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1、Unit1IdentityListeningtask1Theneighborhoodchildrenmyageplayedtogether:eitheractive,physicalgamesoutdoorsorgamesofdoll-and-houseindoors.I,ontheotherhand,spentmuchofmychildhoodalone.I’dcurlup蜷成一團(tuán)inachairreadingfairytalesandmyths,daydreaming,writingpoemsorstoriesanddrawingpictures.Sometimearound
2、thefourthgrade,my“big”(oftencritical,judgmental)Grandma,who’dbeenvisitingussaidtome,“What’swrongwithyou?”Irememberbeingstartledandconfusedbyherquestion.I’dneverbeenparticularlyinterestedinplayingwiththeotherchildren.Ithadn’t,tillthen,occurredtomethatthatwaseitheroddorsomethingwrongwithme.Norh
3、aditoccurredtomethattheydidn’t“wanttoplaywith”me.Myfirstconsciousmemoryoffeelingdifferentwasintheforthgrade.Atthewardrobe衣櫥,listeningtoclassmatesjoking,chatteringandlaughingwitheachother,IrealizedIhadn’taclueaboutwhatwassofunnyorhowtoparticipateintheireasychatter.Theyseemedtoliveinauniverseab
4、outwhichIknewnothingatall.Itriedtoactlikeothersbutitwassodifficult.Ifeltconfusedanddisoriented.Iturnedbacktomyinnerworld:readingbooks,writinganddaydreaming.Myinwardness本性內(nèi)質(zhì)grewmeinwaysthatcontinuedtomovemefurtherawayfromtheworldofmyagepeers.Theeasyflowofcasualsocialchathasremainedforeverbeyon
5、dmyreachandbeyondmyinterest,too.Listeningtask2ThegreatestdifficultyformeisthatasapersonofmixedoriginIamathomeneitherherenorthere.WhereverIam,Iamregardedasbeingforeign,either“white”or“black”.IthappenstomewhenIliveinmymother’scountryoforigin,inSwitzerland,andithappenedtomewhenIwaslivinginmyfath
6、er’scountry,IvoryCoast科特迪瓦(象牙海岸).IwouldfeelathomewhereIcouldfeelthatpeopleacceptmejustthewayIam.Whenyouareasmallchildyoufirstdonotfeelthatyouaredifferentfromtheothers.Butsoontheotherswillmakeyoufeeldifferent—andchildrentoocanbeverycruelintheirbehavioragainstthe“strangechild”.Sometimesincredib
7、leincidentshappen.SometimeagoIwasridingmybikesomewhereinalittleplaceinSwitzerlandnearbytowhereIlive.Acardroveby,andthemaledriveropenedthewindowandyelledatme:“Scheiss蹩腳貨—Neger—dirtynigger黑鬼!”Ialmostfroze.Ifelthelplessandunabletodefendmyself.Wh