A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
黑色
Black
It's a struggle for every young Black man. You know how it is, only God can judge us.
这对每一个年轻的黑人来说都是一场斗争。你知道是怎么回事，只有上帝才能审判我们。
My name is Arsenio. That's a very unique name for a black man. In Greek, it means Leroy.
我叫阿森尼奥。这是一个非常独特的黑人名字。在希腊语中，它的意思是勒罗伊。
You know you're getting old when all the names in your black book have M. D. after them.
当你的黑名册上所有的名字后面都有医学博士的名字时，你就知道你老了。
What doctor does not need platform heels and dark black eyeliner to treat their patients?
什么医生不需要平跟鞋和黑色眼线笔来治疗他们的病人?
It isn't a matter of black is beautiful as much as it is white is not all that's beautiful.
并不是说黑色漂亮，而是说白色不漂亮。
Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude.
黑人不是肤色的问题——黑人是一种精神态度的反映。
The myths that are created about the South, about the way we grew up, about black people, are wrong.
关于南方，关于我们成长的方式，关于黑人的神话是错误的。
The thing about black history is that the truth is so much more complex than anything you could make up.
关于黑人历史，真相比你能编造的任何东西都要复杂得多。
I don't stand for the black man's side, I don' t stand for the white man's side. I stand for God's side.
我不代表黑人的立场，我也不代表白人的立场。我支持上帝。
I grew up around hip-hop so I didn't think it was about being cool or being black or being white or whatever.
我是在嘻哈音乐的氛围中长大的，所以我不认为这与酷、黑人、白人或其他什么有关。
If they were starting their careers today, Rockwell and Picasso would probably both be painting on black velvet.
如果罗克韦尔和毕加索今天开始他们的职业生涯，他们很可能都是在黑天鹅绒上作画。
Unless young blacks are brought into the mainstream of economic life, they will continue to be on the curbstone.
除非年轻的黑人被纳入经济生活的主流，否则他们将继续被边缘化。
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A lot of people don't know that my father is black.
很多人不知道我的父亲是黑人。
And all of this, all these physical aspects of painting at that time excited me very much. You could do a picture in just black and white. I mean all the things, whether you're soliciting permission or not, do give you permission.
所有这些，所有这些绘画的物理方面都让我非常兴奋。你可以画一幅黑白的画。我的意思是所有的事情，不管你是否请求许可，一定要给你许可。
Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected.
黑色和白色是摄影的颜色。对我来说，它们象征着希望和绝望的替代品，而人类将永远受制于希望和绝望。
To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.
对船舶经纪人来说，煤是黑金。
That's because we did not set out to make black music. We set out to make quality music that everyone could enjoy and listen to.
那是因为我们并没有开始创作黑人音乐。我们开始制作高质量的音乐，让每个人都能欣赏和聆听。
I took a private lesson, but it didn't really work out, so I went back to playing along with records. That's really the thing that got me into playing a lot - getting excited about playing along with my favorite bands like Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.
我上了一节私人课，但效果并不好，所以我又回去跟着唱片玩了。这真的是让我投入很多演奏的东西——和我最喜欢的乐队一起演奏，比如齐柏林飞艇和黑色安息日乐队，让我感到兴奋。