Unit4
Lead-in
4:1
conclude:conclusion
confront:confrontation
converse:conversion
enforce: enforcement
enlighten:enlightenment
expatriate:expatriation
globalize:globalization
immerse:immersion
reenact:reenactment
resonate:resonation
suppress:suppression
Text comprehensionI A
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1.Refer to Paragraph 1.For one thing,hanging out the American flag is theonly thing he can do in Paris to celebrate Independence Day,which is part of his national heritage.For another,he wants to use this opportunity to teachhis children about American history and as a reminder of American identity
2.Refer to Paragraph 4.The children seldom mix languages up because theyhave acquired French at school and English through communication with their English-speaking parents.And they seem to know when to use which.
3.Refer to Paragraphs 4 and 8.The benefits of raising children in a foreignculture,eas the author suggests,include acquiring a foreign language andculture and staying away from the follies of the native culture.
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 thedifferences between the foreign culture and the native culture,and facilitatesthe physical and spiritual re-entry into the native culture.On thé other hand,itunfortunately makes eit more difficult than ever for children to be fullyimmersed in the foreign culture
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1.July 4 is one of the times I,as a native American,feel instinctively uneasyabout the great gaps in our children's understanding of their American identity,and thus I am motivated to do something to fill the saps.
2.And living away from our native country does not matter much .
3.In the days when I lived in France as an expatriated child,French childrenwere dressed in the unique French style,thus looking quite different fromtheir counterparts in other countries
4.Full immersion in a truly foreign world no longer seems possible in Westerncountries,and I think this is a deplorable impact of globalization upon thegrowth of children in a foreign country.
Structural analysis of the text
The author follows a "specific-to-general"pattern in his discussion He firsttalks about what it means to his children to hang out the national flag of theirnative land in a foreign country on July 4 every year and then expresses hisview on the importance for expatriated people in general to keep their culturalidentity especially when the whole world is undergoing a process ofglobalization.The specific points can be found in his discussion of the cosplayts andbenefits of raising children in a foreign culture in Paragraphs 4-9 while thegeneral conclusion can be found in Poragraphs10-12,especially Paragraph 12.
Rhetorical features of the text
“Ive never seen anyone look up,but in my minds eye an American tourist maynotice it and smile and a French passerby may be reminded of the date and theoccasion that prompt its appearance”The function of but here is to express the author`s wish that American tourists may notice the flag and betenoned of their national identity.“The particular narratives.of Americanhistory aside American culture is not theirs alone but that of their Frenchclassmates,too.The music they listen to is ether "American"or"European"butin s often hard to tell the difference."“In my day little French kids looked like nothing other than little French kids;but Louise and Henry andtheir classmates dress much as their peers in the United States do,though withperhaps less Lands End fleeciness.The function of the threebuts here is to show the diminishing difference between American culture and”European culture.
“On the other hand thy are less than fully immersed in a truly foreign world”Paragraph 12)The function of on the other hand here is to tell the reader thepossible disadvantage of diminishing cultural differences as a consequence ofthe on-going globalization.
Vocabulary
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1.important event
2.refill their hearts and minds with their cultural traditions
3.the American beliefs,values and loyalties
4.true demonstration of what happened
5.brief experience or idea
6.live in the way of
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1.took pride in
2.is immersed in
3.resonating with
4.are exposed to
5.in his mind's eye
6.a glimpse of
7.convey to
8.turned to
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1.fluency
2.enrollment
3.accessible
4.obtainable
5.personification
6.enlightenment
7.globalization
8.promptly
IV
1.official
2.impelled
3.pang
4.inform
5.inflated
6.desires
7.submerged
8.anxiety
V
1.illumination
2.available
3.tale
4:harmless
5.begin
6.tackle
7.comfort
8.emigrate
VI
1.literature
2.joined
3.motionless
4.more than
5.quickly
6.has
Grammar
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1.Sam knows where we are meeting.
2./
3.Four o'clock in the afternoon is the time he ealways reads.I Four o'clock inthe afternoon is when he always reads.
4./
5.I don't know the exact time I should meet him.
6.The reason he resigned is still unknown.I Why he resigned is stillunknown.
7.I remember the morning he first came to school.
8:Tll never forget the day we first met.
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1.b ca
2.a cb
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1.I know some people who work in computing and who could thereforeprobably help you.
2.The problem that we were discussing and that you asked about is trafficjams in big cities./The problem we were discussing,which you asked about,istraffic jams in big cities.
3.I have some friends who are good at this and who can help you.
4.Most Americans I know who have settled here suppress such outwardsigns of their heritage.
5.You should restrict yourself to words you are familiar with and can useconfidently.
IV
1.e.g.He failed in part because of his carelessness.
2.e.g.The thief was finally found.It was none other than the managerhimself.
Translation
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1.虽然我没见过有人抬头看它一眼，但打心眼里期望来自美国的旅游者能看到它并会心分笑，或者路过此地的法国人能想到悬挂它的日期和理由公你可
2.7月4日是一个如此的日子：我的美国心为孩子们对我们的身份一片空白而感到焦灼万分，这促进我想填补所有空白
3.美国的校园枪击事件对大家的孩子来讲是活生生的一课，让他们获悉千里以外那个社会丑恶的一面
4.一方面，大家的孩子所面对的不和谐的文化差异比大家小时候要少，而且他们有更多的机会接触本族文化
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1.The hall resonated with the notes of the trumpet solo.
2.I saw,in my mind's eye,the pale face of the mother whim she heard the newsof her son's death.
3.The way he walks reminds me of the way his father used to walk
4.I mixedthe dates up and arrived on a wrong day.
5.Theoretically speaking,the whole population should have direct access toinformation without waiting for its being filtered by the government or the media.
6.After he inherited his father's estate,he was immersed in all kinds ofsensuous pleasures.
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美国人热情友好，不像很多外国人想象的那样浮于表面。大家觉得美国人易动感情。在典礼上看到国旗或者参加庆祝美国昔日荣耀的游行时，美国人或许会热泪盈眶。与家人团圆或与朋友相聚时，他们也会十分激动。他们爱穿着得体，即便“得体“无异于奢华炫耀。他们爱说大话，虽然只是说说而已。他们有时会嘲笑自己，嘲笑我们的公众国家，有时甚至过于自责，然而他们一直有着强烈的爱国之心。他们对平时琐事知之甚广，对自己所在的城市和州深为关切。然而，有时外国人却抱怨说，美国人对外部世界漠不关心，一无所知。
Exercises for integrated skills
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People who identify themselves as members of a social group/acquire commonways of viewing the world /through their interactions with other members of thesame group./These views are reinforced through institutions /like thefamily,the school,the workplace,/and other sites of socialization/throughouttheir lives./Common attitudes,beliefs,and values /are reflected in the way/members of the group use language,/for example,what they choose to say ornot to say /and how they say it./Thus in addition to the notion of speechcommunity /composed of people who use the same linguistic code,/we canspeak of discourse communities /to refer to the common ways /in whichmembers of a social group use language/to meet their social needs.
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