How moms shape the world (2)（每日一篇・聆聽）

日期：2025.5.11

節錄自：How moms shape the world, Anna Malaika Tubbs

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繼續母親節的talk～ 今天是其中一個辛勞媽媽的故事，大家一齊來聽聽～

指引：先按以上的連結指定的錄音內容，今天我們會聆聽7分37秒至9分08秒，你也可以提早開始聽聽，熱身一下～做聆聽練習的時候，不要開字幕，邊看下面的文字，一邊在紙上寫上答案，看看內容播完後自己答對了多少題。有需要的話可以調慢錄音的語速或多聽幾次～

7"37

The final story starts in the small town of Deal Island, Maryland, in 1902. A little girl's life begins in (1)_____ when she loses her own mother. But through this moment of darkness, she becomes somebody fixated on (2)_____ and on (3)_____. A talented writer, she uses her prose to inspire those around her to let go of their own pain and their (4)_____. As a teenager, she travels to New York in search of a new start, and she arrives in the middle of the Harlem Renaissance. This is just a brief introduction to Berdis Jones Baldwin, a mother of nine. Her first born was originally named James Arthur Jones. He later became known to the world as (5)_____. At times, Berdis had no other choice but to leave her children at home to make money as a (6)_____. She was also the victim of an (7)_____ husband for years. Without resources other than police officers, who were better known for harassing her community, she endured the pain on her own. When her husband passed, and she too was only in her thirties, she (8)_____ raised her nine children as a single mother.

9"08

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答案

1. tragedy
2. light
3. love
4. hatred
5. James Baldwin
6. domestic worker
7. abusive
8. proudly

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