Full confession(坦白，承认): I am one of those who have come to think that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez can essentially(盟友，支持者) do no wrong(不会犯错). At times when I most fear for the future of our country, I watch her videos and am consoled(安慰，抚慰) and cheered by her clarity, her honesty, her intelligence, her simple common sense. So I was a little surprised to hear that on a recent interview on ABC This Week, she quoted a political ally as having remarked: “Woke 1.0 was crazy.”
坦白说：我是那些逐渐认为亚历山德里娅·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯几乎不会犯错的人之一。在我最担心国家未来的时刻，我看她的视频，她的清晰、诚实、智慧以及朴素的常识让我感到安慰和鼓舞。所以，当我听说她在美国广播公司《本周》节目的一次采访中引用一位政治盟友的话说“觉醒1.0是疯狂的”时，我有点惊讶。
What surprised me was not that she called for some moderation(缓和，适度) of the radical positions – the call to defund(撤销……的经费) the police and the military, for example – that have, at times, been an aspect of progressive politics. But I was frankly a little unnerved(使不安，使失去勇气) to hear her use the word “woke”.
让我惊讶的不是她呼吁对激进立场有所缓和——例如，取消警察和军队经费的呼吁——这些立场有时一直是进步政治的一个方面。但坦率地说，听到她使用“觉醒”这个词，我有点不安。
The term has its roots in Black slang(俚语). “Stay woke” was originally a warning to keep alert(警觉的，警惕的) to the dangers posed by prejudice and white supremacy(白人至上主义). But its meaning has changed to become a synonym for what used to be referred to, also derogatorily(贬义地，轻蔑地), as “PC” – politically correct.
这个词源于黑人俚语。“保持觉醒”最初是一个警告，提醒人们警惕偏见和白人至上主义构成的危险。但它的含义已经改变，成为过去也被贬义地称为“PC”——即政治正确——的同义词。