福克斯新闻 奥巴马召开全国市民会议讨论族裔关系

The town hall meeting gave the President a chance to expand the conversation about race and policing, saying it’s his desire young people not grow up mistrusting police.

在全国市民会议上，总统奥巴马再次就族裔关系和警方话题展开讨论，他希望年轻人不要对警察产生不信任感。

or alternatively that the police who are doing a good job and are out there taking care of their communities that, they’re constantly at risk not just from criminals but also because the community mistrusts them.

警方尽职尽责，确保地区安全稳定，而他们不仅会受到犯罪分子威胁，民众对他们的不信任感也会让他们遭受危险。

Taking questions from the audience during the ABC broadcast, he explained the phrase “Black Lives Matter” simply refers to.

美国广播公司对此次会议进行了直播，在接受观众提问环节，奥巴马对“黑人生命也宝贵”进行了解释。

The notion¹ that there’s a specific vulnerability² for African Americans that needs to be addressed. It’s not meant to suggest that other lives don’t matter.

它指的是非洲裔美国人易受伤害，我们需要解决该问题。它不意味着其它生命不重要。

Trying to shift³ the conversation away from the blame game, the President acknowledged⁴ the Country’s “not even close to being there yet.” But at least, he says, people are finally talking.

为转移互相指责，奥巴马承认愈合这一矛盾还非常遥远。但至少人们开始了该问题的讨论。

Carmen Roberts, FOX News.

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1 notion   

n.概念，意念，看法

参考例句：

• One common Chinese notion is that the elders ought to be respected.中国人共有的一种观念是长者应受到尊敬。
• He had a sudden notion to visit all his relatives.他心血来潮，突然想去拜访他所有的亲戚。

2 vulnerability   

n.脆弱(性)

参考例句：

• A baby is the embodiment of vulnerability. 婴儿极为脆弱。
• Saudi Arabia obscures its vulnerability by opaqueness. 沙特阿拉伯人以其神秘莫测来掩饰其脆弱。

3 shift   

n.交换，变化，移动，接班者；vt.更替，移转，变声；vi.改变，定责，更衣

参考例句：

• Lend me a hand to shift this box,will you?来帮一下忙，把这箱子搬开，好吗？
• A sudden shift in the wind warned of the coming storm.风向的突然改变预示暴风雨来临。

4 acknowledged   

adj.公认的v.承认( acknowledge的过去式和过去分词 )；鸣谢；对…打招呼；告知已收到

参考例句：

• He acknowledged publicly that he might have made a mistake. 他当众承认自己可能犯了个错误。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The police acknowledged that three police vehicles were damaged. 警方承认有三辆警车被毁。 来自《简明英汉词典》