Unit 3  M 10

自由填空或用括号里所给词的适当形式填空

Dr King encourages us to fight against this unfair system which prohibits us blacks from sitting where we like. It is regarded as an offence if we sit at the front of a bus and if we break this law, we receive a heavy punishment. But on Thursday, I’m glad to say, this unjust separation of people on the basis of skin color was challenged. A black lady, Rosa Parks, got on board a city bus and sat in the fifth (five) row with three other blacks. Gradually the seats for whites filled until one white man remained standing. By law he could not sit with Rosa and by tradition blacks were expected to move. All four were asked to stand. The other three submitted but Rosa was unwilling to do so and she refused. She was arrested.

　Encouraged (encourage) by a Supreme Court decision that public education must be mixed nationwide, the leaders went to court to argue against separation on buses. It was not until November 13, 1956 that the US Supreme Court declared separation on buses was not constitutional.

　The teacher turned to the class and said: “Everybody who brings lunch, put it on their desk.” She walked around the rows staring (stare) into lunch boxes nodding (nod) at some and frowning a little at others.

　This is my hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to cut a stone of hope from the mountain of despair. With this faith we will be able to transform the unpleasant sounds of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, … to stand up for freedom together, knowing (know) that we will be free one day.