Unit10 AMorePerfectUnionKeytoExercises paraphrase 1 Inordertounderstandthecomplexitiesofraceweneedtoknowthehistoryanddevelopmentofracialrelations thesufferingsandinjusticestheblacksweresubjectedto 2 Theinfluenceofwhathappenedintheprevioustimeshasnotdisappeared Suchinfluencescanstillbeseen 3 Outofthosewhoworkedorstruggledveryhardtoclimbthesocialladder manydidnotsucceed Theyweredefeatedinlife sstruggle asaresultofracialdiscrimination 4 Butviewscoloredbyracedocomeupatinformalconversationsinthebarbershoporthebeautyshopwherepeoplemeet oroverdinneramongfamilydinners Butblackangerdoesgetexpressedoninformaloccasionssuchasinthebarbershop inthebeautyshoporoverdinneramongfamilymembers 5 Andonceinawhilesuchsentimentsareexpressedinsermonsandamongchurchcongregations 6 Asaresult whiteAmericansareverymuchworriedabouttheirfutures feelingthattheirAmericandreamiscomingtoanend feelinghopelessandhelpless Sotheyhaveahostileattitudetowardsthosewhomtheyconsidertheircompetitors 7 Talkshowhostsandconservativecommentatorsbecamefamousthroughexposingso calledincidentsofracismwhichwereinfactnottrue Theysaidthatreasonablediscussionsofunfairtreatmentofminoritieswerecateringtoexcessivesensibilitytominoritycausesorwereracismagainstthewhites 8 Theangeroftheblacksandtheresentmentofthewhitesarenotgroundless Bothgroupshavelegitimateconcerns Yettheirangerisdirectedtowardthewrongtargets thushamperingthesolutionoftheissuescausingsuchanger Neithersidehascometoseetheproblem Soaracialdeadlockexists 9 Theblackcommunityshouldfaceandhandlebravelythelegacyofracialinjusticeofthepastwhileatthesametimeshouldnotfeelwrongedallthetime 10 Forthewhites theyshouldadmitthatwhattroublestheblacksarenotsimplyimagined theydoexist theyarerealandmustbedealtwith Theyshouldseeclearlythatthewrongoncedonetotheblacksinthepastisafactandsubtlediscriminationstillexiststodayandshouldbesolvedproperly 11 WecanjumponsomeremarksmadebysomeHillarysupportersagainstmeandusethistoshowthatHillaryalsotriestoappealtowhitestodefeatmeintheDemocraticcampaign primary WecanalsoguessthatwhitepeoplewillallgotovoteforJohnMcCaininthegeneralelectionnomatterwhathispolicieswouldbe theywouldsupporthimonlybecauseheiswhite onlybecauseofhisskincolor onlybecausetheyareofthesamerace 12 Or nowandhere Americanpeople blackandwhite AsianandHispanicandNativeAmerican canuniteandrejectthepoliticsthatproducesdivision conflictandcynicism practicewithwordsandexpressionsA 1 Jimcrow intheUSunfairtreatmentofblackpeople especiallyinthepastbytheuseoflawsthatpreventedblackpeoplefromgoingtothesameschoolsandpublicplaceaswhitepeople segregationanddiscriminatorylawsagainstblackpeople2 pocket asmallareaofaspecifiedtype 3 odds difficultiesanddisadvantages 4 squarely honestly directly 5 dump pany peopleyouarewith practicewithwordsandexpressionsA 7 landscape themainfeaturesofasituation 8 squeeze aperiodorsituationmarkedbyscarcity hardship insecurity etc 9 glassceiling anunfairsystemthatpreventssomepeople especiallywomen frominvisiblebarrierstopromotion10 keeper guardianorprotector 11 pounce toquicklyjumponorholdsomeoneorsomethingtogetsomeadvantage12 letgo toofficiallytellsomebodythathe shecannolongerworkatajob fire practicewithwordsandexpressionsB 1 erosion gradualdestruction2 scratchedandclawed struggledhard3 inthepulpitandinthepews thepastorandchurchcongregations4 chasm averybigdifferencethatseparatesonepersonorgroupfromanother5 shipped moved outofthecountry 6 culprit apersonguiltyofacrimeordoingsomethingwrong7 wound anyhurtorinjurytothefeeling honor etc8 ladder asystemthathasdifferentlevelsthroughwhichyoucanprogress9 fodder basicmaterialforsomething translation Thesekidswhohavecomeofageinpovertycherisheveryopportunitytheyget Afterovercomingtheodds theyfinallysucceededinbuildingaprimaryschoolinaremotevillageinthehills Althoughthepanicoftheearthquakewaspast shewasstillhauntedbyfear Moreandmorepeoplehavecometorealizethateconomicdevelopmentshouldnotbepromotedattheexpenseoftheenvironment translation Withenthusiasmandhardwork theseyoungpeoplehavebuiltabusinessfromscratch Onlyafewhavefulfilledtheirdreamsandthemajorityfailedtomakeit Theproductionofmeatcontributestocarbonemissions Therelationsbetweenmanandnaturehavefoundexpressioninmanyearlyliteraryworks Read ThinkandComment ThemeserioussituationtheyareinwhattheyshoulddotoremakeAmericatriestoinspirepeopletofacetheoddsandtoovercomethem Read ThinkandComment mainidea1 3a HowIfeelatthemomentb Americahasbeenindifficultyinthepastanditisnow 4 5Weareinthemidstofcrisis Read ThinkandComment 6 8a Thechallengewillbemetb ThiselectionshowstheAmericanpeoplehavemadeachoicec ThetimehascomeforustoremakethegreatnessofAmerica Read ThinkandComment 9 11a Whatourancestorshavedonealongthepathb whatweshoulddo12 theworklyingbeforeus Allthiswecando Allthiswewilldo characteristicsofthelanguage shortsentences shortparagraphsparallelstructurechoiceofwords