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美国青年涌上街头庆祝拉登之死

Source: NPR    2011-05-21  我要投稿   论坛   Favorite  

MICHELE NORRIS, host: After the announcement that Osama bin Laden had been killed, many Americans, mostly young Americans, celebrated in the streets. Some have called it inappropriate.
But essayist Julianna Baggott says cut the kids some slack(cut sb. Slack, 饶恕某人).

Ms. JULIANNA BAGGOTT (Author): There's been pushback against the spontaneous cheering crowds who took to the streets after the announcement of Osama bin Laden's death. But I think people are mistaking relief and a release of fear and collective breath-holding for hate.

The magazine The Nation scolds baseball fans for breaking into chants of USA during a Phillies ballgame. Giving people at a