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上課介紹完大航海時代前后的幾個標志性人物和他們的事跡，其中最令人深思的還是哥倫布以及背后的歷史和帶來的長久影響。

 Present awkwardness about  Christopher Columbus

2020.6.10   來自： CBS 新聞

編譯：蜜雪

    2020年5月， 美國非裔男子弗洛伊德之死在全世界引起巨大爭議，針對黑人的種族主義的話題引起了跟多的社會問題。 

June 10, 2020 

BOSTON (CBS) – The Christopher Columbus statue in Boston’s North End will be removed after it was beheaded early Wednesday morning. Mayor Marty Walsh said it will be put in storage and there will now be conversations about the “historic meaning” of the incident and whether it will ever go back up.

波士頓(哥倫比亞廣播公司)——位于波士頓北部的克里斯托弗·哥倫布雕像將在周三早上被斬首后被移除。市長馬蒂·沃爾什表示將會被保存起來，現(xiàn)在人們將討論這一事件的歷史意義以及它是否會被恢復。

The statue in Christopher Columbus Park on Atlantic Avenue was surrounded by crime scene tape as the head lay on the ground next to the base.

這座雕像位于大西洋大道的克里斯托弗·哥倫布公園，雕像的頭部躺在底座旁邊的地上，周圍被犯罪現(xiàn)場膠帶包圍。

Columbus was one of the first Europeans in the New World, credited by many for discovering America. However, critics say his trip began the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Columbus is also criticized for his violent treatment and killing of Native Americans, who see him as a racist.

哥倫布是第一批到達新大陸的歐洲人之一，許多人認為他發(fā)現(xiàn)了美洲。然而，批評人士說，他的旅程開啟了跨大西洋的奴隸貿(mào)易。哥倫布還因暴力對待和殺害印第安人而受到批評，這些印第安人視他為種族主義者。

Now, as police investigate how it happened, local indigenous groups are calling on the mayor to remove the statue for good.現(xiàn)在，在警方調(diào)查此事的過程中，當?shù)赝林鴪F體呼吁市長永久拆除雕像。

“It’s a park dedicated to white supremacy,” said Mahtowin Munro of the United American Indians of New England. “It’s a park dedicated to indigenous genocide.”

“這是一個致力于白人至上主義的公園，”新英格蘭美洲印第安人聯(lián)合組織(United American Indians of New England)的馬托文·芒羅(Mahtowin Munro)說?！斑@是一個紀念土著種族滅絕的公園?！?/span>

There has been a push across the country to get rid of the Columbus Day holiday in October and replace it with Indigenous Peoples Day.

全國各地都在推動取消10月份的哥倫布日，改為土著人民日。

This statue has been the target of vandals in the past.

The head was also cut off back in 2006. The statue was doused with red paint in June 2015 with the words “Black Lives Matter” spray-painted on the base.

這座哥倫布雕像一直是破壞者的目標。
早在2006年，它的頭也被砍掉了。2015年6月，這座雕像被潑上了紅色油漆，基座上噴涂著“黑人生命也是重要的”字樣。

“We are going to be taking the statue down this morning and putting it into storage to assess the damage to the statue,” Walsh said. “That said, this particular statue has been subject to repeated vandalism here in Boston, and given the conversations that we’re certainly having right now in our city of Boston and throughout the country, we’re also going to take time to assess the historic meaning of this action.”

沃爾什說:“我們將在今天早上拆除雕像，并將其儲存起來，以評估雕像所受的損害。”“盡管如此，這座特殊的雕像在波士頓一再遭到破壞，考慮到我們目前在波士頓市和全國各地的討論，我們也將花時間評估這一行動的歷史意義?！?/span>

In Richmond, Virginia Tuesday night, protesters tore down a Columbus statue and threw it into a lake. This comes amid a new push to take down controversial statues across the country and overseas.

周二晚上，在弗吉尼亞州里士滿，抗議者推倒了一座哥倫布雕像，并將其扔進湖里。與此同時，全國和海外掀起了拆除有爭議雕像的新浪潮。

“Hopefully it settles down and becomes more peaceful. I thought that it was for a little while but clearly there’s a few individuals that have to make a point even further,” North End resident Meghan Lee told WBZ-TV. “You can understand people’s frustration and being upset and where it’s coming from but unfortunately sometimes it gets carried away and things like this happen.”

“希望能安定下來，變得更和平，但有一些人必須進一步證明自己的觀點，”北區(qū)居民梅根·李說?！澳憧梢岳斫馊藗兊木趩屎筒话玻约斑@些想法的來源，但不幸的是，有時想法會失去控制，這樣的事情就會發(fā)生?！?/span>

“I don’t want to cover up the good, the bad, the part of history that he was, but you don’t want to idolize the bad pieces,” said resident Jessica Towns.

居民杰西卡·唐斯說:“我不想掩蓋他過去的好與壞，但你也不想盲目崇拜壞的一面?！?/span>

克里斯托弗·哥倫布是一位意大利文藝復興時期的航海家和探險家，被認為是開創(chuàng)了在新大陸開發(fā)和殖民的新紀元，但因為這一發(fā)現(xiàn)導致了美國印地安人文明的毀滅，又被許多人譴責。而“哥倫布日”是紀念哥倫布于1492年首次登上美洲大陸而舉行的節(jié)日，美國于1792年首先發(fā)起紀念。

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