CNN 2011-10-18

 An earthquake and a hurricane may have delayed this day, but this is the day that we were not be denied. For this day we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Junior’s return to the national mall. In this place, he will stand for all time.

 

Mr. Johnson’s students: You rock for sending us that eye report. Thanks so much for that. Hello everyone. My name is Carl Azus. This is CNN student news. First up today we are going to Washington DC and the event where president Obama was speaking. Dedication¹ of the national memorial for civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Junior, you heard the president mention delays from an earthquake and from a hurricane. This dedication was actually supposed to happen back in August on the anniversary of the historic² march on Washington, that’s when Dr. King gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. During yesterday’s ceremony President Obama talked about how Americans today can draw inspiration³ from King’s work. And how “we can’t be discouraged by what is, we’ve got to keep pushing for what ought to be”. The dedication included musical performances and speeches by a wide range of people from Dr. King’s children to other leaders of the civil rights movement. Martin Luther King Junior was from Atlanta and some students from the city had planned to head up to DC for the dedication. They talked about why they were looking forward to the event.

 

I am excited because not only will I be able to get to meet stars in civil rights XXX, but I’ll be able to stand and see everything that Dr. Martin Luther King work for. He was not just about helping⁴ blacks, he was about all races no matter what color, no matter what you did to him, he was about forgiveness, he wasn’t just about ok well this is my race and we don’t have this. He was about equality to all mankind and everybody deserves equal rights. I’m glad to witness something that actually goes down in history like it’s very, it’s very emotional for me because since I wasn’t there when Martin Luther King was alive, is it to witness something like this and be able to come back and tell everyone about it.

 

The Occupy Wall Street Movement seems to be going global. These protests started several weeks ago in New York, different people who were involved said they protest against a lot of different things but anger at the US financial industry has been a consistent⁵ theme with this. The protests have spread to other cities in America, now to other cities worldwide: Rome, Berlin, London , Hong Kong, people all over talking about how world financial problems have hit them. Most of the protests were peaceful, some did turn violent. For example in Italy, a different group joined the occupy protest, they fought with police, set cars on fire and smash⁶ windows.

1 dedication   

n.奉献，献身，致力，题献，献辞

参考例句：

• We admire her courage,compassion and dedication.我们钦佩她的勇气、爱心和奉献精神。
• Her dedication to her work was admirable.她对工作的奉献精神可钦可佩。

2 historic   

adj.历史上著名的，具有历史意义的

参考例句：

• This is a historic occasion.这是具有重大历史意义的时刻。
• We are living in a great historic era.我们正处在一个伟大的历史时代。

3 inspiration   

n.灵感，鼓励者，吸气

参考例句：

• These events provided the inspiration for his first novel.这些事件给了他创作第一部小说的灵感。
• What an inspiration she was to all around her!她对于她周围所有的人是一种多么大的鼓舞！

4 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

5 consistent   

adj.坚持的，一贯的，一致的，符合的

参考例句：

• He has been a consistent friend to the Chinese people.他是中国人民始终如一的朋友。
• His action is always consistent with his words.他始终言行一致。

6 smash   

v.粉碎，打碎；n.轰动的演出，巨大的成功

参考例句：

• We heard the smash of plates breaking in the kitchen.我们听到厨房里盘子破碎的声音。
• The gifted author wrote one smash after another.这个天才作家创作了一篇又一篇轰动一时的作品。