新世纪大学英语第6册Unit_8-(Book_VI).doc

Unit EightWorking with Words and Expressions1.1) bankrupt 2) racial3) insufficient 4) overlook5) degenerating 6) underestimated7) pledge 8) fatigue9) dramatized 10) appalling2.1) cool off 2) blew off steam3) upon demand 4) is tied up with5) live out 6) speed up7) insofar asCloze:1) reminding 2) tragic3) momentous 4) free5) appalling 6) honored7) unalienable 8) pursuit9) citizenship / civil 10) wrongful11) thirst 12) bitterness13) riches 14) dignity15) manaclesTranslation从某种意义上说，我们到首都是来兑现支票的，一张只要我们要求便可给予我们自由财富和正义保障的支票。我们来到这里，也是为了提醒美国，现在就该从幽暗荒凉的隔离深渊中崛起，向阳光普照的种族平等的道路奋进。反抗的飓风将会不断撼动这个国家的根基，直到光辉灿烂的正义之日来临。朋友们，让我们不在绝望的深渊里沉沦，让我们宣誓将勇往直前。除非公正似飞瀑倾泻，除非正义像大河奔流，我们就决不会满足。而且，我们不能单独前行，因为我们的许多白人兄弟已经认识到：他们的命运与我们的命运紧密相连。尽管此时此刻困难重重，我依然怀有一个梦想，一个深深植根于美国之梦的梦想。我梦想有一天，深谷弥合，高山夷平，歧路化坦途，曲径成通衢，上帝的灵光大放光彩，芸芸众生共睹光华!In a sense we have come to our nations capital to cash a check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. We have also come here to remind America that now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges. My friends, let us not wallow in the valley of despair; let us make the pledge that we shall march ahead. We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream. And we cannot walk alone, for many of our white brothers have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny.In spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream, a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together!WritingWrite a two-minute speech in about 400 words on the topic I Have a Dream. You may center around one of the social problems such as housing, education, environmental pollution, and transportation in the place where you live. Be sure to share your speech with your classmates.I Have a DreamWhen I was a little boy, I had a dream. I dreamed of going to college. It began to take root in me upon the death of my grandpa, whose last words for my illiterate parents were: “Send your son to school; thats the only way out for the future.”But there was no school in the small mountain village where I lived, and we were living from hand to mouth then. When I was going on eight, my father sold the only pig in the house and had me registered at a primary school in a small town about 4 kilometers away. Thus, my dream became a great beacon light of hope not only for my life but also for the family. With this dream deeply rooted in my soul, I started out on a long and arduous journey in pursuit of a formal education. A dream is to a man what wings are to a bird. I held fast to my dream and endured all hardships imaginable. It was a costly dream, indeed, but I made it.Im now a college student majoring in Chinese language and literature. But I still have a dream.I have a dream that one day I will set up a school exclusively for country boys and country girls, so that their lives will not be crippled by the manacles of poverty and ignorance.I have a dream that all rural children in China will have the chance to go to school and be educated as I have bee, for I know only too well that illiteracy breeds poverty, and further poverty breeds further illiteracy. I want to end this vicious cycle.I have a dream that all little boys and little girls in Chinas remote west will have the opportunity to have formal education and say goodbye to ignorance, for I know only too well that ignorance breeds contempt. I want to see their potential tapped at college and prove their worthiness in modern society.This is my hope, and this is also the faith placed in me by my country. With this faith, I will go back to my birthplace and join hands with the local people to transform the mountains of despair into a