教材试题 Unit 3 (Workbook) Using Words and Expressions

Unit 3 Fairness for all(Workbook)USING WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS1 Complete the following paragraph with the words from the box.unwilling hostility unjust discrimination abuseseize resolve chaos yawn civilIt was Martin Luther King, Jr Day in the USA. My teacher decided she would _ this opportunity to teach my class about how it feels to suffer _. During the break she normally gives out snacks to the class but on this particular day she_to give them only to the boys. This caused some_amongst the students who were _ to accept such unfair treatment. They questioned her but no explanation was offered. The whole class showed their disapproval at what they saw as _ behaviour from their normally kind teacher. They began to shout and _followed. However, the teacher remained calm throughout and even _ as the students loudly protested. This made them even more upset. The teacher continued the lesson by reading a story about Martin Luther King, Jr. At the end of the lesson she asked the class how they felt. She explained she was demonstrating how black people felt about discrimination and that was why they were demanding _ rights. That lesson has remained with me as I realized the _suffered by black people during Dr Kings time.2 Think of as many words as you can in the reading passage and elsewhere which describe discrimination and the ways you can overcome it.Civil Rightsdiscrimiantion actionabuse, hostility, battle, demonstration, Now look at the facts below. They show the position of black people in some parts of the southern states of the USA in the 1950s and 1960s.FactsJobs:(1965) 955 firemen in Seattle, of whom only 0.2% were black.Social conditions throughout the southern states of the USA:(1955) Separate drinking fountains, places in back of buses, balconies of cinemas, back of restaurants for blacks.Education throughout the southern states of the USA:(1957) Separate schools in southern USA for black and white students.Step 1: In pairs discuss whether the situation is fair and why you think so. Use the vocabulary above to decide any action that should be taken to change the situation.Step 2: Join with another pair to compare your ideas. Discuss them until both groups agree. Then prepare to explain your ideas to the class.3 Translate the following sentences into English, using the words and phrase in brackets.1 很明显, 这家公司控制不了市场, 因为他们生产的电视机质量差、价格高。 (evident; dominate)2 这些维护动物权利的活动家抵制一切经过动物实验的产品。(boycott)3 有一条规定禁止货车日间在这条马路上通行。(prohibit)4 上周我堂兄按时提交了他的大学论文, 教授们都非常高兴。 (submit; punctually)5 那个官员采纳了我的建议, 因为他认为这个建议会很成功。 (seize on)6 我们买新房子的时候必须和建筑商谈判。(negotiate)7 我听着这段交响乐, 感到非常愉快。 (symphony)Answer key for Exercise 1：seize；discrimination；resolved；hostility；unwilling；unjust；chaos；yawned；civil；abuseSuggested answers to Exercise 2：Civil RightsDiscrimiantion Actionbattle demonstration march boycott educationfight for equality / flairness / freedom / justicebrotherhood liberty battle / struggle constitutionabuse hostility prohibit unjustsubmit Negro separation dominate injustice unequal unfair slaverySample dialogueS 1：I certainly think it was unjust that jobs and social conditions were unfair to black people just because of the colour of their skin. S 2：Perhaps there were other reasons. What about the educational level of people who wanted to enter the fire service in Seattle? I suppose that blacks have to take the same exams to get into the fire service as whites, dont they? No amount of calling on “brotherhood” and “liberty” is going to change that, is it?S 1：OK. But why do they have low scores in the first place? Are black people really less intelligent than whites?S 2：I dont think so. Perhaps they work less hard. S 1：Perhaps they have less good schools than the whites. After all, the schools in the southern states were separated into two groups：ones for blacks and others for whites. Maybe they had better pay and conditions in the schools for whites. S 2：In that case that was a fundamental disadvantage forblacks. It should have been prohibited very early. Why did the blacks submit to it?S 1：They did try to boycott the schools and fight a battle for multi-racial education. In 1955 they won the right to have schools where all races could register and be educated together. S 2：Was there hostility?S 1：From the whitesyes! But the Constitution had declared this abuse unconstitutional so the whites had no choice. It seems that later there were more black firemen in Seattle. S 2：Im sure there were. Suggested answers to Exercise 3：1 It is evident that this company cannot dominate the market, because they produce poor quality TVs and they are too expensive. 2 Animal rights activists boycott all products tested on animals. 3 There is a regulation that prohibits trucks from travelling the road alone in the daytime. 4 My cousin submitted his thesis punctually to the university l