VOA慢速英语:Supreme Court Rules in Amistad Slave Ship Case

短语讲解：

1.  She says newspapers reported on the Amistad case, and people began talking about slavery and the slave trade. 

talk about 讨论，谈论
例句：Could you talk about that?
你能谈论下这些吗？

2. For example, there was a play put on in New York City called the Black Schooner that was based on the Amistad incident, and there were many, many people who went to see it.

for example 例如
例句：For example, consider incomplete contracts.
比如考虑一下不完整的合同。

3. “It became partly a freedom of speech issue, not just about slavery, but about the rights of citizens to speak out and to be heard by their representatives in Congress.”

speak out 毫无保留地说出
例句：People can and should speak out against intolerance and hatred.
人们能够也应该公开反对不宽容与仇恨。

4. In the end, Adams agreed to defend the Africans.

agree to 同意， 赞成
例句：I agree to go with him.
我同意和他一起去。

5. And so therefore you have — and Joseph Story said this in his decision, which really opened the door for a lot of arguments — that under the eternal principles of justice, you have the inherent right of self-defense, even if you must kill your captors.

a lot of 许多的; 诸多
例句：Bangladesh has a lot of rural poverty.
孟加拉有许多贫困的农村地区。

6. Julie Roy Jeffrey says during the trials, many abolitionists worked together, including blacks and whites.

work together 同事; 搭档; 合作
例句：This meant departments had to work together.
这样就意味着各个部门协调合作。

7. After the Amistad victory, though, the abolitionist movement broke into different groups.

break into 打断; 闯入
例句：They break into an office so that jack can use the phone.
他们闯入了一间办公室，因为杰克需要使用电话。

8. Ms. Jeffrey says the abolitionist movement also helped create the women’s movement in the middle of the 1800s.

in the middle of 在…的中间
例句：A beautiful stone fountain was set in the middle of the garden. 
花园中央砌造了一个漂亮的石头喷水池。