美英报刊阅读教程Lesson 1 课文(5)

D. blacks can never become America s President

VI. Questions on the Article

1. Why were those low-income teen-agers who came to the Perrywood community consid-ered to be “the eyesore”?

2. What is the surprising twist of the story?

3. According to this article, what has caused much of the white-black income gap?

4. Why did the presidential Kerner Commission conclude that the nation s future was menaced by “accelerating segregation”?

5. Why wouldn t questions as “Should negroes have as good a chance as white people to get any kind of job?” be asked today?

Topics for Discussion

1. Can you tell briefly the dramatic progress in the status of America s minority people over the last half-century?

2. Do you think the article is unbiased? What do you think of the author s view on the African-Americans?

1. amenity: n. A. The quality of being pleasant or attractive; agreeableness. 怡人：使人愉快或吸引人的性质；使人愉快 B. A feature that increases attractiveness or value, especially of a piece of real estate or a geographic location.生活福利设施；便利设施：能够增加吸引力或价值的事物，特别是不动产或地理位置 ⊙ We enjoy all the -ties of home life. 我们享受家庭生活的一切乐趣。

2. appealing: adj. Attractive; inviting: 吸引人的，令人心动的；有魅力的，诱人的：⊙ an appealing manner; an appealing idea. 令人心仪的举止；大受欢迎的想法

3. twist: n. An unexpected change in a process or a departure from a pattern, often producing a distortion or perversion: 变化：在过程中出人意料的变化或方式的改变，经常产生扭曲或颠倒：⊙ a twist of fate; a story with a quirky twist. 命运的扭转；跌宕起伏的故事

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