日前，美国杜克大学医学院助理教授梅根·尼利（Megan Neely）向全系学生发送了一封邮件，要求学生在校内不要说中文。此事因涉嫌种族歧视在社交媒体上引起广泛关注，尼利也已辞去研究生项目主任的职务。
很多网友认为，尼利的邮件存在种族主义倾向，并引起了人们对教师歧视国际学生的担忧。不过也有一些少数族裔学生称，尼利是一位非常好的项目主任，绝非种族主义者。
这封电子邮件在推特和中国社交媒体上引起轩然大波，杜克大学医学院承诺，将重新审查其生物统计学硕士项目。
本篇课程首发于2019年1月30日，选自 BBC
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47022374
作者：Helier Cheung
Duke University professor removed over 'Speak English' email
① A US university professor has been removed as director of a graduate programme, amid a furore over an email she sent urging students not to speak Chinese.
② Megan Neely, an assistant professor at Duke University, said in an email to students that two unnamed faculty members of the biostatistics Masters programme had complained to her about students speaking Chinese in public areas in the department.
③ Dr Neely said that the faculty members told her "they wanted to write down the names so they could remember them if the students interviewed for an internship or asked to work with them for a masters project."
④ "To international students," she continued, "PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE keep these unintended consequences in mind when you choose to speak in Chinese in the building."
⑤ Her email went viral on Twitter and Chinese social media.
⑥ Many found the language in the email patronising, while others wondered if the students had been targeted because they spoke Chinese, rather than another foreign language.
⑦ Mary Klotman, dean of the medical school, wrote to students over the weekend, telling them: "There is absolutely no restriction or limitation on the language you use to converse and communicate with each other …"
⑧ "I have asked the university's Office of Institutional Equity to conduct a thorough review of the Master of Biostatistics Programme," she added.
▍生词好句
sb. be removed as sth.: 某人被免去……职位
amid /əˈmɪd/: prep. 在……之中；在……的包围中
furore /fjʊˈrɔːri, ˈfjʊrɔːr/: n. 轰动；轩然大波；公愤
urge /ɜːdʒ, ɜːrdʒ/: vt. 敦促；力劝
urgent: adj. 紧急的；紧迫的
assistant professor: 助理教授
unnamed /ʌnˈneɪmd/: adj. 没有透露名字的
faculty /ˈfækəlti/: n. (大学中院系的) 全体教师 (US)；学院 (UK)
biostatistics /ˌbaɪəʊstəˈtɪstɪks/: n. 生物统计学
internship /ˈɪntɜːnʃɪp, ˈɪntɜːrnʃɪp/: n. 实习 (机会、职位)
unintended /ˌʌnɪnˈtendɪd/: adj. 意料之外的
department /dɪˈpɑːtmənt, dɪˈpɑːrtmənt/: n. 系
go viral /ˈvaɪərəl, ˈvaɪrəl/: 像病毒一样快速传播/蔓延
patronising /ˈpætrənaɪzɪŋ/: adj. 高人一等的
patronise /ˈpætrənaɪz/: vt. 高人一等地对待
dean /diːn/: n. 院长；系主任
converse /kənˈvɜːs, kənˈvɜːrs/: vi. 交谈
▍词汇拓展
1. furore: n. 轰动；轩然大波；公愤
That government's decision to raise taxes has caused a great furore.
政府决定增税的决定引发了轩然大波。
2. amid: prep. 在……之中；在……的包围中
His house is amid hills.
他的房子四面环山。
▍责任编辑
高晴、李焕
▍内容校对
武志琳、章晓丹
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