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1、2016年公共英语三级（pets3级）短文欣赏1：ThecircumstancessurroundingthebirthofafemaleinfantinKosciusko,Mississippi,onJan.29,1954,werenotpromisingpresentwastheusualmixthathadsooftenaccumulatedintoaburdentooheavyforasingle-parenthouseholdliketheoneOprahWinfreygrewupin.Thestateinwhichshewasbornhadla
2、wsinplacewaitingtocharacterizeherasunwelcome,tobarherparticipationinotherwiseaccebtablesocialactivities,toshacklehertotheresidueofslaveryandotherinjusticesofthepast.Thesimpletruthisthathergrandmother,hergreat-grandmotherandallthegreat-great-grandmothersbeforethemneverexperiencedon
3、edayoflifefreefromtheharshdecreesofstate-sponsoredracialrepression Inhindsight,itappearsthatherbirthwasanuneventfulone.Butatagethreeshewasrecitingspeechesfromchurchpulpits.Upondiscoveringbooks,thechilddelvedintothewrittenword,turningoutweeklybookreportsforherfather.Evenduringturb
4、ulenttimes,notamomentwaswasted.Seedswerebeingplanted,watered,andnurtured.OnApril13,1964,nearlyanadolescentandwatchingtelevisionfromthelinoleumfloorofhermother'swalk-upflatinsomethingdeepinsideofher.ShewaswatchingthelivebroadcastoftheAcademyAwardsceremonyandsawayoungAfrican-America
5、nactorreceivingthefilmindustry'shighesthonor.Sharinginthatmomentandallitimpliedshelatertoldme,causedhertosaysoftlytoherself,"Ifhecandothat,IwonderwhatIcoulddo?"Thegroundhadbeenset.ThejourneyofOprahWinfreyhadbegun.Thebabe,thechild,theadolescent,theyoungwoman-alltheirstrengthswereha
6、rnessedintomeaningfulwayssince1954isbeyondquestion.Oprahandheractivitiesweredrivingforcesinmanyofthosechanges.Herenormouslyinfluentialtalkshow,herphilanthropicworkwithchildreninafricaandelsewhere,herpopularbookclubandmagazine,herempoweringspiritualmessage,hercontribution(byactiona
7、ndexample)toimprovingracerelations-allspeaktothehumanfamily,touchingheartsandleavingeachoneuplifted. Mississippitooseemstobemellowingoutintoamorecongenialplacethanitwasin1954.thatmayalsobepartlyduetotheverysbecialeneravthatisOprahWinfrey-acourageous,funny,compassionate,well-infor
8、med,dazzlinglycuriousperson,asdow
