综合英语II 第二册参考书 Unit 11 Text A “ABC” and “Banana”.docVIP

Unit Eleven Text A “ABC” and “Banana” Detailed Study of the Text: …the coordinators of the trip informed the students from Africa that they should wear their traditional costumes, not Western-style clothing. (para.1) The organizer told the African to wear their traditional clothes other than the western-style ones. inform somebody of something: tell somebody about something e.g. They would inform him of any progress they had made. 2. At that time, the 1960s, there was still much overt racial discrimination against African-Americans. (para.1) In American history, many black people from African were sold to America and worked as slaves there. So, they were looked down upon by the Americans. 3. She ended her story by asking us to think about what we thought she was before we had met her. (para.2) end: v. finish end…with… e.g. He finished his report with “thank you”. Other phrases: make ends meet/end by For example: With Bettys salary they barely made ends meet. They ended by making themselves miserable. 4. My professor, until she left Eritrea, always considered herself Eritrean. (para.3) Before she left Eritrea, she had been regarding herself as Eritrean. consider as: vt. 认为（把...看作） all things considered 从全面考虑 consider doing something 考虑做某事 5. Appearance is used as the main condition for identity, although appearances can be quite deceiving. (para.3) main: major; most important element deceive: cheat; mislead For example: He finally tumbled to the fact she had been deceiving him for many years. Do not be deceived by claims on food labels like light or low fat. The former is often considered an acceptable label for people of Chinese descent born in the US. (para.4) label: n. title be labelled as: to describe something the way that you think is unfair It won’t be labelled in any way as a military expedition. However, the phrase hides what I think is a very dangerous belief about identity. (para.5) But I think that the