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THE FATHER AND THE SUN
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THE FATHER AND THE SUN
Thank you for embracing a flaxen-haired baby
Although I’m aware you had your doubts
I guess anybody’d have had doubts
—“Sunflowers for Alfred Roy”
My father always reminded me of a sunflower—tall, proud, and stoic2, but also bright,strong, handsome, and self-possessed. He labored3 hard to reach up and out of the harshground in which he was rooted. He was determined4 to transcend5 the limitations faced byhis parents, their siblings6, and their whole generation. He was the only child of his father,Robert, and mother, Addie. He was embarrassed by Addie’s third-grade education. Addiewas tough on her son, and so he grew to respect and rely on order and logic7. By his ownstrength, he hauled himself out of the violent, oppressive environment that had driven oneof his uncles to kill another. My father craved8 discipline, culture, and freedom, so hejoined the military—a logical choice for a man who’d had no say over the time or skininto which he was born.
The military may have taken my father out of the Bronx, but it did not remove himfrom the perils9 of being a Black man in America. While he was enlisted10, a white woman atthe base where he was stationed said she was raped11 and that a Black man did it. On noevidence other than his not being white, my father was accused of the crime and placed ina jail on the base. To add extra suffering, and to serve as a warning to other Black soldiers,the white officers in charge assigned a Black officer to supervise my father—a deliberatereminder that a US military uniform did not
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v.以暴力夺取,强夺( rape的过去式和过去分词 );强奸 | |
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transgression
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逮捕,拘押( apprehend的过去式和过去分词 ); 理解 | |
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contemplating
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深思,细想,仔细考虑( contemplate的现在分词 ); 注视,凝视; 考虑接受(发生某事的可能性); 深思熟虑,沉思,苦思冥想 | |
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cracker
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allure
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crackers
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defiance
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jingle
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n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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n.疯狂,狂热,极度的激动 | |
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touching
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barter
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apparently
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intimacy
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n.熟悉,亲密,密切关系,亲昵的言行 | |
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tuned
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adj.调谐的,已调谐的v.调音( tune的过去式和过去分词 );调整;(给收音机、电视等)调谐;使协调 | |
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wart
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n.疣,肉赘;瑕疵 | |
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cascades
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glamorous
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venue
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racism
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caption
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weird
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renaissance
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pastor
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formerly
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ceramic
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meekly
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admonished
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karate
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auspicious
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tragic
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statistic
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legendary
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