英语听力—环球英语 622 Ten Ways to Fight Hate: Dig Deeper

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Welcome to Spotlight¹, I'm Ryan Geertsma.
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And I'm Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand no matter where in the world they live.
Fighting hate begins with me. It begins with me. With me. With me. Only I can fight the hateful feelings inside myself. I can change my attitudes. I have courage. I know what is right. I can fight hate. It begins with me. With me. With me. With me.
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Today's Spotlight program is the last in a series of ten programs. In this series of programs we have looked at ten ways to fight hate.
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Hate is powerful enough to destroy people and communities. So Tolerance².org has made this list of ten ways to fight hate in your community. On today's Spotlight program we will look at the tenth way to fight hate in your community: Dig Deeper.
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No one wants to have hateful feelings toward³ other people. No one wants to judge people who are different. No one wants to have bad thoughts about particular races, religions, or nationalities. But we all do. We may not even know the feelings are there. But no one is perfect. We all have opinions and feelings about other people.
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Tolerance.org wants all people to dig deep inside their hearts. They want people to find the harmful feelings inside themselves and then change them. Tolerance.org believes that each person must decide for himself if he will be tolerant⁴ or not. Tolerance means that every voice matters. It means that all people are valuable no matter who they are or what they believe. Every person can learn, accept, and practice tolerance.
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Tolerance.org lists "Dig Deeper" as the tenth way to fight hate. But they really believe that it is the first step a person must take to be more tolerant of other people.
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So what are some ways for people to dig deeper and change their harmful thoughts? Well, Tolerance.org says that a good way to discover harmful feelings is to ask questions ... to yourself! They want people to look hard at their lives and their experiences to answer these questions. Here are some examples of questions we all should ask ourselves about what we think and feel.
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Do I spend time with people of other races and religions? Do I have friends who are different than me?
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Do I live near people who are different than me? Do I work with people who are different? Do my children go to school with people who are different?
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Do my friends and family tell hate based jokes or laugh at people who are different from them? How do I react to their jokes? Do I have the courage to tell them to stop?
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Where do I get information about other cultures? Do I read about other cultures from books or magazines? Do I get information from real people of that culture? Or do I depend on films and television programs to tell me about other cultures?
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Do I take time to learn from other people's experiences? Do I listen to people who have different opinions than me? Am I willing to hear all people's stories and opinions?
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How often do I feel like a minority in a group of people? Do I know how it feels to live in a place where no one is like me?
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Tolerance.org believes that people must be willing to ask these difficult questions about their lives. They believe that these kinds of questions help people dig deeper into their own thoughts and feelings. People may discover harmful feelings that they did not know about. And they can work to change them.
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Clinton Snipes was one person who decided⁵ to dig deeper. His story is in the film "Not In Our Town." "Not In Our Town" is about race relations in Billings Montana, in the United States. The film tells how the people there responded to increased violence and hate in the area.
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As a young man, Clinton was a member of a racist⁶ group called the KKK. This group of white people attacked people of different races. One night, police arrested Clinton and put him in prison.
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In prison, Clinton met a black man. The black man did not agree with Clinton's racist ideas. But, he still treated Clinton with respect and love. Two days before Clinton left the prison, the man came to talk to him. He told Clinton:
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"You know that we have had many problems together. I know you are not going to change. But I wish you the best."
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Clinton was shocked. He says:
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"After that I tried to imagine life differently. I started to regret the things I had done. I started thinking about some of the victims. I thought about how I had affected⁷ those people. I thought about how hate was affecting me. I felt a lot of pain, a lot of misery⁸. I was not happy. I had no direction in my life. I was tired of hurting."
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Clinton began to understand that hate was destroying him. After that, Clinton encouraged people to be tolerant of each other. He hoped that they would listen to him. He hoped that people could learn from his experiences.
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Tolerance.org knows that there are many problems in communities all around the world. These are problems like sickness, poor quality housing⁹, hunger, and violence. But they also believe that these kinds of problems can be solved if people with different ideas work together. When a community decides to first deal with hate, many good things will follow. They know it is a long and difficult process to fight hateful thoughts and actions. But they ask the very important question: why not start today? They say the most important step is the first one.
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Will you make that first step? What steps can you make to examine your own thoughts and feelings? What steps can you take toward fighting hate today?
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This was the last program in our series of ten programs on ten ways to fight hate. This list is from Tolerance.org. Here are Tolerance.org's ten ways to fight hate.
Act, Unite, Support the Victims, Do Your Homework, Create an Alternative, Speak Up, Lobby¹⁰ Leaders, Look Long Range, Teach Tolerance, and Dig Deeper.
 

1 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

2 tolerance   

n.宽容；容忍，忍受；耐药力；公差

参考例句：

• Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
• Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。

3 toward   

prep.对于，关于，接近，将近，向，朝

参考例句：

• Suddenly I saw a tall figure approaching toward the policeman.突然间我看到一个高大的身影朝警察靠近。
• Upon seeing her,I smiled and ran toward her. 看到她我笑了，并跑了过去。

4 tolerant   

adj.容忍的，有耐力的

参考例句：

• She's tolerant toward those impudent colleagues.她对那些无礼的同事采取容忍的态度。
• A tolerant person usually has breadth of mind.有宽容精神的人通常胸襟开阔。

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 racist   

n.种族主义者，种族主义分子

参考例句：

• a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
• His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。

7 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

8 misery   

n.痛苦，苦恼，苦难；悲惨的境遇，贫苦

参考例句：

• Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
• He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。

9 housing   

n.房屋，住宅；住房建筑；外壳，外罩

参考例句：

• Do you think our housing sales will turn around during this year?你认为今年我们的住宅销路会好转吗？
• The housing sales have been turning down since the summer.入夏以来，房屋的销售量日趋减少。

10 lobby   

n.前厅，（剧院的）门廊

参考例句：

• As he walked through the lobby,he skirted a group of ladies.他穿过门厅时，绕过了一群女士。
• The delegates entered the assembly hall by way of the lobby.代表们通过大厅进入会场。