高中基础 (2251 期 20150428) | 2 版 South Africa Moves to Calm Anti-Immigrant AttacksSouth Africa Moves to Calm Anti-Immigrant Attacks

South AfricaSouth Africa• It is located in the southernmost part of the continent of Africa.

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Pre-Pre-readingreadingWHERE IS IT?

• It covers an area of 1,219,090 square kilometers and has a population of more than 54 million.• It is a multi-ethnic society and has 11 official languages.

• Johannesburg is the largest city in South Africa. It is one of the country’s three capital cities.

Nelson MandelaNelson Mandela(1918-2013)

• He was sent to prison for being a racial activist in 1963. It was not until 1990 that he was released.

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Pre-Pre-readingreadingWHO IS HE?

• In 1994, he became the first black president of South Africa and helped bring an end to apartheid ( 种族隔离 ) in the country.

• He made considerable contributions to bringing peace to his racially divided country and leading the fight for human rights around the world.

Scan the article and decide in which paragraph(s) you can find information about the following points.

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SCAN AND ANSWER

1. The major cause of the anti-immigrant attacks

2. Chinese nationals also affected

3. The government’s reaction to the anti-immigrant attacks

4. Historical cases of anti-immigrant attacks in South Africa

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The violence has been largely blamed on a recent speech by King Goodwill Zwelithini, the leader of the Zulus, in which he blamed foreigners for South Africa’s high crime rate and said “they must take their bags and go.”

Word bank:

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blame sth. on sb./sth. 把某事归咎于某人与某事

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blame sb. for sth. 因某事而责怪某人

crime rate 犯罪率

President Jacob Zuma canceled a state visit to Indonesia to deal with the violence and beg foreigners to stay in South Africa.

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Word bank:

state visit 国事访问

beg sb. to do sth. 恳求某人做某事

President Jacob Zuma

The government has vowed to do whatever it takes to maintain law and order, and the violence has now been largely brought under control.

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Word bank:

maintain law and order维护法纪

bring sth. under control使……得以受到控制

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VOCABULARY EXERCISES

1. The train braked __________, throwing everyone to the floor. (violence)2. She realized how __________ she was and consciously relaxed. (tension)3. Do you think your parents were too __________ toward you when you were a child? (protection)4. Little Tom __________ to China from Ireland with his parents last year. (immigrant)5. He is one of the country’s ten most wanted __________. (crime)

Fill in the blanks with the proper form of the given words.

violentlyviolently

protectiveprotective

criminalscriminals

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immigratedimmigrated

tensetense

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VOCABULARY EXERCISES

Choose an appropriate phrase from the box to translate each of the following sentences into English.

1. 她们把这个差错归咎于对方。

2. 他因扰乱法治，被判了两年徒刑。

They blame the mistake on each other.They blame the mistake on each other.

He was sentenced to two years in prison for He was sentenced to two years in prison for disturbing law and order.disturbing law and order.

blame on blame … for …

bring … under control law and order

They blame each other for the mistake.They blame each other for the mistake.

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VOCABULARY EXERCISES

Choose an appropriate phrase from the box to translate each of the following sentences into English.

It took two hours for the firefighters to bring It took two hours for the firefighters to bring the fire under control.the fire under control.

The airline blamed pilot error for the crash.The airline blamed pilot error for the crash.

blame on blame … for …

bring … under control law and order

The airline blamed the crash on pilot error.The airline blamed the crash on pilot error.

3. 消防员花了 2 个小时，才把火势控制住。

4. 航空公司把飞机失事归咎于飞行员的失误。

It took the firefighters two hours to bring It took the firefighters two hours to bring the fire under control.the fire under control.

1. A mob of thousands were violently attacking immigrants in Johannesburg and Durban.

2. The violence was to some extent caused by a recent speech by President Jacob Zuma.

3. Not all South Africans are disgusted with the immigrants.

4. It was only the second time that anti-immigrant violence had broken out in Johannesburg.

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While While readingreadingTrue or False?

COMPREHENSION

1. Whom were the anti-immigrant attacks mainly targeted at?

They were mainly targeted at immigrants from other countries across the continent, including Zimbabwe, Somalia, Ethiopia and Malawi.

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COMPREHENSIONAnswer the following question.

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2. What was the government’s reaction to the anti-immigrant attacks?

President Jacob Zuma canceled his plan to visit Indonesia to deal with the violence, and heavily-armed police have made efforts to maintain law and order and bring the violence under control.

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Answer the following question.

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There has been a flood of support from ordinary South Africans who are disgusted with the attacks not only because [those being attacked] are foreign, but because they are fellow human beings.

Language Language studystudy

在英语中，没有“量词”这种词性，但在具体的使用中，特别是在不可数名词前，也有类似于汉语中量词的用法。

此处，作者选用 flood作为“量词”。读者很容易联想到 flood来势汹汹的情形，因此 flood一词，很形象地表现出了来自南非大众急切的援助之心。

英语中“量词”的用法又如： a group of people, beads of sweat, a string of cars等等。

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GRAMMAR TIP

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YOUR TURNFill in the blanks.

1. a ________ of furniture 2. a ________ of salt

3. a ________ of oil 4. a ________ of soap

5. a ________ of bread 6. a ________ of deer

piecpiecee

Language Language studystudySet Agraingrain

dropdrop barbar

loafloaf herdherd

1. 一片花海： a ________ of flowers

2. 一大堆信件： a ________ of letters

3. 一阵批评： a ________ of criticism

4. 一线希望： a ________ of hope

5. 一群歌唱家： a ________ of singers

Set Bseasea

mountainmountain

storstormmrayray

choirchoir

This is the title of the Reuter’s report on the anti-immigrant attacks. What does “rainbow nation” mean? Figure it out and do a study on it with your classmates.

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After readingAfter reading

“Rainbow nation” is a term coined to describe post-apartheid South Africa. The country has many different races and cultures—just like a rainbow.

Hints: