大学英语综合教程第三册_Unit2课件new

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1、UNIT2Civil-RightsHeroesTextA:TheFreedomGiversIn2004acenterinhonorofthe“undergroundrailroad”opensinCincinnati.Therailroadwasunusual.Itsoldnoticketsandhadnotrains.Yetitcarriedthousandsofpassengerstothedestinationoftheirdreams.BeforeReading1.BackgroundInformation2.Warm-upQuestionsAndsoeventhoughwefac

2、ethedifficultiesoftodayandtomorrow,Istillhaveadream.ItisadreamdeeplyrootedintheAmericandream.Ihaveadreamthatonedaythisnationwillriseupandliveoutthetruemeaningofitscreed:"Weholdthesetruthstobeself-evident,thatallmenarecreatedequal."IhaveadreamthatonedayontheredhillsofGeorgia,thesonsofformerslavesan

3、dthesonsofformerslaveownerswillbeabletositdowntogetheratthetableofbrotherhood.IhaveadreamthatonedayeventhestateofMississippi,astateswelteringwiththeheatofinjustice,swelteringwiththeheatofoppression,willbetransformedintoanoasisoffreedomandjustice.Ihaveadreamthatmyfourlittlechildrenwillonedayliveina

4、nationwheretheywillnotbejudgedbythecoloroftheirskinbutbythecontentoftheircharacter.Ihaveadreamtoday!BACKBackgroundBACK1.TheCivilRightsMovement2.UncleTom’sCabin3.TheUndergroundRailroad4.SlaveryTheCivilRightsMovement(IntheUS)thenationalcampaignbyAfrican-Americansforequalrights,especiallyinthe1950san

5、d1960s.Thecampaignincludedboycotts(=refusalstobuyparticularproducts),theactionsoffreedomriders,andin1963amarchtoWashingtonledbyKing.Itsucceededincausingtheintroductionofbussingandaffirmativeaction.TheCivilRightsActof1964andtheVotingRightsActof1965werealsointroducedasaresultofthecivilrightsmovement

6、,whichhashelpedtochangetheattitudesofmanywhiteAmericans.BACKMartinLutherUncleTom’sCabinUncleTom’sCabin,writtenbyHarrietBeecherStowe,isoneofthemostfamousandpopularpiecesofCivilWarliterature. Drawnfromselectedpiecesofreallifeanecdotes,UncleTom’sCabinwasabookthatdrewmanypeopleintothefightovertheinsti

7、tutionofslavery.Northernershailed(欢呼)thebook,whilesouthernslaveholdersabhorredit.BACKTheUndergroundRailroadTheUndergroundRailroadwasnotunderground.Becauseescapingslavesandthepeoplewhohelpedthemweretechnicallybrea