Shawn Dromgoole is a 29-year-old black man who has lived in the same neighborhood his entire life. His family has been in the neighborhood for 54 years. But Dromgoole said that since he was a child, he felt an unease in his hometown, strongly aware that few people looked like him.
“Growing up in my neighborhood, I could always feel the eyes, the looks and the cars slowing down as they passed by me, ” said Dromgoole, who was recently told to stay away from his job temporarily because of the epidemic (疫情) .
As a young man, Dromgoole watched from his window as the neighborhood gradually changed before his eyes: Black families moved out and white families moved in. With each passing year, he felt more and more unwelcome, he said.
Those feelings grew in recent weeks when he heard about Ahmaud Arbery, a black man who was out jogging in Georgia when he was shot to death, and then George Floyd, a black man killed while in police custody (羁押) in Minneapolis. “What happened to these men could easily happen to me,” said Dromgoole. “I became scared to walk past my porch.”
There were also frequent postings on Nextdoor, an app that connects neighbors, warning residents to look out for “suspicious black men,” he said. Filled with fear, Dromgoole took to Facebook and Nextdoor, deciding to finally share his own post. “Yesterday, I wanted to walk around my neighborhood but the fear of not returning home to my family alive kept me on my front porch,” he wrote.
Unexpectedly, responses from his community started pouring in. Neighbors, none of whom Dromgoole had ever spoken with, asked if they could join him on a walk. “Neighbor, after neighbor, after neighbor started reaching out, telling me they wanted to walk with me,” he said.
Last Thursday afternoon, Dromgoole notified his neighbors that he was going for a walk at 6 p. m, and anyone who wanted to join him was welcome.
Dromgoole tied his shoes, ventured (冒险) off his porch and walked to the meeting spot in a nearby parking lot.
There he found 75 people waiting for him.
【小题1】According to the passage,which of the following is NOT true?A.Dromgoole lives in the same neighborhood for a long time. |
B.Dromgoole was out of work recently at his advanced age. |
C.Dromgoole felt anxious and unwelcome in his hometown. |
D.Dromgoole’s neighborhood has changed a lot before his eyes. |
A.The racial discrimination(歧视)is in existence in Dromgool’s country. |
B.People who were out jogging in Georgia is likely to be shot. |
C.The police in Minneapolis has no right to kill people. |
D.The human rights should be respected in Dromgool’s country. |
A.persuade his neighbors to walk with him |
B.show his will to make friends with others |
C.express his fear of probably being hurt |
D.promote the development of his community |
A.amazed | B.frightened |
C.puzzled | D.indifferent |
Who is Li Ziqi? For 7 million watchers on YouTube and 20 million micro bloggers on Sina Weibo, that’s an easy question to answer. She holds an account on each of the two platforms, and uploads her videos about the detailed cooking processes of various kinds of traditional Chinese food.
Li is a craftsperson in a rural area of Southwest China’s Sichuan province. Different from others, she is fond of showing the whole process from the field to the table. For example, in her video about spicy tofu, she starts with harvesting the soy beans, grinding them into powder and making tofu, and then cooks it. Her works also include building a homemade oven to bake bread.
Like the rest of us, Li was probably not born with skills to create the things we see in her videos, but she uses everything and everybody around her as a teacher. Li never attended college, but she shows us how useful self-learning can be in an age of plenty of learning resources.
Li lets the world see one of the most important aspects of the Chinese people, how they live their daily lives. She lets the world know that Chinese people love good food and are good at making art out of even simple raw materials, which have caught the hearts of her global audience.
Moreover, Li’s charming videos show the simple joys of country living, which she can improve by using her head, heart and hands. While others become the product of their environment, she turns her surroundings into her product. Others see problems and feel frustrated, while Li goes and fixes them. We, therefore, can choose to be inspired by her, to seek the artistic solution and enjoy the creativity, joy and relaxation that “doing” life could offer.
【小题1】What is special about Li’s videos?A.Baking bread in a modern way. |
B.Both on YouTube and Sina Weibo. |
C.Mixing Chinese with western food. |
D.Showing planting and cooking processes. |
A.Traditional Chinese tofu. |
B.Turning daily life into art. |
C.Chinese people’s country life. |
D.The detailed cooking programme. |
A.enjoy watching Li’s videos |
B.fix the broken things by ourselves |
C.use surroundings to improve our lives |
D.have the simple joy of country living |
A.Favorable. | B.Indifferent. |
C.Doubtful. | D.Negative. |
Stage Fright
Imagine that you are an actor performing in a play for the first time. You have learned all your lines and you know where to walk on stage. Waiting behind the closed curtain, you can hear the audience whispering and taking their seats.
Then your big moment arrives! The curtain goes up, and the crowd falls silent. All you can see is the spotlight shining down on you.
If you have experienced a moment like this, you know all too well what it means to have stage fright. It is one of the most common types of fear and tends to strike people when they find themselves at the center of attention.
A.These might make your heart race even faster. |
B.You don’t have to be onstage to get stage fright. |
C.Stage fright is part of the body’s reaction to stress. |
D.You try to speak your lines, but nothing seems to come out. |
E.With practice, we can learn how to relax while playing sports. |
F.The good news about stage fright is that here are ways to deal with it. |
G.However, there is a time when stage fright prevents you from stepping onstage. |
I wonder if you realize just how many others share your problem. It is so common for people to distort the truth about themselves. Sometimes it’s just an invented excuse when you’re late for something or a pretence that you like someone you don’t. These white lies don’t usually harm anyone and indeed often help smooth over difficult social situations. They certainly are embarrassing if exposed but, one the whole, they’re easily forgiven. What you describe is a habit of lying that is more serious than this. I suspect that the lies you tell are ways of defending an idea you have of your own worth. People who have doubts about their own self-esteem often worry that others will judge them as harshly as they feel they deserve because of a secret idea that they are pretty worthless. In other words, they create a false picture of themselves, a picture of someone who meets all the expectations they think others have of them. And as you say, that causes problems - since they have to keep living up to that image. At the same time, they have to tell further lie to cover the stories they have already told. According to some authorities, this is particularly among women especially those who have few opportunities to develop an adequate sense of self-worth. I suggest you give yourself one day during which you stick solidly to the truth about yourself. Give yourself a small treat at the end of the day if you have managed to keep it up. Wait a week and then try again. Once you have achieved three separate lie-free days, see if you can cope with three days running, then extend it to a whole week. Don’t make a promise to yourself that you will never lie again because almost certainly you will - it’s too much to take on at once. Try to change things little by little, by setting yourself manageable targets. After a while, you’ll wonder why you ever had the problem at all. |
A.keeps a habit of lying for vain reasons |
B.works hard to meet others’ expectations |
C.thinks too highly of himself |
D.doesn’t know how to make realistic plans |
A.White lies often cause embarrassment and cannot be overlooked. |
B.It’s important for women to have an adequate sense of self-worth. |
C.Goals are hard to achieve without constant small treats. |
D.One should stick to his promise regardless of any difficulty. |
A.you will solve the problem with patience and a strong will |
B.you must be hard on yourself to accomplish something |
C.your problem lies in the fact that you hasten to make promises |
D.you must set different targets at different stages of your life |
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