VOA慢速英语:MLK Day: The Fight for a Holiday to Celebrate Peace

短语讲解：

1. Many people, it turned out.

turn out 关掉; 结果是; 制造
例句：Be calm and sit tight and everything will turn out well.
保持镇静，听其自然，一切都会好转。

2. In one line, King said he hoped “little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

be able to 能够; 能
例句：They may be able to help with childcare so that you can have a break
他们可以帮忙照料孩子，这样你就可以歇一歇了。

3. Author David Chappell writes about some of the objections in his book “Waking from the Dream.

write about 写…的事，写到…
例句：If something awful happens to you at least you can write about it.
如果你遭遇了不幸，至少你有东西可写。

4. While the Capitol included more than 600 works of art at the end of the 1970s, only two featured black Americans.

at the end of 在…结尾，在…末端;
例句：He parted with us at the end of the trip.
旅行结束时他和我们分手了。

5. King holiday supporters agreed to a statue of King in the Capitol.

agree to 同意， 赞成
例句：I cannot but agree to your decision.
我不得不同意你的决定。

6. In 2000, the Virginia governor succeeded in separating the events.

succeed in doing 成功; 成功做了某事; 成功做; 成功地做某事; 成功做到
例句：You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
你要在必须做的事情上成功。