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Text Explanation
Part I
About the Author
Shirley Chisholm (1924-) , American politician, educator, and author,was the first Afro-American woman elected to the . Congress. She was a passionate and effective advocate of equal rights for minorities, women and children. She changed the nation's perception about the capabilities of women and African-Americans.
Text Structure
Section 1: Paragraph 1
Section 2: Paragraphs 2-3
Section 3: Paragraphs 4-12
Section 4: Paragraphs 13-16
Section 5: Paragraph 17
Text Analysis
Shirley Chisholm identifies and analyses the sexual discrimination in 1970's American politics and draws the surprising conclusion that the prejudice based on sex is even more serious than racial prejudice. It is surprising because American society as a whole now acknowledges the racial inequality but both men and women are simply blind to the unfair treatment of women in the game of politics. She expresses her conviction that women's more active participation in politics would improve the country.
Paragraph 1
Being the first black woman elected to Congress has made me some kind of phenomenon.
I was the first to overcome both handicaps at once.
Of the two handicaps, being black is much less of a draw back than being female.
phenomenon
any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning; a remarkable development现象；奇迹；杰出的人才
The phenomenon draws more attention of the public than ever
What might account for this strange phenomenon?什么能解释这种奇怪的现象？
overcome
win a victory over; get on top of; deal with successfully
You must overcome your bad .
So, what obstacles do you have to overcome in your life?在你的生命中,有哪些障碍是需要克服的?
When at last all these obstacles were overcome, the small team set to ,小队就开始工作了。
handicap
(n.)the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness (v.)injure permanently; put at a disadvantage
Blindness is a great 。
A bad attitude is the only true 。
Perhaps other readers will not suffer such a 。
drawback
the quality of being a hindrance缺陷，不利条件；退税
Complacency is a drawback to 。
This is the major drawback of the 。
A drawback of text format files, however, is that they take longer to 。
Paragraph 2
If I said that being black is a greater handicap than being a woman, probably no one would question me.
That there is prejudice against women is an idea that still strikes nearly all men -- and, I am afraid, most women -- as bizarre.