高级英语三版课件LessonAMorePerfectNationculturenotes.pptxVIP

Lesson 9 A More Perfect Nation;Background Knowledge; Barack Hussein Obama II ;Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States in 1961.;P8:“I am the son of a black man from Kenya and a white woman from Kansas.”; The couple married on February 2, 1961，separated when Obama Sr. went to Harvard University on scholarship and divorced in 1964. His father remarried and returned to Kenya, visiting Barack in Hawaii only once, in 1971;His mother --Stanley Ann Dunham;Education background;Due to lack of time to take care of little Obama, his mother let her mother attend to him. His grandmother had not high literate level, but she worked hard and industriously, and sent him to the best middle school. Her persevering and diligent spirit has an impact on him.; *He moved to Los Angeles in 1979 to attend Occidental College . *After two years ,he transferred in 1981 to Columbia University in New York City, where he majored in political science with a specialization in international relations and graduated with a B.A. in 1983 . *Obama entered Harvard Law School in late 1988. ;His wife-- Michelle Robinson;She herself is a lawyer. She was a first-year associate at Sidley Austin after graduation. There, she met Obama who worked there as well. In 1992 they got married and gave birth to their two daughters in 1999 and 2001. In 2007, when Obama began to run for the presidency, she supported him with all her strength. Being severe with herself and frank, she, as Obama’s wife, ordered his life and helped his work as a political consultant. She is a significant role in Obama’s political career. ;Legislative career: 1997–2008;Obama announced his presidential campaign in February 2007, and was formally nominated at the 2008 Democratic National Convention with Delaware senator Joe Biden as his running mate. ;The Jeremiah Wright Controversy ;The Jeremiah Wright Controversy ;; “But it is where we start. It is where our union grows stronger. And as so many generatio