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
Demikian, Semoga bermanfaat..