高三英语培优外刊阅读 种族歧视话题 学案

1、高三英语培优外刊阅读班级：学号：姓名：外刊精选I美国亚裔迎来觉醒时刻:歧视让我们更团结“亚裔美国人”是个特殊的混合群体身份，他们自不同历史阶段来到美国，文化、语言、 经济、历史背景大相径庭，和“非裔美国人相比，这个群体一直缺乏较强的内在统一和认同。 然而自去年疫情以来，针对亚裔的仇恨暴力事件层出不穷，面对无差异的歧视犯罪，亚裔美 国人的共同身份认同开始觉醒。他们究竟面临着怎样的境况？又该如何共同应对歧视？Why Asian-Americans are embracing a common identityBy Joshua ChaffinOutcastedn is how Angelene S

2、uperable describes the subtle sense of alienation she felt growing up in Pearland, Texas, a town outside Houston. While her best friend was a blonde-haired, blue-eyed beauty 一 a sort of Texas ideal 一 Superable was the daughter of Filipino immigrants who had arrived in the US with just $200.Earlier t

3、his year, shadowed by the Covid-19 pandemic that has whipped up anti-Asian violence across the country, she and a group of friends founded the New York Pan-Asian Democratic Club.What were seeing now is . a mass galvanising moment for Asian-Americans/1 says Takeo Rivera, a professor and playwright at

4、 Boston University. He saw Asian-Americans again uniting around a sense of shared vulnerability and a shared sense of precarity against racist violence0.Still, Asian-American identity is a recent concept and a fragile one. The notion of cramming so many nationalities and ethnicities under a single u

5、mbrella is challenging, to say the least.nMost Americans dont make any distinction between national origins. That has a way of reminding those of us who are Asian-American that were all in this together/ says Janelle Wong, a professor of Asian-American studies at the University of Maryland.【词汇过关】请写出

6、下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。1.embrace l m brel s v.2.outcasted adj.3.subtle sA tol adj.4.alienation （ el lia nei f n n.deal al di ol n.mass maes adj.galvanize glvsnal z v.vulnerability （ va Inoro bl hti n.precarity pn keorati n.precarious /pri kesrios/ adj.fragilefhedj al 1 adj.notion nou J on n.cram kraem v.【词块

7、学习】请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。L激起，煽动.因什么而团结凝聚.最起码，退一步讲总能拓展练习 阅读理解Looking up at the celling, Na He Jeon pours porridge into her mouth. She carefully dips the bowl forward, dropping the porridge directly down her throat, careful not to touch the 15 ulcers 贵疡）in her mouth. But it was the week before midterms,

8、so she still had to study. Jeon was 1st out of 330 students on her exams that year. Thank god I did J she says. If I hadnt done well I would have been regarded as a failure. At the end of the week, 14-year-old Jeon weighed only83.6 pounds.Like Jeon, there are countless numbers of first generation As

9、ian-Americans who make great efforts to go beyond at everything. Yet the children themselves cannot all be put to blame for their efforts. Typically, it is the parents who are designing a life which they see as perfect for their children. One such occurrence is when I was at my hotel in Beijing. It

10、was roughly around 8:00 p.m. when I decided to take a dip in the pool after dinner. I jumped into the pool that was already spotted with a few Chinese children and I hadnt realized what was going on until I took notice of the parents calling out orders and instructing their children. I saw various c

11、hildren all under the age of 10 taking laps across the poor trying various styles. If a childs foot was too bent, her parent would demand that he straighten it. If a child was kicking too slowly, his parent would order that he go faster. I couldnt help but pity the children whose parents were taking

12、 the opportunity to give a swimming lesson, rather than just let them enjoy their time during the holiday.Either because of their parents or their own desire, first-generation Asian-Americans put forth their 110% in order to be accepted into one of the best American colleges. Asian-American students

13、 want to see As, 100%s, and perfect scores. According to Jeon. Asians complain that students with a 4.0 GPA and 2400 SAT simply cannot be rejected from top schools. To their disappointment, however, they often are.The ethic of this aggressive work also exhibits itself via sports and other after-clas

14、s activities. What sets Asian-Americans apart, however, is that they fight to be excellent in whatever it is that they do. Be it playing the piano or performing in math competitions. Asian-Americans look to be in first place. Often blamed for lacking in creativity. Asian-Americans can actually make

15、up for the absence of imagination with their determination. The average American can dream creative dreams, but that only matters if he or she can make it happen in reality. Asian-Americans, instead, can gather creative ideas to produce something concrete.Yet with such a drive to succeed, Asian-Amer

16、icans have somehow twisted their definition of success. Rather than looking at personal achievement, they refer to numbers, statistics and scroes to rate their success. It seems as if desire and the sense of free will are nonexistent in certain Asian-American students as they mercilessly drive thems

17、elves to an inevitable burnout. Their desire to be the most-talented is an impossible dream. In a fruitless attempt, they try to be the best in a world already full of winners.l.It can be inferred from paragraph 1 that.A.Na He Jeon had to give up the midterm test because of her illness.B.Na He Jeon

18、complained about the heavy study pressure from parents.C.Na He Jeon was struggling hard to achieve academic success.D.Na He Jeon was worrying about negative comments from classmates.2.The writer mentions the scene of the swimming children in paragraph 2 to.A.stress parents decisive role in driving c

19、hildren to be winners.B.show parents special skill at instructing children in everything.C.emphasize childrens painstaking efforts to satisfy their parents.D.describe childrens determination to face the fierce competition.3.According to Asian-Americans, success lies in.A.realizing imaginative and cr

20、eative ideasB.achieving individual accomplishmentC.winning scholarships to top schoolsD.rising to the top in scores at everything4.The writers purpose of writing this article is to.A.express sympathy for Asian-American childrenB.advocate academic competition among studentsC.stress that personal succ

21、ess means more than high scoresD.analyze the problems in school education外刊精选答案【词汇过关】请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。_1 .embrace I m brei s v.拥抱，欣然地接受2.outcasted adj.被驱逐的，被排斥的3.subtle sa tol adj.不易被发觉的4.alienation ( el lia nei f n n.异化,疏离deal al din.理想,典范.mass maes adj.大规模的.galvanize gelvonai z v.通电，刺激，使人瞬间振奋、振作起来.vulnerability , va Insra bi hti n.无力,脆弱.precarity pn keoroti n.不稳定，动乱.precarious /pri keorios/adj.不稳定的，不保险的，有危险的.frag