Waiting for a Taxi复旦高级英语第二册第四课
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The development of globalization not only changes the traditional production system in China, but also creates a new production body--the immigrant workers.
Show me a minimum wage or part time worker, who can afford to buy a home and / or raise a family on his / her inadequate income. Show me how such workers are supposed to keep themselves and their children housed, fed and healthy. Should not human equality, abundance and peace be the right of every human being? ….
The AFL-CIO report, Immigrant Workers at Risk: The Urgent Need for
Improved Workplace Safety and Health Policies and Programs
Slavery The Beginning of Slavery The first Africans in America arrived as Indentured Servants via Jamestown, Virginia in 1619. From 1619 to about 1640, Africans could earn their freedom working as laborers and artisans for the European settlers. Africans could become free people and enjoy some of the liberties like other new settlers. Slave Trade The peoples inhabiting those African nations were known for their skills in agriculture, farming, and mining. The rising demand for sugar, coffee, cotton, and tobacco created a greater demand for slaves by other slave trading countries.
2. Prince William Sound
In March 1989, the largest oil spill in US history occurred when the EXXON VALDEZ supertanker struck submerged rocks outside of the shipping lanes in Prince William Sound, Alaska, seriously impacting the tourist and fishing industries there. This event has subsequently resulted in costly litigation between Exxon Corporation and the State of Alaska.
Race
The Slavery Abolition Act of 1833
The Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 (citation 3 & 4 Will. IV c. 73) was an 1833 Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom abolishing slavery throughout the British Empire. Main points of the Act All slaves under the age of six were to be freed immediately. Slaves over the age of six were to remain as part slave and part free for a further four years. In that time they would have to be paid a wage for the work they did in the quarter of the week when they were "free."
Class
impossible
impossible
impossible
"At the beginning of the third millennium, when the whole world is a global village thanks to the incredible progression of technology and techniques, humankind should be happy and not be bothered by problems of survival" (Kolyang Palé bé lé . Peasant leader in Chad).
Gender
Women
Different
Men
Society
When we are young
What we play
Beautiful animate dolls or charming female models. Barbie To pretend to be a bride or a mommy
However…
International trade is obviously unequal
Peasants faced with the challenges of the future
A new stage in the expansion of capitalism. The environment of family farming has changed
Our interpretation of this article: 1. Introduction of the author and background 2. Gender 3. Class Identity politics 4. Race
Introduction
About the author June Jordan, One of the most widely published AfricanAmerican writers, she was an inspirational teacher, through words and actions, and a supremely principled person She emerged onto the political and literary scene in the late 1960s, when the movements demanding attention were for civil rights and women's liberation, and anti-war.
What we are told
Fairy tales mostly with a Princess trapped in a castle, waiting her Prince Charming to rescue her and they will end up in a happy life forever.
Waiting for a Taxi
June Jordan
In 1989,the two hundred anniversary of French Revolution, the author toured Paris, during the process of waiting for a taxi, she expressed her opinion of “identity politics”----politics based on gender, class, and race.
Periodization of the French Revolution
Moderate stage: 1789–1792 Radical stage: 1792–1794 The Directory: 1794–1799
Hale Waihona Puke Napoleon: 1799–1815
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen (August 26, 1789; issued in Sept.)
Supplementary
3. Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education located in the Northeastern United States. The term is now most commonly used to refer to those eight schools considered as a group. The term has connotations of academic excellence, selectivity in admissions, and a reputation for social elitism.
Background
1.French revolution Outbreak: July 14th of 1789, The Storming the Bastille Cause: The Enlightenment The American Revolution, 17751783 Feudal system
Today
No matter how high her position is, she, as a woman, is still required to do the housework after a tiring work day.
The behavioral norm in schools is feminine. When the biologically natural aggression of males is focused into competitive performance, males thrive. When it is repressed, they are depressed.
Traditional Periodization of French revolution
July 14th 1787---August 10th 1792 constitutional monarchy August 10th 1792---June 2rd 1793 republican regime June 2rd 1793---July 29th 1794 (Hot month coup) democratic dictatorship
Leek-liked waist Perfect looking Wanting for Mr. Right
When we grow up
One task for women: home
Before
Women were supposed to stay at home, keeping the household and raising children. Dual task : home & career
The development of globalization not only changes the traditional production system in China, but also creates a new production body--the immigrant workers.
Show me a minimum wage or part time worker, who can afford to buy a home and / or raise a family on his / her inadequate income. Show me how such workers are supposed to keep themselves and their children housed, fed and healthy. Should not human equality, abundance and peace be the right of every human being? ….
The AFL-CIO report, Immigrant Workers at Risk: The Urgent Need for
Improved Workplace Safety and Health Policies and Programs
Slavery The Beginning of Slavery The first Africans in America arrived as Indentured Servants via Jamestown, Virginia in 1619. From 1619 to about 1640, Africans could earn their freedom working as laborers and artisans for the European settlers. Africans could become free people and enjoy some of the liberties like other new settlers. Slave Trade The peoples inhabiting those African nations were known for their skills in agriculture, farming, and mining. The rising demand for sugar, coffee, cotton, and tobacco created a greater demand for slaves by other slave trading countries.
2. Prince William Sound
In March 1989, the largest oil spill in US history occurred when the EXXON VALDEZ supertanker struck submerged rocks outside of the shipping lanes in Prince William Sound, Alaska, seriously impacting the tourist and fishing industries there. This event has subsequently resulted in costly litigation between Exxon Corporation and the State of Alaska.
Race
The Slavery Abolition Act of 1833
The Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 (citation 3 & 4 Will. IV c. 73) was an 1833 Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom abolishing slavery throughout the British Empire. Main points of the Act All slaves under the age of six were to be freed immediately. Slaves over the age of six were to remain as part slave and part free for a further four years. In that time they would have to be paid a wage for the work they did in the quarter of the week when they were "free."
Class
impossible
impossible
impossible
"At the beginning of the third millennium, when the whole world is a global village thanks to the incredible progression of technology and techniques, humankind should be happy and not be bothered by problems of survival" (Kolyang Palé bé lé . Peasant leader in Chad).
Gender
Women
Different
Men
Society
When we are young
What we play
Beautiful animate dolls or charming female models. Barbie To pretend to be a bride or a mommy
However…
International trade is obviously unequal
Peasants faced with the challenges of the future
A new stage in the expansion of capitalism. The environment of family farming has changed
Our interpretation of this article: 1. Introduction of the author and background 2. Gender 3. Class Identity politics 4. Race
Introduction
About the author June Jordan, One of the most widely published AfricanAmerican writers, she was an inspirational teacher, through words and actions, and a supremely principled person She emerged onto the political and literary scene in the late 1960s, when the movements demanding attention were for civil rights and women's liberation, and anti-war.
What we are told
Fairy tales mostly with a Princess trapped in a castle, waiting her Prince Charming to rescue her and they will end up in a happy life forever.
Waiting for a Taxi
June Jordan
In 1989,the two hundred anniversary of French Revolution, the author toured Paris, during the process of waiting for a taxi, she expressed her opinion of “identity politics”----politics based on gender, class, and race.
Periodization of the French Revolution
Moderate stage: 1789–1792 Radical stage: 1792–1794 The Directory: 1794–1799
Hale Waihona Puke Napoleon: 1799–1815
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen (August 26, 1789; issued in Sept.)
Supplementary
3. Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education located in the Northeastern United States. The term is now most commonly used to refer to those eight schools considered as a group. The term has connotations of academic excellence, selectivity in admissions, and a reputation for social elitism.
Background
1.French revolution Outbreak: July 14th of 1789, The Storming the Bastille Cause: The Enlightenment The American Revolution, 17751783 Feudal system
Today
No matter how high her position is, she, as a woman, is still required to do the housework after a tiring work day.
The behavioral norm in schools is feminine. When the biologically natural aggression of males is focused into competitive performance, males thrive. When it is repressed, they are depressed.
Traditional Periodization of French revolution
July 14th 1787---August 10th 1792 constitutional monarchy August 10th 1792---June 2rd 1793 republican regime June 2rd 1793---July 29th 1794 (Hot month coup) democratic dictatorship
Leek-liked waist Perfect looking Wanting for Mr. Right
When we grow up
One task for women: home
Before
Women were supposed to stay at home, keeping the household and raising children. Dual task : home & career