lesson 5 I27d rather be black than female实用教学课件 PPT.pptVIP

tedious adj. boring dull sth. make the difference ：sth. affects you and helps you in what you are doing make the ( a lot of )difference to sth. Exercise makes all the difference to your health. reap reap the rewards/ benefits of sth. lot fate destiny When I tried to break out of that role in 1963 and run for the New York State Assembly seat from Brooklyns Bedford-Stuyvesant, the resistance was bitter. From the start of that campaign, I faced undisguised hostility because of my sex. But it was four years later, when I ran for Congress, that the question of my sex became a major issue. Among members of my own party, closed meetings were held to discuss ways of stopping me. break out of get away from 摆脱无目标的生活 break out of aimless way of life bitter adj. fierce 激烈的战斗 bitter fighting undisguised [??nd?s?ga?zd] adj. straightforward If you describe someones feelings as undisguised, you mean that they show them openly and do not make any attempt to hide them. 不加掩饰的；公开的；坦率的 hostility [h?st?l?t?] n. hostile unfriendly or aggressive behaviour towards people or ideas敌意 There is open hostility between the two leaders. 两位领导人表现出公开的敌意。 My opponent, the famous civil-rights leader James Farmer, tried to project a black, masculine image; he toured the neighborhood with sound trucks filled with young men wearing Afro haircuts, dashikis, and beards. While the television crews ignored me, they were not aware of a very important statistic, which both I and my campaign manager, Wesley MacD. Holder, knew. In my district there are 2.5 women for every man registered to vote. And those women are organized -- in PTAs, church societies, card clubs, and other social and service groups. I went to them and asked their help. Mr. Farmer still doesnt quite know what hit him. project a +adj. image: present a +adj. image 呈现。。形象 tour a place make a tour of a certain place 在。。地区做巡回活动 这名歌手2年内在全国做了巡回演出。 The singer toured the country in two years. Part III