高中英语人教版高二下课文06

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[00:00.00]和谐英语学习网 Unit 16  The United States of America
[00:02.69]美国
[00:05.38]READING  THE AMERICAN SOUTH
[00:07.67]阅读  美国南部
[00:09.95]Ever since the Civil War,
[00:11.73]自内战以来，
[00:13.51]the South has struggled to find ways to deal with its troubled past.
[00:16.98]南方一直在努力寻找来解决他们不平静的过去的办法。
[00:20.45]The history of the South is one of suffering:
[00:22.64]南方史就是一部苦难史：
[00:24.82]the suffering of the Native Americans who were killed
[00:27.30]遭遇杀害或被欧洲殖民者
[00:29.78]or driven off their land by European settlers;
[00:32.10]从他们的土地上赶走的土著人的苦难；
[00:34.43]the pains of slaves brought from Africa by greedy slave traders;
[00:37.85]被贪婪的贩卖奴隶的商人从非洲带来的奴隶所遭受的痛苦；
[00:41.27]the death and poverty of the Civil War;
[00:43.64]战争年代的死亡与贫穷；
[00:46.00]the hardships of unemployment and civil unrest in the post-war years
[00:49.68]在战后年代和经济萧条时期的失业以及
[00:53.37]and the Great Depression;
[00:54.99]国内的动乱造成的苦难。
[00:56.61]the many sacrifices of the Civil Rights Movement.
[00:59.18]民权运动中很多人的牺牲。
[01:01.75]The wounds are slow to heal and the scars run deep.
[01:04.59]创伤在慢慢消除，但心中的创伤却愈积愈深。
[01:07.42]Even today,the South is far behind the rest of the United States
[01:10.80]即使现在，南方在教育和经济发展方面远远落后于美国其它地方。
[01:14.19]in areas such as education and economic development.
[01:20.35]But the story of the South is also one of hope and success.
[01:23.33]但南方史又是一部充满希望和成功的历史。
[01:26.31]There are sings that a new,different South is coming out of its dark past.
[01:29.89]有迹象表时一个崭新的南方正在崛起。
[01:33.47]Atlanta,Georgia,is a good example.
[01:35.84]佐治亚州的亚特兰大就是一个很好的例证。
[01:38.22]Like many of its sister cities in the South,
[01:40.70]像南方的很多姐妹城市一样，
[01:43.18]Atlanta was burnt down in the Civil War.
[01:45.61]亚特兰大在美国内战中被烧毁。
[01:48.04]The city was destroyed and there was no money for reconstruction.
[01:51.22]这座城市被摧毁得无钱重建。
[01:54.39]In fact,when the new mayor of Atlanta started working in 1864,
[01:57.77]实际上，亚特兰大市市长在1864年开始上任时，
[02:01.16]the city and had only$1.64.
[02:04.03]这个城市仅有1。64美元。
[02:06.90]The post-war years were hard
[02:08.94]战后的年代是艰难的，
[02:10.98]and the people of Atlanta struggled to rebuild the city
[02:13.71]但亚特兰大的人民努力重建这个城市，
[02:16.44]and create a new South where former slaves and slave-owners could live together.
[02:20.16]使 昔日的奴隶和奴隶主能够和平共处。
[02:23.88]Atlanta quickly recovered from the destruction caused by the Civil War.
[02:26.86]亚特兰大从美国内战所造成的毁灭中很快复苏。
[02:29.84]In only five years,
[02:31.72]在仅仅五年中，
[02:33.60]most of the city had been rebuilt and Atlanta began to grow again.
[02:36.77]这个城市的绝大部分建筑开始重建，亚特兰大女开始发展。
[02:39.95]Despite the hardships of the post-war years and the Great Depression,
[02:43.12]尽管有战后年代及萧条时期的艰难因苦，
[02:46.30]the people of Atlanta continued to develop the area,
[02:49.08]亚特兰大的人们继续在经济、社会方面
[02:51.86]both economically and socially.
[02:53.99]发展这个地区。
[02:56.12]There were signs that the new Atlanta would be different;
[02:58.60]有迹象表时新的亚特兰大将会不同：
[03:01.08]Atlanta's African-American community grew
[03:03.42]亚特兰大的非洲籍美国人的集居开始发展，
[03:05.76]and black businesses became more successful.
[03:08.09]黑人的商业更加成功。
[03:10.43]It was also in Atlanta
[03:12.51]民权运动的伟大领袖，
[03:14.59]that one of the great leaders of the Civil Rights Movement,
[03:17.07]马丁.路德.金博士，也正是出生在亚特兰大。
[03:19.55]Dr Martin Luther King,Jr,was born.
[03:24.59]Dr King grew up in a city where nearly half the population was black,
[03:27.97]金博士是在黑人几乎占一半人口的城市长大的，
[03:31.36]but where segregation took away many of their rights.
[03:34.30]但在那里种族隔离剥夺了他们的很多权利。
[03:37.23]The injustices in the city
[03:39.06]这个城市以及南方的不公正做法迫使