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单击此处编辑母版标题样式,*,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,Unit 2 Civil-Rights Heroes,Text A The Freedom Givers,Text B The Dream,the Stars and,Dr.King,外研03,M0352010,孙丹丹,Part I Pre-reading Task:,Abraham,Martin and John,Enjoy a piece of music(originally sung by,Dion,the chief singer of the Belmonts),Text A:The Freedom Givers,Abraham,Martin and John,Has anybody here seen my old friend Abraham?,Can you tell me where hes gone?,He freed a lot of people,But it seems the good die young,But I just looked around and hes gone.,Has anybody here seen my old friend John?,Can you tell me where hes gone?,He freed a lot of people,But it seems the good die young,But I just looked around and hes gone.,Has anybody here seen my old friend Martin?,Can you tell me where hes gone?,He freed a lot of people,But it seems the good die young,But I just looked around and hes gone,.,Didnt you love the things they stood for?,Didnt they try to find some good for you and me?And well be free.Someday soon,its gonna be,One day.,Has anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?,Can you tell me where hes gone?,I thought I saw him walkin Up over the hill,With Abraham,Martin and John.,Listen to the recording two or three times and then think over the following questions:,1.Can you guess who Abraham,Martin,John and Bobby are?,2.What did these people stand for and their special contributions?,3.Do you know why they all died young and who killed them?,4.Can you guess what the texts in this unit are going to be about?,1.,They are Abraham Lincoln,Martin Luther King,President John F.Kennedy and Bobby Kennedy,John Kennedys brother.,2.They stood for the civil-rights leaders,who advocated black civil-rights.,3.They were assassinated young because they fought for the civil-rights,which resulted in making many enemies.,4.The texts in this unit are going to talk about the civil-rights and its givers,.,Part II Background Information,1.,Knowledge of American geography,The Southern States(marked with blue and green):Al:Alabama,Ar:Arkansas;F:Florida;G:Georgia;L:Louisiana;M:Mississippi;N:North Carolina;S:South Carolina;Ten:Tennessee;Tex:Texas and V:Virginia,The Deep South states are marked with green.,2.Freedom and rights,:,Freedom of the individual is considered one of the essential features of western civilization,which is itself sometimes called the Free World.,This freedom is often expressed in terms of rights to do certain things or to be treated in a particular way.,When a person does something that others think strange,British and American people will often say,“Its a free country,”meaning that although thy disagree with the choice they recognize the other persons right to make it.,3.The civil rights movement,(in the US)the national campaign by African-Americans for equal rights,especially in the 1950s and 1960s.,The campaign included boycotts(=refusals to buy particular products),the actions of freedom riders,and in 1963 a march to Washington led by Martin Luther King.,It succeeded in causing the introduction of bussing and affirmative action.,The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 were also introduced as a result of the civil rights movement,which has helped to change the attitudes of many white Americans,.,4.,The Underground Railroad,A secret system used in the US before the Civil War for helping thousands of slaves to escape to the free northern states or Canada.,The slaves were called“passengers”,the people who helped them were“conductors”,and the slaves hid in“stations”(safe houses)along the way.,.,5.Josiah Henson,He was born a slave on 15th June,1789 in Charles County,Maryland.He was sold three times before he reached the age of eighteen.By 1830,Henson had saved up$350 to purchase his freedom.After giving his master the money he was told that the price had increased to$1,000.,Cheated of his money,Henson decided to escape with his wife and four children.After reaching Canada,Henson formed a community where he taught other ex-slaves how to be successful farmers.,His autobiography,The Life of Josiah Henson,(1849)was read by,Harriet Beecher Stowe,and inspired her best-selling novel,Uncle Toms Cabin,.,6.Levi Coffin,He,was born in Greensboro,on 28th October,1798.,Later he became as a member of the,Society of Friends,Coffin attempted in 1821 to start a school for slaves but their owners refused to allow them to attend.,In 1826 Coffin moved to Newport,Indiana.This was on the route where fugitive slaves made their way from the South to Canada.Coffin soon became involved in helping the runaways and it has been estimated that over 3,000 slaves stayed at his home during their journey.,Built in 1827 and now a National Historic Landmark,this house was owned by Levi Coffin(1789-1877),a Quaker abolitionist.Because of his outstanding role in the operation of the Underground Railroad,Coffin has been termed its president.It is believed that Coffin and his wife Catherine helped more than 2,000 fugitive slaves escape to freedom,using this house as a principal depot.,ht
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