2016-01-18 MLK Day 【Aiden in English】
Throughout American history, racial differences have plagued the nation's events. Slavery set the tone for the founding of the United States, and its legacy remains unchanged to this day. In general, blacks were never treated equally to other cultural groups, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was determined to change that, which is why he established his birthday as a day of recognition. MLK Jr. Day is full of services in his honor. His life had as much impact as the country's founding fathers. His fight for human rights loosened the bonds of segregation. Today, the Philadelphia Orchestra hosted the 26th Annual MLK Jr. Tribute Concert at Girard College. Being on the outskirts of Philadelphia, parking was scarce and hard to find. Other than the sides of roads, there were no options, and it's legitimately scary being in the same van as a mom with her parallel parking skills behind the wheel. Luckily, we found a free parking lot in the neighborhood… that warned us that any unauthorized vehicles would be towed. To be safe, Mom used Grandma's disabled tag, signifying that there were no nearby places to park within a five-minute walking range while my grandma, with her right knee replacement, was on the ride. It was frigidly cold. I wore a two-layer coat, but the issue wasn't there. The wind blew furiously, stunning my eyes and freezing any bit of bare skin. My feet and hands went numb, and upon arrival at the school chapel under the astonishing pipe organs, I instead had frostbite to kill the nerves and stop the cold. The music started about thirty minutes later, and still, neither hand had yet returned to its standard color. The music was great. That's what you expect from the Philadelphia Orchestra, being one of the best in the nation. A few movements by Grieg, Beethoven, and Saint-Saens set the beautiful tone. Soon, a thoroughly powerful narration of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech "I Have a Dream," accompanied by Barber's Adagio for Strings, reminded him of what he wanted. He went so far for freedom, but it isn't ideal yet. Still, poverty is intense among African Americans living in the country, especially in Philadelphia. The nation is trying to change this statistic, but in the economy, blacks are at the bottom after all. Occasionally, people like Oprah Winfrey appear, or superstar athletes like Michael Jordan reach the pinnacle, achieving billionaire status. MLK Day reminds us of what the country is about. The Americans freed themselves from the British, and now African Americans have freed themselves from the Americans. Martin Luther King Jr. granted them freedom, so an unbalanced scale has significantly increased. 【紅霞譯】
縱觀美國歷史，種族差異一直困擾着國家政體，奴隸制起源於建國初期，這種意識根深蒂固，至今尚無本質上的變化。一般情況下，黑人總是比其他種族低人一等，馬丁·路德·金“鬥士·琴手·君主”博士決意要改變不公，這也是為什麼每年的今天都專門來慶祝他的卓越貢獻。
馬丁·路德·金紀念日充滿緬懷之情。如同所有開國元勛，馬丁·路德·金的一生對整個美國影響深遠，他為人權而戰，極大地削弱了種族隔離。今天，費城“兄弟之愛”管弦樂團在吉拉德“勇敢之矛”學院舉行第26屆紀念這位黑人領袖的專場音樂會。地處費城周邊地區，車位稀少停車困難，憑藉媽媽輪上車技，平行停靠路邊簡直比登天還難，但傻人有傻福，我們竟然就近撞上了一家免費停車場……場內標牌上明文告示任何未經許可停靠的車輛都將被拖走。為了安全起見，媽媽拿出外婆殘疾人優先停車證明掛在車前，目的在於表明附近五分鐘距離之內找不到任何停車地方，況且同行的還有右腿曾做過換膝手術的外婆無法長途跋涉。
天氣蕭瑟，我身穿雙面外套仍然難抵刺骨寒冷；朔風呼嘯，吹得眼睛完全睜不開來，更把暴露在外的肌膚凍得冰涼發僵，即使坐進學校教堂別致新穎的管風琴天頂之下，我手腳照舊失去知覺，真想切斷神經驅散透心涼的寒氣。30分鐘過後音樂聲起，我的雙手依然沒有恢復正常膚色。
音樂具有無窮的魅力，尤其實地欣賞全美上乘的費城管弦樂團表演。音樂會先後以格里格、貝多芬和聖桑幾首優美動聽的樂章拉開了序幕，隨着巴伯《弦樂柔板》奏起，馬丁·路德·金著名演說“我有一個夢想”的配樂朗誦深深打動了到場觀眾，他所倡導的自由至今尚未實現，貧困依然是生活在這片土地上黑人大眾所面臨的棘手問題，而費城又名列前茅。整個國家始終想改變這種局面，但在經濟方面，黑人從未擺脫過落後地位，當然像奧普拉·溫弗瑞“幼鹿·和平的朋友”極端個例或者邁克爾·喬丹“神似·下降”超級體育明星不是沒有，他們鶴立雞群，成為當之無愧的億萬富翁。 馬丁·路德·金紀念日無疑提醒大家牢記國家所遭遇的經歷，美國人早年從英國牢籠里解脫出來，現在黑人已從白人手中獲得自由，是馬丁·路德·金為他們贏得了權益，反對種族歧視的呼聲才越來越高。  Philly Orchestra's 26th Annual MLK Jr. Tribute Concert
(費城管弦樂團第二十六屆“向馬丁·路德·金致敬”音樂會 01-18-2016) 
Girard College, a Boarding School for Underprivileged Children (吉拉德學院·為貧困兒童設立的寄宿學校)
 Allison Vulgamore, President & CEO of Philly Orchestra
(費城樂團總裁兼首席執行官艾莉森·沃爾加莫爾“高貴•普通山”)  Craig L. Adams, President & CEO of PECO
(費城能源公司總裁兼首席執行官克雷格·亞當斯“岩石•紅土之子”)  Clarence D. Armbrister, President of Girard College
(吉拉德學院校長克拉倫斯·阿姆布里斯特“明亮•弩”) 
Todd Bernstein, Founder & Director of MLK Day Service (馬丁·路德·金服務日的創始人及總監托德·伯恩斯坦“狐狸•燃燒的石頭”)  Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Music Director of Philly Orchestra
(費城樂團音樂總監雅尼克·內澤—塞甘“恩賜·活力—勝利之友”) 
Juliette Kang & Ying Fu, 1st Associate Concertmaster (年輕•康與傅英——第一副首席小提琴手) Crosslink(相關博文): 7th Grade(初中二年級) USA·Pennsylvania(美國·賓夕法尼亞州) |
