Rats and Men 第五段.pptVIP

* Again, white people in a northern city, deploring the illiteracy and high crime rate among Negroes,segregate them, persecute them (it is well known that the police are almost always tougher on Negro suspects than on whites),and deny them opportunities for employment and advancement. deplore 1. be shocked or offended by (sth.); condemn 被震惊或触犯；谴责 She deplored his scandalous actions. 她谴责他那令人愤慨的行为。 2. feel sorry or regret about sth. 哀叹，痛惜 The people of the country deplored the death of their leader. 全国人民哀悼他们领袖的逝世。 illiteracy n. being unable to read or write 文盲，未受教育；无知 Ant:literacy n. 读写能力 PS: literate adj. 有读写能力的；受教育的 literary n. 文学;adj. 文学的 literal adj. 逐字的；字面的 segregate v.to separate sb.or sth.使分离;使隔离 n. segregation racial segregation 种族隔离 Mary and I were segregated in the crowded square. 广场中拥挤的人群把我和玛丽挤散了。 It is the governments policy to segregate black people from white. 把黑人和白人隔离开是政府的政策。 persecute v.迫害 n. persecution religious persecution 宗教迫害 They persecute those who do not conform to their ideas. 他们迫害那些不符合他们意见的人。 deny: 1. refuse to give sb. or prevent sb. from having (sth. asked for or wanted) v. 拒绝…的要求；拒绝给予 She was angry at being denied the opportunity to see me. 因不准她见我，她非常生气。 2. declare untrue; refuse to accept (as true, as a fact) v. 否认，否定某事 He denied knowing anything about it. 他否认知道此事。 This is an objective reality that nobody can change and deny. 这是任何人都无法改变和否认的客观现实。 全句译文：再看一个例子。北方某城市的白人因不满黑人高文盲率和高犯罪率的状况而隔离他们、迫害他们(众所周知，警察通常常对黑人嫌疑犯比对白人嫌疑犯要粗暴得多)，并且拒绝给他们受雇与提升的机会。 The denial of opportunity perpetuates the illiteracy and the high crime rate, which in turn perpetuate the segregation, persecution, and denial of opportunity. perpetuate cause (sth.) to continue v. 使(某事物)永久、永存或持续 These measures will perpetuate the hostility between the two countries. 采取这些措施势必使那两个国家永久对立。 They decided to perpetuate the m