CNN 2012-02-28

 And of course, the term HBCU refers to schools that were founded before 1964, exclusively for African-American students. Today, there are around a hundred historically black colleges and universities in the US. It's part of our continuing coverage¹ of Black History Month. We talked with some students at Morehouse and Spelman College, right here in Atlanta about their experiences of attending HBCUs.     

 

The reason I wanted to come to Morehouse is because I'd heard about so many of its alumni. The first black mayor of Atlanta, Maynard Jackson went here. Spike² Lee and so many others went here. Martin Luther King Junior went here and the list goes on and on. Those men made it here. I wanna be here. I wanna take the opportunity to learn what they learned, walk what they walked. Everyday, there are moments when I just have to walk outside and look at the statues. There are statues of Martin Luther King Junior, Benjamin ** around the campus. There are certain spots on this campus like Seal Hall where different leaders actually sit. They use to have graduations there. Not just walk there and just breath the air, cause this is a sense of belonging that I sense here.

 

 

The HBCU is really an environment that cultivates and nurtures³ the young minds of African-American men and women. Although, you know, it's a very multi-cultural environment. I think you get to see people from different walks of life. I mean, in terms of diverse social and economic experiences that I don't think I was ever exposed to throughout any my years of schooling⁴. I think this international minds, a kind of captain mind, you know, this going global theme is permeating⁵ throughout Spelman's culture.

 

Apparently⁶ Morehouse's built on the fact that all the students here are accountable for their brothers. We are not gonna let one fall behind or fall below. We are gonna consistently have our brothers back and uplift him. I heard of a say "when you empower the man of Morehouse you empower the world." I thought that was just so moving and I want to be a part of it. Morehouse schedule different characteristics, so you can surround yourself with different people that help empower your identity, empower your inner man.

 

I did grow up in a mature way, an environment ** to New Jersey⁷ and I didn't have many black friends there. So when I came here and I was surrounded by African-American women that were driven I really connected with my identity. When I was a freshman⁸, I was very shy. Spelman has allowed me to grow and to be more forward and have the ability to talk to anyone. Just the opportunity that Spelman has given me and I call my parents and tell them the stories. They are just like, well, guessing you do belong that Spelman.

 

Sometimes when I am discouraged in classes... I would literally⁹ just walk slowly through these walls and listen to the voices and I hear them saying "If I made it, you can make it." 

 

And sometimes you would like to feed your cute animals in hour before we go segment. But, man, that is one ugly-looking dog. Luckily, it looks perfect for a baby aardvark. This little guy is the newest arrival at a zoo in Illinois. He's only about 40 days old. So he doesn't have a name yet. The zoo, for now, is just calling him "it". Officials made sure and pointed¹⁰ out that "it" is an aardvark, not an anteater. Although when they describe how "it" was feeling, they said he's strong, but a little bit antsy. You know, it's aard to come up with pun sometimes, so we borrow that one from the zoo. Hope they don't mind and before we take off, as we promised, we want to mention that the students at Daniel Wright Junior High School in Illinois what you guys got the answers to our social media question right.

 

That's gonna ramp¹¹ things up for us. Enjoy your weekends everybody. For CNN Student News. I'm Ben.

1 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

2 spike   

n.长钉，钉鞋；v.以大钉钉牢，使...失效

参考例句：

• The spike pierced the receipts and held them in order.那个钉子穿过那些收据并使之按顺序排列。
• They'll do anything to spike the guns of the opposition.他们会使出各种手段来挫败对手。

3 nurtures   

教养，培育( nurture的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Art nurtures the soul and culture cultivates the mind. 艺术滋润心灵，文化陶冶情操。
• Who first loves and nurtures us and takes care of every need. 是谁先爱上我们，哺育我们，对我们无微不至。

4 schooling   

n.教育；正规学校教育

参考例句：

• A child's access to schooling varies greatly from area to area.孩子获得学校教育的机会因地区不同而大相径庭。
• Backward children need a special kind of schooling.天赋差的孩子需要特殊的教育。

5 permeating   

弥漫( permeate的现在分词 )； 遍布； 渗入； 渗透

参考例句：

• His grace was more permeating because it found a readier medium. 他的风度因为有人赏识显得更加迷人。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Thoughts are a strangely permeating factor. 思想真是一种会蔓延的奇怪东西。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

6 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

7 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

8 freshman   

n.大学一年级学生(可兼指男女)

参考例句：

• Jack decided to live in during his freshman year at college.杰克决定大一时住校。
• He is a freshman in the show business.他在演艺界是一名新手。

9 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

10 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

11 ramp   

n.暴怒，斜坡，坡道；vi.作恐吓姿势，暴怒，加速；vt.加速

参考例句：

• That driver drove the car up the ramp.那司机将车开上了斜坡。
• The factory don't have that capacity to ramp up.这家工厂没有能力加速生产。