Myth 13: George Washington And The Cherry Tree
谣言13:乔治华盛顿和樱桃树的故事
According to UVA scholars, Washington chopping down his Cherry Tree is pure myth, an attempt to construct a legend around the nations first President after Washingtons initial biography painted him as cold and colorless. The moral of the Cherry Tree story was Washingtons humility and honesty, a fable attributed to the leaders refusal to continue serving, thus contradicting the grab for power and tyranny from which the nation had just escaped.
据弗吉尼亚大学的学者们说,华盛顿砍倒自家的樱桃树的故事纯属虚构,这只是给美国第一任总统平白添加的光环,以缓和其自传中冷酷呆板的形象。这个故事的寓意是为了体现华盛顿的谦虚和诚实,对这位自动放弃连任、归隐田园的总统加以润饰,与美国独立前统治者独爱权势和暴政的情形产生极大反差。
Myth 14: Prison Is Only For Hardened Criminals
谣言14:监狱是专为重刑犯准备的
According to numerous studies, Americas incarceration rate is the highest in the world, topping 743 per 100,000 persons, with more than 2.2 million behind bars as of 2011. Scary still, one out of every 143 adults and one in 111 African-Americans are behind bars. (Meanwhile, racial profiling is rampant across the country, to the extent that everyone from Congressional Democrats to former President George W. Bush have called it unconstitutional and just plain wrong.) With so many behind bars, its not possible that all of these people are serious thugs.
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