Unit 3 Faster, higher, stronger 外刊撷英-【优学精讲】2024-2025学年高中英语选择性必修第一册教用课件(外研版)

UNITY① PARK IN GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA Adapted from Reader's Digest 202310 “Eighty-two years we have waited for the park，” says City Councilwoman (女议员) Lillian Brock Flemming. “The little children don't know the history, but they know they'll have a good time when they get there.” 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 Opened in 2022, Unity Park is a 60-acre, $60 million marvel of modern landscape architecture② in the Southernside neighborhood of Greenville, South Carolina. The city, at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains and cleaved③ by the Reedy River, has equipped the park with④ every bell and whistle imaginable for its 72，000 residents. But the true transformation⑤ isn't one of Greenville's facilities⑥—it's of Greenville's spirit⑦. 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 Unity Park now stands where two formerly⑧ separated parks, Mayberry Park and Meadowbrook Park, stood off for nearly a century. Back in 1927, Mayberry Park was the only place in Greenville where Black children could play. “It was all we had，” says Mary Duckett, president of Southernside Neighborhoods in Action. 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 But the city treated the park as⑨ its spare room. Greenville took a portion⑩ for a police shooting range⑪， and then some more for a Public Works facility, which housed a landfill⑫， trash incinerators (焚化炉) and a parking lot for garbage trucks. 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 “I've heard people describe⑬ it as the community 's junkyard，” says Greenville Housing Fund President Bryan Brown. In 1938, the city took half of Mayberry Park to build Meadowbrook Park, a minor league baseball stadium⑭. Mayberry Park was reduced to a sandlot, living in the literal shadow⑮ of its neighbor's prize colosseum (斗兽场)—one that clearly barred⑯ the Black residents who had frequented) the park for over a decade. 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 In 1939, a man named E．B. Holloway, who was Greenville's first Black mail carrier, petitioned⑰ City Council for a true city park for the Black community. “We want the park because we need it，” Holloway wrote to the Greenville Piedmont newspaper. “We want the park because our social and recreational⑱ life is at stake⑲. Give us a park.” 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 The City Council agreed to build a real park...and then did nothing for nearly a century. So the Unity Park that visitors enjoy today makes good on a promise long forsaken⑳. Fittingly， all who enter are greeted by Holloway himself, along with his wife, Hattie Jordan Holloway. The pair are pictured on a mural (壁画) under the words “A Promise Fulfilled.” Many of the Holloways' descendants㉑ attended Unity Park's grand opening. 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 With its massive㉒ green spaces and restored㉓ wetlands, as well as walking and biking trails, covered picnic areas, state-of-the-art㉔ playgrounds, basketball courts, baseball fields and even outdoor classrooms, Unity Park is a utopia (乌托邦) of fellowship and leisure far beyond anything Holloway could have dreamed. 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 ①unity n．联合；团结 ②architecture n．建筑 ③cleave v．劈开；隔开 ④equip...with... 给……装备…… ⑤transformation n．转变 ⑥facility n．设施 ⑦spirit n．精神 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 ⑧formerly adv.以前 ⑨treat...as... 把……看作…… ⑩portion n．部分 ⑪shooting range 打靶场 ⑫landfill n．垃圾填埋场 ⑬describe v．描述 ⑭stadium n．体育场 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 ⑮shadow n．阴影 ⑯bar v．阻止，禁止 ⑰petition v．请愿 ⑱recreational adj.娱乐的 ⑲at stake 濒临险境 ⑳make good on a promise long forsaken 兑现长期未履行的诺言 ㉑descendant n．后代；后裔 ㉒massive adj.巨大的；广阔的 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 ㉓restored adj.恢复了的 ㉔state-of-the-art adj.最先进的 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 Opened　 architecture　 has equipped　 transformation　 as　 to build had frequented petitioned　 where 　with 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 1．marvel n.　　　 A．a wonderful and surprising person or thing 2．house v. B．to visit a particular place often 3．community n. C.not very large, important or serious 4．minor adj. D．in an appropriate manner 5．frequent v. E．all the people who live in a particular area or country 6．fittingly adv. F．to be the place where sth. is kept 答案：1～5.AFECB　6.D 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 Which theme park would you like to recommend to your friends? And why? One possible version： As for my favorite theme park, Shanghai Disneyland is the first to come to my mind. 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 Located in the Pudong New Area of Shanghai, Shanghai Disneyland covers an area of 3.9 million square meters. Officially opened in June 2016, it is the sixth Disney theme park in the world. Shanghai Disneyland consists of eight themed lands, two theme hotels and many of the world's first rides, with the TRON Lightcycle Power Run being the first of its kind in Disney theme parks around the globe. 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 As a place full of fantasy, Shanghai Disneyland will bring us into a magical world, where we can realize our childhood dreams. It will fill our day with pleasure and excitement, and reward us with unforgettable memories. 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 $