(全段翻译) 你们悲叹在伯明翰市发生了示威行动。但是，我感到很遗憾，你们的声明没有对引起示威行动的原因表示出类似的关心。我相信，你们中间没有人喜欢停留在只研究结果做表面文章的社会分析上，而不去把握问题背后的原因。在伯明翰市发生了示威行动是一件不幸的事情，但更不幸的是这个城市的白人至上主义结构让黑人社区没有其他的选择。（选自马丁路德金《发自伯明翰市立监狱的一封信》)(The whole paragraph tanslated here.)

You deplore the demonstrations taking place In Birmingham. But your statement, I am sorry to say, fails to express a similar concern for the conditions that brought about the demonstrations. I am sure that none of you would want to rest content with the superficial kind of social analysis that deals merely with effects and does not grapple with underlying causes. It is unfortunate that demonstrations are taking place in Birmingham, but it is even more unfortunate that the city's white power structure left the Negro community with no alternative. (From Martin Luther King's Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16th, 1963)

deplore [悲叹]

demonstrations [示威]

superficial [表面的]

grapple [抓住；把握]

（ 陈森森 sensenchen2002@yahoo.com ）