江苏大学大三下《高级英语》复习资料选编.docx

Lesson9 A More Perfect Union (partI)Paraphrase1、The document they produced was eventually signed but ultimately unfinished.After heated debate and compromise,the Constitution was finally adopted by the Constitutional Convention and 39 out of 55 delegates signed the document.But the three-fifths clause and the twenty more years allowed for the slave trade showed the the slave issue was not solved,so the process of forming a more perfect union did not end with the enforcement of the Constitution.2、But it also comes from my own story.My personal background and my success story,rising from rags to riches,also teaches me the importance of unity.3、But it is a story that has seared into my genetic makeup the idea that this nation is more than the sum of its parts---that out of many,we are truly one.I’m deeply ingrained through my experience in the US with the idea that America is not a total of adding everything together but is the product of fusion,of sharing the same creed. 4、Throughout the first year of this campaign,against all directions to the contrary,we saw how hungry the American people were for this message of unity.In spite of all the announcements that the United States was not ready for a black president,that I would fail in the campaign,we gained momentum in the first year of the campaign,which showed that the American people demanded unity and change.5、Despite the temptation to view my candidacy through a purely racial lens,we won commanding victories in states with some of the whitest populations in the country.People were encouraged to judge me from the perspective of a black candidate,raising the question of whether the United States would fare better with a black president.However,we won the great victories even in some of the more conservative states,states with stronger bias.6、We saw racial tensions bubble to the surface during the week before the South Carolina primary.The week before the Democrats were to select delegates to the national convention