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Unit6
Textcomprehension
I.Decidewhichofthefollowingbeststatestheauthor’spurposeofwriting.
A.
II.Judge.accordingtothetext,whetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.
1.F.RefertoParagraphs1.ItistruethattheflagthenarratorhangsdrawslittleattentioninParis,butthereasonisnotthatParisiansorFrenchmenarenotinterestedinflag-hangingingeneral.Rather,theIndependenceDayisanoccasionspecialforAmericansonlyand,understandably,theFrenchshowlittleinterestinthedayorthecelebratingflag.
2.T.RefertoParagraph2.
3.F.RefertoParagraph3.Theauthor’schildrenhavehadlittlechanceoflearningthehistoryoftheU.S.atschool,andtheparentsasnativeAmericansaretheonlyoneswhocouldhavetaughtthemaboutit.This,however,isnottrueofchildreningeneralinFrance.
4.F.RefertoParagraph4.TheydonotconcealthedarksideoftheAmericansocietybuttrytokeeptheirchildrenfromthefolliesoftheAmericansocietylikeschoolshootings.
5.T.RefertoParagraph9-11.
6.F.RefertoParagraph12.Globalizationisbothbeneficialanddetrimental.Ithelpstoblurtheclear-cutdividebetweenculturesontheonehandbutmakeschildrenlessthanfullyimmersedinaforeignworldontheother.
III.Answerthefollowingquestions.
1.Foronething,flag-hangingistheonlythinghecandoinParistocelebratetheIndependenceDay,whichispartofhisnationalheritage.Foranother,heintendstouseitasaspecialoccasionforteachinghischildrenabouttheAmericanhistoryandasareminderoftheirnativeAmericanidentity.
2.ThechildrenseldommixlanguagesupbecausetheyhaveacquiredFrenchthroughtheschoolinstructionsandEnglishthroughtheirfamilylifewithEnglish-speakingparents.Andtheyseemtoknowwhentousewhich.
3.Refertoparagraphs4-8.Thebenefitsofraisingchildreninaforeignculture,asthewritersuggests,includeacquiringaforeignlanguageandcultureandavoidingbeingexposedtotheproblemsofthenativeculture.
4.Itisdifficult,accordingtotheauthor,tomakethechildrenunderstandandidentifythevirtuesoftheirnativeculturewithoutlivinginit.Familyinstructionsarenotsatisfactorilyeffectiveandhavetobecomplementedbyothermeanssuchasre-enteringintothenativecultureandtakingchildrentohistoricalplaces.
5.Becausehegrewupinaforeigncultureandheknowsitisquiteanissuetoknowhowtoraisechildreninaforeignculturewithoutlosingtheirnativeidentity.Heunderstandsthattheissueinvolvestheeffortsonthepartoftheparents.
6.Globalizationislikeadouble-edgedswordtothegrowthofchildreninaforeignculture.Ontheonehand,ithelpstoreducedifferencesbetweentheforeigncultureandthenativeculture,andfacilitatesthephysicalandspiritualre-entryintothenativeculture.Ontheotherhand,itunfortunatelymakesitmoredifficultthaneverforchildrentobefullyimmersedintheforeignculture.
IV.Explaininyourownwordsthefollowingsentencestakenformthetext.
1.July4isoneofthetimesI,asanativeAmerican,feelinstinctivelyuneasyaboutthegreatgapsinourchildren’sunderstandingoftheirAmericanidentity,andthusIammotivatedtodosomethingtofillthegaps.
2.Andlivingawayfromournativecountrydoesnotmattermuch.
3.WhenIlivedinFranceasanexpatriatedchild,theFrenchkidsweredressedintheuniqueFrenchstyle,thuslookingquitedifferentfromtheircounterpartsinothercountries.
4.FullimmersioninatrulyforeignworldnolongerseemspossibleinWesterncountries,andIthinkthisisadeplorableimpactofglobalizationuponthegrowthofchildreninaforeigncountry.
Structuralanalysisofthetext
Theauthorofthistextfollowsa“specific-general”patterninhisdiscussion,i.e.hefirsttalksaboutwhatitmeanstohischildrentohangthenationalflagoftheirnativelandinaforeigncountryonJuly4theveryyearandthenexpresseshisviewontheimportanceforexpatriatedpeopleingeneraltokeeptheirculturalidentity,especiallywhenthewholeworldisundergoingaprocessofglobalization.ThespecificpointscanbefoundinhisdiscussionofthecostsandbenefitsofraisingchildreninaforeigncultureinParagraphs4-9whilethegeneralconclusioncanbefoundinparagraphs10-12,especiallyparagraph12.
Vocabularyexercises
2)learnabouttheU.S.culture
3)makefriendsfromtheU.S.andallovertheworld
4)teaseandjokeallthetime
TextIIStuckintheMiddle
Keytoquestionsfordiscussion
1.Hewasfacedwithracialdiscrimination.TheAmericanlawprohibitedhimfromowninganypropertyorbecominganaturalizedcitizen,tonameonlyafewexamples.
2.No.AlthoughsheinheritedsomeritualsfromherChineseancestorssuchasbeingthriftyandpolite,sheisalsoinfluencedbytheCaucasiancultureandtheAmericanculture.
3.Itisgoodforpeoplelikeherbecauseitiseasierforthemtomergethemselveswiththelocalpeopleandgetequalopportunitiesineducation,employmentandotherthings.
4.ItdependsonhowyoudefineaChinese.Ifwelookatthebloodrelationship,nomatterwhethertheyare1/2,1/4,1/8,or1/32Chinese,theyareunquestionablyChineseinorigin.Buttheyneedtohavemuc
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