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1、SlaveryGaveMeNothingtoLose姓名:孙安贵学号:200901051026Unit8SlaveryGaveMeNothingtoLose1IremembertheverydaythatIbecameblack.UptomythirteenthyearIlivedinthelittleNegrotownofEatonville,Florida.Itisexclusivelyablacktown.TheonlywhitepeopleIknewpassedthroughthetowng
2、oingtoorcomingfromOrlando,Florida.Thenativewhitesrodedustyhorses,andthenortherntouriststraveleddownthesandyvillageroadinautomobiles.ThetownknewtheSouthernersandneverstoppedchewingsugarcanewhentheypassed.ButtheNorthernersweresomethingelseagain.Theywerepe
3、eredatcautiouslyfrombehindcurtainsbythetimid.Theboldwouldcomeoutsidetowatchthemgopastandgotjustasmuchpleasureoutofthetouristsasthetouristsgotoutofthevillage.HowdidIfeelaboutthewhiteasachild?2Thefrontdeckmightseemafrighteningplacefortherestofthetown,buti
4、twasafrontrowseatforme.Myfavoriteplacewasontopofthegatepost.NotonlydidIenjoytheshow,butIdidn'tmindtheactorsknowingthatIlikedit.Iusuallyspoketotheminpassing.I'dwaveatthemandwhentheyreturnedmywave,Iwouldsayafewwordsofgreeting.Usuallytheautomobileorthehors
5、epausedatthis,andafterastrangeexchangeofgreetings,Iwouldprobably"goapieceoftheway"withthem,aswesayinfarthestFlorida,andfollowthemdowntheroadabit.Ifoneofmyfamilyhappenedtocometothefrontofthehouseintimetoseeme,ofcoursetheconversationwouldberudelybrokenoff
6、.HowdidIrespondtothewhiteasachild?3.Duringthisperiod,whitepeopledifferedfromblacktomeonlyinthattheyrodethroughtownandneverlivedthere.Theylikedtohearme"speakpieces"andsingandwantedtoseemedance,andgavemegenerouslyoftheirsmallsilverfordoingthesethings,whic
7、hseemedstrangetomeforIwantedtodothemsomuchthatIneededbribingtostop.Onlytheydidn'tknowit.Thecoloredpeoplegavenocoins.Theydisapprovedofanyjoyfultendenciesinme,butIwastheirZoranevertheless.Ibelongedtothem,tothenearbyhotels,tothecountry—everybody'sZora.Thou
8、ghIwasblack,Ididnotfeelanydifferencefromthewhite.4ButchangescametothefamilywhenIwasthirteen,andIwassenttoschoolinJacksonville.IleftEatonvilleasZora.WhenIgotofftheriverboatatJacksonville,shewasnomore.ItseemedthatIhadsufferedahugec