VOA标准英语2012--US Civil Rights History Spawns Tourism
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(二月)
US Civil Rights History Spawns 1 Tourism
In Birmingham, Alabama, a battleground in the struggle for African American equality, some are capitalizing on so-called heritage tourism.
It was in this very city where the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. and others led peaceful demonstrations 3 which turned violent when police used fire hoses and dogs against the demonstrators.
Many were wounded, thousands were arrested, and the images galvanized support for the bid to end racial discrimination.
Nearly 50 years later, people such as William Revill come, who traveled several hours to see to Birmingham's Civil Rights Institute, wants to learn about the battle for civil rights.
"Black people need to know the price that our people paid for us to be where we are today," he says. "It came with a price. Unfortunately what that price meant was that a lot of our people died."
Lawrence Pijeaux, president of the museum, shows the jail-cell door that once kept Rev 2. Dr. Martin Luther King behind bars.
"This is an extremely important artifact at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute," he says, explaining that it was behind this door that Dr. King wrote his famous "Letter From Birmingham Jail," considered by many one the most important document of the civil rights movement. "It's important that we have this institution here so that people not only in this country, but people from around the world, [can] learn about what happened in Birmingham."
Multimedia 4 presentations, photographs and artifacts are used to document the African American struggle. For Ann Marie Wilson, visiting from London, the materials have the power to inform demonstrations against injustice 5 that are unfolding in today's world.
"We have heard Alabama has been very significant in the integration 6 process but also had a lot pain along its journey," she says. "I wanted to see what I could learn from that to see how peaceful demonstrations can enable a diverse population to live side by side in harmony."
"It kind of got emotional for me," says Vernon Roberts of New Jersey 7, for whom the exhibits stir powerful memories. "It gave me the opportunity to want to bring more of my family, especially to have my children here so they can see the struggle that took place here."
Last year, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute attracted thousands of visitors. The hope is that even more will come this year.
- Lava Spawns now require 15 attacks to replicate, up from 14. 火人现在需要攻击15下才会分裂，而不是14下。
- Idleness spawns discontent, whereas overwork leads to mental and physical exhaustion. 懒惰滋生不满，而过度工作导致精神和身体的疲劳。
- It's his job to rev up the audience before the show starts.他要负责在表演开始前鼓动观众的热情。
- Don't rev the engine so hard.别让发动机转得太快。
- Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
- The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。
- Multimedia is the combination of computer and video technology.多媒体是计算机和视频技术的结合。
- Adam raised the issue of multimedia applications and much useful discussion ensued.亚当提出了多媒体应用的问题，从而引发了许多有益的讨论。
- They complained of injustice in the way they had been treated.他们抱怨受到不公平的对待。
- All his life he has been struggling against injustice.他一生都在与不公正现象作斗争。
- We are working to bring about closer political integration in the EU.我们正在努力实现欧盟內部更加紧密的政治一体化。
- This was the greatest event in the annals of European integration.这是欧洲统一史上最重大的事件。