教材试题 Unit 3 (Workbook) Listening

Unit 3 Fairness for all(Workbook)LISTENING1 Listen to the stories of these three important black people who work for civil rights and join the correct person to the correct career.NameCareerPaul Robesonacademic and writer on black issuesNannie Helen Burroughssinger, athlete and lawyerWilliam E B Duboiseducator 2 Listen to the tape carefully again and stop the tape after each short biography. Then fill in the chart.NameWilliam E B DuboisYear of birthEducation level AbilitiesChosen careerImportanceNameNannie Helen BurroughsYear of birthChosen careerNmae of SchoolCurriculumImportanceNamePaul RobesonYear of birthEducation levelAbilitiesChosen careerImportanceLISTENING TEXTTHREE WORKERS FOR FREEDOM AND EQUALITYBiography 1William E B Dubois was a person who spent his life fighting injustice and defending freedom. He was born in 1868, when there were no civil rights for black people in the southern USA and died in 1963 just as many African countries were being freed from British colonial rule. All his life he spoke against racial discrimination and became one of the most famous black leaders of his generation. He was one of the founders of the NAACP which is an organization fighting for equality in civil rights. Sadly in 1963 he visited Ghana and died while he was there. He is remembered as one of the few scholars who made an honest academic study of the black man. His book for his doctors degree on the end of the slave trade in America is still the most important study of this subject. Biography 2Narrator l：My name is Nannie Helen Burroughs and I was born in 1879. I wanted to become a teacher so that I could offer poor women some professional training. In this way I hoped I could help them to earn a better salary and have a higher standard of living. But although I was very well qualified, I was prevented from teaching because I was black and it took me many years to raise the money to begin my own school. When I finally opened the school, it offered many vocational courses (including home nursing, beauty and dress-making) as well as music and English literature. I also insisted that all students take a course in black history. It was a great success. I called it the School of the Three Bsthe Bible, the Bath and the Broom. Narrator 2：When Nannie Burroughs died in 1961 she was not forgotten. In 1975 the Mayor of the District of Columbia named May 10th as Nannie Helen Burroughs Day in memory of this remarkable woman. Biography 3Paul Robeson could have been a professional football player or a lawyer but he chose to become a singer. He had a beautiful deep baritone voice which he used to sing the traditional songs of black people. He was born in 1898 in Princeton, New Jersey, and died 78 years later. His father had been a runaway slave so he was very happy when his son went to university in 1915. Paul completed his first degree in 1919 and began to study Law at Columbia University. But he stopped working as a lawyer to fight against racial and colour prejudice. He changed to become a singer instead and sang black “blues” songs which became extremely popular in America and abroad. In this way he was able to use his position to make a stand against racial prejudice. He explained that “the artist must decide whether to fight for freedom or for slavery. I have made my choice. I had no alternative.”Answer key for Exercise 1：NameCareerPaul Robesonsinger, athlete and lawyerNannie Helen BurroughseducatorWilliam E B Duboisacademic and writer on black issuesAnswer key for Exercise 2:NameWilliam E B DuboisYear of birth1868Education level Doctors degreeAbilitiesSpeaker and writerChosen careerAcademic and writerImportanceFounded the NAACPStudied on the slave trade in AmericaNamePaul RobesonYear of birth1898Education levelMasters degreeAbilitiesAthlete, lawyer and singerChosen careerSingerImportanceKept alive black cultureName