The long walk goes on: Mandela at[1] 100
① Barack Obama will today deliver the annual Nelson Mandela lecture at a Johannesburg stadium, a day ahead of the 100th anniversary of the anti-apartheid leader's birth[2].
② Mr Obama's speech, billed as his most important since leaving the White House, will address themes of tolerance and democracy, in implicit contrast to the words and actions of Donald Trump.
③ He will also talk about challenges to Mr Mandela's legacy around the world.
④ In South Africa this legacy is being questioned amid frustrations over the lack of significant economic improvements in the lives of the black majority.
⑤ Inequality has increased since the end of apartheid.
⑥ Corruption metastasized and the economy stuttered under the miserable leadership of Jacob Zuma.
⑦ Unemployment and violent crime remain sky-high.
⑧ Mandela, sometimes criticised as having been too conciliatory, is a scapegoat for the failures of his party in governing and the deep scars of a country once divided by hatred and intolerance.
单词与词组
lecture n. 演讲；讲座；课
- deliver a lecture 发表演讲
- give a lecture
- lecturer 讲师
- seminar 研讨会，研讨班
stadium n. (周围有看台的)露天大型运动场, 体育场
anniversary n. 周年纪念日，诞辰
ahead of 在……之前
anti-apartheid adj. 反种族隔离的
- apartheid 种族隔离制度，经常特指南非的
- apart 分开的/地
- grow/drift apart 渐行渐远；日渐生疏；产生隔阂
address
n: 地址；演说
vt: 对……发表演说 address the public
称呼 address sb. as…
处理；谈及；论及 address the problem
tolerance n. 宽容
democracy n. 民主
in contrast to: 和……形成对比／反差；相比之下
be billed as: 被看作是；被认为是
- be hailed as 被誉为
- be crowned as 被冠以……名号
- be deemed as 被视为
- be viewed/seen/considered as 被认为是；被看作是
implicit adj. 暗示的；盲从的；含蓄的
explicit adj. 详述的, 明确的, 明晰的直言的, 毫不隐瞒的, 露骨的
legacy /ˈlɛɡəsi/: n. 遗产
*culture/cultural legacy 文化遗产
*intellectual legacy 知识财富／遗产
question vt. 问(某人)问题,对(某事物)表示[感到]怀疑 n. 问题
- questionable 可疑的
significant adj. 重要的, 重大的, 可观的.有意义的, 有用意的，意味深长的
improvement n. 增加或修改，改进, 改善, 改良
inequality n. 不平等,不均等,不等量
corruption /kəˈrʌpʃ(ə)n/: n. 腐败
- corrupted officials 腐败的官员
metastasize vi. 扩散；滋长
stutter /ˈstʌtə/: vi. 结结巴巴地说话；蹒跚地走（这里指金融）
miserable adj. 悲惨的, 不幸的, 可怜的，低劣的; 贫乏的
卑鄙的, 可耻的, 可恶的
sky-high adj.&adv. 极高(的)
be criticised as被批判为
conciliatory adj. 调和的；安抚的；中庸的
scapegoat n. 替罪羊
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amid /əˈmɪd/: prep. 处于……当中
两种逻辑关系：
- 由于存在……
因为有很多声音严正指控特朗普对普京软弱的态度，所以他不得不做出改变。
Donald Trump was forced to correct himself amid loud accusations that he was too soft to Putin. - 尽管存在……
尽管全球经济在衰退，中国的经济发展还是很稳健。
The growth of Chinese economy has remained stable amid global recession.
metastasize vi. 扩散；滋长
- 癌症已经在他体内扩散。
The cancer has metastasized/spread throughout his body.
