与美国小学生一起学英文第8册 第14期:非裔美国人

 　　African Americans 非裔美国人

　　Who are African Americans? 谁是非裔美国人？

　　African Americans are Americans from the African continent. 非裔美国人是来自非洲大陆的美国人。

　　Why did African Americans leave their countries and live in the United States? 为什么非裔美国人离开家乡到美国生活呢？

　　Hundreds of years ago, American people had to build houses, rail roads and farms. 几百年前，美国人要建房子、铁路和农场。

　　So they took people from Africa. 所以，他们从非洲抓人。

　　At that time, all the African American people in the U.S. were slaves. 那时，美国所有的非裔美国人都是奴隶。

　　However, African Americans are now free. 但现在，他们都自由了。

　　How many African Americans are there in the U.S.? 美国有多少非裔美国人呢？

　　At least 12 percent of the population consists of African American people in the U.S. 他们至少占美国人口的12%。