1、Section Warming_Up_&_Reading_PrereadingBarack Hussein Obama (born August 4, 1961) is the Presidentelect of the United States. He was the junior United States Senator from Illinois from 2005 until his resignation on November 16, 2008.Obama is the first African American to be elected President of the
2、United States.He is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was president of the Harvard Law Review. Obama worked as a community organizer and practiced as a civil rights attorney before serving three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. He taught constitutional
3、 law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. Following an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the US.House of Representatives in 2000, he announced his campaign for the US. Senate in January 2003, won a primary victory in March 2004, and was elected to the Senate in November, 2004. Oba
4、ma delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July 2004.Barack Obama was born at the Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children in Honolulu, Hawaii. His parents met in 1960 while attending the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and married February 2,1961. They separated w
5、hen Obama was two years old and divorced in 1964. Obamas father returned to Kenya and saw his son only once more before dying in an automobile accident in 1982. Obamas mother stayed in Indonesia most of the rest of her life, and died of ovarian cancer in 1995.Following high school, Obama moved to Lo
6、s Angeles, where he studied at Occidental College for two years. He then transferred to Columbia University in New York City, where he majored in political science with a specialization in international relations. Obama graduated with a BA. from Columbia in 1983.Obama entered Harvard Law School in l
7、ate 1988 and graduated with a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Harvard in 1991. Then he returned to Chicago.Obama taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School for twelve years, being first classified as a Lecturer from 1992 to 1996, and then as a Senior Lecturer from 1996 to 2004. He wa
8、s elected president of the USA in 2008 and took office in January 24, 2009. He was elected president again in 2012.True (T) or False (F)1Both of his parents died in the accident.()2Barack Obama was a law teacher for 12 years before.()3Barack Obama is the second African American elected President of
9、the United States.()答案：1.F2.T3.F.高频单词点击1civil (adj.)公民的；国民的civilian (n.)平民；一般市民2register (v. & n)登记；注册registered (adj.)登记过的registration (n.)注册；挂号；登记3boycott(n.)抵制；排斥4prohibit (vt.)禁止；阻止prohibition (n.)禁止prohibitive (adj.)禁止的5offence (n.)冒犯；违法行为offend (v.)冒犯；伤害(别人的)感情offensive (adj.)攻击的；令人不愉快的6unjust
10、 (adj.) 不公平的；不公正的just (adj.)公平的justice (n.)公平；公正7separation (n.)分离；分开separate (v.)分离(adj.)各自的；分开的8tradition (n.)传统；惯例traditional (adj.)传统的；惯例的traditionally (adv.)传统上；照惯例9submit (v.)服从；听从submission (n.)服从；听从10unwilling (adj.)不愿意的；勉强的willing (反义词)愿意的will (n.)意愿；意志11seize (v.)抓住；逮住；夺取12collision (n.)碰撞
11、；冲突collide (v.)碰撞；相撞13hopeful (adj.)怀有希望的；有希望的hopeless (反义词)没有希望的hope (n. & v)希望14negotiate (v.)商议；谈判；磋商15chaos (n.)混乱16punctual (adj.)守时的；准时的17coincidence (n.)巧合coincide (v.)同时发生；巧合coincident (adj.)巧合的18march (vi.)前进；进军19salute (v. & n)敬礼；行礼致敬20abuse (v. & n)滥用；虐待；辱骂21fundamental (adj.)基础的；基本的22evi
12、dent (adj.)明显的；显然的evidence (n.)证据evidently (adv.)显然；明显地.重点短语必记1seize on抓住；利用2fight against . 与斗争3on the basis of 以为基础4decide_on 做出决定5on the other hand 另一方面6make up 编造7lead_to 导致；通向8become accustomed to 变得习惯于.常用句型必备1It_seemed_like an answer to a prayer!2Serena came home to say that the news that the
13、boycott was over was going to be all over the newspapers tomorrow.课文大意理解1Before the boycott, blacks could not _.Asit at the back of busesBhave an education in school or universityChave equal right in votingDtake jobs with lower pay than whites2During the boycott, blacks did the following EXCEPT _.An
14、ot taking buses or trolleybusesBnot shopping downtownCtaking taxies to workDfighting against with whites by force3From the text we know the boycott _.Abegan on November 24,1955Bwas caused by an incident on a busCended on January 25,1956Dcaused some chaos and conflicts4“A red letter day” in the text
15、means _.Aa happy dayBa day full of dangersCa sad dayDa day full of killings5The writers sister asked her to wear the most comfortable sandals because _.Athey would march in a demonstrationBthe shoes were beautifulCthey would walk too muchDthey would go shopping on foot答案：15CDBAC.课文缩写填空On December 25
16、th, a boycott 1.led(lead) by Martin Luther King, Jr began.All blacks refused to take buses 2.or trolleybuses. They either took taxies or 3.marched (march) on the pavement. 4.With the whites hostility growing, the houses of the boycott leaders 5.were_bombed (bomb). In the end, on November 13th, 1956,
17、 the US Supreme Court declared the 6.separation(separate) on buses was wrong, 7which showed that blacks won a victory in the battle. But they thought 8.it was only one small blow for liberty. And then the success of the bus boycott began the Civil Rights Movement throughout the USA.This movement ended the 9.unfair (fair) system for black people in education, housing, jobs, voting and hotels.Just imagine their 10.happiness (happy) at the good news.