Who Was Martin Luther King Jr 马丁·路德·金

Growing up in the South was not easy for Martin Luther King, Jr. He was born in 1929, when black people were treated very differently than white people. One day, Martin’s father took his young son to buy a pair of shoes. The store was empty. But the white shopkeeper¹ told them that they would have to wait in the back of the store.
Martin’s father got very angry. Why did they have to sit in the back of the store? If he couldn’t buy shoes for his son in the front of the store, he would not buy them at all. He took Martin by the hand and led him out of the store. As they walked down the street, his father said, “I don’t care how long I have to live with this system, I will never accept it.”
The “system” in the South kept black people apart² from white people. It was called segregation³. Black children and white children went to separate⁴ schools. Black people had to ride at the back of the bus. As he grew up, Martin decided⁵ to fight for change. But it was a peaceful fight.
Martin led marches. He banded people together in protests⁶. He made speeches. Many people listened to his words and joined his nonviolent fight. Martin Luther King, Jr., fought using his words, not his fists⁷.
Martin Luther King, Jr., had a dream—a dream that all people could live together in peace and be treated equally⁸. And though he died over forty years ago, his dream lives on.

1 shopkeeper   

n.店主，零售商人

参考例句：

• Tom's father is a shopkeeper.汤姆的父亲是店主。
• The man in gray pants is the shopkeeper.那穿灰色长裤的男人是店老板。

2 apart   

adv.除去，撇开；分开；相隔，相距

参考例句：

• I helped her pull the two fighting boys apart.我帮她把两个打架的男孩拉开。
• I like to keep my work apart from my family.我不喜欢让家里人插手我的工作。

3 segregation   

n.隔离，种族隔离

参考例句：

• Many school boards found segregation a hot potato in the early 1960s.在60年代初，许多学校部门都觉得按水平分班是一个棘手的问题。
• They were tired to death of segregation and of being kicked around.他们十分厌恶种族隔离和总是被人踢来踢去。

4 separate   

n.分开，抽印本；adj.分开的，各自的，单独的；v.分开，隔开，分居

参考例句：

• Are they joined together or separate?它们是合在一起还是分开的？
• Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering.洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。

5 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

6 protests   

n.[体]抗议；抗议，反对( protest的名词复数 )v.声明( protest的第三人称单数 )；坚决地表示；申辩

参考例句：

• The protests have forced the government to back-pedal on the new tax. 抗议活动已迫使政府撤销新的税目。
• Plans to build a new mall were deep-sixed after protests from local residents. 修建新室内购物中心的计划由于当地居民反对而搁浅。

7 fists   

拳，拳头( fist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She battered at the door with her fists. 她用双拳不断地擂门。
• He clenched his fists in anger. 他愤怒地攥紧了拳头。

8 equally   

adv.平等地；公平地

参考例句：

• Divide the cake into quarters and share it equally.把蛋糕分成四份，大家平均享用。
• The blue sky belongs equally to us all.蓝天为人所共有。