英语 综合教程 第六册 Unit 9-I27d rather be black than female.pptVIP

Paraphrase： Among members of my own party,closed meetings were held to discuss ways of stopping me. In order to prevent me from running for the New York State Assembly seat, some of my own party members held secret meetings to find ways to stop me. I was totally kept in the dark. Question? Why did the author’s opponent, James Farmer, try to protect a black, masculine image? Because he was aware that such a profile would again people’s sympathy for blacksand voter’s favor in a male-dominant society. 1. PTAs → Parent-Teacher Associations organizations that help build bonds between schools and families for kid’s education. 2. “Card clubs” → organizations that offer certain benefits for their card holding customers in some stores, admission privilege for card-holding members in some sport games. The three paragraph main talk about gender discrimination. Why is so difficult for the author success? 1,the against of the society. 2,the members of her own party Discuss: Why is so difficult for the success of the women of today? * Language Point 1,break out of : get rid of break out in : suddenly appear break out: burst 2,resistance: n. refusal to accept sth. 反抗 fighting back against sth 抵抗 against, revolt, resist e.g: The defenders put up a strong resistance. 3. undisguised: clear shown and not hidden. 同义： Guileless Disguise A. to