名人教英文：rise to leadership始为领袖
coretta scott was a student at the new england conservatory of music (新英格兰音乐学院) in boston. she had a beautiful singing voice and dreamed of a musical career. she had worked hard to get to the new england conservatory. a friend introduced coretta scott to martin luther king jr. king fell in love with the lovely young woman right away. king told her that if they got married, she would have to forget about her musical career. he saw the role of a wife as homemaker (主妇) and mother. it was hard for scott to give up her dream, but she did.
in june 1953 coretta scott married martin luther king jr. the wedding was at her father's home in marion, alabama. king's father performed the ceremony. the newlyweds (新婚夫妇) looked for a hotel for their wedding night. but no hotel in the area accepted black people. so they spent their wedding night at a friend's funeral parlor (殡仪馆). later, king loved to joke about this. the kings returned to boston while martin finished his studies at boston university. at the same time, coretta completed her work at the conservatory.
then, king looked for a job as a minister. now dr martin luther king jr with a phd, he was offered a job as a pastor (本堂牧师). the job was at dexter avenue baptist church in montgomery, alabama. king worked hard at his first pastorate (牧师任期). he visited the sick, prepared sermons (讲道), and attended meetings. the people loved him. he loved the work too. he felt he was really helping people. in november 1955 yolanda denise was born. her nickname was yoki. coretta and martin were overjoyed to be parents of a healthy little girl.
on 1 december 1955, a weary (疲劳的) african american seamstress (女裁缝) named rosa parks was riding a montgomery city bus home. she was asked to give up her seat to a white man who had just boarded the bus. but parks did something unexpected and very courageous. she refused to get up. for that she was arrested and placed in jail.
the black people of montgomery saw the arrest of rosa parks as a chance to do something about bus segregation. the united states supreme court had declared (宣布) school segregation unconstitutional (违宪). now, they hoped to take the case of rosa parks all the way to the supreme court. they hoped that segregation on public transportation would be declared unconstitutional too. but, they needed someone strong and brave to lead them in this fight. martin luther king jr was chosen as president of the montgomery improvement association (mia). this group called for a boycott of the montgomery buses.
rosa parks went to court on charges (指控) of refusing to obey a bus driver's order to yield her seat to a white man. the bus boycott was scheduled for this day. thirty thousand black people, from children to the aged, usually rode the montgomery buses. on december 5 they were told to all stay home or find some other way to get where they were going. the weather was cold in montgomery that day. king wondered if people would be willing to walk to school and work. early in the morning, he waited nervously to see if the buses would be empty of black riders as he hoped.