泛读第一单元第一课 Becoming Educated for students.ppt

1、Unit One,Lesson One Becoming Educated,I. Background information about the author Barbara Jordan,1936-1996 born in Texas grew up in Houstons black ghetto(黑人区) attended segregated(种族隔离的)public schools graduated from the all-black Texas Southern University chose law as a career because she believed tha

2、t with her knowledge of law, she would then be able to eliminate racial injustice,I. Background information about the author Barbara Jordan,eager to leave the world of segregated education, enrolled at Boston University Law School in 1956 in 1959 graduated and passed both the Massachusetts and Texas

3、 bar(律师) examinations the first woman and the only black in the Texas State Senate,I. Background information about the author Barbara Jordan,the first woman and the only black member of the U.S Congress from Texas the first woman and the only black member of Congress from the entire South In 1979, r

4、etired from Congress, became a professor at the University of Texas In 1992, received the Spingarn Medal for her devoted service in Congress The first and only black woman buried in the Texas State Cemetery,I. Background information about the author Barbara Jordan,On April 24, 2009, a Barbara Jordan

5、 statue was unveiled at the University of Texas at Austin, where Jordan taught at the time of her death. Barbara Jordan Memorial at UT Austin,I. Background information about the author Barbara Jordan,Many of Jordans speeches have been collected in a 2007 publication from the University of Texas Pres

6、s, Barbara Jordan: Speaking the Truth with Eloquent Thunder v Congresswoman Barbara Jordan,Listen to the MP3 about Barbara Jordan,Barbara Jordan.mp3 Answer the following questions: 1. What did her father do? Baptist （施洗礼者）minister 2. What did her parents urge her to do？ Music teacher 3. How many sis

7、ters did she have and what did they do? Two. Music teachers,II. Reading Skill(P3),How to read between the lines: understanding first person narrator In this writing, Barbara Jordan tells us her personal experience as a law school student, but she doesnt directly show us her personal information like

8、 her sex, race or age. We have to find them out for ourselves.,II. Reading Skill(P3),Sex: female L23-25 and then on some rare occasions a professor would come in and would announce: “ Were going to have Ladies Day today.” We werent considered really top drawer when it came to the study of the law.,I

9、I. Reading Skill(P3),Race: black L26-28 At some time in the spring, Bill Gibson, who was dating my new roommate, Norma Walker, organized a black study group, as we blacks had to form our own.,II. Reading Skill(P3),Age: 21 L60-63 I had learned at twenty-one that you couldnt just say a thing is so bec

10、ause it might not be so, and somebody brighter, smarter, and more thoughtful would come out and tell you it wasnt so.,III. Context and Other Clues,1. Load(L13): put 2. cases(L17): lawsuits,III. Context and Other Clues,3. ladies(L23)：women 4. date(L26): go on a date,III. Context and Other Clues,5. sp

11、eechify(L52):make speeches 6. structured(L55): have a definite and highly organized structure,III. Context and Other Clues,7. independent(L56): free from eternal control 8. orate(L57): make a powerful speech,III. Context and Other Clues,9. reason(L60): think and make judgment 10. insides(L65): priva

12、te feelings,IV: Translation,1) (L1-5) So I was at Boston University in this new and strange and different world, and it occurred to me that if I was going to succeed at this strange new adventure, I would have to read longer and more thoroughly than my colleagues at law school had to read. 就这样，我来到了波

13、士顿大学，置身于一个全新的、陌生的、不一样的世界。 我突然意识到，要想在这次新奇的探险中获得成功，我就必须比法学院的其他同学花更多的时间来读书，而且要读得更透才行。 （该句以“so”开头，意为“in this way”. 后半句由“that”引导的宾语从句结构较复杂，翻译时应根据汉语的语序分成若干短句。）,IV: Translation,2. (L33-36)You couldnt just read the cases and study alone in your library as I had been doing; and you couldnt get it all in the

14、classroom. But once you had talked it out in the study group, it flowed more easily and made a lot more sense. 你不能像我以前那样，只是读读案例，在图书馆里独自用功；在课堂上你也不能一下子就把什么问题都搞清楚。但是，一旦你在学习小组里跟同学对某个问题做了认真细致的探讨，你的观点就会变得更明确，更清晰流畅。 （本句不难，但是应注意it的不同译法。）,IV: Translation,3. (L52-56) Even in debate it was pretty much canned b

15、ecause you had, in your little 3-by-5 box, a response for whatever issue might be raised by the opposition. The format was structured so that there was no opportunity for independent thinking. 就连辩论也是千篇一律的，因为不管对手提出什么问题，答案都装在你那15英寸见方的小卡片盒里。辩论的方式也是事先安排好的，因此也没有独立思考的机会。 （该句中的whatever为形容词，意为“不管什么样的”，文中只提到

16、盒子，实际所指是索引卡片。第一句翻译时应先读懂内容，然后按汉语语序排列译文。）,IV: Translation,4. (L60-63)I had learned at 21 that you couldnt just say a thing is so because it might not be so, and sb. brighter, smarter, and more thoughtful would come out and tell you it wasnt so. Then, if you still thought it was, you had to prove it. 在

17、21岁的时候我明白了这样一个道理：你不能对某件事情妄下结论，因为它可能并非如此，接下来，就会出现一位脑子比你聪明、心思比你灵巧、思维比你缜密的人，向你指出事情并非如此。如果你仍然坚持己见，就必须拿出证据来证明你的观点。 （该句为口语风格，重复使用so进行指代，理解需准确把握其具体所指。）,V. Questions for discussion,1. How does the author understand education? Education doesnt mean to read or study alone in the library. Neither does it mean

18、to present your ideas by speechifying. Education involves thinking, discussing and reasoning.,V. Questions for discussion,2. How do you understand the title “Being Educated”? having learned a lot at school of university and having a good level of knowledge 3. Why do you go to college? What does “being educated” mean for you? 4. Apart from working hard, what other things can a student do to achieve success in college?,VI. Key to other exercises,1. Reading Comprehension: DABDC 2. Vocabulary Study: 1). A: be assigned B: the assignment 2).