| 歌曲 | Americans continue to react to the decision in the murder trial of George Zimmerman |
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| [00:00.400] | From VOA Learning English, |
| [00:06.620] | this is "In The News." |
| [00:08.860] | Americans continue to react to the decision |
| [00:12.640] | in the murder trial of George Zimmerman. |
| [00:16.230] | Last week, a jury in the southern state of Florida |
| [00:20.910] | found that he was not guilty |
| [00:23.650] | in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. |
| [00:28.470] | The unarmed teenager was killed last year |
| [00:32.750] | in a struggle with the defendant. |
| [00:35.500] | At the time, George Zimmerman was a neighborhood watch volunteer |
| [00:40.830] | in his community in Florida. |
| [00:43.710] | Trayvon Martin, an African American, |
| [00:46.700] | was walking to the home of his father's girlfriend |
| [00:50.540] | at the time of the killing. |
| [00:52.680] | George Zimmerman is a white Hispanic man. |
| [00:56.760] | He called police to report Trayvon Martin |
| [01:00.540] | as a suspicious person in the neighborhood. |
| [01:03.780] | He followed the teenager, although police told him not to. |
| [01:08.700] | The two fought. |
| [01:10.300] | Mr. Zimmerman says he acted in self-defense |
| [01:14.290] | after he was attacked by the young man. |
| [01:17.470] | Under Florida law, people can use deadly force to fight back |
| [01:23.200] | if they feel their lives are in danger. |
| [01:26.930] | Soon after the six woman jury reached its decision on Saturday, |
| [01:32.300] | people used social media and public protests |
| [01:36.630] | to express their opinion about the verdict. |
| [01:40.280] | "No justice. No peace. Trayvon! Justice for Trayvon!" |
| [01:43.950] | Many protests have been held across the United States since the trial. |
| [01:49.870] | Hundreds of people demonstrated in Chicago, Illinois. |
| [01:54.250] | They expressed opposition to what activist Dickey Gaines says |
| [01:59.380] | was a predetermined verdict -- one reached before the trial. |
| [02:05.000] | "Because there was a lot of people across this country |
| [02:08.690] | that was in favor of George Zimmerman being acquitted |
| [02:14.220] | by virtue of them donating money to his defense, |
| [02:17.350] | so that was a clear indication early on people |
| [02:21.490] | was in support of him being acquitted in this case." |
| [02:25.590] | Casey David Cole Senior was one such supporter. |
| [02:30.170] | He spoke to reporters near the Sanford, Florida courthouse, |
| [02:34.050] | where the trial took place. |
| [02:36.240] | "I'm here to express my opinion. |
| [02:38.430] | I believe that George Zimmerman is an innocent man." |
| [02:41.880] | For Chicago protester Bryan Burroughs, |
| [02:44.880] | the case is clear in his mind. |
| [02:47.570] | "Trayvon Martin was guilty of nothing |
| [02:49.010] | but being black in a mostly white neighborhood." |
| [02:51.550] | Activist Dickey Gaines says the ruling has not changed his belief |
| [02:57.020] | that George Zimmerman targeted the teenager because he was black. |
| [03:02.400] | "He focused on Trayvon because of Trayvon's skin color." |
| [03:06.080] | Hans von Spakovsky works for the Heritage Foundation |
| [03:09.870] | research group here in Washington. |
| [03:12.110] | He says the legal action against Mr. Zimmerman should end now. |
| [03:18.380] | "If the Justice Department continues to pursue this case when, |
| [03:22.160] | one, he's been found innocent and, |
| [03:23.810] | two, we know there's no racial animus |
| [03:27.040] | which is necessary for a civil rights violation, |
| [03:30.330] | that once again makes it look like politics |
| [03:33.310] | is driving the prosecution, not justice." |
| [03:35.600] | Racial inequality in the United States goes back centuries. |
| [03:41.090] | The issue of slavery was a major reason |
| [03:44.980] | for the nation's civil war in the 1860s. |
| [03:49.010] | But discrimination continued after black slaves were freed. |
| [03:54.730] | And racial tensions still exist. |
| [03:58.560] | Greg Carr is chairman of Afro-American Studies at Howard University, |
| [04:05.440] | a historically black college here in Washington. |
| [04:09.020] | "One thing that's tangible that can come out of this verdict |
| [04:12.560] | is a renewed commitment to addressing people, |
| [04:16.340] | and not looking to the courts -- not looking to the law |
| [04:19.670] | to somehow regulate or change people's hearts and minds." |
| [04:23.860] | Mr. Carr warns that if a civil rights case |
| [04:27.400] | were brought against George Zimmerman and lost, |
| [04:30.780] | it would increase the distrust of many people. |
| [04:34.710] | But if such a case were won, he says, |
| [04:38.410] | Americans would look to the courts, |
| [04:41.240] | not within themselves, for racial healing. |
| [04:45.270] | And that's "In The News" from VOA Learning English. |
| [04:50.350] | I'm Steve Ember. |
| [00:00.400] | měi guó zhī yīn màn sù yīng yǔ. |
| [00:06.620] | zhè lǐ shì xīn wén pín dào. |
| [00:08.860] | měi guó rén jì xù duì |
| [00:12.640] | George Zimmerman móu shā àn pàn jué zuò chū fǎn yìng |
| [00:16.230] | shàng zhōu, fó luó lǐ dá zhōu nán bù de yí gè péi shěn tuán |
| [00:20.910] | rèn wéi |
| [00:23.650] | tā shè sǐ 17 suì de Trayvon Martin wú zuì |
| [00:28.470] | qù nián, zhè míng shǒu wú cùn tiě de shào nián sǐ yú yǔ |
| [00:32.750] | yǔ bèi gào de zhēng dòu zhōng |
| [00:35.500] | dāng shí, George Zimmerman zài fó luó lǐ dá zhōu tā de shè qū zhōng |
| [00:40.830] | dān rèn lín lǐ zhì yuàn shǒu wàng yuán |
| [00:43.710] | Trayvon Martin shì fēi yì měi guó rén |
| [00:46.700] | tā zài shā hài shí |
| [00:50.540] | zhèng qù wǎng tā fù qīn de nǚ yǒu jiā de tú zhōng. |
| [00:52.680] | George Zimmerman shì yī míng xī bān yá yì de nán xìng bái zhǒng rén |
| [00:56.760] | tā xiàng jǐng fāng dǎ diàn huà chēng |
| [01:00.540] | Trayvon Martin shì fù jìn de yī míng kě yí rén shì |
| [01:03.780] | tā wěi suí zhè míng shào nián, suī rán jǐng chá gào sù tā bú yào zhè yàng zuò |
| [01:08.700] | zhè liǎng gè rén fā shēng le chōng tū |
| [01:10.300] | Zimmerman xiān shēng shuō, |
| [01:14.290] | tā shì zāo dào zhè míng nián qīng rén gōng jī hòu jìn xíng zì wèi. |
| [01:17.470] | gēn jù fó luó lǐ dá zhōu de fǎ lǜ, |
| [01:23.200] | dāng rén men jué de tā men de shēng mìng chǔ yú wēi xiǎn zhī zhōng shí, kě yǐ shǐ yòng zhì mìng wǔ lì lái fǎn jī. |
| [01:26.930] | zài 6 míng nǚ péi shěn tuán yuán yú zhōu liù dá chéng yī zhì hòu bù jiǔ, |
| [01:32.300] | rén men shǐ yòng shè jiāo méi tǐ hé gōng kāi kàng yì |
| [01:36.630] | lái biǎo dá tā men duì fǎ yuàn pàn jué de yì jiàn. |
| [01:40.280] | " méi yǒu zhèng yì. méi yǒu hé píng. Trayvon! wèi Trayvon xún qiú zhèng yì!" |
| [01:43.950] | zì pàn jué yǐ lái, měi guó gè dì yǐ jǔ xíng le duō cì kàng yì. |
| [01:49.870] | shù bǎi rén zài yī lì nuò yī zhōu zhī jiā gē jìn xíng yóu xíng. |
| [01:54.250] | tā men biǎo shì duì huó dòng jiā Dickey Gaines suǒ shuō de |
| [01:59.380] | zhè shì yī cì shěn pàn qián jiù yù dìng pàn jué jié guǒ de zhè yī shuō fǎ yǔ yǐ fǎn duì. |
| [02:05.000] | " yīn wèi quán guó shàng xià yǒu hěn duō rén |
| [02:08.690] | zhī chí George Zimmerman, |
| [02:14.220] | juān qián wèi tā biàn hù |
| [02:17.350] | suǒ yǐ zhè shì yí gè míng xiǎn de zǎo qī jī xiàng, rén mín zuì chū yī zhí zhī chí tā |
| [02:21.490] | zài zhè zhǒng qíng kuàng xià, tā bèi wú zuì shì fàng." |
| [02:25.590] | Casey David Cole Senior shì yī míng zhè yàng de zhī chí zhě. |
| [02:30.170] | tā zài shěn pàn dì fó luó lǐ dá zhōu sāng fú dé fǎ yuàn |
| [02:34.050] | fù jìn xiàng jì zhě biǎo shì. |
| [02:36.240] | " wǒ zài zhè lǐ biǎo dá wǒ de yì jiàn. |
| [02:38.430] | wǒ xiāng xìn George Zimmerman shì wú gū de rén." |
| [02:41.880] | duì yú zhī jiā gē de shì wēi zhě Bryan Burroughs lái shuō, |
| [02:44.880] | zhè qǐ àn jiàn qīng xī fú xiàn zài tā de nǎo hǎi zhōng. |
| [02:47.570] | " Trayvon Martin wú zuì, |
| [02:49.010] | zhǐ bù guò zuò wéi yī míng hēi rén chū xiàn zài bái rén jū duō de jiē qū zhōng." |
| [02:51.550] | huó dòng jiā Dickey Gaines chēng, pàn jué bìng méi yǒu gǎi biàn tā de guān niàn |
| [02:57.020] | jí George Zimmerman yīn Trayvon Martin shì hēi rén ér zhēn duì tā. |
| [03:02.400] | " tā miáo shàng Trayvon shì yóu yú Trayvon de fū sè." |
| [03:06.080] | Hans von Spakovsky |
| [03:09.870] | zài huá shèng dùn chuán tǒng jī jīn huì de yán jiū jī gòu gōng zuò. |
| [03:12.110] | tā biǎo shì, Zimmerman xiān shēng de fǎ lǜ xíng dòng xiàn zài yīng gāi jié shù le. |
| [03:18.380] | " rú guǒ sī fǎ bù jì xù zhuī jiū zhè qǐ àn jiàn shí, |
| [03:22.160] | shǒu xiān, tā bèi rèn wéi shì wú gū de, |
| [03:23.810] | qí cì, wǒ men zhī dào zhè bìng méi yǒu qīn fàn gōng mín quán lì |
| [03:27.040] | suǒ bì xū de zhǒng zú dí yì, |
| [03:30.330] | jí zài cì shǐ de tā kàn shang qu xiàng zhèng zhì qū dòng sù sòng, |
| [03:33.310] | ér bú shì yóu zhèng yì lái qū dòng." |
| [03:35.600] | měi guó de zhǒng zú bù píng děng kě yǐ zhuī sù dào jǐ gè shì jì qián. |
| [03:41.090] | nú lì zhì de wèn tí shì 19 shì jì 60 nián dài |
| [03:44.980] | měi guó nèi zhàn de yí gè zhòng yào yuán yīn. |
| [03:49.010] | dàn hēi rén nú lì bèi shì fàng hòu, |
| [03:54.730] | qí shì réng rán cún zài. zhǒng zú jǐn zhāng jú shì yī rán cún zài. |
| [03:58.560] | Greg Carr shì wèi yú huá shèng dùn de huò huá dé dà xué měi guó hēi rén yán jiū jī gòu de zhǔ xí, |
| [04:05.440] | zhè shì yī suǒ chuán tǒng hēi rén dà xué. |
| [04:09.020] | " zhè shì zài tōng guò zhè gè pàn jué míng xiǎn de tí xǐng rén mín, |
| [04:12.560] | bú yào shì tú |
| [04:16.340] | tōng guò xiàng fǎ yuàn tí qǐ sù sòng hé fǎ lǜ |
| [04:19.670] | zài mǒu zhǒng chéng dù shàng tiáo jié huò gǎi biàn rén men de xīn líng hé sī xiǎng." |
| [04:23.860] | Carr xiān shēng jǐng gào shuō, |
| [04:27.400] | rú guǒ zhēn duì George Zimmerman de rén quán àn jiàn yǐ shī bài gào zhōng |
| [04:30.780] | zhè huì zēng jiā xǔ duō rén de bù xìn rèn. |
| [04:34.710] | dàn shì, rú guǒ zhè qǐ àn jiàn yíng le, |
| [04:38.410] | měi guó rén jiù huì tōng guò xiàng fǎ yuàn tí qǐ sù sòng lái yù hé zhǒng zú fēn liè |
| [04:41.240] | ér bú shì tōng guò tā men zì jǐ |
| [04:45.270] | zhè lǐ shì měi guó zhī yīn màn sù yīng yǔ xīn wén pín dào |
| [04:50.350] | wǒ shì Steve Ember |