美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-12-11

 I'm Anderson Cooper of 360 podcast. Remember Nelson Mandela with great American Maya Angelou in the South African gulf¹ region, G.P. Let's get started. 

 

Poem author and civilized² pioneer, Maya Angelou is the American journey personify, beyond that, she needs a little introduction, her words do it for her. She wrote and recited a tribute to Nelson Madela on behalf of American people. The White House tweeted it out, Here is the ?.

 

His day is done, is done.

 

The news came on the wings of a wind.

 

We loved him to carry his burden. 

 

Nelsom Madela's day is done.

 

No sun outlast³ is sun set. 

 

But will rise again and bring the dawn.

 

Nelson Mandela's day is done.

 

We confess it and tear for voices. 

 

Yet we lift our own to say Thank you.

 

Thank you, Our Gideon.

 

Thank you, Our David.

 

Our great courageous⁴ man.

 

We will not forget you.

 

We will not dishonor you.

 

We will remember and be glad that you lived among us;

 

that you taught us

 

and that you loved us. 

 

 

 

I spoke⁵ with Dr. Maya Angelou shortly before air time. 

 

Dr. Angelou, I watched the poem that you wrote and recited in memory of President Mandela. One of the things that struck me that you said you refered him as David, not just South Africa's David, but our David, the world's David, our Gideon. 

 

The truth is we have many of us on David, a man, a woman, we can not be that particular person who have enough courage to stand up, and say " I am one. I have enough courage to dare to be a lover". Not an indulger, but somebody who dares to love. And that for Nelson Mandela was about. He had enough courage to say, you may call me, I am a person who dares to care for other human beings. And you see, one of the reasons I said this to you some time ago when I had pleasure of speaking to you Anderson Cooper. I like the fact that you have enough courage to stand up. Courage is the most important devoted⁶ virtures. 

 

The thing about Mandela that is I found so extrodinary in reading his history is for me very young age, he had the courage to see beyond his own situation. I mean, he was born into a, you know, rego family, he had access to education. He coud have stayed in his community, but he saw, he started to see himself as an African, not just as a Holsa. He started to see himself, and see how the white region was dividing people by stressing ethnic⁷ differences. And he was able to over combat. And I think that's something extrodinary thing. 

 

It's true. It's true. He was a courageous human being. And full of ideas that he was on the journey. And he had something to do. He had faith to be. And it's fabulous⁸ to realize. There's an old spirit to an old g? song, which is: I'm on my journey now, my own zxx; I'm on my journey now, my own zxx. I wouldn't take nothing, my own zxx for my journey now, my own zxx.  He was on the journey. And he knew it. And he had something to do. And this was what each of us has. If we have enough courage, we can say : I'm on the journey. I have a charge to keep.

 

You were living in Cairo with your husband who is a South African freedom fighter. When you first met Nelson Mandela, I understand your husband and Mandela were something of rivals. But you said that didn't matter to Mandela. Tell us about that experience. 

 

But they were rivals, but when Nelson Mandela came to visit, he never joined the vituperative⁹.  He never joined the argumentative people. He was simply kind to everybody. 

 

When you heard that he was gone, what first went through your mind?

 

While I feel lost in a way. We've been friends so long from the early 60's. And I feel lost, I didn't know quite what to say. I mean it was a piece of muse¹⁰ that we known would've gone. But it through me and I don't know if I'm over it quite yet.

 

Dr. Angelou, I appreciate you spending some moments with us tonight. Thank you so much.

 

I thank you very much, Anderson Cooper. Thank you. God bless you.

1 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

2 civilized   

a.有教养的，文雅的

参考例句：

• Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society. 文明社会憎恶种族主义。
• rising crime in our so-called civilized societies 在我们所谓文明社会中日益增多的犯罪行为

3 outlast   

v.较…耐久

参考例句：

• The great use of life is to spend it doing something that will outlast it.人生的充分利用就是为争取比人生更长久的东西而度过一生。
• These naturally dried flowers will outlast a bouquet of fresh blooms.这些自然风干的花会比一束鲜花更加持久。

4 courageous   

adj.勇敢的，有胆量的

参考例句：

• We all honour courageous people.我们都尊重勇敢的人。
• He was roused to action by courageous words.豪言壮语促使他奋起行动。

5 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

6 devoted   

adj.忠诚的，忠实的，热心的，献身于...的

参考例句：

• He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。

7 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

8 fabulous   

adj.极好的；极为巨大的；寓言中的，传说中的

参考例句：

• We had a fabulous time at the party.我们在晚会上玩得很痛快。
• This is a fabulous sum of money.这是一笔巨款。

9 vituperative   

adj.谩骂的；斥责的

参考例句：

• He is often the victim of vituperative remarks concerning his wealth.他经常因为富有而受到辱骂。
• I was really taken aback by their vituperative animosity toward the Soviet Union.他们对苏联如此深恶痛绝，着实令我吃惊。

10 muse   

n.缪斯（希腊神话中的女神），创作灵感

参考例句：

• His muse had deserted him,and he could no longer write.他已无灵感，不能再写作了。
• Many of the papers muse on the fate of the President.很多报纸都在揣测总统的命运。