伊万卡大学演讲致辞被取消
近日，美国威奇塔州立大学应用科学与技术学院（Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology, WSU Tech）迫于各方压力，宣布取消了特朗普大女儿伊万卡（Ivanka Trump）在学校线上毕业典礼的演讲致辞环节。
据了解，毕业典礼演讲原定于当地时间6月6日举行。于是，不服气的伊万卡直接提前将自己录制好的演讲视频在网上公开，并表示，“我们国家的校园应该是言论自由的堡垒。“取消文化”和观点歧视与学术精神相悖。此刻倾听彼此的声音比以往任何时候都要重要！（Our nation's campuses should be bastions of free speech. Cancel culture and viewpoint discrimination are antithetical to academia. Listening to one another is important now more than ever!）”。
无注释原文：
Ivanka Trump commencement address at WSU Tech canceled after backlash
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A Kansas trade and technical school canceled its virtual commencement address by the president's adviser and daughter Ivanka Trump hours after backlash.
She was scheduled to address the class of 2020 at WSU Tech in Wichita, Kansas, via livestream Saturday after visiting its campus in October.
"The invitation was extended in February and Ms. Trump offered to record a congratulatory message to graduates to be played during our event," WSU Tech President Sheree Utash said in a statement Thursday evening. "In light of the social justice issues brought forth by George Floyd’s death, I understand and take responsibility that the timing of the announcement was insensitive. For this, I’m sorry that was never the intent, and I want you to know I have heard you and we are responding."
Grads will be able to view congratulatory video messages from 30 people including Ivanka Trump, Utash said.
WSU Tech's decision came after a professor at its partner school, Wichita State University, wrote an open letter opposing the invitation to Ivanka Trump.
"Ivanka [Trump], obviously, represents her father’s administration as one of his closest advisors," assistant professor of photography Jennifer Ray wrote in a letter posted on a WSU student-run news site. "To many Americans, that administration has come to signify the worst of our country, particularly in its recent actions toward those peacefully protesting against racist police brutality."
Ivanka Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited the WSU Tech National Center for Aviation Training in October to promote the president's "Pledge to America's Workers" that encourages businesses and groups to create new opportunities for workers, including apprenticeships, continuing education, on-the-job-training and retraining.
"When I came to your campus last fall, I learned your mantra: 'building success with your own hands,'" Ivanka Trump's prepared remarks for Saturday said. "In this graduating class are men and women who can run an assembly line, build a field hospital, police our communities, respond to emergencies, keep America connected through internet and phones, care for our senior citizens and our most vulnerable patients, use 3D printers to make medical equipment, draw blood to save lives – and so many other essential services during this time."
Utash is on the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board that Ivanka Trump co-chairs. The school had to cancel its May commencement because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Colleges throughout the country were forced to hold virtual commencements as many graduates confront a bleak job market because of the coronavirus crisis. However, economists were pleasantly surprised Friday when the Labor Department said employers added 2.5 million jobs in May, although there are still an estimated 21 million Americans out of work.
FOX Business' inquiry to Ivanka Trump was not returned at the time of publication.
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Ivanka Trump commencement address at WSU Tech canceled after backlash
Fox Business
A Kansas trade and technical school canceled its virtual commencement address by the president's adviser and daughter Ivanka Trump hours after backlash.
commencement
1）表示“毕业典礼”，英文解释为“Commencement is a ceremony at a university, college, or high school at which students formally receive their degrees or diplomas.”举个🌰：
He gave the commencement address today at the University of Notre Dame.
他今天在巴黎圣母院大学发表了毕业典礼演说。
2）表示“开始”，英文解释为“The commencement of something is its beginning.”举个🌰：
All applicants should be at least 16 years of age at the commencement of this course.
所有申请人在本课程开始时应至少年满16岁。
backlash
表示“强烈抵制，集体反对”，英文解释为“a strong negative reaction by a large number of people, for example to sth that has recently changed in society”如：the male backlash against feminism 男性对女权主义的强烈反应。
She was scheduled to address the class of 2020 at WSU Tech in Wichita, Kansas, via livestream Saturday after visiting its campus in October.
"The invitation was extended in February and Ms. Trump offered to record a congratulatory message to graduates to be played during our event," WSU Tech President Sheree Utash said in a statement Thursday evening. "In light of the social justice issues brought forth by George Floyd's death, I understand and take responsibility that the timing of the announcement was insensitive. For this, I'm sorry that was never the intent, and I want you to know I have heard you and we are responding."
extend
表示“提供；给予”，英文解释为“to offer or give sth to sb”，如：to extend an invitation 发出邀请，举个🌰：
I'm sure you will join me in extending a very warm welcome to our visitors.
我肯定你们会同我一起向我们的客人表示热烈的欢迎。
📺美剧《权利的游戏》（Game of Thrones）第二季中的台词提到：It was customary for me to extend him an invitation. 邀请他前来赴宴是一种习俗。
🎬电影《雪国列车》（Snowpiercer）中的台词提到：I've been asked to extend a formal invitation from Mr. Wilford to join him for dinner. 我是专程给你捎个口信 维尔福先生请你共进晚餐。
In light of
表示“考虑到；鉴于”，英文解释为“after considering sth”举个🌰：
He rewrote the book in (the) light of further research.
他根据进一步的研究重写了那部书。
🎬电影《完美音调2》（Pitch Perfect 2）中的台词提到：In light of this embarrassing 鉴于这个让人尴尬的...
📺美剧《硅谷》（Silicon Valley）中的台词提到：Well, in light of recent activities, it appears that I could do a goddamn thing about it. 有鉴于最近的种种 看来我还是有办法的。
bring forth
表示“产生；生产；引起”，英文解释为“to cause something to happen or be seen or known”举个🌰：
Polluted water might bring forth a host of disease.
受到污染的水可能会引起许多疾病。
insensitive
表示“（人或其行为）未意识到（他人感受）的；漠不关心的”，英文解释为“not feeling or showing sympathy for other people's feelings, or refusing to give importance to something”举个🌰：
The police have been criticized for being insensitive to complaints from the public.
警方因漠视公众的投诉而受到批评。
Grads will be able to view congratulatory video messages from 30 people including Ivanka Trump, Utash said.
WSU Tech's decision came after a professor at its partner school, Wichita State University, wrote an open letter opposing the invitation to Ivanka Trump.
open letter
表示“公开信”，英文解释为“An open letter is a letter that is published in a newspaper or magazine. It is addressed to a particular person but is intended for the general reader, usually in order to protest or give an opinion about something.”举个🌰：
They also sent an open letter to the United Nations.
他们也向联合国递交了一封公开信。
"Ivanka [Trump], obviously, represents her father's administration as one of his closest advisors," assistant professor of photography Jennifer Ray wrote in a letter posted on a WSU student-run news site. "To many Americans, that administration has come to signify the worst of our country, particularly in its recent actions toward those peacefully protesting against racist police brutality."
signify
1）表示“表示；意味着”，英文解释为“If an event, a sign, or a symbol signifies something, it is a sign of that thing or represents that thing.”举个🌰：
These were not the only changes that signified the end of boyhood.
这些不是表示男孩时代已结束的唯一变化。
2）表示“（用符号或手势）表达”，英文解释为“If you signify something, you make a sign or gesture in order to communicate a particular meaning.”举个🌰：
Two jurors signified their dissent.
两个陪审员表达了他们的异议。
🎬电影《不死鸟》（Phoenix）中的台词提到：What do the circles signify? 圆圈是什么意思？
🎬电影《我，机器人》（I, Robot）中的台词提到：What does this action signify?这个动作是什么意思？
brutality
表示“残暴；残暴行为”，英文解释为“Brutality is cruel and violent treatment or behaviour. A brutality is an instance of cruel and violent treatment or behaviour.”举个🌰：
Her experience of men was of domination and brutality.
男人留给她的感受是支配一切，野蛮残暴。
Ivanka Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited the WSU Tech National Center for Aviation Training in October to promote the president's "Pledge to America's Workers" that encourages businesses and groups to create new opportunities for workers, including apprenticeships, continuing education, on-the-job-training and retraining.
pledge
表示“誓言”，英文解释为“When someone makes a pledge, they make a serious promise that they will do something.”举个🌰：
The meeting ended with a pledge to step up cooperation between the states of the region.
会议以加快该地区州之间合作的承诺结束。
apprenticeship
apprenticeship /əˈprɛntɪsʃɪp/ 表示“学徒期；学徒制”，英文解释为“Someone who has an apprenticeship works for a fixed period of time for a person who has a particular skill in order to learn the skill. Apprenticeship is the system of learning a skill like this.”
on-the-job-training
在岗培训
"When I came to your campus last fall, I learned your mantra: 'building success with your own hands,'" Ivanka Trump's prepared remarks for Saturday said. "In this graduating class are men and women who can run an assembly line, build a field hospital, police our communities, respond to emergencies, keep America connected through internet and phones, care for our senior citizens and our most vulnerable patients, use 3D printers to make medical equipment, draw blood to save lives – and so many other essential services during this time."
mantra
mantra /ˈmæntrə/ 表示“准则”，英文解释为“You can use mantra to refer to a statement or a principle that people repeat very often because they think it is true, especially when you think that it not true or is only part of the truth.”举个🌰：
Listening to customers is now part of the mantra of new management in public services.
倾听顾客的要求是当今公用事业新型管理准则中的一部分。
🎬电影《钢铁侠3》（Iron Man 3）中的台词提到：Thanks to you, it's been my mantra ever since, right? 多亏了你 这从此成了我的准则 对吧。
police
1）表示“巡查；维护治安”，英文解释为“( of the police, army, etc.) to go around a particular area to make sure that nobody is breaking the law there ”举个🌰：
The border will be policed by UN officials.
边境将由联合国官员巡查。
2）表示“监督；管制”，英文解释为“( of a committee, etc. ) to make sure that a particular set of rules is obeyed”举个🌰：
The profession is policed by its own regulatory body.
这个行业由其自律机构监督。
draw
表示“使（尤指血液）流出，使渗出”，英文解释为“to cause a substance, especially blood, to come out of a body”举个🌰：
He bit me so hard that it drew blood.
他把我咬得都出血了。
assembly line
表示“装配线；流水作业线”，英文解释为“An assembly line is an arrangement of workers and machines in a factory, where each worker deals with only one part of a product. The product passes from one worker to another until it is finished.”
Utash is on the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board that Ivanka Trump co-chairs. The school had to cancel its May commencement because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Colleges throughout the country were forced to hold virtual commencements as many graduates confront a bleak job market because of the coronavirus crisis. However, economists were pleasantly surprised Friday when the Labor Department said employers added 2.5 million jobs in May, although there are still an estimated 21 million Americans out of work.
confront
1）表示“面临（问题、任务、困难等）”，英文解释为“If you are confronted with a problem, task, or difficulty, you have to deal with it.”举个🌰：
She was confronted with severe money problems.
她面临严重的资金问题。
2）表示“正视（困难局面或问题）”，英文解释为“If you confront a difficult situation or issue, you accept the fact that it exists and try to deal with it.”举个🌰：
We are learning how to confront death.
我们在学习如何正视死亡。
bleak
1）表示“黯淡的”，英文解释为“If a situation is bleak, it is bad, and seems unlikely to improve.”举个🌰：
The immediate outlook remains bleak.
最近的前景依然很黯淡。
2）表示“荒凉的”，英文解释为“If you describe a place as bleak, you mean that it looks cold, empty, and unattractive.”举个🌰：
The island's pretty bleak.
这个岛很荒凉。
📺英剧《性爱自修室》（Sex Education）第一季第6集中的台词提到：-It's very bleak. - Depends on your perspective. -太阴暗了 -看你怎么想了
FOX Business' inquiry to Ivanka Trump was not returned at the time of publication.
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