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Unit14 Roots知识精讲 一. 本周教学内容： Unit 14 Roots I. Background knowledge Alex Harley was born in the northeastern of New York in 1921 , but he spent most of his early life with his mother’s family in southern Tennessee . His grandmother told him stories about their family . Their history , she said , began with Toby . He was a slave from Africa and his name was Kintay . Alex Harley went to school and then to college . In 1939 , he joined the U.S. coastguard . As he was a Black , his job was to wait on tables and washed dishes . In his spare time , he learned to write stories . He served in the coastguard for 20 years . After he retired he put all his time into writing . Alex Harley remembered the stories his grandmother had told him . He began to study his family story . After a lot of research , Harley decided that Toby probably was Kinta Kinte for the West African Mandingo people . Kinta Kinte was caught near the Village of Juffure on the Gambia River . He was sold as a slave in Annapolis , Maryland in 1767 . Then Harely made a trip to Gambia and talked with a history expert in Juffure . The African historian made his conclusion stronger . Alex Harley wanted to tell the experiences of the Black people in 18th - and 19th century America . He spent 10 years researching and writing his family story for the book “Roots” . It was published in 1976 . It won a special Pulitzer Prize . A few years later , a film series（系列性）based on Harley’s book was shown on American television . 1. Choose the right order of the events given in the passage .（D） a. He made a trip to Gambia . b. Alex Harley knew the stories about their family . c. Kintay lived near the Gambia River . d. Harley retired from the U.S. coastguard . e. Toby was sold as a slave . f. He began to study his family history . A. e,c,b,f,d,a B. c,e,b,d,f,a C. e,b,d,c,a,f D. c,b,d,e,a,f 2. Where did Harley spend most of his childhood ?（D） A. In Gambia . B. In the north of the U.S C. In Maryland