Ms. Hill: Mr. Chairman, Senator Thurmond, members of the committee: 希尔女士：主席先生，瑟蒙德参议员，委员会各位成员：
My name is Anita F. Hill, and I am a professor of law at the University of Oklahoma. I was born on a farm in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, in 1956. I am the youngest of 13 children. I had my early education in Okmulgee County. My father, Albert Hill, is a farmer in that area. My mother's name is Irma Hill. She is also a farmer and a housewife. 我的名字是安妮塔·F·希尔，我是俄克拉荷马大学的法学教授。我于1956年出生在俄克拉荷马州奥克穆尔吉县的一个农场。我是13个孩子中最小的一个。我在奥克穆尔吉县接受了早期教育。我的父亲阿尔伯特·希尔是该地区的一名农民。我母亲的名字是伊尔玛·希尔，她也是一名农民和家庭主妇。
My childhood was one of a lot of hard work and not much money, but it was one of solid family affection, as represented by my parents. I was reared in a religious atmosphere in the Baptist faith, and I have been a member of the Antioch Baptist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, since 1983. It is a very warm part of my life at the present time. 我的童年充满了辛勤劳作，收入微薄，但充满了坚实的家庭关爱，正如我的父母所展现的那样。我在浸信会的宗教氛围中长大，自1983年以来，我一直是俄克拉荷马州塔尔萨市安提阿浸信会的成员。这是我目前生活中非常温暖的一部分。
For my undergraduate work, I went to Oklahoma State University and graduated from there in 1977. I am attaching to this statement a copy of my resume for further details of my education. 本科期间，我就读于俄克拉荷马州立大学，并于1977年毕业。我将在此陈述后附上我的简历副本，以供进一步了解我的教育背景。
Senator Biden: It will be included in the record as if read. 拜登参议员：将按已宣读的内容列入记录。
Ms. Hill: Thank you. I graduated from the university with academic honors and proceeded to the Yale Law School, where I received my JD degree in 1980. Upon graduation from law school, I became a practicing lawyer with the Washington, DC, firm of Ward, Hardraker, and Ross. 希尔女士：谢谢。我以优异的成绩从大学毕业，随后进入耶鲁法学院，并于1980年获得法学博士学位。法学院毕业后，我成为华盛顿特区沃德·哈德拉克·罗斯律师事务所的执业律师。
In 1981, I was introduced to now Judge Thomas by a mutual friend. Judge Thomas told me that he was anticipating a political appointment, and he asked if I would be interested in working with him. He was, in fact, appointed as Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights. After he had taken that post, he asked if I would become his assistant, and I accepted that position. 1981年，我通过一位共同的朋友结识了现任法官托马斯。托马斯法官告诉我他即将获得一项政治任命，并问我是否有兴趣与他一起工作。事实上，他被任命为教育部民权助理部长。他上任后，邀请我担任他的助理，我接受了这一职位。
In my early period there, I had two major projects. The first was an article I wrote for Judge Thomas's signature on the education of minority students. The second was the organization of a seminar on high-risk students which was abandoned because Judge Thomas transferred to the EEOC where he became the chairman of that office. 在那里的早期，我负责两个主要项目。第一个是我以托马斯法官的名义撰写的一篇关于少数族裔学生教育的文章。第二个是组织一次关于高危学生的研讨会，但由于托马斯法官调任公平就业机会委员会主席而被放弃。
During this period at the Department of Education, my working relationship with Judge Thomas was positive. I had a good deal of responsibility and independence. I thought he respected my work and that he trusted my judgment. After approximately three months of working there, he asked me to go out socially with him. 在教育部期间，我与托马斯法官的工作关系是积极的。我承担了大量责任，拥有很大的独立性。我认为他尊重我的工作，信任我的判断。在那里工作大约三个月后，他邀请我出去社交。
What happened next and telling the world about it are the two most difficult experiences of my life. It is only after a great deal of agonizing consideration and a great number of sleepless nights that I am able to talk of these unpleasant matters to anyone but my close friends. 接下来发生的事情以及向世界讲述这件事，是我一生中最艰难的两次经历。经过大量痛苦的思考和无数个不眠之夜，我才能够向除了亲密朋友之外的任何人谈论这些令人不快的事情。
I declined the invitation to go out socially with him and explained to him that I thought it would jeopardize what I considered to be a very good working relationship. I had a normal social life with other men outside of the office. I believed then, as now, that having a social relationship with a person who was supervising my work would be ill-advised. I was very uncomfortable with the idea and told him so. 我拒绝了他的社交邀请，并向他解释说我认为这会危及我当时认为非常良好的工作关系。我在办公室外与其他男性有正常的社交生活。我当时和现在都认为，与监督我工作的人建立社交关系是不明智的。我对此非常不舒服，并告诉了他。
I thought that by saying no and explaining my reasons my employer would abandon his social suggestions. However, to my regret, in the following few weeks, he continued to ask me out on several occasions. He pressed me to justify my reasons for saying no to him. These incidents took place in his office or mine. They were in the form of private conversations which would not have been overheard by anyone else. 我以为通过拒绝并解释我的理由，我的雇主会放弃他的社交建议。然而，令我遗憾的是，在接下来的几周里，他继续多次邀请我出去。他要求我说明拒绝他的理由。这些事件发生在他的办公室或我的办公室里，都是私人对话的形式，其他人不会听到。
My working relationship became even more strained when Judge Thomas began to use work situations to discuss sex. On these occasions, he would call me into his office for reports on education issues and projects, or he might suggest that, because of the time pressures of his schedule, we go to lunch to a government cafeteria. After a brief discussion of work, he would turn the conversation to a discussion of sexual matters. 当托马斯法官开始利用工作场合讨论性话题时，我们的工作关系变得更加紧张。在这些场合，他会叫我到他的办公室汇报教育问题和项目，或者他可能会建议，由于日程时间紧张，我们去政府自助餐厅吃午饭。在简短讨论工作后，他会将话题转向性问题的讨论。
His conversations were very vivid. He spoke about acts that he had seen in pornographic films involving such matters as women having sex with animals and films showing group sex or rape scenes. He talked about pornographic materials depicting individuals with large penises or large breasts involved in various sex acts. On several occasions, Thomas told me graphically of his own sexual prowess. 他的谈话非常生动。他谈到了他在色情电影中看到的行为，包括女性与动物发生性关系以及展示群交或强奸场景的电影。他谈到了描绘拥有巨大阴茎或大乳房的人参与各种性行为的色情材料。在几次场合中，托马斯生动地向我讲述了他自己的性能力。
Because I was extremely uncomfortable talking about sex with him at all, and particularly in such a graphic way, I told him that I did not want to talk about these subjects. I would also try to change the subject to education matters or to nonsexual personal matters such as his background or his beliefs. My efforts to change the subject were rarely successful. 因为我与他谈论性话题时非常不舒服，特别是以如此露骨的方式，我告诉他我不想谈论这些话题。我也会尝试将话题转向教育问题或非性的个人问题，如他的背景或信仰。我改变话题的努力很少成功。
Throughout the period of these conversations, he also, from time to time, asked me for social engagements. My reaction to these conversations was to avoid them by eliminating opportunities for us to engage in extended conversations. This was difficult because at the time I was his only assistant at the Office for Civil Rights. 在这些谈话期间，他还不时邀请我参加社交活动。我对这些谈话的反应是通过消除我们进行长时间交谈的机会来避免它们。这很困难，因为当时我是他在民权办公室的唯一助理。
During the latter part of my time at the Department of Education, the social pressures and any conversation of his offensive behavior ended. I began both to believe and hope that our working relationship could be a proper, cordial, and professional one. 在教育部工作的后期，社交压力和任何关于他冒犯性行为的谈话都结束了。我开始相信并希望我们的工作关系能够成为一种恰当、友好和专业的关系。
When Judge Thomas was made chair of the EEOC, I needed to face the question of whether to go with him. I was asked to do so, and I did. The work itself was interesting, and at that time it appeared that the sexual overtures which had so troubled me had ended. I also faced the realistic fact that I had no alternative job. 当托马斯法官被任命为公平就业机会委员会主席时，我需要面对是否跟随他的问题。我被邀请这样做，我同意了。工作本身很有趣，当时看起来困扰我的性暗示已经结束了。我也面临着一个现实：我没有其他工作选择。
While I might have gone back to private practice, perhaps in my old firm or at another, I was dedicated to civil rights work, and my first choice was to be in that field. Moreover, the Department of Education itself was a dubious venture. President Reagan was seeking to abolish the entire department. 虽然我可能会回到私人执业，也许回到我原来的律所或另一家，但我致力于民权工作，我的第一选择是留在这个领域。此外，教育部本身也是一个不稳定的机构，里根总统正寻求废除整个部门。
For my first months at the EEOC, where I continued to be an assistant to Judge Thomas, there were no sexual conversations or overtures. However, during the fall and winter of 1982, these began again. The comments were random and ranged from pressing me about why I didn't go out with him to remarks about my personal appearance. I remember his saying that some day I would have to tell him the real reason that I wouldn't go out with him. 在公平就业机会委员会的头几个月，我继续担任托马斯法官的助理，没有任何性谈话或暗示。然而，在1982年秋冬期间，这些又开始了。评论是随机的，从追问我为什么不出去和他约会到评论我的个人外表。我记得他说，总有一天我必须告诉他我不愿和他出去的真正原因。
He began to show displeasure in his tone and voice and his demeanor and his continued pressure for an explanation. He commented on what I was wearing in terms of whether it made me more or less sexually attractive. The incidents occurred in his inner office at the EEOC. 他开始在语气、声音和举止上表现出不满，并继续要求我做出解释。他评论我穿的衣服是否让我看起来更性感或不那么性感。这些事件发生在他在公平就业机会委员会的内部办公室。
One of the oddest episodes I remember was an occasion in which Thomas was drinking a Coke in his office. He got up from the table at which we were working, went over to his desk to get the Coke, looked at the can and asked, "Who has pubic hair on my Coke?" On other occasions, he referred to the size of his own penis as being larger than normal, and he also spoke on some occasions of the pleasures he had given to women with oral sex. 我记得最奇怪的事件之一是有一次托马斯在他的办公室里喝可乐。他从我们工作的桌子旁站起来，走到他的办公桌前拿可乐，看着罐子问道："谁在我的可乐上放了阴毛？"在其他场合，他提到自己的阴茎尺寸比正常人大，并且在一些场合谈到他通过口交给女性带来的快感。
At this point, late 1982, I began to feel severe stress on the job. I began to be concerned that Clarence Thomas might take out his anger with me by degrading me or not giving me important assignments. I also thought that he might find an excuse for dismissing me. 在这一点上，1982年末，我开始在工作中感到严重的压力。我开始担心克拉伦斯·托马斯可能会通过贬低我或不给我重要任务来发泄对我的愤怒。我还认为他可能会找借口解雇我。
In January of 1983, I began looking for another job. I was handicapped because I feared that, if he found out, he might make it difficult for me to find other employment and I might be dismissed from the job I had. Another factor that made my search more difficult was that this was during a period of a hiring freeze in the government. In February 1983, I was hospitalized for five days on an emergency basis for acute stomach pain, which I attributed to stress on the job. 1983年1月，我开始寻找另一份工作。我处于不利地位，因为我担心如果他发现，他可能会让我难以找到其他工作，并且我可能会被解雇。使我的搜索更加困难的另一个因素是，当时政府正处于招聘冻结期。1983年2月，我因急性胃痛紧急住院五天，我将其归因于工作压力。
Once out of the hospital, I became more committed to find other employment and sought further to minimize my contact with Thomas. This became easier when Allison Duncan became office director, because most of my work was then funneled through her and I had contact with Clarence Thomas mostly in staff meetings. 出院后，我更加坚定地寻找其他工作，并进一步寻求尽量减少与托马斯的接触。当艾莉森·邓肯成为办公室主任后，这变得更容易了，因为我的大部分工作都通过她进行，我与克拉伦斯·托马斯的接触主要是在员工会议上。
In the spring of 1983, an opportunity to teach at Oral Roberts University opened up. I participated in a seminar and taught an afternoon session at Oral Roberts University. The dean of the university saw me teaching and inquired as to whether I would be interested in pursuing a career in teaching, beginning at Oral Roberts University. I agreed to take the job in large part because of my desire to escape the pressures I felt at the EEOC due to Judge Thomas. 1983年春天，我获得了在奥罗尔罗伯茨大学任教的机会。我参加了一个研讨会，并在奥罗尔罗伯茨大学教授了一个下午的课程。该大学的院长看到我教学，并询问我是否有兴趣从事教学事业，从奥罗尔罗伯茨大学开始。我同意接受这份工作，很大程度上是因为我希望逃避在公平就业机会委员会因托马斯法官而感受到的压力。
When I informed him that I was leaving in July, I recall that his response was that now I would no longer have an excuse for not going out with him. I told him that I still preferred not to do so. At some time after that meeting, he asked if he could take me to dinner at the end of the term. When I declined, he assured me that the dinner was a professional courtesy only and not a social invitation. I reluctantly agreed to accept that invitation, but only if it was at the very end of a working day. 当我告诉他我将于7月离开时，我记得他的反应是，现在我不再有借口不出去和他约会了。我告诉他我仍然不愿意这样做。那次会议后的某个时候，他问是否可以在学期结束时带我去吃晚饭。当我拒绝时，他向我保证晚餐只是一种职业礼节，而不是社交邀请。我勉强同意接受这个邀请，但前提是在一个工作日的最后时刻。
On, as I recall, the last day of my employment at the EEOC in the summer of 1983, I did have dinner with Clarence Thomas. We went directly from work to a restaurant near the office. We talked about the work I had done, both at Education and at the EEOC. He told me that he was pleased with all of it except for an article and speech that I had done for him while we were at the Office for Civil Rights. 我记得在1983年夏天，在公平就业机会委员会工作的最后一天，我确实与克拉伦斯·托马斯共进了晚餐。我们直接从工作地点去了办公室附近的一家餐厅。我们谈到了我在教育部和公平就业机会委员会所做的工作。他告诉我，除了我们在民权办公室时我为他做的一篇文章和一次演讲外，他对所有工作都很满意。
Finally, he made a comment that I will vividly remember. He said that if I ever told anyone of his behavior that it would ruin his career. This was not an apology, nor was it an explanation. That was his last remark about the possibility of our going out or reference to his behavior. 最后，他说了一句我将永远生动记住的话。他说，如果我告诉任何人他的行为，那将毁了他的职业生涯。这不是道歉，也不是解释。那是他最后一次提到我们出去的可能性或他的行为。
In July of 1983, I left Washington, D.C. area and I've had minimal contacts with Judge Clarence Thomas since. I am of course aware from the Press that some questions have been raised about conversations I had with Judge Clarence Thomas after I left the EEOC. From 1983 until today, I have seen Judge Thomas only twice. On one occasion, I needed to get a reference from him, and on another he made a public appearance in Tulsa. 1983年7月，我离开了华盛顿特区地区，从那以后与克拉伦斯·托马斯法官的接触很少。当然，我从媒体上了解到，有人对我离开公平就业机会委员会后与克拉伦斯·托马斯法官的谈话提出了一些问题。从1983年到今天，我只见过托马斯法官两次。一次是我需要从他那里获得推荐信，另一次是他在塔尔萨公开露面。
On one occasion he called me at home and we had an inconsequential conversation. On one occasion he called me without reaching me, and I returned the call without reaching him, and nothing came of it. I have, on at least three occasions, been asked to act as a conduit to him for others. 有一次他打电话到我家，我们进行了一次无关紧要的谈话。有一次他打电话给我但没有联系上，我回了电话但也没有联系上他，什么也没发生。我至少有三次被要求作为他人与他沟通的渠道。
I knew his secretary, Diane Holt. We had worked together at both EEOC and Education. There were occasions on which I spoke to her, and on some of these occasions undoubtedly I passed on some casual comment to then Chairman Thomas. There were a series of calls in the first three months of 1985, occasioned by a group in Tulsa, which wished to have a civil rights conference. They wanted Judge Thomas to be the speaker and enlisted my assistance for this purpose. 我认识他的秘书黛安·霍尔特。我们在公平就业机会委员会和教育部都一起工作过。有些场合我与她交谈，在这些场合中，毫无疑问我会向当时的主席托马斯转达一些随意的评论。1985年前三个月有一系列电话，起因是塔尔萨的一个团体希望举办一次民权会议。他们希望托马斯法官担任演讲者，并请我为此提供帮助。
I did call in January and February to no effect, and finally suggested to the person directly involved, Susan Cahall, that she put the matter into her own hands and call directly. She did so in March of 1985. In connection with that March invitation, Ms. Cahall wanted conference materials for the seminar and some research was needed. I was asked to try to get the information and did attempt to do so. 我在1月和2月打电话但没有效果，最后建议直接相关人员苏珊·卡霍尔自己处理此事并直接打电话。她于1985年3月这样做了。关于那次3月的邀请，卡霍尔女士需要研讨会的会议材料，需要进行一些研究。我被要求尝试获取信息，并确实尝试这样做了。
There was another call about another possible conference in July of 1985. In August of 1987, I was in Washington, D.C. and I did call Diane Holt. In the course of this conversation, she asked me how long I was going to be in town and I told her. It is recorded in the message as August 15. It was, in fact, August 20th. She told me about Judge Thomas's marriage and I did say, "Congratulate him." 1985年7月还有一个关于另一个可能的会议的电话。1987年8月，我在华盛顿特区，并打电话给黛安·霍尔特。在这次谈话中，她问我要在城里待多久，我告诉了她。记录中显示是8月15日，但实际上是8月20日。她告诉我托马斯法官结婚的消息，我说："恭喜他。"
It is only after a great deal of agonizing consideration that I am able to talk of these unpleasant matters to anyone except my closest friends. As I've said before, these last few days have been very trying and very hard for me, and it hasn't just been the last few days this week. It has actually been over a month now that I have been under the strain of this issue. 经过大量痛苦的思考，我才能够向除了最亲密朋友之外的任何人谈论这些令人不快的事情。正如我之前所说，过去几天对我来说非常艰难，而且不仅仅是这周的最后几天。实际上，我已经在这个问题的压力下度过了一个多月。
Telling the world is the most difficult experience of my life, but it is very close to having to live through the experience that occasioned this meeting. I may have used poor judgment early on in my relationship with this issue. I was aware, however, that telling at any point in my career could adversely affect my future career. And I did not want early on to burn all the bridges to the EEOC. 向世界讲述这件事是我一生中最艰难的经历，但这与经历导致这次会议的事件几乎一样艰难。在处理这个问题的早期，我可能使用了糟糕的判断。然而，我意识到，在我职业生涯的任何时候说出这件事都可能对我未来的职业生涯产生不利影响。我不想早期就烧毁与公平就业机会委员会的所有桥梁。
As I said, I may have used poor judgment. Perhaps I should have taken angry or even militant steps, both when I was in the agency, or after I left it. But I must confess to the world that the course that I took seemed the better as well as the easier approach. 正如我所说，我可能使用了糟糕的判断。也许我应该在机构内或离开后采取愤怒甚至激进的步骤。但我必须向世界承认，我所采取的做法似乎是更好的也是更容易的方法。
I declined any comment to newspapers, but later when Senate staff asked me about these matters I felt I had a duty to report. I have no personal vendetta against Clarence Thomas. I seek only to provide the committee with information which it may regard as relevant. 我拒绝向报纸发表任何评论，但后来当参议院工作人员询问我这些事情时，我觉得我有责任报告。我对克拉伦斯·托马斯没有个人怨恨。我只是试图向委员会提供它可能认为相关的信息。
It would have been more comfortable to remain silent. I took no initiative to inform anyone. But when I was asked by a representative of this committee to report my experience, I felt that I had to tell the truth. I could not keep silent. 保持沉默会更舒服。我没有主动告知任何人。但当委员会的一位代表要求我报告我的经历时，我觉得我必须说出真相。我不能保持沉默。