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1、Unit II Say Yes1862 Emancipation Proclamation 19631963If I were a black,would you What shall we do?Five Parts:Part I:Warm-Up Exercises(songs&poems)Part II:Background Information(author and“-isms”)Part III:Text AnalysisPart IV:Language AppreciationPart V:Supplemented Reading&Exercises Part OnePart On
2、eENTERSay YesSay YesWarm-upWarm-upI.On the Origin of Racism II.Enjoy a Song III.Enjoy a Poem （for reference）IV.Make up a Story I.On the Origin of RacismI.On the Origin of RacismDebates over the origins of racism often suffer from a lack of _ over the term.Many mix recent forms of racism with earlier
3、 forms of ethnic and national conflict.In most cases ethno-national conflict seems to _ to conflict over land and strategic resources.In some cases ethnicity and nationalism were _ to wars between great religious empires(for example,the Muslim Turks and the Catholic Austro-Hungarians).As Benedict An
4、derson has suggested ethnic _ and ethno-nationalism became a source of conflict within such empires with the rise of print-capitalism.Listen to the passage and then fill in the blanks.To be continued on the next page.clarity oweharnessedidentityI.On the Origin of RacismI.On the Origin of RacismIn it
5、s modern form,racism evolved in with European exploration and _ of much of the rest of the world,and especially after Christopher Columbus reached the Americas.As new peoples were _,fought,and ultimately subdued,theories about“race”began to develop,and these helped many to _ the differences in posit
6、ion and treatment of people whom they categorized as belonging to different races.To be continued on the next page.conquest encounteredjustifyI.On the Origin of RacismI.On the Origin of RacismAnother possible source of racism is the misunderstanding of Charles Darwins theories of evolution.Some _ Da
7、rwins theories to imply that since some“races”were more civilized,there must be a biological _ for the difference.At the same time they _ to biological theories of moral and intellectual traits to justify racial oppression.There is a great deal of controversy about race and intelligence,in part beca
8、use the concepts of both race and _ are themselves controversial.The end of On the Origin of Racism.tookbasis appealed IQLove is Color-BlindLove is Color-BlindII.Listen to a SongII.Listen to a Song It dont matter if youre blackwhite or yellow,if youre brown or redlets get down to thatlove is color-b
9、lindI remember whenI was a child and couldnt understandpeople having fundiscriminating all the different onesmama just used to saywhen you grow up youll maybe find a wayto make these people seethat everything I do comes back to meListen to the song.To be continued on the next page.Love is Color-Blin
10、dLove is Color-BlindII.Listen to a SongII.Listen to a Song You gotta live your livewere all the same,no ones to blamethey gotta live their livesjust play the game and let love reign It dont matter if youre blackwhite or yellow,if your brown or redlets get down to thatlove is color-blindyoure my brot
11、her,youre my friendall that matters in the very end is to understandlove is color-blind To be continued on the next page.Love is Color-BlindLove is Color-BlindII.Listen to a SongII.Listen to a Song I remeber as a young boyI watched my neighbourhood go up in flamesI saw the whole thing thru tears of
12、painand a situations rackin my brainI wish I could fly away and never come back againwe need some love yallwe need some real deal help from above yallI mean the kids watchinand I just cant see it stoppin,I dont understandI mean we all bleed the same blood,man!To be continued on the next page.Love is
13、 Color-BlindLove is Color-BlindII.Listen to a SongII.Listen to a Song You gotta live your lifebetter than our fathers didlets make some love,baby,have some kidsthey gotta live their livesand I dont care what color they are,or you are,or we areits all love,baby!To be continued on the next page.Love i
14、s Color-BlindLove is Color-BlindII.Listen to a SongII.Listen to a Song It dont matter if youre blackwhite or yellow,if your brown or redlets get down to thatlove is color-blindyoure my brother,youre my friendall that matters in the very end is to understandlove is color-blindTo be continued on the n
15、ext page.Love is Color-BlindLove is Color-BlindII.Listen to a SongII.Listen to a Song You have been my motheryou could have been my brotherwhat if you were my sisterif you were my father?you could have been my fellayou could have been my teacherwhat if you were my friend?would be so nice to meet yaT
16、o be continued on the next page.Love is Color-BlindLove is Color-BlindII.Listen to a SongII.Listen to a Song take it out to the worldtell every boy and every little girlbe proud of yourselfcause youre as good as anybody elseput away your prejudiceopen your mind,dont need a stick to thistry to make t
17、his eartha better place without a racial curse Yeah,its time for some changes To be continued on the next page.Love is Color-BlindLove is Color-BlindII.Listen to a SongII.Listen to a Song It dont matter if youre blackwhite or yellow,if your brown or redlets get down to thatlove is color-blindyoure m
18、y brother,youre my friendall that matters in the very end is to understandlove is color-blindThe end of Listen to a Song.Write your own ending of the story.IV.IV.Make up a StoryMake up a StoryThe end of Make up a Story.Part TwoPart TwoENTERI.Author II.Racism III.Ku Klux KlanKu Klux KlanIV.Jim Crow L
19、awsJim Crow LawsBackground InformationBackground InformationTobias Wolff(1945)was born in Alabama in 1945.His parents divorced when he was a boy.Wolffs mother retained custody of him.As a child,Wolff traveled with his mother,Rosemary,to the Pacific Northwest,where she remarried.Growing up in the Pac
20、ific Northwest,young Tobias soon was forced to endure life under his strict and cruel stepfather.His efforts to get away from his stepfather led to his self-transformation.I.I.Author Author To be continued on the next page.That period of Wolffs life is recounted in This Boys Life:A Memoir,which was
21、later made into a film.He lives with his family in upstate New York and teaches writing at Syracuse University.From 1964 through 1968,Wolff served as a lieutenant with the U.S.Army Special Forces(Green Berets)in Vietnam.He later recounted his wartime experiences in the memoir In the Pharaohs Army:Me
22、moirs of the Lost War.In 1972 Wolff earned his B.A.and then his M.A.from Oxford University with First Class Honors in English three years later.To be continued on the next page.I.I.Author Author He is the author of the short novel The Barracks Thief,which won the 1985 PEN/Faulkner Award;two collecti
23、ons of short stories,Back in the World(collecting“Say Yes”)and In the Garden of the North American Martyrs,which received the Saint Lawrence Award for fiction in 1982.I.I.Author Author The end of Author.Racism:the belief that race accounts for Racism:the belief that race accounts for differences in
24、human character or differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is ability and that a particular race is superior to others.superior to others.II.II.RacismRacismThe end of Racism.Koo Klucks Klan also known as KKK:a secret white supremacist organization at various times in Ame
25、rican history terrorized blacks and white sympathizers with violent acts of lynching,shootings and whippings.Founded:1866Founder:Confederate Civil War veteransHeadquarters:Powderly,Kentucky;Butler,Indiana;Jasper,Texas III.Ku Klux KlanIII.Ku Klux KlanTo be continued on the next page.Jim Crow Laws Rac
26、ial segregation,called“Jim Crow”,excluded blacks from public transport and facilities,jobs,juries,and neighborhoods.Blacks had separate hospitals,prisons,orphanages,parks and pools.The 19th century ended with the races firmly segregatedculturally and legally.IV.Jim Crow LawsIV.Jim Crow LawsThe end o
27、f Jim Crow Laws.Part ThreePart ThreeENTERText AppreciationText AppreciationI.Text Analysis 1.Theme2.Structure3.Further DiscussionII.Writing DevicesIII.1.ContrastIV.2.InnuendoIII.Sentence ParaphraseI.I.Text AnalysisText AnalysisThe idea of racism is a theme in the story,for the implication of the hus
28、bands racism is what causes the couple to quarrel.The wife dislikes her husbands beliefs that African Americans are different from whites.He maintains that it is not that he is prejudiced against African Americans,but that they come from a different culture and they even have their own language.The
29、husbands negative response to Anns question of whether he would marry her were she African American indicates the pervasive and destructive nature of his racism.Theme of the TextThe end of Theme.Part 1(Para.1-13):Part 2(Paras.1446):Part 3(Para.47-57):I.I.Text AnalysisText AnalysisStructure of the Te
30、xt The husband and wife argue about marriages between blacks and whites.As their argument intensifies it becomes personal.He gives in and their argument is seemingly settled.The end of Structure.I.I.Text AnalysisText AnalysisTo be continued on the next page.Question:Is the quarrel between the husban
31、d and wife an ordinary quarrel?What does the talk touch upon?Who do you think is responsible for the quarrel?It touches upon the issue of racism.I.I.Text AnalysisText AnalysisTo be continued on the next page.He was a hypocrite and a terrible racist.Question:Is the husband a considerate and honest ma
32、n?What kind of man is he?I.I.Text AnalysisText AnalysisQuestion:Does the man oppose marriage between a black and a white?What are his arguments?To be continued on the next page.He opposes the marriage between a black and a white.His basic arguments are that blacks and whites have different cultures.
33、They cannot know each other.I.I.Text AnalysisText AnalysisQuestion:What kind of woman is the wife?Is she too critical?What does she think the marriage between blacks and whites?She is honest and square.She thinks the marriage between a black and a white is perfectly natural,if they love each other.T
34、o be continued on the next page.Question:Why does the woman corner her husband by keeping asking him whether he would marry her if she were black?I.I.Text AnalysisText AnalysisShe seems to have found that her husband has subtle racist nature.To be continued on the next page.I.I.Text AnalysisText Ana
35、lysisQuestion:Do you think the husband knows his wife very well?He seems to understand her wife well and is confident of manipulating any awkward situation.But actually,to him his wife is a stranger.To be continued on the next page.When the husband got the look where the wife pinched her brows toget
36、her and bit her lip,he knew he should keep his mouth shut.But he never did.Instead,it made him talk more.What can you infer from the above description?“Listen,I went to school with blacks,and Ive worked with blacks and weve got along just fine.I dont need you coming along now and implying that Im a
37、racist.”What can we conclude about the husband?I.I.Text AnalysisText AnalysisFurther Discussion About the TextTo be continued on the next page.When he said“They even have their own language”,what did the husband imply?When the wife said“but if they love each other?”,the husband thought“Oh,boy”.What
38、was he actually thinking?He was angry with her for resorting to the trick of repeating his words so that they sounded hypocritical.Do his words sound hypocritical or is he hypocritical?I.I.Text AnalysisText AnalysisFurther Discussion About the TextInnuendo:an indirect or subtle,usually derogatory im
39、plication in expression;an insinuationII.II.Writing DevicesWriting DevicesHe thought of years they had spent together,and how close they are,and how well they knew each other(Para.48)InnuendoThe room was silent.His heart pounded the way it had on their first night together,the way it still did when
40、he woke at a noise in the darkness and waited to hear it againthe sound of someone moving through the house,a stranger.(Para.57)The end of Writing Devices.II.Writing DevicesII.Writing Devices appearance innermost being hypocriticalHe is excited by her anger to challenge her.His concern for her is fo
41、r her appreciation.Send her away to stop the conversation as he is tired of it.He felt ashamed that he had let his wife get him into the fight.He knew that he had to come up with the right answer Contrast considerate:pitch in on the housework,come to the aid out of concern,ask to complete the dish-w
42、ashingScan the text and list out the related information.The end of Contrast.Contrast:to show the hypocritical nature of the husband and the subtlety of his racist naturePart ThreePart ThreeENTERI.Word Study II.Phrases and Expressions III.Word BuildingIV.Grammar Language StudyLanguage StudyI.I.Word
43、StudyWord StudyWord list:1.somehow2.consider3.pinch4.snap5.rummage6.spray7.ashamed8.attach9.demonstrate10.tone11.clearI.I.Word StudyWord Study I know what we are doing is legal,but somehow it doesnt feel right.They came anyhow they couldby boat,train,or plane.It sounds crazy,but I believe it anyhow.
44、adv.in a way not specified,understood,or knownCompare:anyhow,anywayanyhow:in whatever way or manner;however;nevertheless1.somehowTo be continued on the next page.I.I.Word StudyWord Studyanyway:in any way or manner;whatever;nevertheless;regardless Get the job done anyway you can.It was raining but th
45、ey played the game anyway.I.I.Word StudyWord Study All things considered,the reform is a success.She considers waste to be criminal.2.to think or deem to be;to regard v.1.to think carefully about 2.considerTo be continued on the next page.I.I.Word StudyWord Study Her success is not surprising if you
46、 consider her excellent training.She failed to consider the feelings of others.4.to show consideration for3.to take into account;to bear in mind To be continued on the next page.I.I.Word StudyWord Study1.consider:suggests objective reflection and reasoning The faculty deems the essay to be by far th
47、e best one submitted.I regard your apology as the end of the matter.3.regard:often implies a personal attitude2.deem:is more subjective through its emphasis on judgment as distinguished from contemplationSynonymsdeemregardaccount reckonTo be continued on the next page.I.I.Word StudyWord Study4.accou
48、nt and reckon:in this sense are rather literary in flavor and imply calculated judgment I account no man to be a philosopher who attempts to do more.I cannot reckon you as an admirer.To be continued on the next page.I.I.Word StudyWord Study It is considerate of you not to play the piano while I was
49、having a sleep.cf.considerate considerableconsideringconsideration He bought a house at a considerable expense.2.considerable:adj.rather large or great,as in size,distance,or extent1.considerate:adj.showing kind regard for the 2.feelings;thoughtful;careful not to hurt or 3.cause inconvenience to oth
50、ersTo be continued on the next page.I.I.Word StudyWord Study Shes very active,considering her age.cf.considerate considerableconsideringconsideration We will give your proposal consideration.Safety is the most important consideration in choosing a car.4.consideration:n.careful thought;deliberation;f