大学体验英语4-U1

Unit1IdentityWarmUpCheckVocabularyKnowledgeself-conscious=nervousorembarrassedaboutyourappearanceorwhatotherpeoplethinkofyouidentifywith=tofeelastrongsympatheticorimaginativebondwithsomebodyorsomethingandasenseofunderstandingandsharinghis,her,oritsnatureorconcernsbelonging=happinessfeltinasecurerelationshipScript/Answers(Answersinbold)Asablackchildgrowingupinanalmostall-whitesetting,Isetoutonasearchforaculturalandracialidentity.Whenmyparentswouldcometovisit,Iwasself-consciousaboutbeingseenwithmyblackfriends.Ialsoworriedaboutbeingseentoooftenwithmywhitefriends.Iwasveryawareoffeelingcaughtbetweentwocultures.Moreandmore,IwasidentifyingwithblackcultureasanAfricanAmerican.SomeofmyfriendswereclearabouttheirownidentitiesasAfricanAmericans,butsomeothersstruckmeasevenmoreconfusedthanIwasaboutwheretheybelonged.IcametobelievethatIcouldlivehoweverIwantedtoliveandstillbeacceptedasamemberoftheblackcommunity.Ienjoyedthatfeelingofbelonging（归宿感）.Answers(inbold)1.A:HowdidyoufeelaboutyourGrandma’squestion?B:Irememberbeingstartledandconfusedbyherquestion.Ifeltdisoriented分不清方向或目标的,无判断力的.2.A:Doyouenjoybeingwithotherpeople?B:Notreally.Theeasyflowofcasualsocialchathasremainedforeverbeyondmyreachandbeyondmyinterest,too.3.A:Whatdidyoudowhentheyoungmaninsultedyou?B:Ialmostfroze.Ifelthelplessandunabletodefendmyself.4.A:Iheardseveralloudknocksonthedoor.Whathappened?B:Iwaswanted（被通缉的）forbankfraudalthoughitwasn’tIwhocommittedthecrime.ListeningTask1FirstListening/AnswersintrovertedshytimidCheckVocabularyKnowledgecurlup=toassume(have)apositionwiththelegsdrawnup蜷曲：将双腿向上耸起的姿势startled=alarmed,frightened,orsurprisedconscious=subjectivelyknownorfeltSecondListeningAnswers1.Thespeaker’sgrandmathoughthiswayofbeingwasunusual/therewassomethingwrongwiththespeaker.2.Thespeakerwassurprisedathisgrandma’sremarkbecauseheneverthoughthiswayofbeingwasproblematic/heneverwantedtoplaywiththeotherchildren.3.Whenhewaswiththeotherchildrenthespeakerfeltconfused/different/disoriented.ThirdListeningAnswersforReference1.Otherchildrenlikedplayinggamestogether;Ilikedbeingalonereadingandwriting.Mygrandmareactedtomywayofbeingbyremarking“what’swrongwithyou?Whydon’ttheotherchildrenwanttoplaywithyou?”BythenIhadneverhadaninterestinplayingwiththeotherchildren.Ithoughtitwasonlynaturalformetobelikethis.Ihadneverthoughtthattheydidn’t“wanttoplaywith”me.Later,inthefourthgrade,Ibegantofeelmyselfdifferentfromotherchildren,livinginadifferentuniverse.Idecidedtoturnbacktomyinnerworldreadingandwritingagain.InthiswayImovedfurtherawayfrommypeers.Ihavealwaysfounditdifficulttoparticipateinthecasualsocialchat.2.Acceptwhoyouare.ScriptTheneighborhoodchildrenmyageplayedtogether:eitheractive,physicalgamesoutdoorsorgamesofdolls-and-house(sactivitiesplayedwithdollsanddollhouse玩具娃娃+玩具娃娃房子/过家家?)indoors.I,ontheotherhand,spentmuchofmychildhoodalone.I’dcurlupinachairreadingfairytalesandmyths,daydreaming,writingpoemsorstoriesanddrawingpictures.Sometimearoundthefourthgrade,my“big”(oftencritical,judgmental(审判的))Grandma,who’dbeenvisitingussaidtome,“What’swrongwithyou!Whydon’ttheotherchildrenwanttoplaywithyou?”Irememberbeingstartledandconfusedbyherquestion.I’dneverbeenparticularlyinterestedinplayingwiththeotherchildren.Ithadn’t,tillthen,occurredtomethatthatwaseitherodd(古怪的)orsomethingwrongwithme.Norhaditoccurredtomethattheydidn’t“wanttoplaywith”me.Myfirstconsciousmemoryoffeelingdifferentwasinthefourthgrade.Atthewardrobe,listeningtoclassmatesjoking,chatteringandlaughingwitheachother,IrealizedIhadn’taclueaboutwhatwassofunnyorofhowtoparticipateintheireasychatter.TheyseemedtoliveinauniverseaboutwhichIknewnothingatall.Itriedtoactlikeothersbutitwassodifficult.Ifeltconfusedanddisoriented.Iturnedbacktomyinnerworld:readingbooks,writinganddaydreaming.Myinwardnessgrewmeinwaysthatcontinuedtomovemefurtherawayfromtheworldofmyagepeers(同辈，同等的人).Theeasyflowofcasualsocialchathasremainedforeverbeyondmyreachandbeyondmyinterest,too.ListeningTask2Firstlistening/AnswersbeingrefusedbybothsocietiesCheckVocabularyKnowledgenigger=usedasadisparagingtermforablackperson美黑鬼(对黑人的蔑称)racist=apersonwhodiscriminatesorhasprejudiceagainstpeopleofotherraces种族主义者SecondlisteningAnswers1.F2.?3.T4.F5.T6.T7.?ThirdListeningScriptThegreatestdifficultyformeisthatasapersonofmixedoriginIamathomeneitherherenorthere.WhereverIam,Iamregardedasbeingforeign,either“white”or“black”.IthappenstomewhenIliveinmymother’scountryoforigin,inSwitzerland,andithappenedtomewhenIwaslivinginmyfather’scountry,IvoryCoast.IwouldfeelathomewhereIcouldfeelthatpeopleacceptmejustthewayIam!Whenyouareasmallchildyoufirstdonotfeelthatyouaredifferentfromtheothers.Butsoontheotherswillmakeyoufeeldifferent—andchildrentoocanbeverycruelintheirbehavioragainstthe“strangechild”.Sometimesincredibleincidentshappen.SometimeagoIwasridingmybikesomewhereinalittleplaceinSwitzerlandnearbytowhereIlive.Acardroveby,andthemaledriveropenedthewindowandyelledatme:“Scheiss—Neger—dirtynigger!”Ialmostfroze.Ifelthelplessandunabletodefendmyself.WhenIlookedatthenumberplate,IsawthatitwasaGermannumberplate.Thismeanstha