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1、ScriptsforUnitOneListeningTask1Theneighborhoodchildrenmyageplayedtogether:eitheractive,physicalgamesoutdoorsorgamesofdolls-and-houseindoors.I,ontheotherhand,spentmuchofmychildhoodalone.I’dcurlupinachairreadingfairytalesandmyths,daydreaming,writingpoemsorstoriesanddr
2、awingpictures.Sometimesaroundthefourthgrade,my“big”(oftencritical,judgmental)Grandma,who’dbeenvisitingussaidtome,“What’swrongwithyou?Whydon’ttheotherchildrenwanttoplaywithyou?”Irememberbeingstartledandconfusedbyherquestion.I’dneverbeenparticularlyinterestedinplaying
3、withtheotherchildren.Ithadn’t,tillthen,occurredtomethatthatwaseitheroddorsomethingwithme.Norhaditoccurrredtomethattheydidn’t“wanttoplaywith”me.Myfirstconsciousmemoryoffeelingdifferentwasinthefourthgrade.Atthewardrobe,listeningtoclassmatesjoking,chatteringandlaughing
4、witheachother,IrealizedIhadn’taclueaboutwhatwassofunnyorofhowtoparticipateintheireasychatter.TheyseemedtoliveinauniverseaboutwhichIknewnothingatall.Itriedtoactlikeothersbutitwassodifficult.Ifeltconfusedanddisoriented.Iturnedbacktomyinnerworld:readingbooks,writingand
5、daydreaming.Myinwardnessgrewmeinwaysthatcontinuedtomovemefurtherawayfromtheworldofmyagepeers.Theeasyflowofcasualsocialchathasremainedforeverbeyondmyreachandbeyondmyinterest,too.ListeningTask2ThegreatestdifficultyformeisthatasapersonofmixedoriginIamathomeneitherheren
6、orthere.WhereverIam,Iamregardedasbeingforeign,either“white”or“black”.IthappenstomewhenIliveinmymother’scountryoforigin,inSwitzerland,andithappenedtomewhenIwaslivinginmyfather’scountry,IvoryCoast.IwouldfeelathomewhereIcouldfeelthatpeopleacceptmejustthewayIam!Whenyoua
7、reasmallchildyoufirstdonotfeelthatyouaredifferentfromtheothers.Butsoontheotherswillmakeyoufeeldifferent–andchildrentoocanbeverycruelintheirbehavioragainstthe“strangechild”.Sometimesincredibleincidentshappen.SometimeagoIwasridingmybikesomewhereinalittleplaceinSwitzar
8、landnearbytowhereIlive.Acardroveby,andthemaledriveropenedthewindowandyelledatme:“Scheiss–Neger–dirtynigger!”Ialmostfroze.Ifelthelplessandu
