台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是：

If you believe that people are basically good, you are likely to believe that poverty or bigotry or some other outside force causes people to commit violent crime. That's the only way you can make sense of the fact that some people commit crimes despite their basically good nature. Something drove them to it.
若你相信人性本善，你就很可能会相信是受到贫穷、偏执的观念或某些外在因素的影响，才致使人们会去犯下暴行。只有这样想，才能合理化某些人即使是本性善良，仍会去犯罪的这个事实：是某些事驱使他们这么做的。

学习重点：

1.basically 基本上
basically (adj.) 基本上
basic (adj.) 基本的

2.poverty 贫穷、穷困
poverty (n.) 贫穷、穷困

3.bigotry 盲从
bigotry (n.) 盲从

4.commit 犯(罪)
commit (v.) 犯(罪)
commitment (n.) 交付
commission (n.) 佣金

5.violent 残暴的
violent (adj.) 残暴的
violence (n.) 暴力

6.crime 犯罪行为
crime (n.) 犯罪行为
criminal (n.) 罪犯