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1、 Life should be a little sunshine, a little free and have some flowers.生活应该有一点阳光， 一点自由和一些花儿。The Freedom GiversPart four(16-23)Main ideas: By traveling the Underground Railroad, Josiah Henson reached his destination and became free at last. 马丁路德金 - 美国黑人运动领袖。 马丁路德金(MartinLutherKing,Jr.，1929年1月15日-1968

2、年4月4日)，著名的美国民权运动领袖。1948年大学毕业。1948年至1951年期间，在美国东海岸的费城继续深造。1963年，马丁路德金觐见了肯尼迪总统，要求通过新的民权法，给黑人以平等的权利。1963年8月28日，在林肯纪念堂前，发表了我有一个梦想的演说。1964年度诺贝尔和平奖的获得者。1968年4月，马丁路德金前往孟菲斯市，领导工人罢工后，被人刺杀，年仅39岁。从1986年起，美国政府将每年1月的第3个星期一，定为马丁路德金全国纪念日。16.Canada was the primaryprimary destination for many fugitives. Slavery had

3、been abolishabolished there in 1833, and Canadian authorities encouraged the runaways to settle their vast virgin land. AmongAmong them was Josiah Henson.加拿大是许多逃亡者的首选终点站。那儿1833年就废除了奴隶制，加拿大当局鼓励逃亡奴隶在其广阔的未经开垦的土地上定居。其中就有乔赛亚亨森。Main points.uabolish vt. end the existence of (a custom, system, etc) “废除”upri

4、mary adj. 1.something is very important “首要的”2.something occurs first “最初的”3.primary enducation,primary school “初级的”uamong prep.1.Among them was Henson. “其中之一”2.He walks among the crowds. “在中间”3.I am among my friends. “与在一起”17.AsAs a boy in Maryland, Henson watched as as his entire familywas sold to

5、 different buyers, and he saw his mother harshly beaten when she tried to keep him with her. Making the best oMaking the best of hisf his lotlot, Henson worked diligently and rose far in his ownerrose far in his owners regard.s regard.还是孩子的亨森在马里兰州目睹着全家人被卖给不同的主人，看到母亲为了想把自己留在她身边而遭受毒打。亨森非常认命，干活勤勉，深受主人器

6、重。uas1.prep. As a boy in Maryland, Henson watched “作为；以身份”2.conj. as his entire family was sold to different buyers “当时” As you see,I am still working.“正如” I will behave toward them as I would like to be treated. “像一样”Main points.urose far in his owners regard. rise far in ones regard/opinion “深受某人器

7、重”u make the best of “充分利用”make the best of it/ ones lotlot(fate, ones fortune in life) “认命”18.Money problems eventually compelcompelled his master to send Henson, his wife and children to a brother in Kentucky. After laboring there for several years, Henson heard alarming news: the new master was p

8、lanning to sell him for plantation work far away in the Deep South. The slave would be separateseparated forever fromfrom his family. 经济困顿最终迫使亨森的主人将他及其妻儿送到主人在肯塔基州的一个兄弟处。在那儿干了几年苦工之后，亨森听说了一个可怕的消息：新主人准备把他卖到遥远的南方，这名奴隶将与自己的家人永远分离。Main points.ucompel vt. 1. compel sb. to do sth. “强迫某人做某事” 2. be compelled

9、to (do)19.There was only one answer: flight. I knew the North Star, Henson wrote years later. Like the star of Bethlehem, it announced where my salvation lay. 只有一条路可走：逃亡。“我会认北斗星，”许多年后亨森写道。“就像圣地伯利恒的救星一样，它告诉我在哪里可以获救。”20.At huge risk, Henson and his wife set off with their four children. Two weeks late

10、r, starving and exhausted, the family reached Cincinnati, where they made contact with members of the Underground Railroad. Carefully they provided for our welfare, and then they set us thirty miles on our way by wagon.亨森和妻子冒着极大的风险带着四个孩子上路了。两个星期之后，饥饿疲惫的一家人来到了辛辛那提州，在那儿，他们与地下铁路的成员取得了联系。“他们为我们提供了食宿，非常关

11、心，接着又用车送了我们30英里。”21.The Hensons continued north, arriving at last in Buffalo, N. Y. There a friendly captain pointed across the Niagara River. Do you see those trees? he said. They grow on free soil. He gave Henson a dollar and arranged for a boat, which carried the slave and his family across the river to Canada. 亨森一家继续往北走，最后来到纽约州的布法罗。在那儿，一位友善的船长指着尼亚加拉河对岸。“看见那些树没有？他说，它们生长在自由的土地上。”他给了亨森一美元，安排了一条小船，小船载着这位黑奴及其家人过河来到加拿大。22.I threw myself on the ground, rolled in the sand and danced around, till, in the eyes of several who were p