Dr. King's Memorial

Dr. King's Memorial, written by Keira Fried. Focus question, who was Dr. King and why is he important?

《金博士纪念碑》，作者：凯拉·弗里德。 核心问题：金博士是谁？为什么他如此重要？

Introduction. Each year, people of all ages visit the memorial that honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Washington, D .C. A large sculpture of Dr. King and some of his famous words inspire visitors.

引言：每年，各个年龄段的人们都会来参观纪念马丁·路德·金博士的纪念碑， 它坐落于华盛顿特区。一座高大的金博士雕塑和他的一些名言鼓舞着前来参观的人们。

Who was Dr. King, and why do we remember him? Dr. King was a civil rights leader. He worked throughout his lifetime for equal rights for all people.

金博士是谁？我们为什么要纪念他？ 金博士是一位民权运动领袖。 他毕生都在为所有人争取平等权利而奋斗。

The South Dr. King grew up in Georgia in the 1930s. During his childhood in the South, he faced racism and laws that were unfair to black people.

南方金博士于20世纪30年代在佐治亚州长大。 他在南方度过童年时期，遭遇了种族歧视，还有很多对黑人不公平的法律。

Laws in the United States kept black people and white people segregated, or separate, from one another. Not all states followed these laws. However, many states in the South enforced them. In the South, black people and white people were not allowed to marry each other. Black children could not attend the same schools as white children. Black people had to use different drinking fountains from white people.

当时美国的法律规定黑人和白人要隔离，也就是分开， 不能共处。 并不是所有州都执行这些法律。 不过，很多南方州都严格执行这些法规。 在南方，黑人和白人不允许通婚。 黑人孩子不能和白人孩子上同一所学校。 黑人必须和白人使用不同的公共饮水池。

Black people had to sit at the backs of city buses. The front seats were reserved only for white people. Black people were not allowed to ride in the same railroad cars as white people. Black people and white people had to use different public restrooms. The law said that everything would be separate but equal. However, many facilities for black people were not as nice, clean, or well kept as those for white people.

黑人坐城市公交的时候必须坐在后排。 前排座位只留给白人乘坐。 黑人不能和白人乘坐同一节火车车厢。 黑人和白人必须使用不同的公共卫生间。 法律宣称所有设施“隔离但平等”。 但实际上，给黑人用的很多设施远不如白人的美观、干净，维护得也没那么好。