第3108期:The impact of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans

It's the slave man talented. That's the problem. That's the heart of the problem.有才华的是那些受压迫的人。这就是问题所在。这就是问题的核心。We are inclined to do the things that we do because we don't feel like there's anything else we can do.我们倾向于做那些我们正在做的事情，是因为我们觉得别无选择。According to the documentary, Hurricane Katrina, which struck New Orleans 15 years ago, exacerbated crime and violence in the city by destroying the local economy and displacing some 400,000 residents.根据纪录片所述，15年前袭击新奥尔良的飓风卡特里娜摧毁了当地经济，并使约40万居民流离失所，从而加剧了该市的犯罪与暴力问题。It changed the dynamics of the city. It changed the neighborhoods. Whole neighborhoods were washed out.它改变了城市的格局；它改变了社区的面貌。整个社区都被冲毁了。And as people came trickling in, you know, they had lost their homes, they'd lost everything.当人们陆续来到这里，他们已经失去了家园，失去了一切。Post-Katrina destruction, displacement and crime in New Orleans is also the theme of the feature film drama, RZA's Cut Throat City.卡特里娜飓风过后新奥尔良的破坏、居民流离失所和犯罪问题，也是罗伯特·菲茨杰拉德·迪格斯（RZA）执导的剧情长片《夺命城》的主题。The film starts on a positive note with Blink, one of the main characters, a graphic novel artist dreaming for a better life.电影以积极的基调开始，主角之一布林克是一位渴望更好生活的漫画艺术家。But then Katrina strikes the Lower Ninth Ward, a low-income district and upends the life of Blink and his community.但随后，卡特里娜飓风袭击了低收入社区下九区，打乱了布林克及其所在社区居民的生活。Unable to get a job or get help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, he turns to crime.由于找不到工作，也得不到联邦紧急事务管理署的帮助，他走上了犯罪道路。One heist leads to another, making it harder and harder for Blink to get out of a hopeless situation,一个接一个的抢劫，让布林克越来越难以摆脱绝望的处境。Hopelessness during post-Katrina New Orleans is RZA's theme.卡特里娜飓风过后新奥尔良所弥漫的绝望感，正是RZA作品的核心主题。The film also describes how corruption has been plaguing the city for generations.这部电影还描述了腐败如何困扰这座城市数代人。RZA's Cut Throat City appears to be a place where dreams of poverty-stricken African-Americans come to die.《夺命城》似乎是贫困的非洲裔美国人梦想破灭的地方。Still, the filmmaker says his film ends with the redemptive note that people have the power to turn their lives around.尽管如此，这位电影制作人表示，他的影片最终以救赎性的基调收尾，即人们有能力改变自己的生活。The lotus flower grows out of mud. Okay, the community could be mud, but a flower could grow out of it.莲出淤泥而不染。社区或许如同淤泥，但花朵也能从中绽放。I think everyone deserves a second chance or at least should have the option.我认为每个人都应该有第二次机会，或者至少应该有这个选择。Katrina's always been with us, set a bunch of different names.卡特里娜一直和我们在一起，只是冠以了各种不同的名称。