钢琴手势Unit 6 A French Fourth
Key to the Exercis
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I. Decide which of the following best states the author's purpo of writing.
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II. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or fal.
1. T (Refer to Paragraph 2. "People don't have barbecues in Paris apartments, and most other Americans I know who have ttled here suppress such outward signs of their heritage)
2. T (Refer to Paragraph 3. "... so American history is mostly something they have learned -- or haven't learned -- from their parents.")
3. F (Refer to Paragraph 4. They do not try to completely conceal the dark side of American society but try to keep their children from such follies of American society as school shootings.)
4. T (Refer to Paragraph 11.)
5. F (Refer to Paragraph 12. Globalization is both beneficial and detrimental. It helps to blur the clear-cut divide between cultures on the one hand but makes children less than fully immerd in a foreign world on the other.)
III. Answer the following questions.
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1. Refer to Paragraph 1. For one thing, hanging out the American flag is the only thing he can do in Paris to celebrate Independence Day, which is part of his national heritage. For another, he wants to u this opportunity to teach his children about American history and as a reminder of their American identity.
2. Refer to Paragraph 4. The children ldom mix languages up becau they have acq
uired French at school and English through communication with their English-speaking parents. And they em to know when to u which.
3. Refer to Paragraphs 4 and 8. The benefits of raising children in a foreign culture, as the writer suggests, include acquiring a foreign language and culture and staying away from the follies of the native culture.
怎么改变文件格式4. Refer to Paragraph 12. Globalization is like a double-edged sword to the growth of children in a foreign culture. On the one hand, it helps to reduce the differences between the foreign culture and the native culture, and facilitates the physical and spiritual re-entry into the native culture. On the other hand, it unfortunately makes it more difficult than ever for children to be fully immerd in the foreign culture.
IV. Explain in your own words the following ntences.
1. July 4 is one of the times I, as a native American, feel instinctively uneasy about the great gaps in our children's understanding of their American identity, and thus I am motivated to do something to fill the gaps.
2. And living away from our native country does not matter much (in our children's acquisition of our native language).
3. In the days when I lived in France as an expatriated child, French children were dresd in the unique French style, thus looking quite different from their counterparts in other countries.
4. Full immersion in a truly foreign world no longer ems possible in Western countries, and I think this is a deplorable impact of globalization upon the growth of children in a foreign country.
Structural A爱护动物nalysis
The author follows a "specific-to-general" pattern in his discussion, i.e. he first talks about what it means to his children to hang out the national flag of their native land in a foreign country on July 4 every year and then express his view on the importance for expatriated people in general to keep their cultural identity, especially when the whole wo
rld is undergoing a process of globalization. The specific points can be found in his discussion of the costs and benefits of raising children in a foreign culture in Paragraphs 4-9 while the general conclusion can be found in Paragraphs 10-12, especially Paragraph 12.
Rhetorical Features
I've never en anyone look up, but in my mind's eye an American tourist may notice it and smile, and a French pasrby may be reminded of the date and the occasion that prompts its appearance. The function of 目送摘抄but here is to express the author's wish that American tourists may notice the flag and be reminded of their national identity.
The particular narratives of American history aside, American culture is not theirs alone but that of their French classmates, too. The music they listen to is either "American" or "European," but it is often hard to tell the difference. In my day little French kids looked like nothing other than little French kids; but Loui and Henry and their classmates dress much as their peers in the United States do, though with perhaps less Lands' End fleecin黑枸杞茶
ess. The function of the three buts here is to show the diminishing difference between American culture and European culture.
On the other hand, they are less than fully immerd in a truly foreign world.春节趣事400字 The function of on the other hand here is to tell the reader the possible disadvantage if the existing cultural differences all disappear as a conquence of the on-going globalization.