首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Almost every day the media discovers an African American community fighting some form of environmental threat from land fills, g
Almost every day the media discovers an African American community fighting some form of environmental threat from land fills, g
admin
2015-04-18
59
问题
Almost every day the media discovers an African American community fighting some form of environmental threat from land fills, garbage dumps, petrochemical plants, refineries, bus depots, and the list goes on. For years, residents watched helplessly as their communities became dumping grounds.
But citizens didn’ t remain silent for long. Local activists have been organizing under the mantle of environmental justice since as far back as 1968. More than three decades ago, the concept of environmental justice had not registered on the radar screens of many environmental or civil rights groups. But environmental justice fits
squarely
under the civil rights umbrella. It should not be forgotten that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. went to Memphis on an environmental and economic justice mission in 1968, seeking support for striking garbage workers who were underpaid and whose basic duties exposed them to environmentally hazardous conditions.
In 1979, a landmark environmental discrimination lawsuit filed in Houston, followed by similar litigation efforts in the 1980s, rallied activists to stand up to corporations and demand government
intervention
.
In 1991, a new breed of environmental activists gathered in Washington, D. C. , to bring national attention to pollution problems threatening low-income and minority communities. Leaders introduced the concept of environmental justice,
protesting
that Black, poor and working-class communities often received less environmental protection than White or more affluent communities. The first National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit effectively broadened what " the environment" was understood to mean. It expanded the definition to include where we live, work, play, worship and go to school, as well as the physical and natural world. In the process, the environmental justice movement changed the way environmentalism is practiced in the United States and, ultimately, worldwide.
Because many issues identified at the inaugural summit remain unaddressed, the second National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit was convened in Washington, D. C. , this past October. The second summit was planned for 500 delegates; but more than 1,400 people attended the four-day gathering.
" We are pleased that the Summit II was able to attract a record number of
grassroots
activists, academicians, students, researchers, planners, policy analysts and government officials. We proved to the world that our movement is alive and well, and growing," says Beverly Wright, chair of the summit. The meeting produced two dozen policy papers that show powerful environmental and health disparities between people of color and Whites.
The word "protesting" underlined in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to______.
选项
A、combat
B、confirm
C、consider
D、affirm
答案
A
解析
根据文中第四段的内容“protesting that Black,poor and working—class communitiesoften received less environmental protection than White or more affluent communities”可知,抗议黑人,穷人和工薪阶层受到的环境保护比白人或富人少很多。选项中的A项为“抗议,反对”符合文意。B项“确认”,C项“认为”,D项“断言”,这三项均不符合题意。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/jPwO777K
本试题收录于:
CATTI三级笔译综合能力题库翻译专业资格(CATTI)分类
0
CATTI三级笔译综合能力
翻译专业资格(CATTI)
相关试题推荐
NarratorListentotheconversationbetweenastudentandtheclubsecretary.Nowgetreadytoanswerthequestions.You
A、Theyshouldturnleftwhentheyseeastopsign.B、Hedoesnothavethedirectionswithhim.C、Hedoesnotseethestopsigny
AirPollutionandAcidRainTheincreasingvarietyandprevalenceofpollutionpresentstheworldwithmanyextremelydaunti
AirPollutionandAcidRainTheincreasingvarietyandprevalenceofpollutionpresentstheworldwithmanyextremelydaunti
TheCentennialExposition,______inPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania,in1876,celebratedtheone-hundredthanniversaryoftheDecla
PolticalScience:PolticalPartiesListenagaintopartofthelecture.Thenanswerthequestion.Whatdoestheprofessorimply
Whatdoestheprofessormeanbythefollowingstatement:Foremployeeswhosejobsinvolvesittingatacomputerterminalenterin
"GroupDecisionMaking"AdvantagesofGroupDecisionMakingCommittees,taskforces,andadhocgroupsarefrequentlyassi
Theseplanesaredesignedtotravelat______speeds.
Themanagerofthecompanyfirmlybelievedthatoneoftheimportant______sourcesofnewcustomerswasthechildren’smarket.
随机试题
以下关于软盘格式化叙述中____________是不正确的。
软件分为绿色软件和非绿色软件,非绿色软件是指带有病毒的软件。()
ResearchersatYaleUniversityMedicalSchoolandtheOlinNeuropsychiatryResearchCenterattheInstituteofLivinginHartfor
A.化脓性关节炎B.银屑病性关节炎C.痛风D.骨关节炎E.类风湿关节炎
以下各项中,()是对我国进出口贸易管理正确的表述。
《合同法》的规定,当事人一方明确表示或者以自己的行为表明不履行合同义务的,对方可以在履行期限届满之前要求其承担违约责任。据此规定,债务人违反给付义务的形式是()。
甲企业为符合条件的技术先进型服务企业,2017年实发T资总额l000万元,发生职工教育经费支出100万元,调整后的应纳税所得额为5000万元。下列计算中正确的有()。
德育的价值属性和对平行教育子系统的作用是德育的_____功能的两大含义。【】
一个人在办理业务时与银行发生口角,最后就找来自己亲戚,反复在银行办理业务,以此来扰乱银行的正常秩序,如果你是警察,接警后你应该怎么办?
数据是信息的符号表示或称载体,信息是数据的内涵,是数据的语义解释。例如:“世界人口已经达到60亿”,这就是______。
最新回复
(
0
)