十月晨读 I have a dream - day 2

演讲文本:第三段

But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. And so we've come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.

一、单词整理:

1. cripple 严重削弱;使陷于瘫痪(每日一词中学习的第一个单词)

在文中对应 not free

2. manacle /ˈmænəkəl/  镣铐

either one of a set of two metal rings designed to lock around a person's wrists or ankles; usually plural

e.g.  The prisoner was led into the courtroom in manacles. (Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

3. segregation /'sɛgrɪ'geʃən/ 隔离

4. chain /tʃen/ 枷锁

5. discrimination /dɪ,skrɪmɪ'neʃən/ 歧视 (重音在第一个n上)

6. island /'aɪlənd/ (注意:s不发音)

7. midst /mɪdst/ 在... 中间

8. material /mə'tɪrɪəl/   adj. 物质上的; n. 材料,物质

9. prosperity /prɑ'spɛrəti/ 繁荣,兴旺,富足

Prosperity is a condition in which a person or community is doing well financially.

material prosperity 物质丰富

economic prosperity 经济繁荣

10. languish  /'læŋɡwɪʃ/   =suffer

文中是文学用法,表示被迫受苦,受折磨  

to continue for a long time without activity or progress in an unpleasant or unwanted situation

11. society /sə'saɪəti/ : enter society (进入社会,没有定冠词)

high society = polite society 上流社会

12. find oneself + n./ + -ing

E.g. find himself a handsome man

 I find myself reciting when I come across a text.

 (come across 偶然发现)

13. exile /'ɛksaɪl/ v. 流放; n. 流亡者;被流放者

a situation in which you are forced to leave your country or home and go to live in a foreign country

14. dramatize /'dræmətaɪz/ 使引人注目;将...搬上银幕;公诸于世

对应记忆:the elephant in the room   装看不见  (房间里的大象;比喻大家都看得到,只是假装,或者习惯性看不到)

-ize结尾的词:

finalize (完成,结束)

demonize /'dimən,aɪz/ (妖魔化)

monetize /'mʌnə,taɪz/(变现)(Eric monetized his popularity.)

weaponize (变成武器,武器化);(举例:电影:蚁人  中出现过:They weaponized me.)

idolize (崇拜;偶像化)

socialize (使合群;社交)

paralyze (使麻痹;使瘫痪)

小确幸,学到的表达

1. cold call 抽查

(Cold calls are made to people who have not been contacted before and have not asked to be called.)

2. textbook example:教科书般的例子

3. being bedded by the emperor 翻牌

4. cheesy  (原义:奶酪味道的)

If you describe something as cheesy, you mean that it is cheap, unpleasant, or insincere(not true)廉价的;劣质的,虚伪的

二、赏析

1. One hundred years later, the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination.

manacles of segregation  种族隔离的镣铐

chains of discrimination  种族歧视的枷锁

A:   用词上:押尾韵

B:   学到的写作用法:用准确的动词配上两个平行结构且带有尾韵的名词

2. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity

a lonely island of poverty 一座贫穷的孤岛

对应,押韵:poverty  prosperity

a vast ocean of material prosperity 物质充裕的海洋     (这里指美国,具有时代性)

修辞上:使用比喻,具有画面感,形象生动;而且有韵律,具有语言上的音乐美。

3. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. 

corner 与上一个句子的island对应,形象表达

三、语音

1. joyous 元音之间加 j

2. daybreak  注意重音位置,在首位

3. the emancipation proclamation   注意细节发音:  the /ði/

4. 连读:end the long night of their captivity

(一二段的语音反馈)

连读: an exile

四、方法:

1. 读懂语言,熟悉语音,

   找准语块,注意细节。

   欲背从速,背完就用。

(来自Eric的课堂笔记)

2. 不用纠结语言中nonsensical的东西,记住就好。

3. 关注修辞手法(Rhetorical figures), 反复出现的意象 (Tropes ) 和主题/母题(Motif)

(补充:Tropes  修辞:  a word, phrase, or image used in a new and different way in order to create an artistic effect)

4. 注意语域和词源,更地道的用英语。

(参考史妍的笔记


五、背诵佳句

One hundred years later, the life of the Negro slaves is still crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination.

100年后的今天,在种族隔离的镣铐和种族歧视的枷锁下,黑人的生活仍备受压榨。

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