合Pre-reading ActivitiesMissBean was thefirst teacher who ever made methinkformyself. She insisted on knowing what I thought about difficultquestions. Was Thomas Jefferson right to buy Louisiana fromFrance? Why? She expected me to have an opinion and to beable to back it up. Miss Bean was teaching me that thinking foryourself was the real key to education.One day, when I was not paying attention in class, MissBean suddenly threw an eraser at me.Incredibly, the eraser hitme right on the hand and sent my pencil flying.The whole classwas shocked at first, then started laughing. This incidentbecame famous in the school and, because it happened to me,the students wanted to get to know me. So that's the story ofhow Dorothy Bean mademe her target, and how I became justanotherkidin school
When I was twelve years old, my family were the first black people to move into an all-white part of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Many of our new neighbors weren’t very welcoming. Some of the adults said angrily that we should go back where we came from. The children sometimes threw stones at me or chased me home from school. Most of my teachers simply ignored me, but not Dorothy Bean, my history teacher. Miss Bean was angry at how badly I was being treated, but she didn’t say this to me. Miss Bean showed her respect for me by teaching me just like anyone else. Instead of being ignored, I was given a chance to show that I was smart. Miss Bean was the first teacher who ever made me think for myself. She insisted on knowing what I thought about difficult questions. Was Thomas Jefferson right to buy Louisiana from France? Why? She expected me to have an opinion and to be able to back it up. Miss Bean was teaching me that thinking for yourself was the real key to education. One day, when I was not paying attention in class, Miss Bean suddenly threw an eraser at me. Incredibly, the eraser hit me right on the hand and sent my pencil flying. The whole class was shocked at first, then started laughing. This incident became famous in the school and, because it happened to me, the students wanted to get to know me. So that’s the story of how Dorothy Bean made me her target, and how I became just another kid in school. Pre-reading Activities
合Part A: Language PointsText-related InformationIntensiveStudyDifficult sentencesKey words,phrases &usagesComprehensionexercises
Part A: Language Points • Text-related Information • Intensive Study ➢ Difficult sentences ➢ Key words, phrases & usages ➢ Comprehension exercises
奇Part A: Language PointsSegregation in the United StatesA systemof racial segregation （种族隔离制度）arose soon afterthe American Civil War in most former slave states. In 1948.President Truman （杜鲁门总统） ordered to put an end to segregationin the armed forces and segregation of the races in public schools wasbannedin1954.Southern antagonism toward desegregation continued into the1960s, however. Most white schools remained totally segregated bythemid-1960s.In the 1970s, the federal government began to withhold federalfunds from segregated schools and the Supreme Court expanded thefight when it ruledin 1976 that private,nonsectarian schools may notexclude black children because of theirrace.School desegregation,however, has still not seemed accomplishedin much of the U.S四
Segregation in the United States A system of racial segregation（种族隔离制度）arose soon after the American Civil War in most former slave states. In 1948, President Truman（杜鲁门总统）ordered to put an end to segregation in the armed forces and segregation of the races in public schools was banned in 1954. Southern antagonism toward desegregation continued into the 1960s, however. Most white schools remained totally segregated by the mid-1960s. In the 1970s, the federal government began to withhold federal funds from segregated schools and the Supreme Court expanded the fight when it ruled in 1976 that private, nonsectarian schools may not exclude black children because of their race. School desegregation, however, has still not seemed accomplished in much of the U.S. Part A: Language Points
Part A: Language PointsIBecameHerTargetByRogerWilkins1.My favorite teacher's name was“Dead-Eye"Bean.Her real namewas Dorothy. She taught American history to eighth graders in ajunior high school in Grand Rapids,Michigan.It was the fall of 1944.Franklin D.Roosevelt was president; American troops were battlingtheir way across France;Iwas a 12-year-old black newcomer in aschool that was otherwise all white.When we moved in the problemfor our new neighbors was that their neighborhood had previouslybeen all-white and they were ignorant about black people. Theprevailing wisdom in the neighborhood was that we were spoiling itand that we ought to go back where we belonged.There was a lot ofangry talk among theadults,but nothing much came of it.?
I Became Her Target By Roger Wilkins 1. My favorite teacher’s name was “Dead-Eye” Bean. Her real name was Dorothy. She taught American history to eighth graders in a junior high school in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was the fall of 1944. Franklin D. Roosevelt was president; American troops were battling their way across France; I was a 12-year-old black newcomer in a school that was otherwise all white. When we moved in the problem for our new neighbors was that their neighborhood had previously been all-white and they were ignorant about black people. The prevailing wisdom in the neighborhood was that we were spoiling it and that we ought to go back where we belonged. There was a lot of angry talk among the adults, but nothing much came of it. Part A: Language Points
Part A: Language Points2.But some of the kids were quite nasty during those first fewweeks.Theythrew stones atme,chased me home whenIwas on footand spat on my bike seat when I was in class.For a time,I was aprettylonely,friendless and sometimes frightenedkid.3. I now know that Dorothy Bean understood most of that anddeplored it. So things began to change when I walked into herclassroom.Shewas apleasant-lookingsinglewoman,wholookedoldand wrinkled to me at the time,but who was probably about 40K
2. But some of the kids were quite nasty during those first few weeks. They threw stones at me, chased me home when I was on foot and spat on my bike seat when I was in class. For a time, I was a pretty lonely, friendless and sometimes frightened kid. 3. I now know that Dorothy Bean understood most of that and deplored it. So things began to change when I walked into her classroom. She was a pleasant-looking single woman, who looked old and wrinkled to me at the time, but who was probably about 40. Part A: Language Points