Lesson 1
Vocabulary
1. Manhood:离退休工作总结 the state of being human
2. White lie:当悲伤逆流成河 harmless or trivial lie，esp．one told in order to avoid hurting sb．
3. black sheep：person regarded as a disgrace or a failure by other members of his family or group
塑料花
4. To upt: to defeat
5. Affirmation: stating sth．as truth firmly and forcefully
余彤6. To strain: to make the greatest possible effort
7. Off ba: mistaken
8. (a) want (of) : lack of 检察院实习报告
9. Ringing cry: rallying call
Paragraph
衣服去污1. The job of arousing manhood within a people that have been taught for so many centuries that they are nobody is not easy.
It is no easy job to educate a people who have been told over centuries that they were inferior and of no importance to e that they are humans, the same as any other people.
2. Psychological freedom, a firm n of lf-esteem, is the most powerful weapon against the long night of physical slavery.
If you break the mental shackles impod on you by white supremacists, if you really respect yourlf, thinking that you are a Man, equal to anyone el, you will be able to take part in the struggle against racial discrimination.
3. The Negro will only be free when he reaches down to the inner depths of his own
being and signs with the pen and ink of asrtive manhood his own emancipation proclamation.
The liberation of mind can only be achieved by the Negro himlf/herlf. Only when a negro is fully convinced that he/she is a Man/Woman and is not inferior to anyone el, can he/she throw off the manacles of lf-abnegation and become free.
4. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.
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蛇和兔Power in its best form of function is the carrying out of the demands of justice with love and justice in the best form of function is the overcoming of everything standing in the way of love with power.
5. At that time economic status was considered the measure of the individual’s ability and talents.
At that time, the way to evaluate how capable and resourceful a person was to e how
much money he had made (or how wealthy he was).
6. …the abnce of worldly goods indicated a want of industrious habits and moral fiber.
A person was poor becau he was lazy and not hard-working and lacked a n of right and wrong.
7. It is not the work of slaves driven to their tasks either by the task, by the taskmaster, or by animal necessity.
This kind of work cannot be done by slaves who work becau the work has to be done, becau they are forced to work by slave-drivers or becau they need to work in order to be fed and clothed.
8. …when the unjust measurement of human worth on the scale of dollars is eliminated.
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when the unfair practice of judhing human value by the amount of money a person has irs done away with.
9. He who hates does not know God, but he who has love has the key that unlocks the door to the meaning of ultimate reality.
Tho who harbor hate in their hearts cannot grasp the teachings of God. Only tho who have love can enjoy the ultimate happiness in Heaven.
10. Let us be dissatisfied until America will no longer have a high blood pressure of creeds and an anemia of deeds.
Let us be dissatisfied until America no longer only talk about racial equality but is unwilling or reluctant to take action to end such evil practice as racial discrimination.
Translation
1. A white lie is better than a black lie.
一个无关紧要的谎言总比一个恶意的谎言要好。
2. To upt this cultural homicide,the Negro must ri up with an affirmation of his own Olympian manhood.
为了挫败各种蓄意培植的低人一等的心态，黑人必须直起腰来宣布自己高贵的人格。
3. ... with a spirit staining toward true lf-esteem, the Negro must boldly throw off the manacles
黑人必须以一种竭尽全力自尊自重的精神，大胆抛弃自我克制的枷锁。
4. What is needed is a realization that power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is ntimental and anemic.
必须懂得没有爱的权力是毫无节制、易被滥用的，而没有权力的爱则是多愁善感、脆弱无力的。
5. It is precily this collision of immoral power with powerless morality which constitutes t
he major crisis of our times.
正是这种邪恶的权力和没有权势的道义的冲突构成了我们时代的主要危机。
6. Now early in this century this proposal would have been greeted with ridicule and denunciation, as destructive of initiative and responsibility.
在本世纪之初，这种建议会受到嘲笑和谴责，认为它对主动性和责任感起负面作用
7. The fact is that the work which improves the condition of mankind, the work which extends knowledge and increas power and enriches literature and elevates thought, is not done to cure a living.
