田纳西州孟菲斯的垃圾收集者举行的罢工.
(During a strike, workers refuse to work until they win better wages or working conditions.)
(在罢工期间,工人拒绝工作,直到他们赢得更好的工资或工作条件。 )
While in Memphis, Martin was killed by an assassin’s bullet.
在孟菲斯,马丁被一名刺客的子弹所杀.
He died on April 4, 1968, at the age of thirty-nine.
他于1968年4月4日去世,享年39岁.
Following Alabama Governor George Wallace’s orders, state troopers use tear gas on peaceful demonstrators.
根据阿拉巴马州州长乔治·华莱士的命令,州警对和平示威者使用催泪瓦斯.
Martin Luther King Jr.
小马丁·路德·金.
participates in a civil rights march in Memphis days before his assassination.
在他被暗杀前几天 参加孟菲斯的民权游行
The whole world mourned the death of this great man.
全世界都为这位伟人之死哀悼.
Martin Luther King Jr.
小马丁·路德·金.
is remembered for making real the dream of equality.
人们因为实现平等梦想而记忆犹新。
He is remembered as a man of peace and a champion of rights and freedom for people of every color.
人们记得他是一个和平的人,是各种肤色的人的权利和自由的捍卫者。