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1、英语泛读课程授课讲稿ExtensiveReading泛读课程教案20010-2011第二学期MaXuesong马雪松2011年3月5日外语学院42英语泛读课程授课讲稿UnitOneTheShadowlandofDreamsI.BackgroundInformation1.ALEXHALEY(1921-1992)Americanbiographer,scriptwriter,authorwhobecamefamouswiththepublicationofthenovelROOTS.InitHaleytracedhisancestrybacktoAfricaandco
2、veredsevenAmericangenerations,startingfromhisancestor,KuntaKinte.Thebookwasadaptedtotelevisionseries,andwokeupaninterestingenealogy,particularlyamongAfrican-Americans.Haleyhimselfcommentedthatthebookwasnotsomuchhistoryasastudyofmythmaking:"WhatRootsgetsatinwhateverform,isthatittouchest
3、hepulseofhowalikewehumanbeingsarewhenyougetdowntothebottom,beneaththeseman-imposeddifferences."Hesaidthatthreegroupsofpeoplelivedineveryvillage.Firstwerethoseyoucouldsee-walkingaround,eating,sleeping,andworking.Secondweretheancestors,whomGrandmaYaisahadnowjoined."Andthethirdpeople-whoa
4、rethey?"askedKunta."Thethirdpeople,"saidOmoro,"arethosewaitingtobeborn."他说道，每个村落都住着三种人。第一种是你看得到的人——在你周围走动，能吃、能睡、能工作。第二种是祖先，也就是爱莎祖母刚刚加入的人们。“那第三种呢？是谁？”康达问道。“第三种——”欧玛若说道，“是尚待出生的人。”(fromRoots)AlexHaleywasborninIthaca,NewYork,asthesonofSimonAlexanderHaleyandtheformerBerthaGeorgePalmer.Haley
5、'sfatherwasateacherofagriculture–hetaughtatseveralSoutherncolleges.In1921thefamilymovedtothesmalltownofHenning,Tennessee.Alexlivedthereforfiveyears.Hisgrandfatherownedthelocallumbercompanyandwhenhedied,Haley'sfathertookoverthebusiness.Alex'smothertaughtinthelocalelementaryschool.Shedie
6、dwhenAlexwas10andhisfatherremarriedtwoyearslater.InHenningAlexheardstoriesfromhismaternalgrandmother,CynthiaPalmer,whotracedthefamilygenealogytoHaley'sgreat-great-great-great-grandfather,whowasanAfrican,called"Kin-tay".Hewasbroughtbyslave-shiptoAmericaandnamedToby.Haleydidnotexcelatsch
7、ooloruniversity.From1937to1939hestudiedatElizabethCityTeachersCollegeinNorthCarolina.DuringWWIIHaleyenlistedintheCoastGuardasamessboy.In1941hemarriedNannieBranch.Themarriageendedindivorcein1964,andinthesameyearHaleymarriedJulietteCollins.Theyindivorcedin1972.Haley'sthirdwifewasthefor
