【专八minilecture】兰斯顿休斯及其文学作品(3/8)

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专八Minilecture,以讲座的形式展开，考察在整篇lecture中捕捉信息和关键词的能力，逐步领会Minilecture的命题规律和答题技巧
本篇选用的是《2013年星火满分听力》l综合篇。
关于专八听力，因为还有一档专八Interview和专八新闻的节目，所以不是每一项都是每天更新的，但是minilecture不更新的同时interview有更新，大家也可以关注一下。
---Choice of vocabulary,vivid description of the events
Purpose:showing the (3)____of the hardships faced by African-Americans
Example:Blood on my sport shirt,Three kicks between the legs ("Theird Degree)Another technique Hughes uses can be found within the effect that his choice of vocabulary provokes. Hughes's vivid description of the events of his poems opens the reader's eyes to the severity of the hardships faced by African-Americans of the time. For example, in his poem "Third Degree," which describes the beating of a black man by the police in order to "encourage" him to confess to a crime, the words "Blood on my sport shirt" and "Three kicks between the legs" are used. This vivid description makes it clear to the reader brutality of the event and introduces him or her to the world of agony faced by many African-Americans at during the Harlem Renaissance.
severity