1. I Became Her Target Unit 7 : Part A
21st Century College English: Book 1
Unit 7 : Part A
I Became
Her Target

2. Reading & Writing Skills Language Points Guided Practice Assignment
Unit 7: Text A
Lead-in Activities
Text Organization
Reading & Writing Skills
Language Points
Guided Practice
Assignment
PIX 1

3. Questions for Discussion
Lead-in Activities
Questions for Discussion
Have you ever been in a situation where you were considered “different” from everyone else? What happened? How did you feel?
A teacher who knows his/her subject well is a successful teacher?

4. —— Text Organization The Structure of Text A
I suffered from prejudice in my new neighborhood and new school.
Para. 1-3
Miss Bean went right at me by giving me chances to answer questions.
Para. 4-6
Miss Bean encouraged me to think for myself.
Para. 7-11
Miss Bean finally helped me to be accepted by my classmates by becoming “Old Dead-Eye”.
Para

5. Reading & Writing Skills
1. Throughout Text A, the author makes statements and generalization which are supported with specific examples or explanations.
2. The author applies the way of contrasting, direct commenting and actual facts or stories to illustrate how differently the teacher treats him and how greatly the teacher helps him. So readers can have an understanding what personalities the teacher has as a teacher.

6. —— Text-related Information Intensive Study Difficult sentences
Text A: Language Points ——
Text-related Information
Intensive Study
Difficult sentences
Key words, phrases & usages
Comprehension exercises

7. Segregation in the United States
Text A: Language Points ——
Segregation in the United States
A system of racial segregation（种族隔离制度）arose soon after the American Civil War in most former slave states. In 1948, President Truman（杜鲁门总统）ordered to put an end to segregation in the armed forces and segregation of the races in public schools was banned in 1954.
Southern antagonism toward desegregation continued into the 1960s, however. Most white schools remained totally segregated by the mid-1960s.
In the 1970s, the federal government began to withhold federal funds from segregated schools and the Supreme Court expanded the fight when it ruled in 1976 that private, nonsectarian schools may not exclude black children because of their race.
School desegregation, however, has still not seemed accomplished in much of the U.S.

8. Text A: Language Points——
I Became Her Target
By Roger Wilkins
1. My favorite teacher’s name was “Dead-Eye” Bean. Her real name was Dorothy. She taught American history to eighth graders in a junior high school in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was the fall of Franklin D. Roosevelt was president; American troops were battling their way across France; I was a 12-year-old black newcomer in a school that was otherwise all white. When we moved in the problem for our new neighbors was that their neighborhood had previously been all-white and they were ignorant about black people. The prevailing wisdom in the neighborhood was that we were spoiling it and that we ought to go back where we belonged. There was a lot of angry talk among the adults, but nothing much came of it.

9. Text A: Language Points——
2. But some of the kids were quite nasty during those first few weeks. They threw stones at me, chased me home when I was on foot and spat on my bike seat when I was in class. For a time, I was a pretty lonely, friendless and sometimes frightened kid.
3. I now know that Dorothy Bean understood most of that and deplored it. So things began to change when I walked into her classroom. She was a pleasant-looking single woman, who looked old and wrinkled to me at the time, but who was probably about 40.

10. Text A: Language Points——
4. Whereas my other teachers approached the problem of easing in their new black pupil by ignoring him for the first few weeks, Miss Bean went right at me. On the morning after having read our first assignment, she asked me the first question. I later came to know that in Grand Rapids, she was viewed as a very liberal person who believed, among other things, that Negroes were equal.

11. Text A: Language Points——
5. I gulped and answered her question and the follow-up. They weren’t brilliant answers, but they did establish the fact that I could speak English. Later in the hour, when one of my classmates had bungled an answer, Miss Bean came back to me with a question that required me to clean up the girl’s mess and established me as a smart person.
6. Thus, the teacher began to give me human dimensions, though not perfect ones for an eighth grader. It was somewhat better to be, on one’s early days, a teacher’s pet than merely a dark presence in the back of the room.

12. Text A: Language Points——
7. A few days later, Miss Bean became the first teacher ever to require me to think. She asked my opinion about something Jefferson had done. In those days, all my opinions were derivative. I was for Roosevelt because my parents were and I was for the Yankees because my older buddy from Harlem was a Yankees fan. Besides, we didn’t have opinions about historical figures like Jefferson. Like our high schoolbuilding, he just was.

13. Text A: Language Points——
8. After I had stared at her for a few seconds, she said: “Well, should he have bought Louisiana or not?”
9. “I guess so,” I replied tentatively.
10. “Why?” she shot back.
11. Why! What kind of question was that? But I ventured an answer. Day after day, she kept doing that to me, and my answers became stronger and more confident. She was the first teacher to give me the sense that thinking was part of education and that I could form opinions that had some value.

14. Text A: Language Points——
12. Her final service to me came on a day when my mind was wandering and I was idly digging my pencil into the writing surface on the arm of my chair. Miss Bean impulsively threw a hunk of gum eraser at me. By amazing chance, it hit my hand and sent the pencil flying. She gasped, and I crept hurriedly after my pencil as the class roared.
13. That was the ice breaker. Afterwards, kids came up to me to laugh about “Old Dead-Eye Bean.” The incident became a legend, and I, a part of that story, became a person to talk to.
14. So that’s how I became just another kid in school and Dorothy Bean became “Old Dead-Eye.”

15. battle one’s way Cf. elbow one’s way Cf.
— making one’s way by fighting a series of battles
e.g.
The Mongolian troops battled their way from Asia to the Rhine.
Cf.
elbow one’s way
— to make one’s way with his elbow
e.g. The three-year-old kid elbowed his way in the crowded supermarket to look for his mother.
Cf.
shoulder one’s way
— to make one’s way with his shoulder
e.g. Tom shouldered his way to the gate to welcome
his favorite movie star.

16. Translate into Chinese:
I was a 12-year-old black newcomer in a school that was otherwise all white.
Translate
他本来是个可爱的孩子, 就是有一点淘气。
otherwise
under other circumstances; in other respects
我当时是一名十二岁的黑人新生，学校里除我以外都是白人。
e.g.
He is white-haired, but is otherwise a handsome fellow.
This is a serious mistake in an otherwise well-written report.
Key
He is a bit naughty, but is otherwise a lovely kid.

17. prevailing wisdom
— usual or most common opinion (especially of a group of people on a particular subject)
e.g.
The minister voiced the prevailing wisdom about conserving energy.
This is the prevailing wisdom on the current world situation.

18. go at Translate — make an attack at, rush at e.g.
The two boxers went at each other furiously.
Suddenly, he went at me with a knife.
Translate
早餐做好了，汤姆马上狼吞虎咽起来。
Key
The breakfast was ready and Tom went at it at once.

19. among other things Translate
— This expression is used to say that there are more facts, things, etc. like the one or ones mentioned but that the speaker chooses not to discuss them in detail.
Translate
Chairman Mao was, among other things, a highly imaginative poet.
e.g.
Winston Churchill, among other things, was a great writer.
Professor Smith, among other things, has shown us a new approach to the problem.
Key
除了其他方面以外, 毛主席还是一位极具想象力的诗人.

20. do/did + infinitive
It is possible to use this structure in the affirmative when we wish to add special emphasis.
e.g.
You do look nice today!
She does talk a lot, doesn’t she?
More to learn

21. Exercises ——
Complete the following sentences, using do + to give emphasis to the main verb.
《读写教程 I》: Ex. VIII, p. 191
1. It’s true that I don’t get much exercise now, _______. (但我在大学的时候的确时常踢球。)
but I did play football quite often when I was in college

22. Exercises ——
Complete the following sentences, using do + to give emphasis to the main verb.
2. I don’t have much contact with my family, ________. (但我有时候的确去看望母亲。)
but sometimes I do go and visit my mother

23. Exercises ——
Complete the following sentences, using do + to give emphasis to the main verb.
3. The children made a lot of work for me, _________. (但他们也的确为我干了许多事。)
but they did do a lot of work for me too

24. Exercises ——
Complete the following sentences, using do + to give emphasis to the main verb.
4. Our high school English teacher was a bit strict with us, _________. (但我们确实从他那里学到了许多。)
but we did learn a lot from him

25. Exercises ——
Complete the following sentences, using do + to give emphasis to the main verb.
5. I know that you didn’t expect him to be there, _________. (但他确实去听了讲座，见了那位教授。)
but he did go to the lecture and meet the professor

26. Translate establish vt. — 1) show beyond dispute; prove
2) (used in the pattern “establish somebody as”)gain full recognition or acceptance as
Translate
他很快就证明自己是一个优秀的工程师.
e.g.
The doctors have so far been unable to establish the cause of his death.
He established his innocence by showing that he was in another city when the murder was committed.
e.g.
The victory established our company as a leading offshore service company on the South China Sea.
He soon established himself as a leading statesman in the world.
Key
He soon established himself as an excellent engineer.

27. Translate into Chinese:
Thus, the teacher began to give me human dimensions, though not perfect ones for an eighth grader.
就这样，这位老师开始用人的标准对待我，虽然这种标准对一个八年级学生来说还是不完全的。

28. Translate into Chinese:
It was somewhat better to be, on one’s early days, a teacher’s pet than merely a dark presence in the back of
the room.　
在一个人的早期，做一名老师的得意学生比起做一名只坐在教室后面的黑孩子来，总是要好一些。

29. be for — be in favor of e.g. The majority of the people are for peace.
Are you for or against the proposal that student dorm be equipped with computer?

30. Like our high school building, he just was.
Translate into Chinese:
Like our high school building, he just was.
就像我们中学有一栋大楼一样，只不过有过这样一个人而已。

31. venture v.
— take the risk of saying (sth. that may be opposed or considered foolish)
e.g.
“I’m the most qualified candidate.” the boy ventured.
She ventured the opinion that the project would be too expensive to complete.

32. service n.
— a helpful act, something done to help or benefit others
Translate
You have done me a great service.
e.g.
They will be very happy to give their services free of charge.
Premier Zhou En Lai has been remembered for his devoted service to the country.
the public services — 公用事业
Key
你帮了我一个大忙。

33. by chance by surprising chance by chance by sheer chance
— by accident, in an unplanned way
e.g.
It was _____________________ that I won the prize.
by surprising chance
by chance
by sheer chance

34. ice breaker — (originally) a boat that cuts through the ice Cf: e.g.
break the ice
e.g. The kid suddenly made a face in order to break the ice among the adults.
e.g.
The kid’s joke was an ice breaker and the couple began to talk to each other.

35. Paraphrase: So that’s how I became just another kid in school …
My classmates began to talk to me and treated me as any other kids at the school …

36. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Text-related information
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
( )
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, known popularly as F.D.R., was elected to four consecutive terms as president of the United States, serving from 1933 to He is credited with leading the country out of the Great Depression through an ambitious plan of government spending known as the New Deal (新政). Roosevelt also led the U.S. through most of World War II, though he died before the war ended. He is considered by many to be the greatest president of the 20th century and his likeness is immortalized on Mt. Rushmore along with those of Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln.

37. Text-related information
Thomas Jefferson
( )
Thomas Jefferson served as third President of the United States, was the author of the Declaration of Independence《独立宣言》, and founded what came to be the Democratic Party. He played a major part in shaping government theory and practice, putting into words and laws the ideals of a nation dedicated to the principle that allmen are created free and equal.
Beyond his achievements in politics, Jefferson is noted as a “renaissance man” for his accomplishments in architecture, science, and philosophy, among other fields. He designed his own home, Monticello, which is now a national park, and founded the University of Virginia.

38. Text-related information
Harlem
Harlem is a section of upper Manhattan（曼哈顿） in New York City which, though originally settled by the Dutch（荷兰人）, has long contained one of the largest urban concentrations of black people in the United States. In the 1930s, such figures as the writer Langston Hughes contributed to a Harlem Renaissance in arts and literature. Today,  much of the area is dilapidated and high in crime.

39. The Louisiana Purchase
Text-related information
The Louisiana Purchase
Though it was a great bargain, doubling the size of the U.S. at the time and adding richly productive farmlands, the Louisiana Purchase was controversial because it was unclear that the president had the authority to make such a purchase without the approval of Congress （美国国会）.
Louisiana (路易斯安那州) is a state of the southern U.S. on the Gulf of Mexico（墨西哥湾）; originally a French colony, bought by the United States as part ofthe Louisiana Purchase.
The Louisiana Purchase refers to the land deal（土地交易） made between U.S. president Thomas Jefferson and Napoleon Bonaparte of France in Jefferson authorized the purchase of land from the Mississippi River （密西西比河） westward to the Rocky Mountains (洛基山脉）and from the Gulf of Mexico northward to Canada for roughly $525 million.

40. Guided Practice ——
Vocabulary
Cloze
Translation
Structure Writing

41. Vocabulary ——
Vocabulary
Ex. IV
Ex. V

42. Vocabulary ——
《读写教程 I》: Ex. IV, p. 188

43. Vocabulary ——
IV. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary.
confident venture previously liberal
presence roar creep ignorant
chase merely spoil whereas
1. Gathering up his courage, Little Tom ___________ silently into the dark cave.
 crept
2. The ____________ of our professors added much honor to our New Year’s Party.
 presence

44. Vocabulary ——
IV. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary.
confident venture previously liberal
presence roar creep ignorant
chase merely spoil whereas
3. Have you ever heard that single women tend to live longer than married women, ____________ married men tend to live longer than single men?
 whereas
4. His natural desire to learn was ___________ by the
cruelty of an insensitive teacher.
 spoiled

45. Vocabulary ——
IV. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary.
confident venture previously liberal
presence roar creep ignorant
chase merely spoil whereas
5. The young Wilkins was a black newcomer in a school that had __________________ all white.
 previously
6. Though it was about midnight, the football fans were still in high spirits, ___________with laughter as they left the stadium.
 roaring

46. Vocabulary ——
IV. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary.
confident venture previously liberal
presence roar creep ignorant
chase merely spoil whereas
7. That hairstyle was ____________ a passing fad, as no one wears it this year.
 merely
8. These young people were so _____________ about things in the U. S. that they thought blacks and whites had always had equal educational opportunities there.
 ignorant

47. Vocabulary ——
IV. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary.
confident venture previously liberal
presence roar creep ignorant
chase merely spoil whereas
9. The student was not quite ____________ about his answers as he knew very little about historical figures like Jefferson.
 confident
10. Whenever I take on a difficult task, I say to myself, “Nothing ____________, nothing gain.”
 ventured

48. Vocabulary ——
IV. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary.
confident venture previously liberal
presence roar creep ignorant
chase merely spoil whereas
11. The child was truly frightened by the large dog which ________________ him all the way home.
 chased
12. Traditional as he is in his way of life, the elderly professor is more _____________ than most of his students in accepting new ideas.
 liberal

49. Vocabulary ——
《读写教程 I》: Ex. V, p. 189

50. Vocabulary ——
V. Complete the following sentences with phrases and expressions given below. Change the form where necessary.
throw…at establish oneself as come up to stare at move in be for view…as come of by chance among other things
Mary ______________ her little brother for a few seconds, not knowing how to answer his question.
stared at
2. I’m sure nothing much will ______________ your
arguing with him.
come of

51. Vocabulary ——
V. Complete the following sentences with phrases and expressions given below. Change the form where necessary.
throw…at establish oneself as come up to stare at move in be for view…as come of by chance among other things
3. Shanghai is now trying to __________________ a
financial center of the world.
establish itself as
4. The children ____________little stones ______ the dog to keep it away from them.
threw at

52. Vocabulary ——
V. Complete the following sentences with phrases and expressions given below. Change the form where necessary.
throw…at establish oneself as come up to stare at move in be for view…as come of by chance among other things
5. Just as I was going to give up, William ___________ me and encouraged me to go on with my plan.
came up to
6. These children are too young to form any opinions of their own. Usually they ____________ something just because their elders are in favor of it.
are for

53. —— 7. They have bought a new house and are going to
Vocabulary ——
V. Complete the following sentences with phrases and expressions given below. Change the form where necessary.
throw…at establish oneself as come up to stare at move in be for view…as come of by chance among other things
7. They have bought a new house and are going to
_____________ next month.
move in
8. The racial problem has always been _____________ one of the most sensitive questions in American society.
viewed as

54. Vocabulary ——
V. Complete the following sentences with phrases and expressions given below. Change the form where necessary.
throw…at establish oneself as come up to stare at move in be for view…as come of by chance among other things
9. He suggested, _______________________, that we approach the problem in a more practical way.
among other things
10. I just met him _________________ on my way from
the library.
by chance

55. Cloze ——
《读写教程 I》: Ex. IX, p. 191

56. Cloze ——
XIII. Fill in each of the blanks with an appropriate word.
It was not easy being the first black student in a _____________ all-white school. Some of the other students, who were _______________ about black people, were quite _______________ to me. And many of the teachers simply ignored my ______________. I was very lucky to have a _________________ single woman such as Dorothy Bean as a teacher. Day after day, Miss Bean challenged me to work hard and think _______________ myself. ____________ other things, she asked my opinion about historical events and she expected me to give reasons to _____________ my answer.
previously
ignorant
nasty
presence
liberal
for
Among
support

57. Cloze ——
XIII. Fill in each of the blanks with an appropriate word.
One day, when I was not concentrating, she _____________ an eraser at me. By chance, it hit me right in the hand and _____________ my pencil flying. She gasped and I ___________ hurriedly after my pencil as the class __________ with laughter. Because Miss Bean ____________ me just like every one else, the other students started to see me ____________ one of them. I was shocked when she threw the eraser at me, but _____________ I was glad to be just another kid in school.
threw
sent
crept
roared
treated as
afterwards

58. Translation ——
《读写教程 I》: Ex. X, p. 192

59. —— 1. 史密斯先生被认为是一位十分开明的人, 除了别的之外, 他还认为在法律面前人人平等。 liberal be viewed as
Translation ——
1. 史密斯先生被认为是一位十分开明的人, 除了别的之外, 他还认为在法律面前人人平等。
liberal
be viewed as
among other things
Mr. Smith was viewed as a very liberal person who believed, among other things, that all men were equal
under the law.

60. —— 2.他获奖并非偶然; 他的成功来自艰苦的训练 hard won the prize by chance
Translation ——
2.他获奖并非偶然; 他的成功来自艰苦的训练
hard
won the prize
by chance
It is not by chance that he won the prize; his success
comes from his hard training.

61. —— 3.老师跟白人孩子们谈了很多, 试图使他们相信人人生而平等。 convince them the white kids
Translation ——
3.老师跟白人孩子们谈了很多, 试图使他们相信人人生而平等。
convince them
the white kids
talked a lot
The teacher talked a lot with the white kids, trying to
convince them that all man are created equal.

62. —— 4. 因为我刚来到这所学校,所以 有一段时间我感到孤独,也没有朋友。 as a new comer felt lonely
Translation ——
4. 因为我刚来到这所学校,所以 有一段时间我感到孤独,也没有朋友。
as a new comer
felt lonely
for a time
As I was a newcomer to that school, I felt lonely and
friendless for a time.

63. —— 5. 伟明日复一日坚持与威尔逊夫人进行交谈, 他的英语口语变得越来越流利, 越来越自然。 day after day
Translation ——
5. 伟明日复一日坚持与威尔逊夫人进行交谈, 他的英语口语变得越来越流利, 越来越自然。
day after day
oral English
kept talking
Day after day Wei Ming kept talking with Mrs. Wilson, and his oral English became more and more fluent and natural.

64. —— 6. 尽管在最初那几个星期一些孩子对我很不客气, 一个白人小姑娘却特别友好。 quite nasty Whereas
Translation ——
6. 尽管在最初那几个星期一些孩子对我很不客气, 一个白人小姑娘却特别友好。
quite nasty
Whereas
during those first few weeks
Whereas some of the kids were quite nasty during those
first few weeks, a little white girl was especially friendly
to me.

65. looked old and wrinkled
Translation ——
7. 我后来才知道那位看起来又老又满脸皱纹的人才45岁左右。
looked old and wrinkled
later
came to know
I later came to know that the man looked old and wrinkled
was only about 45.

66. —— 8. 大学毕业之后不久, 他便证明自己是一个称职而负责的英语教师。 establish himself as responsible
Translation ——
8. 大学毕业之后不久, 他便证明自己是一个称职而负责的英语教师。
establish himself as
responsible
qualified
After graduating from university, he soon established himself as a qualified and responsible teacher of English.

67. Structured Writing ——
《读写教程 I》: Ex. XII, p. 193

68. Learn to support a statement with a specific example
Structured Writing ——
Learn to support a statement with a specific example
Wilkins’s technique:
Then to support with a specific example / explanation
First to make a statement /generalization
Drill: Find the examples or explanations given by Wilkins to illustrate his statement or generalizations.

69. Learn to support a statement with a specific example
Structured Writing ——
Learn to support a statement with a specific example
Statement 1: But some of the kids were quite nasty during those first few weeks. ?
They threw stones at me, chased me home when I was on foot and spat on my bike seat when I was in class.

70. Learn to support a statement with a specific example
Structured Writing ——
Learn to support a statement with a specific example
Statement 2: Whereas my other teachers approached the problem of easing in their new black pupil by ignoring him for the first few weeks, Miss Bean went right at me.
On the morning after having read our first assignment, she asked me the first question... Later in the hour, when one of my classmates had bungled an answer, Miss Bean came back to me with a question that required me to clean up the girl’s mess and established me as a smart person. ?

71. Learn to support a statement with a specific example
Structured Writing ——
Learn to support a statement with a specific example
Statement 3: In those days, all my opinions were derivative. ?
I was for Roosevelt because my parents were and I
was for the Yankees because my older buddy from
Harlem was a Yankee fan.

72. Structured Writing ——
Practice
Write a short passage about a time you learned an important lesson. This could have occurred in school. Structure your passage in the following way. First, explain the lesson you learned. Then tell the story by using details so that the reader can actually see a picture of what happened.

73. Assignment
1. Ex. IV, p. 160;
2. Ex. V, p. 161;
3. Ex. IX, p. 164;
4. Ex. X, p. 165;
5. Reading Skill IV, P.200.