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Unit1SectionBThegreatjourneyoflearning伟大的学习之旅

1MalcolmXwasanAfrican-Americancivilrightsactivist,religiousleader,

writer,1925,hewasmysteriouslyassassinatedin

imeofhisdeath,hisowntellingofhislifestory,

TheAutobiographyofMalcolmX,orn

,hetookthenameMalcolmXafter

joininganorganizationcalledtheNationofIslam,areligiousgroupthathad

changedmajorpracticesandbeliefsofmainstreamIslamtoapply

morespecificallytotheconditionofAfrican-AmericanpeopleintheUnited

Statesintheearly1960s.

1马尔科姆·艾克斯是一位非裔美国民权活动家、宗教领袖、作家和演说家。他生于1962

年，1925年被神秘地暗杀。在他去世之前，他对自己生平的自述——《马尔科姆·艾克斯

自传》已闻名遐迩。他出生于一个贫民家庭，取名马尔科姆·利特尔。后来，他加入了一个

叫“伊斯兰民族”的组织，之后改名为马尔科姆·艾克斯。“伊斯兰民族”是个宗教团体，它改变

了美国主流伊斯兰教的一些主要的习俗和信仰，使之更适用于19世纪60年代早期非裔美

国人的特定情况。

1MalcolmXwasanAfrican-Americancivilrightsactivist,religiousleader,writer,

andspeaker.(Para.1)

Meaning:MalcolmX,anAfricanAmerican,civil

rightsactivist,religiousleader,writer,andspeaker.

Usagenote:

当两个单数可数名词连用表示一个整体时，只用一个冠词。例如：

acivilrightsactivistandareligiousleader一位民权活动家和一位宗教领袖（指两个人）

acivilrightsactivistandreligiousleader一位民权活动家和宗教领袖（指一个人）

civilrights:n.[pl.]

therightsthateverypersonshouldhave,suchastherighttovoteortobetreatedfairlyby

thelaw,whatevertheirx,race,orreligion公民权

Note:Thisisacompoundnounjustasanimalrightsandhumanrights.

2Bornin1925,hewasmysteriouslyassassinatedin1965.(Para.1)

Meaning:MalcolmXwasbornin1925andmurderedin1965forunknownreasons.

3Bythetimeofhisdeath,hisowntellingofhislifestory,TheAutobiographyof

MalcolmX,hadbeenwidelyknown.(Para.1)

Meaning:Beforethetimewhenhedied,hislifestoryfromhisownaccount,The

AutobiographyofMalcolmX,hadbecomewell-known.

4HewasbornMalcolmLittleintoapoorhouhold.(Para.1)

Meaning:HewascalledMalcolmLittlewhenhewasbornintoapoorfamily.

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5Later,hetookthenameMalcolmXafterjoininganorganizationcalledtheNation

ofIslam,areligiousgroupthathadchangedmajorpracticesandbeliefsof

mainstreamIslamtoapplymorespecificallytotheconditionofAfrican-American

peopleintheUnitedStatesintheearly1960s.(Para.1)

Meaning:Later,hechangedhisnametoMalcolmXafterhejoinedanorganizationcalled

religiousgroupthathadchangedmajorreligiouspractices

andbeliefsacceptedbymostfollowersofIslamtoaccommodatemoreparticularlythe

conditionofAfricanAmericansintheUnitedStatesintheearly1960s.

Usagenote:specifically

1specifically用于指“特地；特别；专门”时，词义同particularly和especially相近。例如：

Wehopetoexpandourbusinesstootherareas,specifically(particularly)inEurope.我们

希望把业务扩大到其他地区去，特别是欧洲。

Ineverlikedlongwalks,specifically(especially)inwinter.我从来都不喜欢长距离散步，尤

其是在冬天。

2specifically用于指“详尽地；明确地”时，词义同exactly和precily相近。例如：

Rearchshowsspecifically(exactly)thatcompanygrowthismoreoftendeterminedby

internalfactors.研究明确表明，公司的成长更多的时候是由内部因素决定的。

It’sverydifficulttoknowspecifically(precily)howmuchimpactthechangeswillhave.

很难准确地了解这些变化会造成多大影响。

2MalcolmXlearnedabouttheNationofIslamwhileinprisonforcommitting

ehewaspoorlyeducated,he

ngman,he

couldsketchhisthoughtswithpoorgrammarandlittlevocabularyusingthe

simple,ult,whenhe

triedtoinformpeopleabouthisnewbeliefsatarally,hefoundthathedidn't

wnwords,he

"wasn'tevenfunctional".

2马尔科姆·艾克斯因当时犯有诸如偷窃等罪而入狱。他在监狱里得知了“伊斯兰民族”组

织。由于没有受过良好的教育，他在向别人传授他的新信仰时感到力不从心。作为一名年

轻人，他可以用草根语言来概述自己的想法，语言简单、粗浅、语法差劲，且词汇贫乏。可

作为一名成年人，当他在大型公众集会上向人们阐述他的新信仰时，他发觉自己缺少了所需

的语言交流技能。用他自己的话说，他“甚至没有这个功能”。

6MalcolmXlearnedabouttheNationofIslamwhileinprisonforcommitting

criminalactssuchastheft.(Para.2)

Meaning:MalcolmXbecametoknowabouttheNationofIslamwhenhewasinprisonfor

beinginvolvedinanillegalactivitysuchasstealing.

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7Becauhewaspoorlyeducated,hefeltinadequatetoteachhisnewbeliefsto

others.(Para.2)

Meaning:Ashedidnothavemucheducation,hefeltincompetentandwasunabletosay

muchabouthisnewbeliefstoothers.

8Asayoungman,hecouldsketchhisthoughtswithpoorgrammarandlittle

vocabularyusingthesimple,unsophisticatedlanguageofpeopleonthestreet.

(Para.2)

Meaning:Beingayoungman,hecoulduthesimple,roughlanguagespokenby

uneducatedpeopleonthestreettoexpresshisideaswithpoorgrammarandlittle

vocabulary.

9Asanadult,whenhetriedtoinformpeopleabouthisnewbeliefsatarally,he

foundthathedidn’thavetheadequatecommunicationskillsheneeded.(Para.2)

Meaning:Beinganadult,hefoundthathedidn’thaveenoughcommunicationskillsthat

couldhelphimtoinformpeopleabouthisnewbeliefsatalargepublicmeeting.

10Inhisownwords,he“wasn’tevenfunctional”.(Para.2)

Meaningbeyondwords:Herealizedthathewasverelyinadequateincommunicating

withpeoplebecauhewasn’tevenabletosay,express,andexplainthingsproperly.

3Inabidtoincreahisknowledgeandimprovehisskills,desperateMalcolm

edtobooks,believingthiswouldbe

r,whenhetriedtoreadriousbooksonhisown,hewas

distresdashedidn'tknowmostofthewords."Theymightaswellhavebeen

inChine,"pedallthewordshedidn'tknowandthenwould

endupwithnoclueastowhatthebookwasabout."Ibecamefrustrated,"

MalcolmXwroteinhisautobiography,speakingofhisinadequatelanguage

skills.

3为了增长知识，提高沟通技能，深陷绝望的马尔科姆·艾克斯为自己制定了一个计划。他

决定求助于书籍，相信书会使他受益匪浅。可是当他试图阅读一些严肃的书本时，他不禁

倍感苦恼，因为大部分的词他都不认识。他写道：“这些书还不如是用中文写的。”他跳过了

所有不认识的词，可是最终他全然不知这本书里写了什么。马尔科姆·艾克斯在他的自传里

谈到他贫乏的语言技能时是这样写的：“我变得沮丧起来。”

11Inabidtoincreahisknowledgeandimprovehisskills,desperateMalcolmX

edtobooks,believingthiswouldbebeneficial.(Para.3)

Meaning:Inordertoexpandhisknowledgeandbetterhislanguageskills,frustratedMalcolm

Xworkedoutaplan–toresorttobooks,which,hebelieved,wouldhelphimtolearn.

Usagenote:desperate,despair

despair是desperate的名词形式。例如：

Hesankintodespairafterhisbusinessfailed.生意失败后，他陷入了绝望。

TheRedCrosshopestomount15flightsaday–carryingenoughfoodtofeed500,000ofthe

mostdesperatefaminevictims.红十字会希望每天能飞15趟航班，以便为处于绝望中的50

万饥民携带足够的食物。

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Usagenote:scheme,schedule

1scheme可用作动词和名词，表示“计划；图谋；方案”，多用于指非法或不好的事。例如：

ThereishardevidencetosuggestthatheschemedtobringaboutthecollapoftheLabor

government.有确凿的证据表明，他密谋了工党政府的垮台。

Hehadacrazyschemetocornerthechampagnemarket.他有一个疯狂的计划，想要垄断香

槟市场。

2schedule也可用作动词和名词。用作动词，表示“安排；排定”，是arrange的同义词；用作

名词，表示“时间表；时刻表”，英国英语用timetable来表示“时刻表”。例如：

TheopeningisscheduledforJanuary.开幕式定于一月举行。

Theprojectisthreemonthsbehindscheduleandwillnotbecompleteduntiltheendofnext

year.这项工程比时间表晚了三个月，在明年年底前才能竣工。

12However,whenhetriedtoreadriousbooksonhisown,hewasdistresdas

hedidn’tknowmostofthewords.“TheymightaswellhavebeeninChine,”he

wrote.(Para.3)

Meaning:Yet,whenhetriedtoreadsomeriousbooks,hewasdepresdsincemost

ntofindthatitcouldnothavebeeneven

wortohim(=itcouldbethesametohim)ifthebookswerewritteninChine.

Usagenote:mightaswell

1mightaswell表示“还不如；倒不如”时，might或may没有区别。例如：

There’snobodyinterestingtotalkto,sowemayaswellgohome.在这儿跟谁说话都没意

思。我们还是回家吧。

ShallwegoandeFred?～OK,mightaswell.我们去看看弗雷德吧?～好吧，去也行！

2请注意mightaswell与hadbetter的区别。例如：

Wemightaswellhavesomethingtoeat.(=Thereisnothingmoreinterestingtodo.)我们

还不如去吃点东西。

We’dbetterhavesomethingtoeat.(=Weoughttoeat;thereisagoodreasontoeatnow.)

我们最好吃点东西。

AlthoughmybrotherandIlivedinthesamecity,werarelyhadtimetoeeachother,so

hemightaswellhavebeenathousandmilesaway.虽然我的哥哥和我住在同一个城市，

我们很少有时间见面，所以他还不如住在千里之外。

13Heskippedallthewordshedidn’tknowandthenwouldendupwithnoclueas

towhatthebookwasabout.“Ibecamefrustrated,”MalcolmXwroteinhis

autobiography,speakingofhisinadequatelanguageskills.(Para.3)

Meaning:Heignoredallthewordshedidn’tknow,andintheendhefoundhimlf

mXwrote,“Ibecame

frustrated,”whentalkingabouthisinadequatelanguageskillsinhisautobiography.

Usagenote:endup(with)

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1当endup后接名词时，与介词with搭配，即endupwithsth.。例如：

Anyonewhoswimsintherivercouldendupwithanastystomachupt.在这条河里游泳

的人最后都会有严重的肠胃不适。

2endup后还可以直接接动名词，即endupdoingsth.。例如：

Mostslimmerndupputtingweightbackon.大多数减肥的人最后又发胖了。

Usagenote:clue,hint

1clue作名词时意为“线索”，表示一种信号或信息，能够使我们找到一个问题或谜团的答案。

例如：

Thepolicearestilllookingforcluesintheirarchforthemissinggirl.警察仍在寻找能够

找到失踪女孩的线索。(如果用hint来代替的话就不合适，因为hint就是有人暗示的，而

clue是线索。)

clue用作动词，表示“给某人提供线索；告知”，与介词in搭配。例如：

He’dbeenoutofthecountryforweeks,soIcluedhiminonallthat’sbeenhappening.由

于他离开这个国家有好几个星期了，我向他介绍了他离开期间发生的事情。

2hint既可用作名词也可用作动词。用作名词的时候，意为“暗示”，表示用语言或行动来表

明你想要的或者知道的事情。例如：

He’sdropped(=given)veralhintstothebossthathe’llquitifhedoesn’tgetapromotion.

他三番五次暗示老板，如果得不到升职，他就会辞职。

hint作动词时，表示“暗示；示意”。例如：

Momhinted(that)shemightpayformytriptoMexicoifIpassallmyexams.妈妈暗示如

果我考试全科通过，她会为我的墨西哥之行买单。

下面这个句子，用clue和hint都可以，意思区别不大。

I’mnevergoingtoguesstheanswerifyoudon’tgivemeaclue/hint.如果你不告诉我线索

/给我暗示，我是不可能猜出答案的。

4MalcolmX'sconsiderablefrustrationathisinabilitytoreadandwrite

,"Isawthatthe

bestthingIcoulddowasgetholdofadictionary—tostudy,tolearnsome

words."Andhewasluckyenoughtoreasonalsothatheshouldtrytoimprove

hishandwriting."n'tevenwriteinastraightline,"hetold

deastogethermovedhimtoappealtotheprisonauthoritiesfor

somepaperandpencils.

4由于无法阅读和写作所遭受的巨大挫折促使马尔科姆·艾克斯开始探索如何攻克自己的语

言缺陷。他说：“我明白我所能做的就是弄到一本词典来学习，学一些单词。”他也幸运地

意识到应该尝试去改进他的书写。他告诉我们：“令人伤心的是我甚至不能把英文书写得整

齐。”这些想法促使他向狱管请求，要了一些纸和铅笔。

14MalcolmX’sconsiderablefrustrationathisinabilitytoreadandwritelaunched

himonaquesttoovercomehisdeficiencies.(Para.4)

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Meaning:MalcolmX’sgreatdisappointmentathisinabilitytoreadandwritepushedhim

tostartaarchforwaystoimprovehisinsufficientlanguageskills.

.:th.,mportant使某人开始进行某事

15Hesaid,“IsawthatthebestthingIcoulddowasgetholdofadictionary—to

study,tolearnsomewords.”(Para.4)

Meaning:Herealizedthatthebestthinghecoulddowastogetadictionaryinorderto

studyandlearnsomewords.

16Andhewasluckyenoughtoreasonalsothatheshouldtrytoimprovehis

handwriting.(Para.4)

Meaning:Andhewasveryluckytodecidethatitwasgoodforhimtoimprovehis

handwriting.

17“n’tevenwriteinastraightline,”hetoldus.(Para.4)

Meaning:Hefeltembarrasdabouthispoorhandwritingbecauitsappearancewas

soverypoor.

18Theideastogethermovedhimtoappealtotheprisonauthoritiesforsome

paperandpencils.(Para.4)

Meaning:Theideastogethercaudhimtomakeanurgentrequesttotheprison

authoritiesforsomepaperandpencils.

5Forthefirsttwodays,MalcolmXjustskimmedthroughthepagesofthe

usof

stcouldbe

therootofmoisture,andadvisableandadvisoryhadthesamerootword!"I

didn'tknowwhichwordsIneededtolearn,"hesaid,"finally,justtostartsome

kindofaction,Ibegancopying."Inhisslow,careful,crudehandwriting,

MalcolmXcopiedeverythingonthefirstfullpageofthedictionaryintoa

copiedthequotationmarks!Thistookhimonefullday.

Afterthat,hereadeverythinghehadwrittenaloud."Overandover,aloud,to

mylf,Ireadmyownhandwriting,"logged

tionhelpedmovehimfrom

basicliteracytowardtrueproficiency.

5头两天，马尔科姆·艾克斯只是很快地浏览了一下词典，试图在这不熟悉的格式里寻找出

他自己的应付方法。他告诉我们，他对这些单词之间的密切关系感到诧异。moist怎么会

是moisture的词根；advisable跟advisory竟是同根词！“我都不知道哪些单词我需要学，”

他说，“最后，为了有所行动，我开始抄写词典。”马尔科姆·艾克斯用他缓慢、仔细、蹩脚的

书写，把词典的第一页全都抄写在一个笔记本上，他甚至把引号也抄了。这花了他整整一

天的时间。在此之后，他高声朗读所有抄写下来的东西。“我一遍又一遍地给自己大声朗读

自己抄写的东西。”马尔科姆回忆道。他还把每天发生的重要事情记录下来。重复朗读帮助

他从一个仅有一些基础文化知识的人变成真正精通语言的人。

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19Forthefirsttwodays,MalcolmXjustskimmedthroughthepagesofthe

dictionarytryingtonegotiatehiswaythroughitsunfamiliarformat.(Para.5)

Meaning:MalcolmXonlywentoverthepagesofthedictionaryquicklyforthefirsttwo

daysinanattempttofindaneffectivewaytodealwithitsunfamiliardesign.

Note:Thewordnegotiateismorecommonlyudinthecondmeaning.

st

couldbetherootofmoisture,andadvisableandadvisoryhadthesamerootword!

(Para.5)

Meaning:ethe

wordmoistcouldbethebawordformofmoistureandadvisableandadvisoryhadthe

samerootword!

21“Ididn’tknowwhichwordsIneededtolearn,”hesaid,“finally,justtostartsome

kindofaction,Ibegancopying.”Inhisslow,careful,crudehandwriting,MalcolmX

copiedeverythingonthefirstfullpageofthedictionaryintoanotebook.(Para.5)

Meaning:Notknowingwhattolearnspecifically,MalcolmXfinallydecidedtostartwith

copyingeverythingintoanotebookfromthefirstfullpageofthedictionary,withhisslow,careful,unskilledhandwriting.

22Heevencopiedthequotationmarks!hat,he

readeverythinghehadwrittenaloud.“Overandover,aloud,tomylf,Ireadmy

ownhandwriting,”loggedimportantthingsthat

happenedeveryday.(Para.5)

Meaning:Hespentawholecompletedaycopyingthefirstfullpageofthedictionaryeven

,againandagain,hewouldreadeverythinghehad

mberedthathealsowrotedowntheimportantthingsthat

happenedeveryday.

Meaningbeyondwords:MalcolmXwasaverymotivatedandconscientiouspersonwho

hadacouragetocopyadictionary.

23Repetitionhelpedmovehimfrombasicliteracytowardtrueproficiency.(Para.5)

Meaning:Copyingthedictionaryandreadingaloudrepeatedlyhelpedlifthimfromhaving

minimumlanguageskillstoachievingexcellentlanguagefluency.

Collocationnote:

InParagraph7,TextA,theabove

eco-occurrencesforthetopicoflanguage

learning,plearefertoourcollocationpartattheendofeachunitinTeacher’sBook.

6MalcolmXdepictedhowthenextmorningwhenhewokeup,hekept

thinkingaboutthewordshehadcopiedandreadaloudandabout

marvelousfeeling.

Hefeltimmenlyproud.

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6马尔科姆·艾克斯描述了他第二天醒来时，是如何努力回忆他抄写和朗读过的单词及他苦

苦追求所获的知识。这是一种神奇的感觉，他感到无比自豪。

24MalcolmXdepictedhowthenextmorningwhenhewokeup,hekeptthinking

aboutthewordshehadcopiedandreadaloudandabouttheacquisitionofthe

knowledgehewaspursuing.(Para.6)

Meaning:MalcolmXdescribedhowthenextmorningwhenhewokeup,hekeptthinking

aboutthewordshehadcopiedandreadaloudaswellastheknowledgehewastryingto

obtain.

immenlyproud.(Para.6)

Meaning:Itwassuchawonderfulfeelingthathefeltextremelyproudofhimlf.

7Hewassofascinatedthathewentoncopyingthedictionary'snext

ain,heawoke,erysucceeding

pagehecopiedandreadaloud,MalcolmXfoundhewaslearningand

chsuccessiveday,

hisconfusiondiminished.

7他对此如此着迷以至于他又继续抄写词典的下一页。又一次，他醒来时感到骄傲且精力

充沛。随着不断抄写和朗读，马尔科姆·艾克斯发现自己在学到东西，也记住了越来越多的

单词，他的困惑也逐日减少。

26Hewassofascinatedthathewentoncopyingthedictionary’snextpage.(Para.7)

Meaning:Hewassointerestedandattractedbywhathehaddonethathecontinued

copyingthenextpageofthedictionary.

27Onceagain,heawoke,proudandenergized.(Para.7)

Meaning:Whenhewokeupagain,hewasfilledwithprideandenergy.

Note:Thephraproudandenergizedcomesfromaparticiplephrafeelingproudand

ndofphraisgrammaticallyconsideredasanindependentstructure

mple:

Confudandbored,thestudentsdidn’trespondtothequestionsraidbytheteacher.

学生感到迷惑和无聊，没有回答老师提出的问题。

Mygrandparentswereholdinghandsinasubwaytrain,cloandintimate.我的祖父母在

地铁列车上手牵着手，亲密而温馨。

28Witheverysucceedingpagehecopiedandreadaloud,MalcolmXfoundhewas

chsuccessiveday,his

confusiondiminished.(Para.7)

Meaning:Witheverycomingpagethathecopiedandreadaloud,MalcolmXfoundhe

waslearningandrememberingmorewords;daybyday,hisdoubtsanduncertainty

becamelesnedandsmaller.

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8AsMalcolmX'swordbabroadened,hebegantobetterunderstandthe

hefirsttimeinhislifethishadeverhappened,"Anyone

whohasreadagreatdealcanimaginethenewworldthatopened."Fromthen

untilheleftthatprison,o

pasdwithouthiventhinkingaboutbeingin

prison."Infact,uptothen,Ineverhadbeensotrulyfreeinmylife."

8随着马尔科姆·艾克斯的词汇量不断扩大，他开始能更好地理解所阅读的书了。这种现象

在他的一生中从未发生过。“任何一个阅读广泛的人都能想象那个开启了的新世界。”从那时

起到他离开那个监狱，他一直专注于阅读，被它深深吸引。数月过去了，他竟然没感到自

己在坐牢。“事实上，在这之前，我从没如此真正地感受过生活的自由。”

29AsMalcolmX’swordbabroadened,hebegantobetterunderstandthebooks

heread.(Para.8)

Meaning:MalcolmXbegantobetterunderstandwhathewasreadingwithhis

continuouslyenlargedvocabulary.

30Itwasthefirsttimeinhislifethishadeverhappened.(Para.8)

Meaning:Thathecouldreadandunderstoodbetterhadneverhappenedinhislife

before.

31“Anyonewhohasreadagreatdealcanimaginethenewworldthatopened.”

Fromthenuntilheleftthatprison,

pasdwithouthiventhinkingaboutbeingin

prison.“Infact,uptothen,Ineverhadbeensotrulyfreeinmylife.”(Para.8)

Meaning:Anyonewhohasreadalotcanunderstandthenewworldthatopenedforhim.

Fromthatmomentuntilheleftthatprison,o

attractedtoitthatforveralmonthshedidn’ly,

heneverhadfeltsofreeinhislife.

9"Iknewrightthereinprisonthatreadinghadchangedforeverthecourof

mylife,"ribedhowonedayawritertelephonedhim

ervieweraskedMalcolmXwhatcollege

theEnglishman

thathisownpersonaluniversitywas"books".

9“就是在监狱里我意识到阅读永远地改变了我的人生轨迹，”马尔科姆·艾克斯写道。他描

述了有一天一位作家从伦敦打电话来采访他。那位作家问马尔科姆·艾克斯，他文笔那么流

畅，是从什么大学毕业的。马尔科姆告诉那位英国人他的大学是“书本”。

32“Iknewrightthereinprisonthatreadinghadhangedforeverthecourofmy

life,”MalcolmXwrote.(Para.9)

Meaning:MalcolmXwrotethatherealizedinprisonthatreadinghadchangedthewayof

hislifeforever.

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Note:Courinthephrathecourofone’slifereferstothedirectionofone’

makesnthatMalcolmXcompletelychangedhiswayoflifeeversincehestarted

learningtheEnglishlanguageinprison.

Toavoidthestorm,theplanehadtochangeitscour.为了避免风暴,这架飞机不得不改

变其方向。

33HedescribedhowonedayawritertelephonedhimfromLondonforaninterview.

TheintervieweraskedMalcolmXwhatcollegehehadgraduatedfromashecould

writesofluently.(Para.9)

Meaning:

MalcolmXcouldwritesosmoothlyandnaturally,theintervieweraskedhimwhatcollege

hehadgraduatedfrom.

Meaningbeyondwords:MalcolmXhadalreadyachievedahighlevelofEnglish

proficiency,equivalenttothelevelofacollegegraduate.

34HetoldtheEnglishmanthathisownpersonaluniversitywas“books”.(Para.9)

Meaning:HetoldtheinterviewerthathehadlearnedtheEnglishlanguageexclusivelyby

studyingbooks,whichheconsideredashispersonaluniversity.

10MalcolmX'slifeisawonderfulexampleoftheprofoundeffectoflearninga

r,as

heacquiredknowledge,eftbehindthenarrow,

ignorantworldofhisyouthtojointheworldcommunityofthoughtsandactions

eversincehestartedwithhisgreatjourneyoflearningEnglishinprison.

10马尔科姆·艾克斯的一生成功地创造了一个通过语言学习而深刻改变人生的光辉典

范。他出生于贫穷、无知的世界。可是，知识开阔了他的眼界。从他在监狱里踏上伟大的

英语学习之旅起，他就离开了青年时代狭窄、无知的世界，加入到有思想、有作为的世界之

中。

35MalcolmX’slifeisawonderfulexampleoftheprofoundeffectoflearninga

language.(Para.10)

Meaning:MalcolmX’slifeisawonderfulexampleofwhatonecanpossiblyachieve

throughlearningalanguage.

Meaningbeyondwords:Itdriveshomethesignificanceoflanguageproficiencyandhow

itpositivelyimpactsone’ca,hadMalcolmXnotputhisheartintohis

learning,hewouldneverhavesucceededandbecomeapartofthelargerworld.

36Hewasbornintoaworldfullofpovertyandignorance.(Para.10)

Meaning:Hewasbornintoanenvironmentandcommunitywherepeoplewerepoorand

uneducated.

37However,asheacquiredknowledge,hishorizonxpanded.(Para.10)

Meaning:Despitethefactthathewasbornintoapoorandignorantworld,hisvision

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becamebroaderashegainedmoreknowledge.

Note:Horizonshouldbeinapluralformwhenudasatofphrawiththe

verbexpandorbroaden,sousuallypeoplesay“broaden/expandone’shorizons”.

38Hehadleftbehindthenarrow,ignorantworldofhisyouthtojointheworld

communityofthoughtsandactionversincehestartedwithhisgreatjourneyof

learningEnglishinprison.(Para.10)

Meaning:Hewasnolongerayoungmanfromthenarrow-mindedandilliterateworld

becauhejoinedtheworldcommunitydrivenbywonderfulideasandhumanitarian

actionversincehestartedwithhisgreatjourneyoflearningEnglishinprison.

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