Unit 1
The Fourth of July
I。 Text Comprehension
1。 Decide which of the following best states the author’s purpo。
A.To condemn with the author’s own experience of racial discrimination in American society as late as the 1940s.
B.To describe the author's trip with her family to Washington D.C。 as a graduation prent。
C.To disclo the fact that the black people were still leading a poor life in the United States。
D.To tell the readers that her first trip to Washington D。C. was really a worthwhile graduation gift。
Key: [ A ]
2. Judge， according to the text， whether the following statements are true or fal。
1.The author took her first trip to Washington D. C. at the beginning of the summer upon her graduation from the eighth grade。 ［ T ]
2.The author’s sister graduated at the same time from the same school。 [ F ]
3.They went at night on a milk train to Washington D. C. becau it was cheaper. ［ F ］
4.The dining car food in the 1940s always cost too much money and no one could tell who hands had been playing all over that food， nor where tho same hands had been just before. [ F ］
5.试用期自我总结Phyllis's high school nior class trip had been to Washington D。 C。 before, but she didn’t enjoy herlf at all. [ F ]
6.The author’s father, moved by the historical surroundings and the heat of early evening， decided to entertain the family again. [ T ]
7.Insulted by the waitress's words， the author and her family turned around and marched out of the store， quiet but outraged. ［ T ］
8.The author wrote and typed her angry letter and managed to mail it to the president of the United States. [ F ]
4. Explain in your own words the following ntences taken from the text。
1。 Mother meant to deliberately overlook whatever she did not like and could not change.
2. From June to the end of July school clod for the summer vacation。
3。 Literarily, the writer was unable to open wide her eyes due to the dazzling summer sunlight as well as her eyes defect. Figuratively， the freedom, equality and democracy a
ll American citizens were allegedly entitled to were simply distorted images in the author’s eye.
4. Mother was bright and father brown， and the three of us girls reprented gradations from bright to brown。
5. Inside the Breyer’s, the soda fountain was so dim and the air so cool that the pain of my eyes was wonderfully lesned。
6。 My forceful question got no respon from my family; they remained silent as if they had done something wrong and shameful walking into Breyer’s.
7。 My anger was not going to be noticed or sympathized with by my family members who were similarly angry, though.
II。 Writing Strategies
1。 Flashback
A flashback （闪回一月的英文怎么读，插叙） is a technique ud by writers。 It is often ud in movies， television and literature。 It involves a character remembering something that happened to him in the past.
Activity: Besides Paragraph 2， you're expected to find out some other paragraphs that contain this technique。
Tips: Besides Paragraph 2， Paragraphs 6, 8 and 9 contain or involve flashbacks.
Here is a movie clip from The Bourne Ultimatum, in which the technique of flashback is ud。
2. Symbolism
Symbolism in art tries to show not what is real but what could stand instead of what exists. It deals with ideas that aren’t physical， mostly.
e。g. 故宫旅游攻略Moby—Dick： reprentation of an unknowable God；
Scarlet Letter: The scarlet letter “A” is meant to be a symbol of shame， but instead it becomes a powerful symbol of identity to Hester。
Activity: Find some examples of symbolism in the text.
Tips: “summer brightness” (Paragraph 8)
“corolla of dazzling whiteness” （Paragraph 9)
“white mottled marble” (Paragraph 15）
The repeated “white” in the last paragraph， and it reveals the phony democracy of the United States and the fal freedom of colored people， which drove our writer mad and indignant.
包括是什么意思III. Language Work
1. Explain the underlined part in each ntence in your own words。
1)The first time I went to Washington D.C. was on the edge of the
送别的诗 at the beginning of
2)Preparations were in the air around our hou before school was even over。
高尔夫球杆 the whole family were already either actually busy making preparations or enjoying the ambience
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