Notes:
interpreter: 通訳;
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When I was in Korea a week ago, I was practicing my Korean and asked a boy how old he was. According to my information, he was 16, so I was surprised when he said that he was 17. Then I asked him when Korean children started elementary school, and he said that they started at the age of 8. I was completely confused. I gave up and asked the interpreter. She told me that Koreans use a different way of counting birthdays. You are 1 year old when you are born, and you turn 2 at the Korean New Year. By the way, China has the same way of counting ages as Korea. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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Notes:
demonstration: デモ(行進);
march: 行進，行軍;
memorial:記念館，記念碑;
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50 years ago, more than 250,000 people went to Washington, D.C., for a demonstration. It was called the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. At that time, many black Americans couldn’t get good jobs or go to good schools like white people. Many were poor. Martin Luther King, Jr., made a speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial and talked about his dream of black and white people living together in freedom. Some of his dream has come true. Many black people are getting a better education and have better jobs, but a lot of black Americans are still poor. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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▽ Click here to listen to  Martin Luther King’s speech: I have a dream
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm