2009年英语四级测验浏览一.docVIP

2009.12 Passage One Throughout this long, tense election, everyone has focused on the presidential candidates and how they’ll change America. (tense 紧张的； election 选举； candidate 候选人) 贯穿这场漫长紧张的选举，每个人都关注着总统候选人，同时也关注着他们将如何改变美国。 Rightly so. But selfishly, I’m more fascinated by Michelle Obama and what she might be able to do, not just for this country, but for me as an African-American woman. （rightly 恰当地； selfishly 自私的； fascinate 使着迷，入迷） 确实如此。但是自私的说，我对Michelle Obama和她可能会做的事更感兴趣——不是为了国家，而是为我这个非裔美国人 As the potential First Lady, she would have the world’s attention. And that means that for the first time people will have a chance to get up close and personal with the type of African-American woman they so rarely see. (potential 潜在的； type 类型；模范； rarely很少地，难得；罕有地；) 作为潜在的第一夫人，她将得到世界的关注。那意味着人们第一次有机会近距离看到他们向来视而不见的非裔美国女性。 Usually, the lives of black women go largely unexamined. The prevailing theory seems to be that we’re all hot-tempered single mothers who can’t keep a man. (largely 主要的；大量的； unexamine 不受检查； prevailing 流行的；theory 理论；temper脾气； single 单身的，单程) 通常来讲，黑人女性的生活不受关注。流行的说法似乎是，我们都是火爆脾气的单身母亲，无法留住丈夫。 Even in the world of make-believe, black women still can’t escape the stereotype of being eye-rolling, oversexed females raised by our never-married, alcoholic mother. (make-believe 虚构的； escape 逃避；避免； stereotype 陈腔滥调；使用铅板； eye-rolling 眼睛乱转； alcoholic 酒精的；酒鬼) 即使在虚构的世界里，黑人女性仍不能摆脱模式化的形象，即由酗酒的未婚母亲养大，爱翻白眼且性欲过度。 These images have helped define the way all black women are viewed, including Michelle Obama. Before she ever gets the chance to commit to a cause, charity or foundation as First Lady, her most urgent and perhaps most complicated duty may be simply to be herself. (define 定义；使明确； view 观察；视野； ever 永远；曾经；究竟 charity 慈善；施舍； foundation 基础；基金会； urgent 紧急的；急迫的； complicate 难懂的；复杂的； simply 简单的；仅仅) 这些形象决定了人们看待所有黑人女性的方式，也包括Michelle Obama。 在她获得机会以第一夫人的身份投身于某项事业、慈善或基金会之前，她最紧迫或许也是最复杂的任务可能是做好她自己。 It won’t be easy. Because few mainstream publications have done in-depth features on regular