創232年歷史
Ketanji Brown Jackson, a liberal appeals court judge, was confirmed on April 7 as the 116th Supreme Court justice, becoming the first Black woman to serve as a justice on the nation’s high court in its 232-year history.
4月7日，美國自由派上訴法院法官凱坦吉·布朗·傑克森正式獲批准成為第116位最高法院大法官，為美國最高法院232年歷史中第一位擔任大法官的黑人女性。
liberal(adj.)開放的;開明的conservative(adj.)保守的an appeals court judge上訴法院法官confirm(v.)批准;使有效serve as…擔任…的職位
Jackson’s confirmation fulfills President Biden’s campaign promise of nominating the first Black woman to the Supreme Court if he was elected.
傑克森獲批准上任大法官，拜登也履行了當初的競選承諾，他在競選時曾說，若當選將提名首位黑人女性進入最高法院。
confirmation(n.)(經參議院)批准上任fulfill a promise實現承諾nominate(v.)提名=name
Biden referred to the vote as a “historic moment” for the country, posting on Twitter an image of him taking a selfie with Jackson, with the caption reading: “We’ve taken another step toward making our highest court reflect the diversity of America.”
拜登稱此次大法官投票對美國來說是一個「歷史性時刻」，他在推特上發布他與傑克森自拍的照片，並附註：「我們朝著能夠反映出美國多樣性的最高法院又邁進了一步。」
refer to…as…把…稱為…caption(n.)(圖書、雜誌或報紙圖片的)說明文字diversity(n.)多樣性、多樣化ethnic diversity種族多樣性cultural diversity文化多樣性biodiversity(n.)生物多樣性
Jackson, 51, worked for eight years as a judge in a federal trial court.
傑克森現年51歲，曾在聯邦地區法院擔任法官八年。
a federal trial court聯邦地區法院=a district court
She was confirmed for a seat on the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia last June.
去年6月，她就任哥倫比亞特區聯邦巡迴上訴法院法官。
Prior to becoming a judge, Jackson served as a public defender.
在成為法官之前，傑克森曾擔任公設辯護人，
prior to…=before…在…之前posterior to…=after…在…之後public defender公設辯護人
She will be the first Supreme Court justice in over three decades to have represented impoverished criminal defendants.
她將成為三十多年來第一位曾經代表經濟弱勢刑事被告的最高法院法官。
impoverished(adj.) 赤貧的、貧困的economically disadvantaged經濟弱勢的criminal(adj.)刑事的a criminal offense刑事犯罪civil(adj.)民事的civil court民事法庭defendant(n.)被告;被告人=the accusedplaintiff(n.)原告
After she graduated from Harvard Law School in 1996, she became a judicial clerk for Justice Stephen Breyer. Jackson will replace Breyer when he formally retires this summer.
1996年從哈佛法學院畢業後，她曾是美國聯邦最高法院大法官布雷耶的書記官。傑克森將在今年夏天布雷耶正式退休時填補他的空缺。
a judicial clerk=a law clerk(法庭)書記員
During her hearing, Jackson pledged she would work to ensure that the words engraved on the Supreme Court Building – Equal Justice Under the Law – were a “reality and not just an ideal.”
在聽證會上，傑克森承諾她將努力確保雕刻在最高法院大樓上的文字：「法律之下人人平等」，能成為「現實，而不僅僅是理想」。
hearing(n.)聽證會;公聽會pledge(v.)宣誓、保證=vowengrave(v.)在(金屬、石頭等)上雕刻(字、圖案等)=carve=inscribe
Jackson also told to the Senate judiciary committee the story of her family’s journey as Black Americans.
傑克森還向參議院司法委員會講述了她的家庭作為美國黑人的故事。
the Senate參議院House of Representatives眾議院judiciary committee司法委員會
Her parents were public school teachers raised in the segregated south, but their daughter would eventually rise to serve as a justice on a court that once denied citizenship to Black Americans.
她的父母是在種族隔離的南方長大的公立學校教師，但他們的女兒最終會在曾經拒絕承認美國黑人公民身份的法庭上擔任法官。
segregated(adj.)(種族)隔離的segregation(n.)種族隔離政策deny(v.)否認;拒絕(承認)citizenship(n.)公民身份