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4.BREAKING A BARRIER

4.打破壁垒

In 1997, actor Morgan Freeman approached a high school in Charleston, Mississippi,

1997年，演员摩根·弗里曼来到密西西比州查尔斯顿的一所高中，

and offered to pay for its senior prom on one condition:

并提出支付高中毕业舞会的费用，但有一个条件:

It had to be racially integrated, something that had never happened before in Freeman's hometown.

必须允许不同种族的人参加舞会，这在弗里曼的家乡从未发生过。

The school board turned him down.

学校董事会拒绝了他。

But when Freeman returned with filmmaker Paul Saltzman in 2008,

但当2008年，弗里曼与电影制作人保罗·萨尔兹曼一起回归时，

they agreed to hold the first interracial prom in the school's history.

他们同意举办学校历史上第一次跨种族舞会。

Saltzman's documentary Prom Night in Mississippi, which followed the prom's development as well as local resistance to it,

萨尔兹曼的纪录片《密西西比的舞会之夜》关注了舞会的进展以及当地人对舞会的抵制，

was later nominated for a top prize at the Sundance Film Festival.

后来该纪录片提名圣丹斯电影节的最高奖项。


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0 actor LJFyB     
n.男演员；行动者
参考例句：
  • The actor plays very well.这男演员演得很好。
  • The second actor plays well.第二个男演员演得好。
0 agreed uzCzba     
adj.同意的；接受的；经过协议的；双方共同议定的v.同意，赞同( agree的过去式和过去分词)；[语法学]（在性、数、人称或格方面）一致；相同；和睦相处
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  • He finally agreed, albeit reluctantly, to help us. 尽管勉强，他最后还是同意帮助我们。
  • Both sides in the dispute have agreed to go to arbitration . 争执双方已同意提请仲裁。
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v.接近，走近，靠近( approach的过去式和过去分词 )；（在性质、数量、质量、情形、时间等方面）近似；接洽；使移近
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  • The sky began to darken as the storm approached. 暴风雨来临时天空变得黑沉沉的。
  • She felt her heartbeat quicken as he approached. 随着他的走近，她觉得自己的心跳加速了。
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conj.按照；如同
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  • In the hotel,the old men were drinking away as usual.在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。
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n.栅栏，障碍，壁垒，关卡
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  • The driver jumped a horse over a barrier.骑手骑马跳过障碍。
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  • I must finish this letter before I go home.我必须在回家以前写完这封信。
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  • We'd better board the train now.我们最好现在上火车。
  • Passengers should board the train now.旅客现在应该上火车了。
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  • If they entered the building they would be breaking the law . 如果进入那栋大楼，他们就会触犯法律。
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  • His condition has more or less improved.他的情况多少有些改善。
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  • I watched a documentary on the Civil War.我看了一部关于内战的纪录片。
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  • The festival lasted two days.节日持续了两天。
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n.影片，电影
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  • The overthrow of the military regime was followed by a period of anarchy. 军事统治政权被推翻以后，接着是一段时期的无政府状态。
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vbl.have的过去式和过去分词；conj.有
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参考例句：
  • They confused me with conflicting accounts of what happened. 他们对发生的事所作的陈述自相矛盾，使我迷惑不解。
  • He gave a garbled account of what had happened. 他对所发生事情的叙述含混不清。
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n.历史，历史学；经历
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  • Jim is interested in history.吉姆对历史感兴趣。
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v.握着，拿着，抱着等；举行
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  • Hold to my hand while we cross the street.我们过马路时，你要抓住我的手。
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n.故乡；家乡
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  • My hometown is 100 miles away from here.我的家乡离这里有一百英里路。
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  • The movie was nominated for an Oscar. 这部电影获奥斯卡金像奖提名。
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v.出（价）( offer的过去式和过去分词 )；提出；演出；做出
参考例句：
  • I offered him my commiseration. 我对他表示同情。
  • He offered a grab bag of reasons for his decision. 他为自己所作的决定提出了各种理由。
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v.付钱；n.付钱；薪金
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  • How much did you pay?你付了多少钱？
  • His pay is below the average.他的工资低于一般水平。
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n.奖，奖品，战利品；v.珍视，捕获
参考例句：
  • He won a prize for good behaviour at school.他因在校的表现好而获奖。
  • He hopes from his very heart that he will win a prize.他满心希望获奖。
0 racially mS6xY     
ad.种族地
参考例句：
  • Few people will admit to being racially prejudiced. 很少有人会承认自己有种族偏见。
  • The attack was racially motivated. 袭击是出于种族主义目的。
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n.抵抗力，反抗，反抗行动；阻力，电阻；反对；adj.抵抗的
参考例句：
  • Very little resistance was put up by the enemy.敌人没怎么进行抵抗。
  • An aircraft has to overcome the resistance of the air.飞机须克服空气的阻力。
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adj.被送回的，归来的v.返回，回来( return的过去式和过去分词 )；恢复；还；归还
参考例句：
  • He resigned as Home Secretary and returned to the back benches. 他辞去了内政大臣的职务，回到后座议员席。
  • The painting has been returned to its rightful owner . 这幅画已归还给合法所有权人。
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adj.年长的；资格较老的，地位较高的；n.年长者，前辈；大学高年级学生
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  • My brother is senior to me by two years.我哥哥比我年长两岁。
  • They are senior students.他们是高年级学生。
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pron.某事，某物；被视为有意义的事物
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  • Something is wrong with the machine.那机器有点问题。
  • She seems worried about something.她似乎为某事担心。
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n.顶，顶端；首位；顶点；adj.最高的；顶上的
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  • We finally reached the top!我们终于爬到了山顶！The star always goes on top.星星总是放在顶部。
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v.（使）转动( turn的过去式和过去分词 )；旋转；（使）改变方向；（使）不适
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  • He always plays his stereo with the bass turned right up. 他放立体声音响时总把低音调得很大。
  • His lawyer turned to address the bench. 他的律师转身对法官讲话。
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