美国有线新闻 CNN 2014-08-28

 Hey, I'm Anderson Coooper. Welcome to the podcast. Thousands gathered to say goodbye to Michael Brown and Napa California cleans up from its worst earthquake in 25 years. Let's get started.

 

    We begin however, tonight in Missouri where the family of Michael Brown had a request to celebrate his life, to lay him to rest in silence. That request was honoured today. Protest gave way to peace. Teargas was replacd with tears. As people gathered at Brown's funeral to celebrate his life just over 2 weeks after his death, family members spoke¹ of the young man they called MacMike', a big guy  what they say a kind and gentle soul. Thousands turned up at Friendly Temple Missionary² Baptist Church in St. Louis. Family, friends, community leaders, clergy³ members, strangers and stars, all to say goodbye to 18- year- old Michael Brown to honour the memory of his young life. ** reports. 

 

    Organizers call it a celebration of the life of Michael Brown. Family members and complete strangers jumped at their feet, clapping and shouting, but not Leslie McSpadden. At the start of the service, she stood, staring at her son's cast and photos, more than 2 weeks after he was shot and killed on the street in Ferguson, Missouri. Michael Brown's blood is crying from the ground, crying for vengeance⁴, crying for justice. Justice, Brown's great uncle says, for more than just his nephew. There's a cry being made from the ground, not just for Michael Brown, but for the Trayvon Martins, for those children in Sandy Hook elementary school,for the Columbine Massacre⁵, for the black- on- black crime. That is the cry being made from the ground! And there was the death on masses of,you know, keep it peaceful, and it's always at home. Excuse me, it starts at home. I think all was out so the community ** to the world. You know we have discovered with ourselves and they ain't go out, and you know spread peace and be respectful dearfully. First and foremost, we're respectful for others. ** never met Brown, likely neither had many of the estimated 4500 attendees. Some wearing a memorial T- shirt or sharing a story about someone they'd lost. I know the grieving over lost grandchildren that will never be born. Celebrities⁶ and notables like Spike⁷ Lee and Jessie Jackson sat at the seemingly reserved VIP section next to politicians from the state capital and the nation's capital, and there was plenty of politics. What you guys can do to continue this is show up at the voting polls. Let your voices be heard and let everyone know that we have had enough of all of this. 

 

    But after weeks of protests with moments of violence, bombs of teargas and standout with police, a plea. Today is for peace. Peace and quiet, we will lay our son, brother, cousin, uncle, our family. Young man, young black man, young human being. But we don't say goodbye. We say good journey until we meet again. Joining me along is Michael Brown's cousin Eric Davis with Benjamin Crump who is the attorney for the Brown family. Eric, thank you very much for being with us again. Our condolences to you and your family. Hmm, as you saw today, what to you was the greatest message that came out of today's services? I think the greatest image that came out of today's srvices is that this is the beginning of a movement. This is not just a burial for Michael Brown, but a movement for the country, for the communities to come together and to speak to the police offices about how they are policing our communities, and I believe that was the message that Reverend al Sharpten drove home very well today. And Eric we saw some of that voter registration⁸ drives outside regi- barbecue on Thursday night when I was let there last. Do you believe that this will continue to be a movement that goes beyond the, you know, beyond your cousin and impact people around the country? Yes, I do. Michael did let us know as we spoke of today that his name would be known around the world, and I do believe that this is a movement that just to begin another movement, because things that have happened and heard in Ferguson, Missouri, they are also protestors of New York city, Los Angeles and around the world, so I do believe that this is just the beginning of the movement for the African- American community can speak out to let people know that the police need to treat us fair and justly in our communities.

1 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

2 missionary   

adj.教会的，传教(士)的；n.传教士

参考例句：

• She taught in a missionary school for a couple of years.她在一所教会学校教了两年书。
• I hope every member understands the value of missionary work. 我希望教友都了解传教工作的价值。

3 clergy   

n.[总称]牧师，神职人员

参考例句：

• I could heartily wish that more of our country clergy would follow this example.我衷心希望，我国有更多的牧师效法这个榜样。
• All the local clergy attended the ceremony.当地所有的牧师出席了仪式。

4 vengeance   

n.报复，报仇，复仇

参考例句：

• He swore vengeance against the men who murdered his father.他发誓要向那些杀害他父亲的人报仇。
• For years he brooded vengeance.多年来他一直在盘算报仇。

5 massacre   

n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀

参考例句：

• There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
• If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！

6 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目

7 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。

8 registration   

n.登记，注册，挂号

参考例句：

• Marriage without registration is not recognized by law.法律不承认未登记的婚姻。
• What's your registration number?你挂的是几号？