VOA常速英语2021--白人警察跪杀弗洛伊德的审判开始陪审团遴选（在线收听）

This is VOA news. Via remote, I'm Marissa Melton. Jury selection begins Monday in the second degree of murder and manslaughter trial of Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee into the neck of George Floyd last year just before the African-American man died in police custody. Chauvin's trial is expected to come down to two key questions: Did Chauvin's actions cause Floyd's death and were his actions reasonable? Floyd was declared dead May 25, 2020 after Chauvin, who is white, pressed his knee against Floyd's neck for about nine minutes. Floyd's death led to protests against racial violence in Minneapolis and elsewhere around the country. Friction between the administration of then U.S. President Donald Trump and protesters outside the White House led the mayor of Washington D.C., Muriel Bowser, to declare a street adjacent to the White House as Black Lives Matter Plaza.

欢迎收听美国之音新闻。我是玛丽莎·梅尔顿，为您远程报道。星期一，明尼阿波利斯警察德里克·乔文二级谋杀和过失杀人的审判开始了陪审团的遴选。去年，乔文用膝盖抵住乔治·弗洛伊德的脖子，杀害了这位处于警方拘押中的非裔美国人。乔文的审判预计将归结为两个关键问题：乔文的行为是否导致弗洛伊德死亡，他的行为是否合理？弗洛伊德于2020年5月25日被宣布死亡，当时，白人警察乔文用膝盖抵住弗洛伊德的脖子约9分钟。弗洛伊德之死在明尼阿波利斯和美国其他地方引发了反对种族暴力的抗议活动。时任美国总统特朗普政府与白宫外的抗议者之间的摩擦，致使华盛顿特区市长穆里尔·鲍瑟宣布白宫附近的一条街道为黑人的命也是命广场。

U.S. President Joe Biden directed federal agencies on Sunday to take modest steps to promote voting access as a major congressional fight looms over voting rights across the country. U.S. President Joe Biden directed federal agencies on Sunday to take modest steps to promote voting access as a major congressional fight looms over voting rights across the country. The U.S. leader signed the executive order on the 56th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday." The name refers to a 1965 incident in Selma, Alabama, in which about 600 civil rights activists were beaten by state troopers as they marched to call for protection of voting rights. The demonstration led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act later in 1965. More on that at our website voanews.com. This is VOA news.

美国总统拜登星期天指示联邦机构采取适度措施，扩大投票权限，尽管国会在全国各地的投票权问题上的一场重大斗争迫在眉睫。 拜登命令政府机构扩大选民登记和选举信息的获取。他还要求该机构负责人制定计划，让数百万联邦雇员有时间投票或自愿担任无党派投票工作者。这位美国领导人在“血腥星期天”56周年纪念日签署了这项行政命令。“血腥星期天”指的是1965年在阿拉巴马州塞尔马发生的一起事件，当时大约600名民权活动人士在游行呼吁保护投票权时遭到州警殴打。这次示威活动导致1965年晚些时候通过了《投票权法》。您可以通过voanews.com浏览更多新闻。欢迎收听美国之音新闻。