"unfinished business" in the struggle for equality and justice in the United States

歌曲 "unfinished business" in the struggle for equality and justice in the United States
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[00:00.10] From VOA Learning English, this is In the News.
[00:09.86] President Barack Obama
[00:12.40] this week joined hundreds of thousands of Americans
[00:16.21] across the country in marking the 50th anniversary
[00:20.47] of the March on Washington for civil rights.
[00:23.99] The president noted what he called
[00:27.09] "unfinished business" in the struggle
[00:29.52] for equality and justice in the United States.
[00:32.86] His comments come at a time
[00:35.66] when Americans are talking about civil rights
[00:39.00] and race relations.
[00:40.50] Some are still reacting
[00:43.45] to a Florida court's decision
[00:45.72] in the murder trial of George Zimmermann.
[00:48.42] The jury found the neighborhood watch volunteer
[00:52.34] not guilty in the shooting death
[00:54.77] of Trayvon Martin,
[00:56.25] a 17-year-old African American.
[00:58.90] On August 28, 1963, 250,000 people
[01:06.38] marched in Washington for jobs and civil rights.
[01:10.08] It was the biggest demonstration of its kind.
[01:13.47] Many people stood outside the Lincoln Memorial
[01:17.66] to hear speakers talk about civil rights
[01:20.50] for African Americans.
[01:22.34] The march ended
[01:24.47] with civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
[01:28.11] giving his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
[01:31.26] His comments energized
[01:34.96] the civil rights movement in the United States
[01:37.19] and led to important laws,
[01:39.54] including the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
[01:43.43] The law bars major forms of discrimination
[01:47.27] against minorities and women.
[01:49.50] Last Wednesday,
[01:52.03] the nation's first black president
[01:54.22] stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
[01:56.79] Mr. Obama remembered King
[01:59.80] and the sacrifices
[02:01.47] of those who marched here in Washington.
[02:03.95] He said the marchers brought change
[02:07.04] not only for African Americans,
[02:09.01] but also for other groups
[02:11.34] and for those hoping for freedom around the world.
[02:14.63] The president's speech marked one of the first times
[02:19.04] since he took office in 2009
[02:21.96] that he has spoken about issues of race.
[02:24.94] It also came two months after the nation's highest court
[02:29.95] ruled against part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
[02:34.45] Mr. Obama said those who suggest
[02:38.06] little has changed in America dishonor
[02:41.28] the marchers of 50 years ago.
[02:43.50] At the same time,
[02:45.82] he said work toward racial equality is not complete.
[02:49.67] The president noted that challenges to voting rights,
[02:54.33] high unemployment rates and other problems need attention.
[02:58.39] "To secure the gains that this country has made
[03:01.37] requires constant vigilance,
[03:03.39] not complacency, whether by challenging those
[03:07.19] who erect new barriers to the vote,
[03:09.41] or ensuring that the scales of justice work
[03:12.45] equally for all, and the criminal justice system
[03:15.46] is not simply a pipeline
[03:16.71] from under-funded schools to overcrowded jails.
[03:19.74] It requires vigilance."
[03:21.76] The crowd on the National Mall
[03:26.23] here in Washington
[03:27.49] also heard from present-day civil rights leaders,
[03:30.87] movie stars and two former U.S. presidents.
[03:34.37] Like Mr. Obama, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter
[03:38.61] belong to the Democratic Party.
[03:40.67] Mr. Carter also criticized the Supreme Court decision
[03:45.05] on the Voting Rights Act.
[03:46.61] "I believe we all know
[03:48.18] how Dr. King would have reacted
[03:50.60] to the new ID requirements
[03:52.73] to exclude certain voters,
[03:54.64] especially African Americans.
[03:57.05] I think we all know how Dr. King would have reacted
[04:00.04] to the Supreme Court striking down
[04:02.51] a crucial part of the Voters Rights Act
[04:05.33] just recently passed overwhelmingly by Congress."
[04:08.31] Another speaker was Martin Luther King's youngest child,
[04:12.52] Bernice King.
[04:13.97] She spoke about her father's message
[04:17.26] to "Let Freedom Ring."
[04:18.97] "Today, 50 years later, my friends,
[04:22.25] we are still crippled by practices
[04:25.14] and policies steeped in racial pride,
[04:28.20] hatred and hostility,
[04:30.27] some of which have us standing our ground
[04:33.92] rather than finding common ground."
[04:36.36] Some people in the crowd
[04:38.52] also took part in the 1963 march.
[04:41.76] They said they are prepared
[04:43.78] to keep the dream of racial equality alive.
[04:47.20] And that's In the News,
[04:49.89] from VOA Learning English. I'm Avi Arditti.

歌词大意

[00:00.10] VOA yīng yǔ xué xí, zhè lǐ shì shí shí xīn wén.
[00:09.86] zǒng tǒng Barack Obama
[00:12.40] zhè zhōu jiā rù dào quán guó chéng bǎi shàng qiān de měi guó mín zhòng zhōng,
[00:16.21] lái jì niàn huá shèng dùn mín quán shì wēi yùn dòng de
[00:20.47] 50 zhōu nián jì niàn rì.
[00:23.99] zǒng tǒng qiáng diào le tā suǒ shuō de
[00:27.09] zài dòu zhēng zhōng" wèi jìng de shì yè"
[00:29.52] shì wèi le měi guó de píng děng yǔ zhèng yì.
[00:32.86] tā de píng lùn
[00:35.66] zài měi guó rén mín tán lùn gōng mín quán lì hé zhǒng zú guān xì shí,
[00:39.00] lái de zhèng shì shí hòu.
[00:40.50] yǒu xiē rén réng jiù duì
[00:43.45] fó luó lǐ dá zhōu fǎ yuàn duì George Zimmermann móu shā shěn xùn de jié guǒ
[00:45.72] biǎo shì fǎn duì.
[00:48.42] péi shěn tuán rèn wéi zhè wèi lín lǐ shǒu wàng zhì yuàn zhě
[00:52.34] duì yú Trayvon Martin,
[00:54.77] yī wèi 17 suì de fēi zhōu yì měi guó rén,
[00:56.25] bèi qiāng jī sǐ wáng shì wú zuì de
[00:58.90] zài 8 yuè 28 rì, 1963, 25 wàn rén
[01:06.38] zài huá shèng dùn wèi gōng zuò hé mín quán yóu xíng shì wēi.
[01:10.08] zhè shì cǐ lèi xíng zuì dà de yī cì shì wēi.
[01:13.47] hěn duō rén zhàn zài lín kěn jì niàn táng wài
[01:17.66] tīng fā yán zhě jiǎng shù fēi yì měi guó rén
[01:20.50] de gōng mín quán lì.
[01:22.34] yóu xíng jié shù zài
[01:24.47] hēi rén yùn dòng lǐng xiù mǎ dīng lù dé jīn
[01:28.11] zhù míng de yǎn jiǎng" wǒ yǒu yí gè mèng xiǎng" zhōng.
[01:31.26] tā de fā yán shǐ
[01:34.96] měi guó hēi rén yùn dòng dòu zhì áng yáng,
[01:37.19] bìng qiě dǎo zhì zhòng yào fǎ lǜ de chū tái,
[01:39.54] bāo kuò 1964 nián de quán lì fǎ àn.
[01:43.43] zhè xiàng fǎ lǜ jìn zhǐ le
[01:47.27] duì yú shǎo shù mín zú hé nǚ xìng de zhǔ yào xíng shì de qí shì.
[01:49.50] shàng zhōu sān,
[01:52.03] zhè gè guó jiā de dì yī wèi hēi rén zǒng tǒng
[01:54.22] zhàn zài lín kěn jì niàn táng de tái jiē shàng.
[01:56.79] ào bā mǎ miǎn huái le jīn
[01:59.80] duì yú zài huá shèng dùn cǐ chù jìn xíng yóu xíng de rén men de
[02:01.47] xī shēng.
[02:03.95] tā shuō yóu xíng zhě bù jǐn
[02:07.04] gěi fēi yì měi guó rén dài lái le zhuǎn jī,
[02:09.01] yě gěi le qí tā qún tǐ
[02:11.34] hé quán shì jiè kě wàng zì yóu de rén men yǐ zhuǎn jī.
[02:14.63] zǒng tǒng qiáng diào le tā
[02:19.04] zì cóng 2009 nián zhí zhèng yǐ lái de shù gè dì yī cì zhī yī,
[02:21.96] jiù shì tā duì yú zhǒng zú wèn tí de jiǎng huà.
[02:24.94] zhè tóng shí fā shēng zài guó jiā zuì gāo fǎ yuàn fǎn duì
[02:29.95] 1965 nián tóu piào quán fǎ àn bù fèn nèi róng de liǎng ge yuè zhī hòu.
[02:34.45] ào bā mǎ shuō nèi xiē àn shì
[02:38.06] měi guó jī hū méi yǒu gǎi biàn de rén
[02:41.28] ràng 50 nián qián de shì wēi zhě méng xiū.
[02:43.50] yú cǐ tóng shí,
[02:45.82] tā biǎo míng wèi zhǒng zú píng děng de gōng zuò hái méi yǒu wán chéng.
[02:49.67] zǒng tǒng qiáng diào le duì yú xuǎn jǔ quán
[02:54.33] gāo shī yè lǜ hé qí tā wèn tí de tiǎo zhàn dài guān zhù.
[02:58.39] " wèi le bǎo wèi guó jiā yǐ qǔ de de chéng guǒ,
[03:01.37] xū yào chí xù de jǐng jiè,
[03:03.39] bù néng zì mǎn, bù guǎn shì tōng guò tiǎo zhàn nèi xiē
[03:07.19] wèi xuǎn jǔ zhì zào xīn zhàng ài de rén,
[03:09.41] hái shì què bǎo sī fǎ duì suǒ yǒu rén gōng zhèng,
[03:12.45] ràng fàn zuì cái jué xì tǒng bù néng jǐn jǐn shì
[03:15.46] lián jiē zī jīn bù zú de xué xiào
[03:16.71] hé rén shù chāo zài jiān yù de guǎn dào.
[03:19.74] zhè xū yào jǐng jiè."
[03:21.76] zài guó jiā guǎng chǎng shàng rén qún
[03:26.23] zài huá shèng dùn cǐ chù,
[03:27.49] yě tīng cóng zhe rú jīn mín quán yùn dòng lǐng xiù
[03:30.87] diàn yǐng míng xīng hé liǎng wèi měi guó qián rèn zǒng tǒng de lǐng dǎo.
[03:34.37] lì rú ào bā mǎ bǐ ěr kè lín dùn hé jí mǐ kǎ tè
[03:38.61] lì shǔ mín zhǔ dǎng.
[03:40.67] kǎ tè yě pī píng le zuì gāo fǎ yuàn duì yú
[03:45.05] xuǎn jǔ quán lì fǎ àn de jué dìng.
[03:46.61] " wǒ xiāng xìn wǒ men dōu zhī dào
[03:48.18] jīn bó shì dìng huì fǎn duì
[03:50.60] jiāng yī xiē tè dìng tóu piào zhě pái chú zài wài de,
[03:52.73] yóu qí shì duì fēi yì měi guó rén de
[03:54.64] xīn shēn fèn rèn zhèng guī dìng.
[03:57.05] wǒ xiāng xìn wǒ men dōu zhī dào jīn bó shì dìng huì fǎn duì
[04:00.04] jìn rì guó huì qiáng zhì tōng guò de
[04:02.51] guān yú zuì gāo fǎ yuàn dǎ yā xuǎn mín quán lì fǎ àn zhōng zhì guān zhòng yào de yī bù fen
[04:05.33] zhè yī shì jiàn."
[04:08.31] lìng yí gè fā yán zhě shì Martin Luther King zuì nián qīng de hái zi,
[04:12.52] Bernice King.
[04:13.97] tā tán dào le guān yú tā fù qīn wèi" ràng zì yóu zhī shēng zòu xiǎng"
[04:17.26] liú xià de huà.
[04:18.97] " jīn tiān, zài 50 nián hòu, wǒ de péng yǒu men,
[04:22.25] wǒ men réng rán chén lún zài
[04:25.14] zhǒng zú zì háo de guàn lì yǔ zhèng cè zhōng,
[04:28.20] zēng wù hé chóu hèn,
[04:30.27] yǒu de ràng wǒ men zhǐ zhàn zài wǒ men de lì chǎng,
[04:33.92] ér bú shì zhǎo dào bǐ cǐ de gòng tóng diǎn."
[04:36.36] rén qún zhōng de yī xiē rén
[04:38.52] yě tóng shí cān jiā le 1963 nián de yóu xíng.
[04:41.76] tā men shuō tā men shí kè zhǔn bèi zhe
[04:43.78] ràng zhǒng zú píng děng de mèng xiǎng chéng zhēn.
[04:47.20] shí shí xīn wén dào cǐ wéi zhǐ,
[04:49.89] zhè lǐ shì VOA xué yīng yǔ. wǒ shì Avi Arditti.