英语新闻听写 参议员布克称现在美国让许多国民失望

 

Reuters reports that presidential hopeful Cory Booker told a service commemorating¹ the 1965 Bloody² Sunday March, a turning point in the civil rights movement, that the United States is still failing many Americans,

据路透社报道，有望竞选成功的总统候选人科里·布克在一个纪念1965年血腥星期日游行的仪式上称，现在美国仍让许多美国人失望。

citing poverty and gun violence as constant threats.

他举例说，现在贫困和枪支暴力依然是持续性威胁。1965年发生的血腥星期日事件是民权运动的转折点。

Booker, 49, a black second term senator from new jersey³ and former mayor of newark,

现年49岁的布克是新泽西州第二届黑人参议员，曾任纽瓦克市长，

also lamented⁴ that clean water and affordable⁵ healthcare are still unavailable in many communities.

他也哀叹道，现在许多社区仍然没有干净的水和负担得起的医疗保健。

Booker said in a short speech at a church near the bridge in Selma Alabama where civil rights activists⁶ were attacked more than a half-century ago.

布克在阿拉巴马州塞尔玛大桥附近的一座教堂发表了简短的讲话。半个多世纪前，民权活动人士在这座教堂遭到袭击。

We live in a nation that is failing its moral obligations to its children, to its people.

我们生活在一个没有对其人民和孩子履行道德义务的国家。

1 commemorating   

v.纪念，庆祝( commemorate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He was presented with a scroll commemorating his achievements. 他被授予一幅卷轴，以表彰其所做出的成就。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The post office issued a series commemorating famous American entertainers. 邮局发行了一个纪念美国著名演艺人员的系列邮票。 来自互联网

2 bloody   

adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染

参考例句：

• He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
• He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。

3 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。

4 lamented   

adj.被哀悼的，令人遗憾的v.（为…）哀悼，痛哭，悲伤( lament的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• her late lamented husband 她那令人怀念的已故的丈夫
• We lamented over our bad luck. 我们为自己的不幸而悲伤。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 affordable   

adj.支付得起的，不太昂贵的

参考例句：

• The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
• There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。

6 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》