Leon 4 The Civil Rights Movement_新概念二lesson4测试
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Leon 4 The Civil Rights Movement: What Good Was It?
Language Points:
1.Until that time my mind… which the color of the body denied.(L.14-17)
2.Alice’
3.Her husband became “dark and handsome”(L.43)
4.She subordinated her soul to theirs and became a faithful and timid supporter of the “Beautiful
White People.”(L.50-52)
5.My mother asked this: a woman who never got rid of any of her children, never cheated on
my father, was never a hypocrite if she could help it, and never even tasted liquor.(L.54-57)子,从来没有对我的父亲不忠,只要能不虚伪就不虚伪,从来没喝过酒。然而就是这样一个女人问了这个问题(我难道不觉得白人就是比我们聪明,比我们漂亮,比我们优秀吗?)
6.Of course, the people who wrote the soap-opera scripts…beneath the ruffled cap(L.62-66)
这句话是说,在那些肥皂剧里的黑人形象还是正面的,可是人们(尤其是我的母亲)从来不关注。
7.The singing of “We Shall Overcome”… in my ears”(L.77-78)
这句话在翻译练习中,大家注意 “We Shall Overcome” 是一首流传很广的歌曲,在这里作者用借喻的方法,用这首歌曲比喻一种“相信黑人能够战胜困难、取得民权运动胜利”的信念。有些黑人背叛了这种信念,他们脱离了民权运动的队伍。
8.The life of Dr.King, seeming bigger and more miraculous than the man himself, because of
all he had done and suffered, offered a pattern of strength and sincerity I felt I could trust.(L.80-82)
9.He did not say that one day it will us …homes(L.92-98)
这个长句子的根本意思是说Dr.King didn’t want the Black to revenge the White for all the
10.Alice Walker saw the real reasons for struggling beyond the effort for daily bread.The real
After-cla Activities:
Activity 1: Make a list of things you feel unequal on campus and tell how to make them equal.Activity 2: Tell your partner something that has made a great difference to your life.Suggested Reading / Listening:
Martin Luther King Jr., “I have a dream”.Langston Hughes, “I, too, sing America”.Obama Victory Speech, November 2008.Homework:
1.Do the exercises after the text.2.Do the exercises and quiz on the Platform.3.Prepare a 3-minute presentation, comparing the differences between the author’s life and your own life.