Unt 2 King Lea I Work in a group. Choose a story you have enjoyed hearing or reading and tell it to the people in your group. 2 Discuss which of these stories would make a good play and then choose one of them to work on 3 Using the summary of THE THREE DAUGHTERS OF THE KING as a model, work together to write a plot summary of the story your group chose. Save this to use again in the workbook actIvities SUMMING UP I Describe the relationship between Hing Leor and Cordelia ot the beginning of the story. 2 List the things that interest you most. 3 Useful words 4 Useful expressions 5 Go back to the two reading passages and write down some sentences uith adverbials here Learning Tip Before performing a play, you should study the text carefully and understand the play very well. Here are some hints to help you Understand the characters- what they are like and why they behave as they do Think about what the writer hopes the audience will get from the play. (eg Does the writer just want the audience to be entertained or to learn some lesson from the play?) Go through each character's speech and decide how the characters would speak. (The way a character speaks helps the audience understand what the speech means. Think about how the characters would move and how they would dress Plan where the characters should stand or sit on the stage and what props they should have Learn the lines of your character by heart and try to speak fluently with expression and good intonation
Unit Failness ior all warming Up Look at these pictures In pairs discuss who these pcople were and their contribution to civil rights in the USA Pre-reading 1 Look at this list and work out the problems of the blacks in many parts of America before 1955 浏鹂 Blacks must e sit at the back of buses or trolleybus e drink from a particular fountain for blacks only e eat in a special part of a restaurant e register to vote(but if they do they could lose their job e go to special schools for blacks e go to a black university for higher education e take jobs with lower pay than whites 2 How would you feel if you had these restrictions in your life? What would you do?
Init 3 Farness for al Reading The following passage is taken from the diary of Maryann Jones, a black woman who lived in Montgomery, Mississippi THE START OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT Sundan: December 4th. /955 Today we went to church where our minister Martin Luther King, r announced that a boycott of the buses and trolley buses will begin tomorrow: Ire aways hated having to sit in the worst seats on the bus so /'m happy to support if. Dr King encourages ts to fight against this unfair system which prohibits us blacks from sitting where we like. It is regarded as an offence if we sit at the front of a bus and if we break this law, we receive a heavy punishment. But on Thursday, I'm glad to say, this unjust separation of people on the basis of skin color was challenged A black lady: Rosa Parks, got on board a cir bus and sat in the fifth ow with three other blacks. Gradually the seats for whites filled until one white man remained standing. By law he could not sit with Rosa and by tradition blacks were expected to move. All four were asked to stand. The other three submitted but Rosa was unwilling to do so and she refused, She was arrested. Ho brane she was! Im not sure if/ would have had enough courage to refuse like that King and the other black leaders in Montgomery hame seized on this incident and decided on a collision course to change the law. They re hopeful that they can negotiate a fairer situation ifall the blacks support the. But I do worry about what will happen tomorrow. Will it be chaos? December 5th. 1955 This morning I yawned as /woke even earlier than usual, but I nmry sister Serena was already tp. She toged me to dress quickly araa and to wear my most comfortable sandals. Immediately I jumped out of bed. I like to be puncmualfor workand no boRo PAJu is going to make me late. By coincidence a bus arried as we reached the empry bus stop, but we ignored it. Normally we would have been only too happy, as it would have guaranteed us a seat for the whole jotamey. But not today/ Taxis passed all full of passengers as we pedestrians marched on the pavement, Those in the cars waned and we saluted them back. The whites, on the other hand, shouted abuse at us. We felt their hostility but it only made us firmer in our resolve Luckily when / felt I could walk no firther, a black taxi driver offered us a liff. It seemed like an answer to a prayer! No chaos after all and l even arrived at work on time! 22
Unit 3 Fairness for all The boycott continued very successfully for a year. Maryann Jones became accustomed to travelling to work without the bus. Meanwhile the hostility of the whites grew January 25th. 1956 What excitement! Serena came home to say that the news that the boycott was over was going to be all over the newspapers tomorrow. /was eager to know the result. " It's not true, she shouted at me. "Its just a story made up by the whites to stop our campaign. We ve been too successfil for them. Martin Luther King, r came and told me himself that it was just a trick. We must continue till we win. "/'ve never seen her as angry as that. so I kept quiet. Maybe white businesses are suffering now since we don t shop downtown anymore. But it must mean we re winning. Iwon't mind my tired feet tomorrow. I wonder whether they 'll try other tricks? They did. The houses of Martin Luther King, Jr and the other leaders were bombed. But this did not stop the boycott. Encouraged by a Supreme Court decision that public education must be mixed nationwide, the leaders went to court to argue against separation on buses. It was not until November 13, 1956 that the US Supreme Court declared separation on buses was not constitutional November /3th. 1956 Today is a red-letter day! In court we won a findamental victory in the battle for our civil rights /black and white students must now be educated together, why should people be seated in buses according to the color of their skin? The Supreme Court agreed it was wrong. so frmm now on we 'll be able to sit where we like on buses. My happiness is complete! We may only have struck one small blow for liberty but who knows where it'l lead? Maryann Jones was right. The success of the Montgomery bus boycott began the Civil Rights Movement that led to the improvement of conditions for black people in education, housing, jobs voting and hotels throughout the USA Comprehending 1Read the questions first. Skim the reading passage quickly and then answer them What was the cause of the boycott? What happened? what was the date when this incident happened? 2 Which people supported Rosa Parks? 3 How long did the boycott last? What did the blacks do to show their determination? 4 What did the whites do to end the boycott? 5 Why do you think white people wanted to sit separately from blacks? 6 In what ways do you think the boycott influenced the city? 7 When was the boycott over? How did the blacks win the battle? 23
Init 3 Farness for al 2 Put these events in the correct order. (1) Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus They went to work on foot or in taxis instead The whites were angry because their businesses suffered. Blacks were finally able to sit where they liked on city buse The Supreme Court eventually agreed with the boycott The blacks were solid in their support of the boycott )Rosa Parks was arrested )The whites bombed the houses of the black leaders Martin Luther King, Jr called on the blacks to boycott the city buses and trolleybuses Now use your own words to write a short summary of the passage. 3 In pairs look at these sayings and discuss the changes in attitude towards blacks. Give your opinions about these sayings We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal Declaration of Independence, July 1776 This is a country for white men, and by God, as long as I am President, it shall be a government for white men President Andrew Johnson, April 1866 I stand here struggling for the rights of my people to be full citizens in this country and they are not. They are not in Mississippi and they are not. in Washington Paul Robeson to the House Unamerican Activities Committee. 1956 4 The Civil Rights Movement is about changing people's attitude to each other. How would you change your classmates attitudes in these situations Situation 1: You see one classmate making fun of another in the playground, because your classmate thinks he/she is from the countryside and not "cool". what can you do to change your classmates mind? Situation 2: On the bus coming home from school, you see one of your classmates take a seat instead of offering it to an old person. He/she looks out of the window and refuses to see you. You know this is selfish and people will criticize your school. What can you do to change your classmate's behaviour? Situation 3: One of your classmates regularly cheats in tests, How can you persuade him/her to do his/her own work?