《大学基础英语》课程PPT教学课件（四）Lesson Four A Drink in the Passage

On the Stork TowerThe sun beyond the mountains glows;The Yellow River seawards flows.You can enjoy a grander sightBy climbing to a greater height

On the Stork Tower The sun beyond the mountains glows; The Yellow River seawards flows. You can enjoy a grander sight By climbing to a greater height

FourLessonA Drink in the Passage

Lesson Four A Drink in the Passage

Alan Paton

Alan Paton

Alan Paton(1903-1988)South African writer, founder and presidentof the Liberal Party (1953-68), whichopposed apartheid and offered a non-racialalfernative to government policy. The partywas banned in I968 by the Prohibition ofPolitical Interference Bill, and Paton washarassed by the racist government. On theother hand'Paton's genfle Christian-liberalsolution to the problems of South Africa wasconsidered hopelessly inadequate by anti-apartheid activists. Also his friendship withthe conservative Zulu leader Buthulezi, andhis opposition to international sanctions, wereeized

Alan Paton(1903-1988) South African writer, founder and president of the Liberal Party (1953-68), which opposed apartheid and offered a non-racial alternative to government policy. The party was banned in 1968 by the Prohibition of Political Interference Bill, and Paton was harassed by the racist government. On the other hand Paton's gentle Christian-liberal solution to the problems of South Africa was considered hopelessly inadequate by anti￾apartheid activists. Also his friendship with the conservative Zulu leader Buthulezi, and his opposition to international sanctions, were criticized

In his writing, Paton explores the relationshipbetween whites and blacks in his country. Inthis story, a well-educated black finds himselfcordially invited to split a bottle with a whiteman in the latter's apartment building. Theblack man is admired and praised by a group offriendly white people, but he has to drink in thepassage. Throughout the story one can see thatthe two sides are both anxious to reach out toeach other, but they do not know how. Obviouslythere exists an invisible wall between themwhich hampers their communication and fullunderstanding, not just a wall imposed byapartheid laws, but a wall deep in their hearts

In his writing, Paton explores the relationship between whites and blacks in his country. In this story, a well-educated black finds himself cordially invited to split a bottle with a white man in the latter’s apartment building. The black man is admired and praised by a group of friendly white people, but he has to drink in the passage. Throughout the story one can see that the two sides are both anxious to reach out to each other, but they do not know how. Obviously there exists an invisible wall between them which hampers their communication and full understanding, not just a wall imposed by apartheid laws, but a wall deep in their hearts

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The Map of South Africa

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The Map of South Africa

Population43,426,386Size1.219.090km2The capital cityof SouthAfricais Pretoria(pop. 656,010).AboutSouthAfricaThefamousPortuguese explorer VascodeGamafirstdiscoveredSouthAfricainthe14oOs,butlocaltribeshaveinhabiteditsincethedawnofman.Europeansfirstsettleditin1652whenDutchexplorerJanVanRiebecksettled in what is now CapeTown.Manyhundredsof thousandsofmigrantshavesettledsince,withlargepopulationsofFrench,BritishDutch and Germans, and,more recenfiy,Indians and Africans migratingsouthfromtherestofthecontinentToday South Africa is the economic powerhouse of Africa with first-worldinfrastructureandcities,butitisalsostillpartofruralAfricawithitsproblemsofAIDSandmalaria.Untilrecently,SouthAfricawassynonymouswiththewordapartheid,whichmeantseparatedevelopmentand,inthe world'seyes,was intolerable.Sanctionsandinternal dissidentshelped facilitate a bloodless change to the most liberal constitution in theworld.There arethree cities withover amillionpeople,thelarqestbeingJohannesburg withover 6millionpeople.Hereyouwill findthetallestgs in Africa and some very interestingarchitecture, which includesedartdecobuildingssidebysidewithmassiveglassand

• Population 43,426,386 Size 1,219,090 km² • The capital city of South Africa is Pretoria (pop. 656,010). • About South Africa The famous Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama first discovered South Africa in the 1400s, but local tribes have inhabited it since the dawn of man. Europeans first settled it in 1652 when Dutch explorer Jan Van Riebeck settled in what is now Cape Town. Many hundreds of thousands of migrants have settled since, with large populations of French, British, Dutch and Germans, and, more recently, Indians and Africans migrating south from the rest of the continent. • Today South Africa is the economic powerhouse of Africa with first-world infrastructure and cities, but it is also still part of rural Africa with its problems of AIDS and malaria. Until recently, South Africa was synonymous with the word apartheid, which meant separate development and, in the world’s eyes, was intolerable. Sanctions and internal dissidents helped facilitate a bloodless change to the most liberal constitution in the world. • There are three cities with over a million people, the largest being Johannesburg with over 6 million people. Here you will find the tallest buildings in Africa and some very interesting architecture, which includes preserved art deco buildings side by side with massive glass and

The National Flag of South Africa

The National Flag of South Africa

. What is racism?: Racism is man's gravest threat to man-the maximum of hatred for a minimumof reason.: Everyone is a prisoner of his ownexperiences. No one can eliminateprejudices- just recognize. There is no more evil thing in this worldthan race prejudice... It justifies andholds together more baseness, cruelty.abomination than any other sort ofndrror in the world

• What is racism? • Racism is man’s gravest threat to man– the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason. • Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices– just recognize. • There is no more evil thing in this world than race prejudice. It justifies and holds together more baseness, cruelty, and abomination than any other sort of error in the world