现代大学英语精读2第二版Unit-2-Say-Yes

UnitIISayYes1862EmancipationProclamation1963IfIwereablack,wouldyou…Whatshallwedo?•FiveParts:•PartI:Warm-UpExercises(songs&poems)•PartII:BackgroundInformation(authorand“-isms”)•PartIII:TextAnalysis•PartIV:LanguageAppreciation•PartV:SupplementedReading&ExercisesPartOneENTERSayYesWarm-upI.OntheOriginofRacismII.EnjoyaSongIII.EnjoyaPoem（forreference）IV.MakeupaStoryI.OntheOriginofRacismDebatesovertheoriginsofracismoftensufferfromalackof_____overtheterm.Manymixrecentformsofracismwithearlierformsofethnicandnationalconflict.Inmostcasesethno-nationalconflictseemsto____toconflictoverlandandstrategicresources.Insomecasesethnicityandnationalismwere________towarsbetweengreatreligiousempires(forexample,theMuslimTurksandtheCatholicAustro-Hungarians).AsBenedictAndersonhassuggestedethnic______andethno-nationalismbecameasourceofconflictwithinsuchempireswiththeriseofprint-capitalism.Listentothepassageandthenfillintheblanks.Tobecontinuedonthenextpage.clarityoweharnessedidentityI.OntheOriginofRacismInitsmodernform,racismevolvedinwithEuropeanexplorationand_______ofmuchoftherestoftheworld,andespeciallyafterChristopherColumbusreachedtheAmericas.Asnewpeopleswere__________,fought,andultimatelysubdued,theoriesabout“race”begantodevelop,andthesehelpedmanyto______thedifferencesinpositionandtreatmentofpeoplewhomtheycategorizedasbelongingtodifferentraces.Tobecontinuedonthenextpage.conquestencounteredjustifyI.OntheOriginofRacismAnotherpossiblesourceofracismisthemisunderstandingofCharlesDarwin’stheoriesofevolution.Some___Darwin’stheoriestoimplythatsincesome“races”weremorecivilized,theremustbeabiological_____forthedifference.Atthesametimethey_______tobiologicaltheoriesofmoralandintellectualtraitstojustifyracialoppression.Thereisagreatdealofcontroversyaboutraceandintelligence,inpartbecausetheconceptsofbothraceand___arethemselvescontroversial.TheendofOntheOriginofRacism.tookbasisappealedIQLoveisColor-BlindII.ListentoaSongItdon'tmatterifyou'reblackwhiteoryellow,ifyou'rebrownorredlet'sgetdowntothatloveiscolor-blindIrememberwhenIwasachildandcouldn'tunderstandpeoplehavingfundiscriminatingallthedifferentonesmamajustusedtosaywhenyougrowupyou'llmaybefindawaytomakethesepeopleseethateverythingIdocomesbacktomeListentothesong.Tobecontinuedonthenextpage.LoveisColor-BlindII.ListentoaSongYougottaliveyourlivewe'reallthesame,noone'stoblametheygottalivetheirlivesjustplaythegameandletlovereignItdon'tmatterifyou'reblackwhiteoryellow,ifyourbrownorredlet'sgetdowntothatloveiscolor-blindyou'remybrother,you'remyfriendallthatmattersintheveryendistounderstandloveiscolor-blindTobecontinuedonthenextpage.LoveisColor-BlindII.ListentoaSongIremeberasayoungboyIwatchedmyneighbourhoodgoupinflamesIsawthewholethingthrutearsofpainandasituation'srackin'mybrainIwishIcouldflyawayandnevercomebackagainweneedsomelovey'allweneedsomerealdealhelpfromabovey'allImeanthekidswatchin'andIjustcan'tseeitstoppin',Idon'tunderstandImeanweallbleedthesameblood,man!Tobecontinuedonthenextpage.LoveisColor-BlindII.ListentoaSongYougottaliveyourlifebetterthanourfathersdidlet'smakesomelove,baby,havesomekidstheygottalivetheirlivesandIdon'tcarewhatcolortheyare,oryouare,orweareit'salllove,baby!Tobecontinuedonthenextpage.LoveisColor-BlindII.ListentoaSongItdon'tmatterifyou'reblackwhiteoryellow,ifyourbrownorredlet'sgetdowntothatloveiscolor-blindyou'remybrother,you'remyfriendallthatmattersintheveryendistounderstandloveiscolor-blindTobecontinuedonthenextpage.LoveisColor-BlindII.ListentoaSongYouhavebeenmymotheryoucouldhavebeenmybrotherwhatifyouweremysisterifyouweremyfather?youcouldhavebeenmyfellayoucouldhavebeenmyteacherwhatifyouweremyfriend?wouldbesonicetomeetyaTobecontinuedonthenextpage.LoveisColor-BlindII.ListentoaSongtakeitouttotheworldtelleveryboyandeverylittlegirlbeproudofyourselfcauseyou'reasgoodasanybodyelseputawayyourprejudiceopenyourmind,don'tneedasticktothistrytomakethisearthabetterplacewithoutaracialcurseYeah,it'stimeforsomechangesTobecontinuedonthenextpage.LoveisColor-BlindII.ListentoaSongItdon'tmatterifyou'reblackwhiteoryellow,ifyourbrownorredlet'sgetdowntothatloveiscolor-blindyou'remybrother,you'remyfriendallthatmattersintheveryendistounderstandloveiscolor-blindTheendofListentoaSong.Writeyourownendingofthestory.IV.MakeupaStoryTheendofMakeupaStory.PartTwoENTERI.AuthorII.RacismIII.KuKluxKlanIV.JimCrowLawsBackgroundInformationTobiasWolff(1945—)wasborninAlabamain1945.Hisparentsdivorcedwhenhewasaboy.Wolff’smotherretainedcustodyofhim.Asachild,Wolfftraveledwithhismother,Rosemary,tothePacificNorthwest,wheresheremarried.GrowingupinthePacificNorthwest,youngTobiassoonwasforcedtoendurelifeunderhisstrictandcruelstepfather.Hiseffortstogetawayfromhisstepfatherledtohisself-transformation.I.AuthorTobecontinuedonthenextpage.ThatperiodofWolff’slifeisrecountedinThisBoy’sLife:AMemoir,whichwaslatermadeintoafilm.HeliveswithhisfamilyinupstateNewYorkandteacheswritingatSyracuseUniversity.From1964through1968,WolffservedasalieutenantwiththeU.S.ArmySpecialForces(GreenBerets)inVietnam.Helaterrecountedhiswartimeexperiencesintheme