Neither Beloved nor Middle Passage is an easy read，but both exemplify African American writers attempts to bring significant historical situations alive for a modem audience.

　　词汇:

　　interpret v. 解释，翻译

　　desperation n. 绝望的境地

　　recount v. 叙述

　　capture v. 俘获

　　slavery n. 奴隶制度

　　注释:

　　1. Yet by writing about the past in a vivid and compelling manner，storytellers can bring earlier eras to life and force readers to consider them seriously. 然而通过用一种生动有趣的方式来描

　　写过去，小说家可以将早期时代重现，并引起读者的重视。

　　2. His main character. Rutherford Calhoun. is a neer-do-well free black American who stows away on a slave ship bound for Africa to collect its cargo .他的主人公叫做 Rutherford Calhoun，是一个游手好闲，身份自由的美国黑人。他偷偷登上了一艘开往非洲贩卖奴隶的船只。

　　练习:

　　1. This passage is mostly about__________.

　　A) the causes of slavery in America

　　B) black writers in the late 20th century

　　C) why Morrison and Johnson wrote the books they did

　　D) two novels that deal with slavery

　　2. Beloved is set__________.

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