Belajar Bahasa Inggris Dari Pidato: Martin Luther King

 


Martin Luther King

Here are some sentences and vocabularies from Martin Luther King's speech

1. I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.
  • go down = dimasukan
2.  Five score years ago,
  • score = angka
3. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope 
  • momentous decree = keputusan penting
  • beacon light of hope = mercusuar harapan
4. to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice.
  • seared = terpanggang
  • withering = yang meremukan, yg amat menghina
5. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.
  • joyous = riang gembira
  • captivity = tahanan
6. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination.
  • crippled = lumpuh
  • manacles = belenggu
  • segregation = pemisahan
7.  One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity.
  • the midst = tengah
8. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land
  • languished = merana
9. It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note
  • defaulted  = gagal
  • promissory = janji
10. there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation
  • vaults = kubah
 11. We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now
  • fierce = garang, ganas, galak
12. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism.
  • tranquilizing drug = obat penenang
13. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality
  • sweltering = panas terik
  • discontent = ketidakpuasan
  • invigorating = menyegarkan
14. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.
  • whirlwinds = angin puyuh
  • revolt = memberontak 
15. we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds.
  • deeds = perbuatan
16. . There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights
  • devotees = pemuja, penggemar, pecinta
17. I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells
  • unmindful = lalai
  • trials = percobaan, pengadilan
  • tribulations = kesengsaraan
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