大学体验英语4 u1.doc

Unit 1 IdentityWarm UpCheck Vocabulary Knowledgeself-conscious = nervous or embarrassed about your appearance or what other people think of youidentify with = to feel a strong sympathetic or imaginative bond with somebody or something and a sense of understanding and sharing his, her, or its nature or concernsbelonging = happiness felt in a secure relationshipScript / Answers(Answers in bold)As a black child growing up in an almost all-white setting, I set out on a search for a cultural and racial identity. When my parents would come to visit, I was self-conscious about being seen with my black friends. I also worried about being seen too often with my white friends. I was very aware of feeling caught between two cultures. More and more, I was identifying with black culture as an African American. Some of my friends were clear about their own identities as African Americans, but some others struck me as even more confused than I was about where they belonged. I came to believe that I could live however I wanted to live and still be accepted as a member of the black community. I enjoyed that feeling of belonging（归宿感）.Answers(in bold)1. A: How did you feel about your Grandma’s question?B: I remember being startled and confused by her question. I felt disoriented 分不清方向或目标的, 无判断力的.2. A: Do you enjoy being with other people?B: Not really. The easy flow of casual social chat has remained forever beyond my reach and beyond my interest, too.3. A: What did you do when the young man insulted you?B: I almost froze. I felt helpless and unable to defend myself.4. A: I heard several loud knocks on the door. What happened?B: I was wanted（被通缉的） for bank fraud although it wasn’t I who committed the crime.Listening Task 1First Listening/AnswersintrovertedshytimidCheck Vocabulary Knowledgecurl up = to assume (have) a position with the legs drawn up 蜷曲：将双腿向上耸起的姿势startled = alarmed, frightened, or surprisedconscious = subjectively known or feltSecond ListeningAnswers1. The speaker’s grandma thought his way of being was unusual / there was something wrong with the speaker.2. The speaker was surprised at his grandma’s remark because he never thought his way of being was problematic / he never wanted to play with the other children.3. When he was with the other children the speaker felt confused / different / disoriented.Third ListeningAnswers for Reference1. Other children liked playing games together; I liked being alone reading and writing. My grandma reacted to my way of being by remarking “what’s wrong with you? Why don’t the other children want to play with you?” By then I had never had an interest in playing with the other children. I thought it was only natural for me to be like this. I had never thought that they didn’t “want to play with” me. Later, in the fourth grade, I began to feel myself different from other children, living in a different universe. I decided to turn back to my inner world reading and writing again. In this way I moved further away from my peers. I have always found it difficult to participate in the casual social chat.2. Accept who you are.ScriptThe neighborhood children my age played together: either active, physical games outdoors or games of dolls-and-house (s activities played with dolls and doll house 玩具娃娃 +玩具娃娃房子 / 过家家?) indoors. I, on the other hand, spent much of my childhood alone. I’d curl up in a chair reading fairytales and myths, daydreaming, writing poems or stories and drawing pictures. Sometime around the fourth grade, my “big” (often critical, judgmental (审判的)) Grandma, who’d been visiting us said to me, “What’s wrong with you! Why don’t the other children want to play with you?” I remember being startled and confused by her question. I’d never been particularly interested in playing with the other children. It hadn’t, till then, occurred to me that that was either odd (古怪的) or something wrong with me. Nor had it occurred to me that they didn’t “want to play with” me. My first conscious memory of feeling different was in the fourth grade. At the wardrobe, listening to classmates joking, chattering and laughing with each other, I realized I hadn’t a clue about what was so funny or of how to participate in their easy chatter. They seemed to live in a universe about which I knew nothing at all. I tried to act like others but it was so difficult. I felt confused and disoriented. I turned back to my inner world: reading books, writing and daydreaming. My inwardness grew me in ways that continued to move me further away from the world of my age peers (同辈，同等的人). The easy flow of casual social chat has remained forever beyond my reach and beyond my interest, too.Listening Task 2First listening/Answersbeing refused by both societiesCheck Vocabulary Knowledgenigger = used as a disparaging term for a black person 黑鬼(对黑人的蔑称)racist = a person who discriminates or has prejudice against people of other races 种族主义者Second listeningAnswers1. F 2. ? 3. T 4. F 5. T 6. T 7. ?Th。