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Lesson 7 – Mandela’s Garden
I. Author
Lesson 7 – Mandela’s Garden
In 1960, ANC was banned by the government, so Mandela began the underground activities. In 1963, when many fellow leaders of the ANC were arrested, Mandela was brought to stand trial with them for plotting to overthrow the government by violence. His statement from the dock received considerable international publicity.
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I. Author
Lesson 7 – Mandela’s Garden
Nelson Mandela was released on February 18, 1990. After his release, he plunged himself wholeheartedly into his life's work, striving to attain the goals he and others had set out almost four decades earlier. In 1991, at the first national conference of the ANC held inside South Africa after the organization had been banned in 1960, Mandela was elected President of the ANC.

现代大学英语Lesson10（A）精读重点讲解

现代大学英语Lesson10（A）精读重点讲解现代大学英语Lesson10(A)精读重点讲解引言：每个地方对于生活在那里的人们来说都有特殊的意义，在某种程度上来说，每个地方都代表世界的中心。

世上有无数个这样的中心，没有一个学生或旅行者能全部经历到。

世界的文化中到处是富有特殊价值和意义而预料不到的青香蕉。

多年来它们一直在那里，慢慢地成熟，或许在耐心地等待人们走过去发现它们。

事实上，假如我们愿意离开我们自己的世界的中心，去感受其他的地方，青香蕉在等待我们每一个人。

The Green Banana---Donald BatchelderAlthough it might have happened anywhere, my encounter with the green banana started on a steep mountain road in the central area of Brazil. My ancient jeep was straining up through beautiful countryside when the radiator began to leak, and I was ten miles from the nearest mechanic. The over-heated engine forced me to stop at the next village, which consisted of a small store and a few houses that were scattered here and there. People came over to look. They could see three fine streams of hot water spouting from holes in the jacket of the radiator. "That's easy to fix," a man said. He sent a boy running for some green bananas. He patted me on the shoulder, assuring me that everything would work out. "Green bananas," he smiled. Everyone agreed.We chattered casually while all the time I was wondering what they could possibly do to my radiator with their green bananas. I did not ask them, though, as that would show my ignorance, so I talked about the beauty of the land that lay before our eyes. Huge rock formations, like Sugar Loaf in Rio, rose up allaround us. "Do you see that tall one right over there?" asked the man, pointing to a particularly tall, slender pinnacle of dark rock. "That rock marks the center of the world."I looked to see if he was teasing me, but his face was serious. He, in turn, inspected me carefully, as if to make sure I grasped the significance of his statement. The occasion called for some show of recognition on my part. "The center of the world?" I repeated, trying to show interest if not complete acceptance. He nodded. "The absolute center. Everyone around here knows it."At that moment the boy returned with an armful of green bananas. The man cut one in half and pressed the cut end against the radiator jacket. The banana melted into a glue against the hot metal, stopping the leaks instantly. I was so astonished at this that I must have looked rather foolish and everyone laughed. They then refilled me radiator and gave me extra bananas to take along in case my radiator should give me trouble again. An hour later, after using the green banana once more, my radiator and I reached our destination. The local mechanic smiled. "Who taught you about the green banana?" I gave him the name of the village. "Did they show you the rock marking the center of the world?" he asked. I assured him they had. "My grandfather came from there," he said. "The exact center. Everyone around here has always known about it."As a product of American education, I had never paid the slightest attention to the green banana, except to regard it as a fruit whose time had not yet come. Suddenly, on that mountain road, its time had come to meet my need. But as I reflected on it further, I realized that the green banana had been there all along. Its time reached back to the very origins of the banana. The people in that village had known about it for years. It was myown time that had come, all in relation to it. I came to appreciate the special genius of those people, and the special potential of the green banana. I had been wondering for some time about what educators like to call "learning moments," and I now knew I had just experienced two of them at once.It took me a little longer to fully grasp the importance of the rock which the villagers believed marked the center of the world.I had at first doubted their claim, as I knew for a fact that the center was located somewhere else in New England. After all, my grandfather had come from there. But gradually I realized the village people had a very reasonable belief and I agreed with them. We all tend to regard as the center that special place where we are known, where we know others, where things mean much to us, and where we ourselves have both identity and meaning: family, school, town and local region could all be our center of the world.The lesson which gradually dawned on me was actually very simple. Every place has special meanings for the people in it, and in a certain sense every place represents the center of the world. The world has numerous such centers, and no one student or traveler can experience all of them. But once a conscious breakthrough to a second center is made, a life-long perspective and collection can begin.The cultures of the world are full of unexpected green bananas with special value and meaning. They have been there for ages, ripening slowly, perhaps waiting patiently for people to come along to encounter them. In fact, a green banana is waiting for all of us if we would leave our own centers of the world in order to experience other places.青香蕉这件事在任何地方都可能发生，而我遇到青香蕉是在巴西中部的一条陡峭山路上。

大学英语精读第一册第10课GoingHome

大学英语精读第一册第10课GoingHome大学英语精读第一册第10课Going Home导语：大学英语精读防止了只讲语言点而忽略通篇内容，避免只注意文章内容而忽视语言基础训练。

下面YJBYS店铺向大家介绍Going Home的课文，欢迎前来学习!TEXTI first heard this story a few years ago from a girl I had met in New York's Greenwich Village. Probably the story is one of those mysterious bits of folklore that reappear every few year, to be told anew in one form or another. However, I still like to think that it really did happen, somewhere, sometime.Going HomeThey were going to Fort Lauderdale -- three boys and three girls -- and when they boarded the bus, they were carrying sandwiches and wine in paper bags, dreaming of golden beaches and sea tides as the gray, cold spring of Now York vanished behind them.As the bus passed through New Jersey, they began to notice Vingo. He sat in front of them, dressed in a plain, ill-fitting suit, never moving, his dusty face masking his age. He kept chewing the inside of his lip a lot, frozen into complete silence.Deep into the night, outside Washington, the bus pulled into Howard Johnson's, and everybody got off except Vingo. He sat rooted in his seat, and the young people began to wonder about him, trying to imagine his life: perhaps he was a sea captain, a runaway from his wife, an old soldier going home. When they went back to the bus, one of the girls sat beside him and introduced herself."We're going to Florida," she said brightly. "I hear it's reallybeautiful.""It is," he said quietly, as if remembering something he had tried to forget."Want some wine?" she said. He smiled and took a swig from the bottle. He thanked her and retreated again into his silence. After a while, she went back to the others, and Vingo nodded in sleep.In the morning, they awoke outside another Howard Johnson's, and this time Vingo went in. The girl insisted that he join them. He seemed very shy, and ordered black coffee and smoked nervously as the young people chattered about sleeping on beaches. When they returned to the bus, the girl sat with Vingo again, and after a while, slowly and painfully, he began go tell his story. He had been in jail in New York for the past four years, and now he was going home."Are you married?""I don't know.""You don't know?" she said."Well, when I was in jail I wrote to my wife," he said. "I told her that I was going to be away a long time, and that if she couldn't stand it, if the kids kept askin' questions, if it hurt her too much, well, she could jus forget me. I'd understand. Get a new guy , I said -- she's a wonderful woman, really something -- and forget about me. I told her she didn't have to write me. And she didn't. Not for three and a half years.""And you're going home now, not knowing?""Yeah," he said shyly. "Well, last week, when I was sure the parole was coming through, I wrote the again. We used to live in Brunswick, just Before Jacksonville, and there's a big oak tree just as you come into town, I told her that if she didn't have a newguy and if she'd take me back, she should put a yellow handkerchief on the tree, and I'd get off and come home. If she didn't want me, forget it -- no handkerchief, and I'd go on through.""Wow," the girl exclaimed. "Wow."She told the others, and soon all of them were in it, caught up in the approach of Brunswick, looking at the pictures Vingo showed them of his wife and three children -- the woman handsome in a plain way, the children still unformed in the much-handled snapshots.Now they were 20 miles from Brunswick, and the young people took over window seats on the right side, waiting for the approach of the great oak tree. Vingo stopped looking, tightening his face, as id fortifying himself against still another disappointment.Then Brunswick was 10 miles, and then five. Then, suddenly, all of the young people were up out of their seats, screaming and shouting and crying, doing small dances of joy. All except Vingo.Vingo sat there stunned, looking at the oak tree. It was covered with yellow handkerchiefs -- 20 of them, 30 of them, maybe hundreds, a tree that stood like a banner of welcome billowing in the wind. As the young people shouted, the old con slowly rose from his seat and made his way to the front of the bus to go home.NEW WORDSmysteriousa. strange 神密的`mysteryn.folkloren. 民间传说reappearvi. appear again after an absence 再(出)现anewad. in a new or different way; again 重新;再sometimead. at some uncertain or unstated time 某个时候tiden. 潮汐vanishvi. disappearill-fittinga. 不合身的dustya. covered with dust 满是灰尘的maskvt. hide 遮盖;掩盖rootv. (cause to) be fixed and unmoving (使)生根;(使)固定runawayn. a person that has left home or escaped 逃跑者，出逃者brightlyad. in a bright manner, cheerfully 欢快地，高兴地swingn. a long and large drink 痛饮retreatvi. go back; withdraw 退缩;退却，撤退chattervi. talk fast and noisily about sth. unimportant 喋喋不休painfullyad. in great discomfort 痛苦地painfula.jailn. prison 监狱guyn. (AmE sl.) man; fellow 人;家伙yeahad. (AmE) yesparolen. conditional release from prison 假释oakn. 橡树wowinterj. an expression of surprise 哇，呀exclaimvt. Cry out suddenly because of surprise, anger, pain, etc. 惊叫，叫喊说approachn. coming near or nearer 接近，临近unformeda. immature 发育未全的handlevt. touch, feel or use (sth) with the hand(s) 触，摸，抚弄snapshotn. 快照tightenv. make strong (使)变紧;(使)绷紧stun ]vt. shock or surprise 增强;给...以勇气n. flag 旗，旗帜billowvi. wave (波浪)翻腾;波浪般起伏conn. convict 囚犯PHRASES & EXPRSSIONSdream ofwish for ardently 向往，渴望pull intoenter, arrive at (车等)驶入;到达take backagree to receive sb. whom one has dismissed 允许...回来，接受come througharrive as expected 如所预料地到来be caught up inbe very interested in 对...入迷take overoccupy 占用;接管make one's waymove along 去，前往PROPER NAMESGreenwich Village格林尼治村(纽约市)Fort Lauderdale洛德代尔堡(佛罗里达州)New Jersey新泽西(美国州名)VingoHoward Johnson霍华德.约翰逊Florida佛罗里达(美国州名) Brunswick布伦斯威克(佐治亚洲) Jacksonville杰克逊维尔(佛罗里达州) 下载全文下载文档。

现代大学英语精读lesson 10 课文分析

Im Kaleem’s house was bustling at just about any time of day, especially at night, when the loud voices of the men talking, laughing and arguing could be heard in the street below – a reassuring, homey sound.(para20) just about : almost ; very nearly. reassuring : making people feel less worried or uncertain about sth. homey : having a feeling of home ; homelike . Paraphrase : ...at that time, you could hear the loud voices of the men talking, laughing and arguing – a sound that made you feel less worried and that was in a pleasant way and reminded you of home.
run errands for sb.为某人办事 send sb. on an errand 差遣某人办某事 assure (sth): to make sth certain to happen Paraphrase: If I was lucky, in one day I could have nine or ten of those jobs, which ensure that I have a steady income to buy marbles that I usually lost to other boys.

现代大学英语精读2lesson10

indulgent parents • indulgence: n. state of being allowed
whatever one wants ;hobby • 13.miserly:1)like a miser; mean or selfish
2)barely adequate • eg: miserly habits • miserly allowance/share/portion
• eg: She embraced her son before leaving. • embrace an offer, opportunity • The term ‘mankind’ embraces men,
women and children. • 人类一词包括男人，女人和儿童 • 7.emerge: come up or out into view ;
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• 14.threadbare: 1)(of clothes )worn thin; shabby 2)too often used or too well known to be effective
• eg: a threadbare carpet/coat
• a threadbare joke/argument/plot
Discussion
• 1. What is so called “moonlight goddess” in the modern society? What’s their opinion and behavior toward life and work?
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现代大学英语精读1.lesson10_TheGreenBanana

but can unintentionally offend others, generate ill feelings, and
even set up situations that harm others. Ethnocentrism is evident
in international relations, creating conflicts and inhibiting
experiences, and in the case of others’ behaviors.
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Lesson 10 – The Green Banana
II. Ethnocentrism and other related terms
Part Two
Lesson 10 – Theformation
I. Author and the Text II. Ethnocentrism and Other III. Related Terms IV.III. Inter-cultural
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II. Ethnocentrism and other related terms
Lesson 10 – The Green Banana
Ethnocentrism Chauvinism Racism
Cultural Relativism
Ethnocentrism (种族优越论)
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Lesson 10 – The Green Banana
II. Ethnocentrism and other related terms