C. j.沃克: 一位黑人励志女士
C. J. Walker: A Black Inspiring Woman
导读
黑人奴隶的女儿，几十年的洗衣工，护发产品的开发者与推广者，资助黑人妇女获得美丽与独立的慈善家，孜孜不倦的黑人艺术家与作家的支持者，争取黑人权利的推动者——集这一切于一身的是怎样一位女士?她的人生传奇又是什么?现在就让我们一起走近C.J.沃克!
边听边读
Madam C. J. Walker was very poor for most of her life. She was born in the southern state of Louisiana in 1867. Her parents were former slaves, who called her Sarah. The family lived and worked on a cotton farm along the Mississippi River.
Most children of slaves did not go to school. They had to work. By the time Sarah was five years old, she was picking cotton in the fields with her family.①She also helped her mother and sister earn money by washing clothes for white people.
At the age of 19, she decided to move to Saint Louis, Missouri. She had heard that washerwomen earned more money there. Sarah washed clothes all day. At night, she went to school to get the education she had missed as a child.②Sarah began to think about how she was going to continue to earn money in the future. What was she going to do when she grew old and her back grew weak?
She also worried about her hair. It was dry and broken. Sarah tried different products to improve her hair but nothing worked. Then she got an idea.③If she could create a hair product that worked for her, she could start her own business.
At the age of thirty seven, Sarah invented a mixture that helped her hair and made curly hair straight. By solving her hair problem, she had found a way to improve her life.
In 1906, she married Charles Joseph Walker. He was a newspaperman who had become her friend and adviser. From then on, Sarah used the name Madam C. J. Walker.
Madam Walker's business grew quickly. It soon was employing three thousand people.④Black women who could not attend her schools could learn the Walker hair care method through a course by mail. Hundreds, and later thousands,//www.58yuanyou.com of black women learned her hair. care methods. Madam Walker's products helped these women earn money to educate their chilwww.58yuanyou.comdren, build homes and start businesses.
翻译
C.J.沃克女士在一生中的大多数时间生活很贫困。她于1867年出生在路易斯安那州南部。她的父母是昔日的奴隶，他们给她起名为莎拉。一家人居住在密西西比河沿岸的棉花种植场，并在此劳作。
奴隶家的孩子大多数不能上学。他们不得不干活。在莎拉5岁时，她已经和家人一起在地里捡棉花。她也XHwHQveYvj帮助妈妈和姐姐为白人洗衣服挣钱。
在19岁时，她决定搬去密苏里州的圣路易斯。她早就听说在那儿洗衣女工会挣更多的钱。莎拉整天洗衣服挣钱。到了晚上，她去上学以弥补小时候缺失的教育。莎拉开始思考在未来如何继续挣钱。当她变老、身体变得虚弱时，她该做什么呢?
她也担心她那又干又脆的头发。莎拉尝试不同的产品来改善她的发质，但是没有效果。后来她有了一个主意。如果她能发明一种适合于她的护发产品，她就能开办自己的公司了。
在37岁时，莎拉发明了种既能护理头发又能使卷发变直的混合液。通过解决自己的头发问题，她找到了一种改善自己生活的方法。
在1906年，她嫁给查尔斯.约瑟夫.沃克。他是一位报社记者，之前他是她的朋友和咨询师。从那以后，莎拉使用了C. J.沃克女士这个名字。
沃克女士的生意发展很快，不久她就雇用了300人。不能来她学校上课的黑人妇女可以通过邮寄课程学习沃克头发护理法。最初数百个，后来数千个黑人妇女学到了她的护发技术。沃克女土的产品帮助这些妇女挣钱来教育孩子，建立家园并开办公司。
精彩短语/亮点句式
01
She also helped her mother and sister earn money by washing clothes for white people.
她也帮助妈妈和姐姐为白人洗衣服挣钱。
这是一个简单句，基本结构为"help sb. dosh."，其意为“帮助某 人做某事”。例如:
Excuse me, could you help me carry the big box?
打扰了，请问你能帮我提这个大箱子吗?
02
Sarah began to think about how she was going to continue to earn money in the future.
莎拉开始思考在未来如何继续挣钱。
这是一个复合句，how引导一个宾语从句。think about意为“思考”; continue to do sth.意为“继续做某事”; in the future意为“在未来”。例如:
Mr. Wang often thinks about how he can continue to help others in the future.
王先生经常思考在未来他如何才能继续帮助别人。
03
If she could create a hair product that worked for her, she could start her own business.
如果她能发明一种适XHwHQveYvj合于她的护发产 品，她就能开办自己的公司了。
这是一个复合句，i引导的是条件状语从句，其中that原由网引导一个定语从 句。start one's business意为“开办公司”。例如:
The graduate from Peking University decided not to look for work but to start his own business.
那个北大毕业生决定不去找工作，而是开办自己的公司。
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Black women who could not attend her schools could learn the Walker hair care method through a course by mail.
不能来她的学校上课的黑人妇女可以通过邮寄课程学习沃克头发 护理法。
这个复合句中who引导一个定语从句，修饰先行词black women。 through a course by mail为介词短语作方式状语。attend school意为 “上学”; by mail意为 “通过邮寄”。例如:
All children between the ages of 5 and 16 must attend school. 所有5至16岁的孩子必须上学。
Did you send your books by mail?
你说通过邮递把你的书寄走的吗?
名句背诵
From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you discover that you have wings.
(American actress, Helen Hayes)
你从父母那里学到爱，学到笑，学到怎么走路。可是一打开书，你会发现你有了翅膀。
(美国女演员 海伦海斯)
