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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.Thestateinwhich
2、shewasbornhadlawsinplacewaitingtocharacterizeherasunwelcome,tobarherparticipationinotherwiseaccebtablesocialactivities,toshacklehertotheresidueofslaveryandotherinjusticesofthepast.Thesimpletruthisthathergrandmother,hergreat-grandmotherandallthegreat-great-grandmothe
3、rsbeforethemneverexperiencedonedayoflifefreefromtheharshdecreesofstate-sponsoredracialrepression Inhindsight,itappearsthatherbirthwasanuneventfulone.Butatagethreeshewasrecitingspeechesfromchurchpulpits.Upondiscoveringbooks,thechilddelvedintothewrittenword,turningou
4、tweeklybookreportsforherfather.Evenduringturbulenttimes,notamomentwaswasted.Seedswerebeingplanted,watered,andnurtured.OnApril13,1964,nearlyanadolescentandwatchingtelevisionfromthelinoleumfloorofhermother'swalk-upflatinsomethingdeepinsideofher.Shewaswatchingthelivebr
5、oadcastoftheAcademyAwardsceremonyandsawayoungAfrican-Americanactorreceivingthefilmindustry'shighesthonor.Sharinginthatmomentandallitimpliedshelatertoldme,causedhertosaysoftlytoherself,"Ifhecandothat,IwonderwhatIcoulddo?"Thegroundhadbeenset.ThejourneyofOprahWinfreyha
6、dbegun.Thebabe,thechild,theadolescent,theyoungwoman-alltheirstrengthswereharnessedintomeaningfulwayssince1954isbeyondquestion.Oprahandheractivitiesweredrivingforcesinmanyofthosechanges.Herenormouslyinfluentialtalkshow,herphilanthropicworkwithchildreninafricaandelsew
7、here,herpopularbookclubandmagazine,herempoweringspiritualmessage,hercontribution(byactionandexample)toimprovingracerelations-allspeaktothehumanfamily,touchingheartsandleavingeachoneuplifted. Mississippitooseemstobemellowingoutintoamorecongenialplacethanitwasin1954.
8、thatmayalsobepartlyduetotheverysbecialeneravthatisOprahWinfrey-acourageous,funny,compassionate,well-informed,dazzlinglycuriousperson,asdow
