新视野大学英语(第三版)Book 4：Unit 6 The Weight Men Carry.pptVIP

Unit 6 The Weight Men Carry Background information Key words Questions for discussion Writing skills Phrases and expressions Background information The Republican Party The Democratic Party The Commonwealth of Virginia Sexism The Republican Party The Democratic Party The Democratic Party is the oldest existing political party in the United States. During the Second Party System (from 1832 to the mid-1850s) under Presidents Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren and James K. Polk, the Democrats usually bested the opposition Whig Party by narrow margins. Both parties worked hard to build grassroots organizations and maximize the turnout of voters, which often reached 80 percent or 90 percent. Both parties used patronage extensively to finance their operations, which included emerging big city political machines as well as national networks of newspapers. The Democratic Party was a proponent for slave-owners across the country, urban workers and caucasian immigrants. From 1860 to 1932 in the era of the Civil War to the Great Depression, the opposing Republican Party, organized in the mid-1850s from the ruins of the Whig Party and some other smaller splinter groups, was dominant in presidential politics. The Democrats elected only two Presidents to four terms of office for 72 years: Grover Cleveland (in 1884 and 1892) and Woodrow Wilson (in 1912 and 1916) The Commonwealth of Virginia Sexism Sexism is prejudice or discrimination based on a persons sex or gender. Sexism can affect anyone, but it primarily affects women and girls. It has been linked to stereotypes and gender roles, and may include the belief that one sex or gender is intrinsically superior to another. Sexism Gender discrimination may encompass sexism, and is discrimination toward people based on their gender identity or their gender or sex differences. Gender discrimination is especially defined in terms of workplace inequality. key words gender equality 性别平等 destiny 命运 martyr 烈士 patri