ACTIVE READING 1 Active reading 1 Mapping Learning

ACTIVE READING 1

Active reading 1: Mapping Learning how to analyze short stories Learning more about American culture

Active reading 1: Embarkation Eulogy (颂文) for Rosa Parks

Active reading 1: Embarkation Eulogy for Rosa Parks by Oprah Winfrey

Active reading 1: Embarkation Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29, 1954) is an American television host, producer, and philanthropist (慈善家), best known for her self-titled, multi-award winning talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history.

Active reading 1: Embarkation She has been ranked the richest African American of the 20 th century and beyond, the greatest black philanthropist in American history, and was once the world’s only black billionaire. She is also, according to some assessments, the most influential woman in the world.

Active reading 1: Embarkation Rosa Louise Mc. Cauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an African American civil rights activist whom the US Congress later called the “Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement. ” On December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks, age 42, refused to obey bus driver James Blake’s order that she give up her seat to make room for a white passenger.

Active reading 1: Embarkation Parks’ action sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott (蒙格马利公车抵制行动) (1955 -1956). Parks’ act of defiance became an important symbol of the modern Civil Rights Movement and Parks became an international icon of resistance to racial segregation (种 族 隔 离 ). She organized and collaborated with civil rights leaders, including boycott leader Martin Luther King, Jr. , helping to launch him to national prominence (声望) in the civil rights movement.

Active reading 1: Navigation Text organization Detailed reading

Active reading 1: Navigation Text Organization Setting Main Characters (Para. s 1 -2) (Para. s 2 -4) Conflict (Para. s 5 -18) Climax (Para. s 19 -30) Ending (Para. s 31 -38)

Reading and Understanding Fast reading task (P 69) 3 Choose the best summary of the passage.

Active reading 1: Embarkation Love is color blind is an appeal (呼吁) to all the people for concerted (一致的) efforts in the fight against the racial discrimination.

Para. 1 a white charismas (L 2): there is snow on the ground when Christmas comes

on Fifth Avenue (L 2) Fifth Avenue: the most expensive street in the world a major thoroughfare (干线道路) in the centre of the borough (纽约市的五个区之一)of Manhattan in New York City, USA. cf Top Ten Shopping Heavens 《十大购物天堂 》

Para. 2 Christmas spirit (L 5 -6): joy, happiness, peace & reconciliation (和谐)

He was from a hard-working family in upstate Virginia (L 8). upstate: the northern part of

… an internship in DC with… (L 10) DC: District of Columbia / Washington DC

Washington, DC

扩展：世界十大最著名步行街 http: //edu. sina. com. cn/a/2009 -0108/1049163250. shtml

Para. 3 Senator Rogers was a Democrat in…(L 15 -16)

Active reading 1: Embarkation Democrat Thomas Jefferson James Madison Thomas Jefferson and James Madison organized the Democratic-Republican Party (民主共和党) in 1791. It split into competing factions, one of which became the modern Democratic Party.

v Democratic Party (1828 - , Jefferson) anti-slavery Republican Party (1854 -, 1860, Lincoln) Competition between the Donkey and the Elephant (驴象之争)

Active reading 1: Embarkation Democrat & Republican Abraham Lincoln George Bush ︸ Republican Democrat Bill Clinton Barack Obama

Active reading 1: Embarkation different beliefs Democrats’ beliefs governments’ active role Republicans’ beliefs limited role, relying on private sectors environmental avoiding unnecessary environment regulations environmental al regulations against pollution regulations heavy-handed(暴虐无道 antidiscrimination 的) anti-discrimination abortion legal illegal death penalty not a mandatory ( necessary 强制的) measure

Active reading 1: Embarkation Senator Rogers’ beliefs Democrats’ beliefs pro-abortion It is the woman’s right to decide whether she should abort or not and hence it is legal. pro-low carbon emissions Environmental regulations can improve the quality of people’s lives and help achieve the larger goals of opportunity and equality. anti-capital punishment Death Penalty is not thought as mandatory as a measure to control crime.

Active reading 1: Resources Word formation: pro- and anti- (P 76) (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) anti-racist pro-devolutionist anti-interventionist anti-environmentalist pro-market economist pro-governmentalist

Active reading 1: Resources Word formation: pro- and anti. Other meanings of pro- and antipro (with noun): acting as (代，代理) eg: pro-chancellor (代理校长 )

Active reading 1: Resources Word formation: pro- and anti. Other meanings of pro- and anti: opposition of… (······的对立面) preventing (防止，阻止，抗) eg: anticlimax: the opposite of the climax 令人扫兴的结局) ( antiseptic: substance that prevents a wound from becoming septic (防腐剂，消毒剂)

Active reading 1: Embarkation Capitol Hill (L 16) Capitol Hill, aside from being a metonym (借喻) for the United States Congress, is the largest historic residential neighborhood in Washington D. C. .

Active reading 1: Resources Time (L 21) vs. The Times Do you know their differences? Time (《时代周刊》) The Times (《泰晤士报》)

Active reading 1: Resources Time (L 21) vs. The Times (《泰晤士报》) is a daily national newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. Time (《时代周刊》) is an American newsmagazine. In some advertising campaigns, the magazine has suggested that the letters T-I-M-E stand for The International Magazine of Events.

Para. 18 the Great Lakes (L 63)

Active reading 1: Navigation Developing critical thinking (P 71) 2. What forms of prejudice are you aware of in society? gender: men & women social rank & wealth: rich & poor education: more educated or less educated birth place: cities & the countryside …

Active reading 2: Resources Useful expressions 1. 跟踪到，追捕到 (L 3) 1. track down 2 才华横溢 (L 11) 2. a razor-sharp intellect 3. 第三个任期 (L 16) 3. the third term of office 4. 熟知某事 (L 16) 4. know sth. inside out 5. 支持减少二氧化碳 排量 (L 18) 5. pro-low carbon emission 6. 反对死刑 (L 19) 6. anti-capital punishment

Active reading 2: Resources Useful expressions 7. 进步自由派 (L 19) 7. a progressive liberal 8. 脱口秀 (L 20) 8. talk show 9. 有成功的机会 (L 23) 9. in the running for 10. 载入名人堂的体育明星 (L 29 -30) 10. hall-of-fame athletes 11. 打了个响指 (L 37) 11. click one’s finger 12. 耸肩 (L 40) 12. shrug one’s shoulder 13. 撇嘴 (L 44) 13. curl one’s lips

Active reading 1: Resources Useful expressions 14. 自然而然的优越感 (L 45) 15. 刺骨寒风 (L 63) 14. effortless superiority 15. icy breeze 16. 热烈的窃窃语声(L 66 -67)16. Intense whispering 17. 商业提案 (L 82) 17. business proposition 19. 募集捐款 (L 109) 18. waive payment of the bill 19. raise donations 20. 白宫办公厅主任 (L 111) 20. White House Chief of Staff 18. 免单 (L 100)

Active reading 1: Navigation Setting When (L 4) On Christmas Eve Where (L 5 -6) In a famous restaurant Joanne’s on the 46 th street in New York Back Mood (L 1) It is snowing heavily

Active reading 1: Navigation Main Characters (Para 2) Josh Lester: a smart, capable black lawyer in his early thirties (L an appointment at Joanne’s (Para 3) Jo Rogers: a senior senator, well-known in the United States Introduction to Joanne’s (Para 4), a fancy restaurant with many well-known people Back

Active reading 1: Navigation Conflict (Para. s 5 -18) Text Do you think the head waiter respects or disrespects Josh at the beginning? the head waiter Josh Back

Active reading 1: Navigation Climax (Para. s 19 -30) Jo. Rogers appears. She is respected by all the people. And the head waiter offers the change of the seat, but Rogers refuses it. Back

Active reading 1: Navigation Ending (Para. s 31 -38) Senator Rogers and Josh leave the Joanne’s, refusing the head waiter’s offer to waive payment of the bill and his invitation to go to the Joanne’s again. Back