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小试牛刀

What is the structure of the passage?

Answer:

The whole passage can be divided into three parts.

I.The award (paras. 1-6)

A. What award Simelane got (para. 1)

B. How his work entered the competition (para. 2)

C. Why he didn’t go to the award-giving ceremony (para. 3)

D. How he came to tell tlie narrator about his first cogntc (paras. 4-6)

II. The encounter (paras. 7-66)

A.How Simelane met van Rensburg, a white man (paras. 7-14)

B.What they talked about before they reached van Rensburg’s flat (paras. 15-33)

C.How Simelane was received in the passage of the building (paras. 34-46)

III. Farewell (paras. 67-76)

A How van Rensburg tried to know Simelane better but failed (paras. 67-74)

B. Why van Rensburg couldn’t really understand Simelane (para. 75-76)

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学习目标

By the end of the class, students will be able to

1.Content:

Know briefly South Africa’s apartheid history.

Learn about the plight of the blacks under apartheid laws and policies.

Understand the tragic psychological effect of racial segregation on both races.

2.Language:

Understand the use of symbols.

Appreciate the beauty of simple, unadorned language style.

知识结构