book iv unit 8 section a slavery gave me noting to lose gan lingling college of foreign studies
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Section A
Slavery Gave Me Noting to Lose
Gan lingling
College of Foreign Studies
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Objectives of Section A
Learn more about related background Learn more about related background information about American slavery and black information about American slavery and black people’s lifepeople’s life;
Grasp the main idea and structure of the text;Grasp the main idea and structure of the text; Understand the important words, phrases and Understand the important words, phrases and
sentence patterns in the text;sentence patterns in the text; Be able to conduct text-based written and oral Be able to conduct text-based written and oral
practices.practices.
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Pre-class Task Checking
Text Understanding Summary
Difficult Sentences Writing Words and Phrases
Post-class Tasks
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Text Understanding
Structure of the Text
Para.1: My impressions about the white people and the townspeople’s attitude toward them when I was little.
Para. 2: How I responded to white people
as a child.
Para.3: General statement: Though I was a black, I felt little
difference from the white.
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Para.4: A transitional paragraph:
It was when I was thirteen that I had a keen sense that I was a black girl.
Para.5: It doesn’t depress me, and I’m ready to win the world.
Para.6: I do not always feel colored.
Para.7: General statement:
Being colored does not make any difference to me. I feel to be the same as people of other colors.
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Detailed UnderstandingAnswer the following questions with the given key
words.
Question 1 : Question 1 : How did I feel about the whites as a child?
Key words: Key words: tourists, on horses or in automobiles, watch, pleasure
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Question 2 : Question 2 : What does the word “show” mean? Who were the “actors”?
Key words: Key words: a stage, travelers, as actors
Question 3 : Question 3 : What’s my impressions of the whites as a child? (general point)
Key words: Key words: only different, the white, like to hear, speak, sing, dance, money
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Question 4 : Question 4 : What’s the huge change I experienced when I was thirteen?
Key words: Key words: school, exclusively, black town, aware, black
Question 5 : Question 5 : How do I look at the slavery problem?
Key words: Key words: something in the past not register depression nothing to lose, a world to win
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Question 5 : Question 5 : How do I look at the slavery problem?
Key words: Key words: not feel colored, white man
chat calmly not make any difference
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Difficult Sentences1. The bold would come outside to watch them
go past and got just as much pleasure out of the tourists as ------ (Para.1)
Main structure: the bold would come and got pleasure.Paraphrase: The brave people would go out to
watch the passing Northerners. They were interested in the travelers and the travelers were also interested in the village and both enjoyed learning something aobu the other.
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2. I would probably “go piece of the way” with them---- . (Para.2)
“go a piece of the way” is a local expression, meaning “follow for a short distance.”
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3. They liked to hear me “speak pieces” and wanted to see me dance, and gave---- (Para.3)
Main structure: They like to hear me “speak pieces” and sing and wanted to see me dance, and gave of their silver.
Paraphrase: They liked to hear me say something to them and sing and wanted to see me dance, and were willing to give me money out of my expectation. This seemed surprising to me as I enjoyed talking to them and I enjoyed singing and dancing for them so much that they would have to pay me to stop.
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4. The terrible war that made me an American----I must not halt in the middle to look behind and weep. (Para.5)
Paraphrase: The terrible Civil war which abolished slavery and made me an American instead of a slave suggested I participate in the “race”. The period of time following the Civil War asked me to get reading for the race, and the generation before me said “Start!” As if in a foot race, I start very fast and I must not stop in the middle of the race to look behind and weep.
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5. It is thrilling to think, to know, that for any act of mine,------(Para.5)
Paraphrase: It is very exciting to think and know this fact: If I did something good, I would get praise from both the black people and the white people; likewise, once I did something wrong, I would receive blame from both the black and the white world as well.
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6, Pour out the contents, and there is discovered a pile of small things both----(para. 7)
Paraphrase: With many objects listed as examples, the writer symbolically gives an account of their history and life experience, both nice and sad, like their dreams, their struggles, their pride, their sorrow and sufferings, and their ambitions.
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Words and Phrases
1. exclusively ad. (Para.1)
Meaning: involving only the things mentioned,
and nothing else.
Translate:
这间办公室的职员全部是女性。The office staff are exclusively female.
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2. in that (Para.3)
Meaning: for the reason; because
Translate:
鼓励大学生进行网络自主学习十分重要，因为这能培养学生的自主学习能力和自律意识。
It is crucial to encourage college students to
conduct autonomous learning on Net in that it
can develop students’ autonomous learning
ability and awarness of self-disciplined.
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3. disapprove of Meaning: to express an unfavorable opinion
Translate: 我强烈反对任何形式的赌博。I strongly disapprove of any form of gambling.
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4. Pay the price for (Para.5)
Meaning: to do or give sth. in order to get what one wants
Translate: 如果你继续这样，迟早会付出代价的。If you go on like this, you’ll pay the price sooner or
later.
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5. In the main (Para.7)
Meaning: in general; on the whole
Translate:
1. It is the community who should, in the main, determine whether police are to be involved in resolving community conflicts.
大多数情况下，应该由社区自己决定是否由警察来解决社区冲突。
2. 我们学校的学生大都来自广西。
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6. More or less (L. 42)
Meaning: to some extent or degree; somewhat
Translate:
1. 这项计划大体上是成功的。2. 他们或多或少愿意帮些忙。
1. The project more or less a success.
2. They were more or less willing to help.
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Summary
As a young girl in a Negro town, Zora had no white neighbors, and to her, white people were only _________ in that they traveled ________ her hometown but didn’t live there. However, when she arrived at Jacksonville, she suffered a ________. She was no longer Zora of Eatonville, but became the granddaughter of ________.
different through
changeslaves
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When she looked in a mirror, she was now looking at a little ________ girl. This, however, had no ___ effect on her. To her, _______ was something in the _____. The Civil War had made her a _____ American citizen and had given her the opportunity to push ahead and _________ in life. She felt she had nothing to _____ but
everything to ______.
black illslavery
past full
succeedlose
gain
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Writing
Structured WritingStructured Writing
One of the writing techniques is to
present specific details first, then
come to a general statement or a
conclusion based on the details.
Sample Section A Paras.1-3
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Writing Task:
Write your own paragraph, with specific details to a general statement or a conclusion.
Topic:Electronic Dictionaries
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Post-class Task
Idea Sharing:
Each group chooses one of the two tragedies to:
1. Explore the cause for the tragedy through the Internet.
2. Revise it into a story of about 100 words.
3. Make an oral presentation in class.
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Written Tasks:
1) Finish the Exercises on the textbook: Vocabulary, Collocation; Word Building, Sentence Structure; Translation, Cloze;
2) Write a passage with the given topic.
