The Crack of Dawn_10月晨读Day6_I Ha
We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.
The marvelous new militancy which had engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our with brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny. And they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricable bound to our freedom.
We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back.
There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motel of the highways and hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the negro's basic mobility is from a small ghetto to the larger one. We cannot never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their self-hood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating: "For Whites Only."
We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.
1. degenerate恶化、退化、堕落、降级;majestic庄严的、宏伟的;plane在这里指思想高度。
2. majestic heights和之前的high plane呼应,达到一种高度。
The marvelous new militancy which had engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our with brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny.
1. militancy战斗性、交战状况,这里是正向的战斗,与creative protest呼应。
2. engulf在这里是涌上心头的意思,还有包围、吞噬,这个词用的很形象、准确、声韵。
3. evidence by有...证明的、已由此证明。
4. come to realize幡然醒悟,讲究一个变化的过程;get to know sb.知道某人,有一个过程。
And they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom.We cannot walk alone.
1. inextricable无法分割的、解不开的,inextricable bound息息相关;bound=tied up with
And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?"
1. pledge保证、誓言、典当物、抵押品;devotee信徒、爱好者。
2. turn back没有回头路;There is no turning back.
We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motel of the highways and hotels of the cities.
1. heavy with 文学的用法,充满着。。。;heavy还有重口味的意思,I'm heavy/light on salt.
2. unspeakable无法形容的、坏透了的;horror惨状、惨案;brutality [brʊ'tæləti] 无情、残忍、暴行(需用复数形式);fatigue[fə'tig]疲劳、疲乏;
We cannot be satisfied as long as the negro's basic mobility is from a small ghetto to the larger one. We cannot never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their self-hood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating: "For Whites Only."
1. mobility 移动,这里指住所、工作等的流动性。
2. ghetto犹太人去、贫民区=slum贫民区 ;strip剥夺、剥去;self-hood自我、个性,这里指更多的可能性
其他:
1. quick and dirty 临时应变的