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自考高级英语下册 Lesson 9 I’II Never Escape the Ghetto 大耳朵英语　?　 2011-01-22 20:00:01　 【打印】 Lesson Nine I’ll Never Escape the Ghetto我 永 不 脱 离 黑 人 区?By Stanley Sanders斯坦利?桑德斯?I was born , raised and graduated from high school in Watts . My permanent Los Angeles home address is in Watts .?我出生在瓦茨，在那儿长大，读到中学毕业。我在洛杉矾的家永久地址是瓦 茨。?My father , a brother and sister still live in Watts .?我的父亲和一个弟弟、一个妹妹仍住在瓦茨。`?By ordinary (通常)standards these are credentials enough to qualify one as coming from Watts .?按通常标准来说。这些足以证 明一个人是瓦茨人了。?But there is more to it than that . I left Watts . After I was graduated from the local high school I went away to college .?但是事情没有这么简单。我离开了瓦茨。我在当地中学毕业后离家去上大学。?A college venture in Watts terms is a fateful act?在瓦茨人心目中，上大学是件有关命运的冒险行为。?There are no retractions(退路)or future deliverance(解脫)?没有退路，也没有未来的解 脱。?Watts , like other black ghettos across the country , is , for ambitious youths , a transient status .(暫留之地)?像全国各地的黑人区一样，对充满雄抱负的年青人来说，瓦茨只是个暂留之 地。?Once they have left , there is no returning .?他们一旦离开便不再回来。?In this sense , my credentials(証明) are unsatisfactory .?从这个意义上说，我的那些证明不能令人满意。?To some people , I am not from Watts . I can never be .?在一些人心目中我不是瓦茨人。我永远也不可能是瓦茨人。?The Watts-as-a-way-station mentality(心態) has a firm hold on both those who remain and those who leave .?把瓦茨视为中转站的心态在留下的及离去的人身上都有牢固的影响。?Such as it is , the ghetto(猶太區) is regarded as no place to make a career for those who have a future?在这种情况下，人们认为黑人区不是有前途的人成就一番事业的地方。.?Without exception毫無例外, the prime American values underscore the notion .?美国的基本价值 观念也毫无例外地强调了这个看法。?Negroes , inside it or out , and whites too , behave toward the ghetto like travelers .?黑人区内外的黑人以及白人就像游客一样把 黑人区当做旅途上的暂留之处。?Accordingly (因此), I was considered one of the lucky ones?因此，我被看做是个幸运儿。?My scholarship to college was a ticket . People did not expect me to return .?我上大学靠的是奖学金，人们并不指望我会回 来。?Understanding this , I can understand the puzzlement in the minds of those in Watts when