2006年VOA标准英语-Coretta Scott King Remembered in Six-Hour

By Mike Cooper
Atlanta
08 February 2006

Coretta Scott King funeral at the New Birth Missionary¹ Baptist Church    
  
Civil rights leader Coretta Scott King was remembered in a six-hour funeral service at the suburban² Atlanta church where one of her daughters is a minister. President Bush and three former presidents paid tribute to Mrs. King, who died last week of complications from ovarian cancer.

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Former President Bill Clinton was among more than three dozen speakers at what was called a "homegoing celebration" for King. 

 
Former US President Clinton and wife at King funeral 
  
He challenged the 10,000 people in the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church to continue her work for non-violence and racial equality. "The one thing I always admired about Dr. King and about Coretta, when I got to know her especially, is how they embraced causes that were almost surely lost, right alongside causes that they knew if they worked at hard enough they could actually win. They understood that the difficulty of success does not relieve one of the obligation to try," he said.

Former President Jimmy Carter said Mrs. King was a worthy³ successor to her husband in carrying forward his great legacy⁴. He said the government's response to last year's Hurricane Katrina illustrated⁵ that racial inequality still exists in the United States. "The struggle for equal rights is not over. We only have to recall the color of the faces of those in Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi," he said.

Bernice King, the youngest of the Kings' four children and a minister at the suburban Atlanta church, delivered the closing eulogy⁶. She said her mother's purpose in life was to spread her father's message of peace and love. "Because when Martin came along, he introduced an alternative and that was called non-violence. And Coretta captured those words," she said.

Mrs. King was laid rest next to the tomb of her late husband at the King Center, in Atlanta.

1 missionary   

adj.教会的，传教(士)的；n.传教士

参考例句：

• She taught in a missionary school for a couple of years.她在一所教会学校教了两年书。
• I hope every member understands the value of missionary work. 我希望教友都了解传教工作的价值。

2 suburban   

adj.城郊的，在郊区的

参考例句：

• Suburban shopping centers were springing up all over America. 效区的商业中心在美国如雨后春笋般地兴起。
• There's a lot of good things about suburban living.郊区生活是有许多优点。

3 worthy   

adj.(of)值得的，配得上的；有价值的

参考例句：

• I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我认为他不值得信赖。
• There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned.没有值得一提的事发生。

4 legacy   

n.遗产，遗赠；先人(或过去)留下的东西

参考例句：

• They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
• He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。

5 illustrated   

adj. 有插图的，列举的 动词illustrate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• His lecture was illustrated with slides taken during the expedition. 他在讲演中使用了探险时拍摄到的幻灯片。
• The manufacturing Methods: Will be illustrated in the next chapter. 制作方法将在下一章说明。

6 eulogy   

n.颂词；颂扬

参考例句：

• He needs no eulogy from me or from any other man. 他不需要我或者任何一个人来称颂。
• Mr.Garth gave a long eulogy about their achievements in the research.加思先生对他们的研究成果大大地颂扬了一番。