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What Would King Say About Brown, Garner Cases?

The third Monday in January is a federal holiday in the United States, marking the birthday of renowned civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. This year, the holiday has special meaning for many, after the events of recent months in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York.

If King were alive today, they wonder, what would he say about the deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson and of Eric Garner in New York City — both unarmed and killed in confrontations with police — and about the anger and demonstrations that have followed?

King’s famous "I have a dream" speech, delivered during the 1963 March on Washington, was an iconic event in the struggle to end racial segregation and establish equal rights for all citizens of the United States.

Last month there was another "March on Washington." Tens of Thousands of demonstrators in the nation’s capital called for justice in the deaths of Brown and Garner.

This demonstration was peaceful. And King's niece Alveda King — whose father, A.D. King, was also a civil rights activist — suggested the violent protests that occurred in Ferguson after a grand jury did not indict the police officer involved in Brown’s death were not the right approach.

She called the Ferguson protest slogan — "No justice, no peace" — aggressive and said that only peaceful protest can lead to any positive results

Alveda King recalled the day in 1963 that her own home was bombed.

“People wanted to do just what they did in Ferguson," she said. "They were trying to turn over police cars, throw stones. They were trying to be very violent. And I remember Daddy was standing on the car with a megaphone, and he was saying: 'Don’t riot! Don’t be violent! My family and I are OK. Please, go home and pray.' "

Some critics of the protests suggest the demonstrations have created animosity towards police, and that they may have led to the killing of two New York City police officers, Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu. But one of the positive things to emerge is a peaceful discussion about racial discrimination that’s taking place in social media.

"When I see #BlackLivesMatter, I believe that black lives — from conception and to the moment of natural death, the sick, the elderly, the young, the old, the educated, those who need things in communities — all black lives and all human lives matter," she said.

In honor of the holiday, parades are organized in many cities, and hymns are sung in churches across the country. Americans, including President Barack Obama and his family, take part in community projects aimed at bringing Americans together.

Alveda King said that this was her uncle's dream: to see this nation peaceful and united.

詞匯解析

victim

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

n.受害者；受騙者；犧牲

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用作名詞 (n.)

She fell an easy victim to his temptation.

她經(jīng)不起他的誘惑，輕易地被騙了。

He was the victim of injustice.

他是不公平的犧牲者。

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trial

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

n.審訊；試驗(yàn)；試用；嘗試；預(yù)賽或選拔賽；討厭的事；惹麻煩的人

v.測(cè)試

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用作名詞 (n.)

He went through hell during the trial.

審訊期間他吃盡了苦頭。

They succeeded in the experiment on the fifteenth trial.

他們?cè)诘谑宕螄L試時(shí)獲得了成功。

The child was a trial to his parents.

那孩子真讓他父母煩得夠嗆。

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slogan

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

n.口號(hào)；標(biāo)語

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用作名詞 (n.)

The advertising slogan was a play on words.

那條廣告口號(hào)是雙關(guān)語。

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protest

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

n.抗議；反對(duì)

v.抗議；反對(duì)；申明；斷言

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用作名詞 (n.)

Half a million people held a mass protest against racism last night.

昨晚50萬人舉行了大規(guī)模的抗議活動(dòng)反對(duì)種族歧視。

用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)

They protested to the mayor that the taxes were too high.

他們向市長(zhǎng)提出抗議說稅款過高。

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aggressive

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

adj.侵略的；進(jìn)攻性的；好斗的；有進(jìn)取心的

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用作形容詞 (adj.)

His style of argument in meetings is not so much aggressive as pertinacious.

他在會(huì)議上的辯論態(tài)度并非鋒芒逼人而是堅(jiān)持己見。

But what impresses most is that they are aggressive in their career and responsible to their families and respectful to females.

但最印象深刻的,上海男人在事業(yè)上有進(jìn)取心,對(duì)家庭有很強(qiáng)的責(zé)任感,而且尊重女性。

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discrimination

難度：2星擴(kuò)展詞匯，屬常用10000詞

英漢解釋

n.歧視；鑒賞力；辨別

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用作名詞 (n.)

He is passionately opposed to racial discrimination.

他極端反對(duì)種族歧視。

The furnishings in their house showed taste and discrimination.

他們家的室內(nèi)陳設(shè)顯示了主人的審美力和鑒賞力。

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emerge

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

vi.浮現(xiàn)；(由某種狀態(tài))脫出；(事實(shí))顯現(xiàn)出來

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用作不及物動(dòng)詞 (vi.)

A wonderful idea emerged in my mind.

我的腦海里浮現(xiàn)出一個(gè)極妙的想法。

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