CNN 2010-01-17
时间：2018-12-20 作者：英语课 分类：CNN2010年(一)月
We know senate majority leader Harry 1 Reid is sorry for what he said about president Obama.
That's what he said. But was it racist 2? Was it true but crudely phrased or was it just plain clueless? Our Soledad O'Brien looks closer at what's really motivating his apology.
>> I've apologized to the president.
>> Reporter: So why exactly is Harry Reid spending so much time apologizing? Author and blogger, Kelly Goff.
>> First of all, apologizing because it's politically necessary to do so. But second of all he's really apologizing because he used essentially 3 antiquated 4 racial language.
>> Reporter: Problem number one for Senator Reid, race and privilege. The senator suggesting the light-skinned candidate has a better chance of winning.
>> I believe that Harry Reid was revealing a very ugly truth about how white Americans tend to view African-American candidates. I mean, It's not a surprise that even in recent memory if you look at Doug Wilder in Virginia, for instance, or the success that Harold Ford 5 has had, it has often been more light-skinned African-Americans that have had greater success or the extraordinary success that Colin Powell had amongst white Americans.
>> What I thought was fascinating about his comment and the reaction to it is I think a lot of black people have long believed that it's sort of an inner community secret.
>> Reporter: Problem number two, the Senator's use of the phrase “Negro dialect”, what exactly does that mean? We asked famed Harvard law professor Charles Oakley Tree.
>> You have to ask Harry Reid. It certainly makes no sense in my sense of what the dialect of African-Americans are, because it's as varied 6 as the dialect of any ethnic 7 group anywhere in the world.
>> Reporter: Professor and preacher Michael Eric Dyson says it's not just how you say it, it's what you're talking about.
>> It's not just intonation 8. If Barack Obama was speaking about affirmative action and bussing and housing and unemployment and stuff, he'd be seen as more black.
>> Reporter: By Negro dialect, maybe Senator Reid meant this.
>> I know we can come together to face down the challenges of our own time.
>> Reporter: Barack Obama speaking to a mostly black crowd at the NAACP may be the biggest problem of them all.
- Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
- Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
- a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
- His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。
- Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
- She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。
- Many factories are so antiquated they are not worth saving.很多工厂过于陈旧落后，已不值得挽救。
- A train of antiquated coaches was waiting for us at the siding.一列陈旧的火车在侧线上等着我们。
- They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
- If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。
- The forms of art are many and varied.艺术的形式是多种多样的。
- The hotel has a varied programme of nightly entertainment.宾馆有各种晚间娱乐活动。
- This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
- The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。
- The teacher checks for pronunciation and intonation.老师在检查发音和语调。
- Questions are spoken with a rising intonation.疑问句是以升调说出来的。