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A Case of "Severe Bias"

Patricia Raybon

1 This is who I am not. I am not a crack addict. I am not a welfare mother.

I am not illiterate. I am not a prostitute.

I have never been in jail. My children are not in gangs. My husband doesn’t beat me. My home is not a tenement. None of these things defines who I am, nor do they describe the other black people I’ve known and worked with and loved and befriended over these forty years of my life.

2 Nor does it describe most of black America, period.

3 Yet in the eyes of the American news media, this is what black America is: poor, criminal, addicted, and dysfunctional. Indeed, media coverage of black America is so one-sided, so imbalanced that the most victimized

and hurting segment of the black community －a small segment, at best －is presented not as the exception but as the norm. It is an insidious practice, all the uglier for its blatancy.

4 In recent months, I have observed

a steady offering of media reports on crack babies, gang warfare, violent youth, poverty, and homelessness －and in most cases, the people featured in the photos and stories were black. At the same time, articles that discuss other aspects of American life －from home buying to medicine to technology to nutrition －rarely, if ever, show blacks playing a positive role, or for that matter, any role at all.

5 Day after day, week after week, this message －that black America is dysfunctional and unwhole －gets transmitted across the American landscape. Sadly, as a result, America

never learns the truth about what is actually a wonderful, vibrant, creative community of people.

6 Most black Americans are not poor. Most black teenagers are not crack addicts. Most black mothers are not on welfare. Indeed, in sheer numbers, more white Americans are poor and on welfare than are black. Yet one never would deduce that by watching television or reading American newspapers and magazines.

7 Why do the American media insist on playing this myopic, inaccurate picture game? In this game, white America is always whole and lovely and healthy, while black America is usually sick and pathetic and deficient. Rarely, indeed, is black America ever depicted in the media as functional and self-sufficient. The free press, indeed, as the main interpreter of American

culture and American experience, holds the mirror on American reality －so much so that what the media say is is, even if it’s not that way at all. The media are guilty of a severe bias and the problem screams out for correction. It is worse than simply lazy journalism, which is bad enough; it is inaccurate journalism.

8 For black Americans like myself, this isn’t just an issue of vanity －of wanting to be seen in a good light. Nor is i t a matter of closing one’s eyes to the very real problems of the urban underclass －which undeniably is disproportionately black. To be sure, problems besetting the black underclass deserve the utmost attention of the media, as well as the understanding and concern of the rest of American society.

9 But if their problems consistently are presented as the only reality for

blacks, any other experience known in the black community ceases to have validity, or to be real. In this scenario, millions of blacks are relegated to a sort of twilight zone, where who we are and what we are isn’t based on fact but an image and perception. That’s what it feels like to be a black American whose lifestyle is outside of the aberrant behavior that the media present as the norm.

10 For many of us, life is a curious series of encounters with white people who want to know why we are “different” from other blacks －when, in fact, most of us are only “different” from the now common negative images of black life. So pervasive are these images that they aren’t just perceived as the norm, they’re accepted as the norm.

11 I am reminded, for example, of the controversial Spike Lee film Do the

Right Thing and the criticism by some movie reviewers that the film’s ghetto neighbo rhood isn’t populated by addicts and drug pushers －and thus is not a true depiction.

12 In fact, millions of black Americans live in neighborhoods where the most common sights are children playing and couples walking their dogs. In my own inner-city neighborhood in Denver －an area that the local press consistently describes as “gang territory” －I have yet to see a recognizable “gang” member or any “gang” activity (drug dealing or drive-by shootings), nor have I been the victim of “gang violence”.

13 Yet to students of American culture －in the case of Spike Lee’s film, the movie reviewers － a black, inner-city neighborhood can only be one thing to be real: drug-infested and

dysfunctioning. Is this my ego talking? In part, yes. For the millions of black people like myself －ordinary, hard-working, law-abiding, tax-paying Americans －the media’s blindness to the fact that we even exist, let alone to our contributions to American society, is a bitter cup to drink. And as self-reliant as most black Americans are －because we’ve had to be self-reliant －even the strongest among us still crave affirmation.

14 I want that. I want it for my children. I want it for all the beautiful, healthy, funny, smart black Americans I have known and loved over the years.

15 And I want it for the rest of America, too.

16 I want America to know us －all of us －for who we really are. To see us in all of our complexity, our subtleness, our artfulness, our enterprise, our

specialness, our loveliness, our American-ness. That is the real portrait of black America －that we’re strong people, surviving people, capable people. That may be the best-kept secret in America. If so, it’s time to let the truth be known.

“强烈偏见”之实话实说

帕特里夏·雷本

1 我不是通常想象的那种黑人。我不是吸食强效纯可卡因的瘾君子。我不是靠救济来生活的母亲。我不是文盲。我不是妓女。我从没蹲过大牢。我的孩子们没有混迹黑帮。我老公不会对我家暴。我家不住廉租房。这些都不能用来界定我，也不能描述我40年生命中认识、共事、热爱、交往的任何其他黑人。

2 大多数美国黑人也与此无关。就这么回事。

3 然而美国新闻媒体眼中的美国黑人恰恰如此：贫穷，有犯罪倾向，吸毒，与社会格格不入。千真万确，媒体关于美国黑人的报道如此片面，如此失衡，黑人群体中受伤最深、同时也是害人

最深的那些人——那顶多是一小部分人——被描述成常态，而非例外。这真是用心险恶，这种做法因其肆无忌惮而格外丑陋。

4 最近几个月，我观察到一系列媒体报道，主题是毒瘾婴儿1、帮派混战、行为暴虐的年轻人、贫困以及无家可归。多数情况下，报道和配图中的主角都是黑人。与此同时，关于美国生活的其他方面——从买房置地到医药领域，从技术发展到营养健康——极少见到甚至可以说没有见到黑人扮演积极正面的角色，甚至可以说，压根见不到他们扮演任何角色。

5 日复一日，周复一周，这样的信息，即美国黑人与主流社会格格不入、非病即残，传遍美国各地。很遗憾，这样的结果就是美国从来就无法认识到黑人实际上是优秀、生机勃勃、创意无限的人民。

6 大多数美国黑人不穷。大多数黑人青少年不是吸食强效纯可卡因的瘾君子。大多数黑人母亲不靠救济过活。事实上，单纯就数量而言，生活拮据、靠救济度日的美国白人比黑人更多。但是如果光看电视或阅读报章杂志，人们永远不会得出这个结论。

7 但是，为什么美国媒体坚持玩这种鼠目寸光、错漏百出的图片游戏？在这种把戏中，美国白人永远健康向上、可爱动人、全面发展，而美国黑人永远疾病缠身、可怜巴巴、缺陷多多。千真万确，媒体笔下的黑人极少是有用之才，自给自足。千真万确，作为美国文化和美国经验的主要诠释者的自由媒体，高举反映美国现实的明镜，以至于他们说什么就是什么，即便事实真相大相径庭。媒体带有强烈偏见，这个问题亟待纠正。这个问题就是：这是比懒惰的新闻报道更严重的问题，新闻报道懒惰消极已经够糟糕了，现在的问题是，这是失实的新闻报道。

8 对于像我自己这样的美国黑人，想被人看得起不仅仅是个虚荣心的问题。这也不仅仅是对城市下层社会现实问题视而不见的问题。毫无疑问，这个下层社会中黑人比例畸高。老实说，使下层黑人陷入困境的问题值得媒体最高程度的重视，也需要其他美国人理解与关注。

9 但是，如果下层黑人的问题总被当作黑人现实生活的全部来描写，那么他们其余的经历就失效了，甚至被认为是虚假的。在这个场景中，数百万黑人被边缘化了，我们的身份和社会地位不

是以事实为依据，而是以虚幻的形象和直觉为依据。这就是身为一名美国黑人的感受，我们的生活方式绝非媒体以偏概全形容的那样偏离常规。

10 对我们黑人当中的许多人而言，生活就是一系列的奇遇，就是总碰到想要弄明白我们与其他黑人为何“不同”的白人。但事实上，我们当中的大多数只是和通常的黑人负面形象“不同”而已。这些负面形象如此泛滥以至于大家不仅仅把这些当成常规定式，而且已经接受了这样的模式。

11 比如，我想起颇具争议性的

12 事实上，千百万美国黑人居住的社区中，最常见的景象就是孩子在玩耍，夫妻在遛狗。在我自己居住的丹佛市中心地区，我从没见过任何带有明显特征的“黑帮”分子或类似于毒品交易、驾车枪击这样的“黑帮”活动，我也从来没有成为"黑帮暴力"的牺牲品。然而，即便这样，当地媒体还是经常把市中心描述为"黑帮地盘"。

13 对评论斯派克

14 我希望被认可。我希望我的孩子们被认可。我希望我这么多年来一切相识相爱的美丽、健康、风趣、聪明的美国黑人们都得到认可。

15 我也希望其他美国人都得到认可。

16 我希望这个国家真正认识我们——我们中的全部人——真正认识我们是什么样的人。真正全面了解我们的复杂，我们的细腻，我们的精明，我们的进取，我们的特别，我们的可爱和我们带有的美国特征。我们是身体强健的人，为生存打拼的人，能胜任工作的人——这才是美国黑人的真实形象。这或许是美国最深藏不露的秘密。如果是这样，现在该是揭开事实真相的时候了。

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Lesson Eight The Kindness of Strangers Mike Mclntyre 1. One summer I was driving from my home town of Tahoe City, Calif, to New Orleans. In the middle of the desert, I came upon a young man standing by the roadside. He had his thumb out and held a gas can in his other hand. I drove right by him. There was a time in the country when you' d be considered a jerk if you passed by somebody in need. Now you are a fool for helping. With gangs, drug addicts, murderers, rapists, thieves lurking everywhere, "I don't want to get involved" has become a national motto. 2. Several states later I was still thinking about the hitchhiker. Leaving him stranded in the desert did not bother me so much. What bothered me was how easily I had reached the decision. I never even lifted my foot off the accelerator. 3. Does anyone stop any more? I wondered. I recalled Blanche DuBois's famous line: "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." Could anyone rely on the kindness of strangers these days? One way to test this would be for a person to journey from coast to coast without any money, relying solely on the good will of his fellow Americans. What kind of Americans would he find? Who would feed him, shelter him, carry him down the road? 4. The idea intrigued me. 5. The week I turned 37, I realized that I had never taken a gamble in my life. So I decided to travel from the Pacific to the Atlantic without a penny. It would be a cashless journey through the land of the almighty dollar. I would only accept offers of rides, food and a place to rest my head. My final destination would be Cape Fear in North Carolina, a symbol of all the fears I'd have to conquer during the trip. 6. I rose early on September 6, 1994, and headed for the Golden Gate Bridge with a 50-pound pack on my back and a sign displaying my destination to passing vehicles: "America." 7. For six weeks I hitched 82 rides and covered 4223 miles across 14 states. As I traveled, folks were always warning me about someplace else. In Montana they told me to watch out for the cowboys in Wyoming, In Nebraska they said people would not be as nice in Iowa. Yet I was treated with kindness everywhere I went. I was amazed by people's readiness to help a stranger, even when it seemed to run contrary to their own best interests. 8. One day in Nebraska a car pulled to the road shoulder. When I reached the window, I saw two little old ladies dressed in their Sunday finest." I know you're not supposed to pick up hitchhikers, but it's so far between towns out here, you feel bad passing a person," said the driver, who introduced herself as Vi. I didn't know whether to kiss them or scold them for stopping. This woman was telling me she'd rather risk her life than feel bad about passing a stranger on the side of the road. 9. Once when I was hitchhiking unsuccessfully in the rain, a trucker pulled over, locking his brakes so hard he skidded on the grass shoulder. The driver told me he was once robbed at knifepoint by a hitchhiker. "But I hate to see a man stand out in the rain," he added. "People don't have no heart anymore." 10. I found, however, that people were generally compassionate. Hearing I had no money and would take none, people bought me food or shared whatever they happened to have with them. Those who had the least to give often gave the most. In Oregon a house painter named Mike noted the chilly weather and asked if I had a coat. When he learned that I had "a light one," he drove me to his house, and handed me a big green army-style jacket. A lumber-mill worker named Tim invited me to a simple dinner with his family in their shabby house. Then he offered me his tent. I refused, knowing it was probably one of the family's most valuable possessions. But Tim was determined that I have it, and finally I agreed to take it. 11. I was grateful to all the people I met for their rides, their food, their shelter, and their gifts. But what I found most touching was the fact that they all did it as a matter of course.

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1.必修二Module 1 Zhou Kai (1) 周凯（1） When Zhou Kai’s mother saw him heading towards the front door without a jacket on, she eyed him anxiously. 周凯的妈妈看到他没有穿夹克衫就往前门走去时，她担心地盯着周凯，问道 “Zhou Kai, where are you going?” she asked. "周凯，上哪儿去呀?" “To the park. I’m going to play football,” said Zhou Kai"去公园踢球，"周凯说。 “But it’s raining! You’ll catch a bad cold,” said his mother. "下着雨呢!会得重感冒的，"妈妈说。 “No I won’t. I’ll be fine,” said Zhou Kai, as he opened the door. "不会的，没事，"周凯边说边开门。“Zhou Kai, you’ll get ill. You know you will. You can at least go and get your jacket.” "周凯，你会生病的，肯定会的。你至少可以去拿上你的夹克衫。 “OK, OK.” Zhou Kai went as he was told. "好吧，好吧，"周凯听话地带了件夹克，走了出去。 My mother has always made sure we eat very healthily, and fresh fruit and vegetables are a very important part of our diet. 我妈妈总是想方设法让我们吃得健康，新鲜水果和蔬菜是我们食谱中很重要的一部分。We live near the sea and we have fish about four times a week. 我们家靠近大海，一周吃四次鱼。We don't eat much fat or sugar.脂肪和糖分的摄取不是很多。A lot of my school friends eat sweets every day but I'm lucky because I don't have a sweet-tooth学校里很多同学每天都吃:甜食，我很幸运我不喜好甜食-- I'd rather eat a nice piece of fruit.我宁愿吃一块(一片)美味的水果。And I'm not too heavy, so I never have to diet, or anything like that. 我不是很胖，所以;我不必节食，也不必做其他类似的事情。 I'm quite healthy I very rarely get colds, although, unusually for me, I had a bad cold and a bit of a fever last week.我很健康。很少感冒。不过很少见的是上周得了重感冒还有点发烧。But that's because I was stupid enough to play football in the rain.但那是因为我真是够蠢的，居然在雨中踢足球。I don't often get things like flu either.我也不常染上流感。Last winter almost all my classmates got flu--- but I didn't.去年冬天全班同学儿乎都得了流感---我却幸免了。I think I don't get these things because I take a lot of exercise and am very fit. 我认为我不会得这些病，因为我经常锻炼，很健康。Two years ago I broke my arm playing football. The injury was quite painful and I couldn't move my arm for a month --- I hated that.两年前我在踢球时胳膊骨折了。伤口疼得厉害，胳膊一个月不能动，太讨厌了。 So as you can see from what I've said, I'm a normal kind of person.从我上面的话你可以看出，我是个普通的人。But there's one thing I really love--- I'm crazy about football. 不过有一件事我非常喜爱-----我对足球太着迷了。I'm captain of the class team at school and I'm also a member of the Senior High team.我是班上足球队的队长，也是高中球队的球员。Because of this, I make sure that I have a good diet, and as I've said, this isn't a problem because my mother feeds us so well.正因为如此，我确保自己的合理膳食，我早就说过，这没问题，妈妈照顾我们吃得真是太好了。 2.必修二Module 2 Article 1文章一 My name is Adam Rouse. I’m 19 years old and I used to be a drug addict. 我叫亚当?鲁斯，19岁。我曾经是