[by:喜欢Hxen.com,请把Hxen.com告诉你QQ上的5位好友,多谢支持!] [00:00.00]恒星英语学习网 Unit 14 Roots [00:-1.00]1.What happened to Kunta in this story? [00:-2.00]He was caught in a forest in Africa,put in chains and sent by ship to America. [00:-3.00]2.What do you think happened to many of the black people on the ship? [00:-4.00]About a third of the black people on the ship died during the journey. [00:-5.00]Comprehension [00:-6.00]1.Long ago,people in Africa said it was dangerous [00:-7.00]to walk alone in the forest near the coast. [00:-8.00]2.Kunta was caught in the forest one day. [00:-9.00]3.He was hit on the head. [00:10.00]4.He was tied up and carried to a small boat. [00:11.00]5.He was then chained up in a castle. [00:12.00]6.He heard some women and children crying. [00:13.00]7.A few days later he was put on a sailing ship. [00:14.00]8.He was chained up in the ship. [00:15.00]9.The ship sailed for two months. [00:16.00]10.The ship arrived in a port. [00:17.00]11.About a third of the black people had lost their lives. [00:18.00]1.What was unknown about Kunta's journey? [00:19.00]Where he was being taken,why he was being taken, [00:20.00]what was going to happen to him,ete. [00:21.00]2.Do you think Kunta could understand all the prisoners in the castle? [00:22.00]No,becuse of the phrase"Another,whose language Kunta understood." [00:23.00](There are hundreds of different African languages.) [00:24.00]3.What did Kunta find shocking about being caught in the forest? [00:25.00]He was caught and carried away by black men whom he expected would usually help him. [00:26.00]4.What was the role of the black men Kunta met in the forest? [00:27.00]To catch black men. [00:28.00]5.Why do you think women were caught as well as men? [00:29.00]If women were caught and became slaves as well as men, [00:30.00]they would produce babies,that is,young slaves. [00:31.00]6.Why do you think they were chained up in the ship? [00:32.00]So that they could not try to jump off the ship. [00:33.00]7.What were conditions like for the prisoners on the ship? [00:34.00]Terrible--no light;food and water once a day only; [00:35.00]noting to lie on except hard boards;diseases and death. [00:36.00]8.Why did the sailors come down to where the prisoners were kept? [00:37.00]To carry upstairs the bodies of people who had died [00:38.00]and to throw them into the sea over the side of the ship. [00:39.00]9.What did Kunta think the sailors caome down for? [00:40.00]Kunta thought that the sailors came down to carry sick men upstairs for treatment. [00:41.00]10.How many black people were alive when they reached the port? [00:42.00]About 94.A third of the original 140 black people had died. [00:43.00]In fuct the exact number of black people who arrived in America on this ship [00:44.00]alive was 98. [00:45.00]Language points [00:46.00]1.Journey into the unknown. [00:47.00]the old=old people [00:48.00]the blind=blind people [00:49.00]the beautiful=beautiful things [00:50.00]the good=good things [00:51.00]the+past participle [00:52.00]the wounded=wounded people [00:53.00]the unemployed=unemployed people [00:54.00]the unknown=the unknown world [00:55.00]2.Born a free man,he was now in chains. [00:56.00]* He was born blind/deaf/poor. [00:57.00]* He was born a poet/a soldier/a singer. [00:58.00]3.Kunta knew it was the middle of the night, [00:59.00]for through the small open window high in the wall he could see stars. [-1:00.00]* The light went out,because the oil was out. [-1:-1.00]* The oil must be out,for the light went out. [-1:-2.00]* He is loved by all.because he is honest. [-1:-3.00]* He must be honmest,for he is loved by all. [-1:-4.00]4.Kunta had been seized in the forest and then hit on the head with a hard object. [-1:-5.00]hit+sb.+on/in+the [-1:-6.00]* John hit the boy on the head/shoulder/back. [-1:-7.00]* John hit the boy in the face/eyes/right leg. [-1:-8.00]5.The men took him in their boat to the castle on the coast [-1:-9.00]where he was now held prisoner. [-1:10.00]be kept prisoner [-1:11.00]be held prisoner [-1:12.00]* He was held(kept)prisoner on a small island. [-1:13.00]be taken prisoner [-1:14.00]* He failed to run away and was taken prisoner. [-1:15.00]6.What was to become of them all,he wondered. [-1:16.00]become of [-1:17.00]* What has become of Jack? [-1:18.00]* What has become of the book put here yesterday? [-1:19.00]7.Worse was to come. [-1:20.00]=The situation later became even worse. [-1:21.00]* I have something even worse to tell you. [-1:22.00]* He lost his money,but worse was to follow,His house was burned down. [-1:23.00]* I got cold that day,and soon I got worse. [-1:24.00]8.A few days later about 140 black people were taken [-1:25.00]and put on a tall sailing ship waiting off the coast. [-1:26.00]Do you see the boy standing under the tree? [-1:27.00]=Do you see the boy who is standing under the tree? [-1:28.00]* a sleeping car=a car for sleeping [-1:29.00]* a walking stick=a stick for walking [-1:30.00]* a swinming pool=a pool for swinming [-1:31.00]9.Once on the boat,they were taken below [-1:32.00]and their chains were fixed to two bars that ran the length of the ship. [-1:33.00]* Once(you are)in Tianjin,you should go to meet George at once. [-1:34.00]* Once(he was)in teh examination hall,he forgot everything, [-1:35.00]including some key rules. [-1:36.00]* The road runs across the plain for about 20 kilometres. [-1:37.00]* The stream runs through the village. [-1:38.00]10.Once in a while sailors came down,Kunta thought, [-1:39.00]to carry sick men upstairs for treatment. [-1:40.00]The performance,I think,was very interesting. [-1:41.00]* Thay will be a good beginning,I hope. [-1:42.00]* We go out for a walk once in a while. [-1:43.00]* Once in a while there was a noise outdoors. [-1:44.00]Roots [-1:45.00]Roots is a long Us novel by the African-American writer Alx Haley, [-1:46.00]for which he received a special Pulitzer prize. [-1:47.00]The story,based on Haley's research into his own family's history, [-1:48.00]is about an African-American family of slaves. [-1:49.00]A television version(1977)ran for eight mights on ABC [-1:50.00]and had an audience of about 100 million, [-1:51.00]the largest ever.It received nine Emmy awards. [-1:52.00]1.Where did Haley's ancestors come from? Gambia. [-1:53.00]2.What was Haley's novel about? Information about his ancestors. [-1:54.00]A.When he became a writer Haley did a lot to find out more about his"roots", [-1:55.00]and was able to get some information.(1) [-1:56.00]B.In Gambia there are few written records of his family history.(6) [-1:57.00]C.Alex Haley was often told stories about their family history when he was young.(1) [-1:58.00]D.Alex Haley found his"roots" [-1:59.00]by listening to the man telling the stories of their family group.(7) [-2:00.00]E.Haley thought that they must have come from Gambia.(4) [-2:-1.00]F.Alex Haley wanted to know from which part of Africa his ancestor had come(3) [-2:-2.00]G.With his newspaper giving him the money nccessary for his research, [-2:-3.00]Kunta started his searching in Gambia.(5) [-2:-4.00]Put these events into right order. [-2:-5.00]J.Kunta Kinte went off into the forest to cut down a tree.(1) [-2:-6.00]H.Kunta was caught by some native blacks.(2) [-2:-7.00]E.Kunta was taken to America and sold as a slave to a farmer.(3) [-2:-8.00]B.Kunta escaped,but was caught and had part of his foot cut off.(4) [-2:-9.00]D.Kunta taught his grandson the words in his own language for"river".(5) [-2:10.00]F.Many years later Haley was born.(6) [-2:11.00]C.When he became a writer,Haley decided to find out about his roots.(7) [-2:12.00]K.Haley did research in America.(8) [-2:13.00]I.Haley travelled to Gambia.(9) [-2:14.00]G.Haley found a group of Africans with Kunta's family name.(10) [-2:15.00]A.Haley listened to a man telling the history of the Kinte family [-2:16.00]and finally found his"roots"(11) [-2:17.00]Language points [-2:18.00]1.In his youth, [-2:19.00]his father and grandfather often told him stories about their family history. [-2:20.00]2.On his arrival he was sold to a farmer and worked in the fields. [-2:21.00]* On hearing the news,he began to cry. [-2:22.00]* On her return from Beijing,she started to work. [-2:23.00]3.When he became a writer, [-2:24.00]Haley made up his mind to find more about his ancestors. [-2:25.00]He has made up his mind to go abroad. [-2:26.00]4.Gambia [-2:27.00]5.His newspaper provided him with some money [-2:28.00]in order that he might travel to Gambia for his research. [-2:29.00]provide sb.with sth. [-2:30.00]* The school provides the children with books and food. [-2:31.00]* The government is trying to provide the unemployed with jobs. [-2:32.00]* He came in quietly in order that he shouldn't wake the children. [-2:33.00]* I took some money with me in order that I could buy something I needed. [-2:34.00]6.The moment he reached the country,he started his search. [-2:35.00]* I recognized him the moment he appeared in the street. [-2:36.00]* Telephone me the moment you get the money. [-2:37.00]* Please let me know immediately you get the results. [-2:38.00]* Immediately they got there,they started to work. [-2:39.00]7.All the stories of families,heroes, [-2:40.00]wars and journeys are passed down from generation to generation. [-2:41.00]8.A few people in each group [-2:42.00]are given the task of remembering the group's family history [-2:43.00]that goes back over centuries. [-2:44.00]go back [-2:45.00]* My family goes back 300 years, [-2:46.00]while his family goes back to the 15th century. [-2:47.00]* Whenever Grandpa talks,he always likes to go back to his younger days. [-2:48.00]9.One of you plays the role of Haley,and the other the role of a reporter. [-2:49.00]take/play the role of... [-2:50.00]* I wish to take the role of a soldier. [-2:51.00]* Jenny played the leading role.