Day 2

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 languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. So we've come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.

（黑体字为规定背诵段落）

逐句理解赏析：

1）crippled, 蹒跚徘徊的艰难状态，形象的用法，与前句中not free对比；

2）the manacles of, 镣铐；

3）segregation,discrimination,隔离，歧视，押尾韵；

4）poverty 贫困/prosperity 发达、兴旺，此处押尾韵，形式对称；

5）a lonely island of poverty...a vast ocean of material prosperity, 相似结构对比，押尾韵，富于韵律；

6）languished, 理解为adj. languished in the corners 和前面的is crippled by结构一致；languish,V.被迫受苦，受折磨,suffer;

7）society, enter society(进入社会)；high society,polite society 上流社会；

8）find oneself +n./v.ing

9）dramatize 使戏剧化，夸张；相反表达the elephant in the room(视而不见)。类似的以-ize结尾的词：idolize(偶像化，崇拜)/demonize(妖魔化)/monetize(变现)/weaponize(变成武器)~weaponized me 出自《蚁人2》;

10) being bedded by the emperor,形象、婉转的用法。