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1、 Life should be a little sunshine, a little free and have some flowers.生活應該有一點陽光， 一點自由和一些花兒。The Freedom GiversPart four(16-23)Main ideas: By traveling the Underground Railroad, Josiah Henson reached his destination and became free at last. 馬丁路德金 - 美國黑人運動領袖。 馬丁路德金(MartinLutherKing,Jr.，1929年1月15日-1968

2、年4月4日)，著名的美國民權運動領袖。1948年大學畢業(yè)。1948年至1951年期間，在美國東海岸的費城繼續(xù)深造。1963年，馬丁路德金覲見了肯尼迪總統(tǒng)，要求通過新的民權法，給黑人以平等的權利。1963年8月28日，在林肯紀念堂前，發(fā)表了我有一個夢想的演說。1964年度諾貝爾和平獎的獲得者。1968年4月，馬丁路德金前往孟菲斯市，領導工人罷工后，被人刺殺，年僅39歲。從1986年起，美國政府將每年1月的第3個星期一，定為馬丁路德金全國紀念日。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.加拿大是許多逃亡者的首選終點站。那兒1833年就廢除了奴隸制，加拿大當局鼓勵逃亡奴隸在其廣闊的未經(jīng)開墾的土地上定居。其中就有喬賽亞亨森。Main points.uabolish vt. end the existence of (a custom, system, etc) “廢除”upri

4、mary adj. 1.something is very important “首要的”2.something occurs first “最初的”3.primary enducation,primary school “初級的”uamong prep.1.Among them was Henson. “其中之一”2.He walks among the crowds. “在中間”3.I am among my friends. “與在一起”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.還是孩子的亨森在馬里蘭州目睹著全家人被賣給不同的主人，看到母親為了想把自己留在她身邊而遭受毒打。亨森非常認命，干活勤勉，深受主人器

6、重。uas1.prep. As a boy in Maryland, Henson watched “作為；以身份”2.conj. as his entire family was sold to different buyers “當時” As you see,I am still working.“正如” I will behave toward them as I would like to be treated. “像一樣”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) “認命”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. 經(jīng)濟困頓最終迫使亨森的主人將他及其妻兒送到主人在肯塔基州的一個兄弟處。在那兒干了幾年苦工之后，亨森聽說了一個可怕的消息：新主人準備把他賣到遙遠的南方，這名奴隸將與自己的家人永遠分離。Main points.ucompel vt. 1. compel sb. to do sth. “強迫某人做某事” 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. 只有一條路可走：逃亡?！拔視J北斗星，”許多年后亨森寫道。“就像圣地伯利恒的救星一樣，它告訴我在哪里可以獲救?！?0.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.亨森和妻子冒著極大的風險帶著四個孩子上路了。兩個星期之后，饑餓疲憊的一家人來到了辛辛那提州，在那兒，他們與地下鐵路的成員取得了聯(lián)系?！八麄?yōu)槲覀兲峁┝耸乘?，非常關

11、心，接著又用車送了我們30英里?！?1.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. 亨森一家繼續(xù)往北走，最后來到紐約州的布法羅。在那兒，一位友善的船長指著尼亞加拉河對岸?！翱匆娔切錄]有？他說，它們生長在自由的土地上。”他給了亨森一美元，安排了一條小船，小船載著這位黑奴及其家人過河來到加拿大。22.I threw myself on the ground, rolled in the sand and danced around, till, in the eyes of several who were p