old man reported to the police at once.
Some scientists hold to the firm conviction that people will come to like genetically modified crops someday since they can increase yields and help combat hunger and disease in the developing world. 2.
Shortly after he achieved freedom he became a member of an organization that assisted fugitive slaves. He secretly returned to the United States from Canada several times to help others to travel the Underground Railroad to freedom. Once some slave catchers closed in on the escaping slaves and Henson when they were on the run. He disguised them and successfully avoided capture. In addition, later he built a small settlement in Dresden in Canada for escaped slaves, setting up a chapel and a school where they could learn useful ways of making a living. He held to the conviction that slavery would be abolished, all the slaves would be liberated, and the day was bound to come when racial discrimination no longer existed. TEXT B
COMPREHENSION CHECK 1. b c d b b a
TRANSLATION
这一和平的不服从行为在蒙哥马利引发了抗议， 最终使少数民族权利在法律上发生了变化，开创了美国民权运动的新时代。
后来她解释说，这儿似乎是她结束受人摆布，弄清如果有的话她究竟有何人权的地方。 但是，蒙哥马利的黑人团体认为应该团结在她周围组织抗议活动，她是适合担此重任的公民，因为她是该市最优秀的公民之一。
他说：“只有极少人能说自己的行动和行为改变了国家的面貌。 罗莎帕克斯就是那些人中的一个。”
LANGUAGE PRACTICE 1. d e f b g a h c 2.
1) trial 2) activist 3) equality 4) arrested
5) transportation 6) representatives 7) legal 8) boycotts 9) fame 10) representation
11) ushered in 12) lain in honor / in state
Book 3 Unit 3 Security Text A
Content Questions No. No.
It has been replaced by an era when people employ various secuirty devices at home.
Small notices announcing that the premises are under surveillance by this security force or that guard company.
The insurance company tries to impress the public that it will ensure your safety by paying for your losses.
An atmosphere of fear and distrust.
Because they feel threatened and want to keep outsides away. No. They are by now the most sophisticated of security sites. It is a way to hold the terrorists, real and imagined, at bay. To tell whether their friend or client is telling lies.
All is done in the name of “security”. But according to the author, America, with all this “security”, is perhaps the most insecure nation in the history of civilization. We may have locked the evils out, but in so doing we have locked ourselves in.
Text Organization 1. Parts Part One Paragraphs Paras 1-3 Main Ideas In America, the era of leaving the front door on the latch has drawn to a close. Part Two Paras 4-15 A new atmosphere of fear and distrust has crept into every aspect of daily life. As a result, security de vices, in varied forms, are put to use. Part Three Paras 16-19 By locking our fears out, we become prisoners of our own making. 2.
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