环球慢速英语 斯泰德森·肯尼迪对抗偏见(2)

Voice 1: Stetson Kennedy was born in 1916 in Florida, in the United States. He was a white man. As a child, one particular incident had a big influence on Stetson. When Stetson was young, a black woman named Flo worked for his family. One day, she had a dispute with a public transportation driver. She paid for the service. But he did not give her the right amount of money back. Soon after the incident, a few members of the Klan attacked Flo. They beat and raped¹ her. She had been like a mother to Stetson.

声音1：斯泰德森·肯尼迪1916年出生在美国佛罗里达州。他是白人。斯泰德森儿时发生的一起特别事件对他产生了巨大的影响。斯泰德森小时候，一位名为弗洛的黑人女性为他们家工作。一天，她和公交车司机发生了争执。她花钱买车票。但是司机找她的钱不对。事件发生后不久，三K党成员袭击了弗洛。他们殴打并强奸了她。她对斯泰德森来说就像母亲一样。

Voice 2: In the nineteen forties [1940's], Stetson was a young man. And America was involved in World War Two. Many young men went to fight in the war. Stetson could not go - his back was weak. But he decided² that he still wanted to defend his country. Instead of going to war, he decided to defend his country at home. He thought that the United States' most dangerous enemy was bigotry³. Bigotry is the opposite of tolerance⁴ and acceptance. A bigot does not accept other people's ideas. And he may have harmful ideas about different groups of people. As a young man, Stetson wrote books and other documents against bigotry.

声音2：20世纪40年代，斯泰德森处于青年时期。当时美国卷入了第二次世界大战。许多年轻男性都去参战了。可是斯泰德森不能参战，因为他的后背有问题。但是他决定，他也要保卫国家。不是去参战，他决定在家里保卫国家。他认为美国最危险的敌人是偏见。偏见是包容与接纳的反义词。偏见者不接受其他人的想法。他可能对不同群体的人持有害想法。斯泰德森在年轻时写书和其他文件来对抗偏见。

1 raped   

v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的过去式和过去分词 )；强奸

参考例句：

• A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
• We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致，不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 bigotry   

n.偏见，偏执，持偏见的行为[态度]等

参考例句：

• She tried to dissociate herself from the bigotry in her past.她力图使自己摆脱她以前的偏见。
• At least we can proceed in this matter without bigotry.目前这件事咱们至少可以毫无偏见地进行下去。

4 tolerance   

n.宽容；容忍，忍受；耐药力；公差

参考例句：

• Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
• Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。