泛读第一单元第一课 Becoming Educated for students.pptVIP

Unit One Lesson One Becoming Educated I. Background information about the author Barbara Jordan 1936-1996 born in Texas grew up in Houston’s black ghetto(黑人区) attended segregated(种族隔离的)public schools graduated from the all-black Texas Southern University chose law as a career because she believed that with her knowledge of law, she would then be able to eliminate racial injustice I. Background information about the author Barbara Jordan eager to leave the world of segregated education, enrolled at Boston University Law School in 1956 in 1959 graduated and passed both the Massachusetts and Texas bar(律师) examinations the first woman and the only black in the Texas State Senate I. Background information about the author Barbara Jordan the first woman and the only black member of the U.S Congress from Texas the first woman and the only black member of Congress from the entire South In 1979, retired from Congress, became a professor at the University of Texas In 1992, received the Spingarn Medal for her devoted service in Congress The first and only black woman buried in the Texas State Cemetery I. Background information about the author Barbara Jordan On April 24, 2009, a Barbara Jordan statue was unveiled at the University of Texas at Austin, where Jordan taught at the time of her death. Barbara Jordan Memorial at UT Austin I. Background information about the author Barbara Jordan Many of Jordans speeches have been collected in a 2007 publication from the University of Texas Press, Barbara Jordan: Speaking the Truth with Eloquent Thunder v Congresswoman Barbara Jordan Listen to the MP3 about Barbara Jordan Barbara Jordan.mp3 Answer the following questions: 1. What did her father do? Baptist （施洗礼者）minister 2. What did her parents urge her to do？ Music teacher 3. How many sisters did she have and what did they do? Two. Music teachers II. Reading Skill(P3) How to read between the lines: un