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Unit 1 The Shadowland of Dreams What do you expect in this text? American biographer, scriptwriter, author who became famous with the publication of the novel The Autobiography of Malcolm X in 1965 《马尔科姆X自传》. The novel Roots 《根》made Haley world-famous. In it Haley traced his ancestry back to Africa and covered seven American generations, starting from his ancestor, Kunta Kinte. The book was adapted to television series, and woke up an interest in genealogy（家谱学）, particularly among African-Americans. During a trip to the British Museum in London he saw the famous Rosetta Stone, which had unlocked the secret of the Egyptian hieroglyphs（象形文字）. The idea - to decipher a historic unknown by matching it with that was known, started an odyssey（漫长而充满风险的历程） that took 11 years and which is now part of literature history. On basis of family tradition and research, Haley travelled by safari （游猎）to the village of Juffure, to trace his own ancestor and to meet with a native oral historian, who could name Haleys own ancestor Kunta Kinte. When Roots appeared in 1976 it gained critical and popular success, although the truth and originality of the book faced criticism. In 1977 Roots won the National Book Award and a special Pulitzer Prize（普利策奖）. The book sold in one year more than million copies and became the basis of courses in 500 American colleges and universities. 成就取决于欲望， 欲望决定意志， ????? 意志决定行为， ???? 而行为则决定了命运。 《奥义书》（印度《吠陀》圣典的最后部分） 第四章第4、5节 15 min for you to read the whole text and finish the exercise A B. * * Alex Palmer Haley  (1921-1992) You are what your deep driving desire is ， ???????As your desire is，so is your will。 ???????As your will is，so is your deed。 ???????As your deed is，so is your destiny。 ? ??????????????????????????? Brihadaranyaka? Upanishad IV.4.5 ? Language Notes 1. When I left a 20-year-career in the Coast Guard to become a freelance writer, I had no prospect at all. 当我放弃在海岸警卫队做了二十年的工作而成为一名自由撰稿人时，我的