大学英语-习题及答案-大学英语Ⅱ-Unit2 A Good Name.docVIP

Passage 1 A Good Name Armstrong Williams One summer day my father sent me to buy wire and fencing for our farm. At 16, I liked nothing better than getting behind the wheel of our family pickup, but this time there was something on my mind. My father had told me Id have to ask for credit at the store. Sixteen is a proud age, when a young man wants respect, not charity. It was 1976, and the ugly shadow of racism was still a fact of life in some parts of the country. Id seen my friends ask for credit and then be rudely asked whether they were good for it. My family was honest. We paid our deb