与美国小学生一起学英文第9册第22期:歧视_在线英语听力室

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　　Discrimination 歧视

　　Can people discriminate¹ against others by skin color, gender² or nationality? Of course they can't. 人们能以肤色、性别或国籍来歧视他人吗？当然不可以。

　　Then, why do people treat others differently? 那么，为什么人们会差别对待其他人?

　　Because some people think that they are better than others. 因为有些人认为他们优于其他人。

　　Some people even think that they have more rights than others. 有些人甚至认为他们比别人拥有更多的权利。

　　About 100 years ago, European Americans believed that they were better than African Americans. 大约100年前，欧裔美国人认为他们优于美国黑人。

　　So, they thought that Afican Americans has to work for them. 所以，他们认为美国黑人得为他们工作。

　　This is one example of discrimination. 这是歧视的一个实例。

　　In South Africa, India, the United States and many other countries, discrimination is still a big problem. 在南非、印度、美国和其他很多国家，歧视仍旧是个大问题。

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1 discriminate
v.区别，辨别，区分；有区别地对待
参考例句：
You must learn to discriminate between facts and opinions.你必须学会把事实和看法区分出来。 They can discriminate hundreds of colours.他们能分辨上百种颜色。

2 gender
n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性
参考例句：
French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。 Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。

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