( from Nov. 1st to Nov. 23th )
II. Look up the italicized words in the dictionary and explain:
1) a small square cabin chinked with mud...
chinked: filled.
2) was a chaos of lean-tos
lean-tos:a small roughly-made building that is built against the side of a
larger building.
3) The Tonnerres were halfbreeds...
halfbreeds: a person whose parents are from different races.
4) working at odd jobs or as section hands
odd: temporary section : a department in an organization
5) they lived on relief
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relief: financial help
6) but she had failed several grades
grades: the levels in a school
7) had to get back to his practice
practice: habit
8) how the coyote reared her young
reared: cared for or kept
9) If you walk just around the point there...
point: main idea
10) her hair was cut short and frizzily permed permed: curled
I. Give brief answers to the following questions, using your own words as much as possible:
1. Were the Tonnerres rich or poor? Substantiate your answer with facts.
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The basis of their family’s shack was a small square cabin and was chinked with mud. Piquette always did housework for the family regardless of her illness.
2. What would happen sometimes to old Jules or his son Lazarus on Saturday nights?
They often got drunk and would be put in prison for a night for fighting.
3. Why did the doctor propose taking Piquette to Diamond Lake for the summer?
Because she had tuberculosis of the bone, and she needed a good rest. Staying in her house could only make it worse for she must work hard for her family.
4. Why did the narrator's mother first object and then agree to take Piquette along?
Her mother didn’t like Piquette, but her mother-in-law said she wouldn’t go there if Piquette went together. She would rather stay with Piquette than stay with her mother-in-law.
5. What was the cottage on the lake called? What was the scenery there like?
It was ther family name: Macleod
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6. Why did the narrator ask Piquette respectfully: \"I bet you know a lot about the woods and all that. eh. \"?
The narrator knew she was an Indian, and she thought she might know something about woods and could tell her that.
7. Why was the narrator startled and her feelings hurt by Piquette's rude answers to her questions?
She just wanted to talk to her, and she didin’t expect Piquette could say that cold words, which upset her.
8. Why did the narrator say that all that summer Piquette remained as both a reproach and a mystery to her?
She failed to meet her father’s expectation to be friends with Piquette. Besides, she didn’t know what it was beneath her cold face.
9. What does the narrator mean when she says: \"For the merest instant, then, I saw her.\"?
Only at that moment could she see Piquette’s lively face and see through her heart.
10. What is the full name of the narrator of the story?
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Vanessa Macleod
11. How is the disappearance of the loons related to the theme of this story?
The loons disappear with the development of the lakeside and the growing of the population. They can’t find their position. Piquette and her people are similar to this, they can’t find their position in this society, which makes them homeless, then causes Piquette’s death.
Ⅱ. Paraphrase
1. …with a face that seemed totally unfamiliar with laughter (para. 2 )
with a face that never laughed
2. Sometimes old Jules, or his son Lazarus, would get mixed up in a Saturday-night brawl… (para. 2)
Sometimes, ole Jules, or his son Lazarus, would get involved in a noisy fight for being drunk on a Saturday night.
3. …her attendance had always been sporadic and her interest in schoolwork negligible (para. 3)
She often missed classes and had little interest in schoolwork.
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4. she existed for me only as a vaguely embarrassing presence (para. 3)
She always made me feel embarrassed
5. She dwelt and moved somewhere within my scope of vision (para. 3)
She lived and moved somewhere I could see.
6. If it came to a choice between Grandmother MacLeod and Piquette, Piquette would win hands down, nits or not. (para. 14)
If my mother had to make choices between my grandmother and Piquette, she would rather choose Piquette, no matter she had nits or not.
7. Her defiant face, momentarily, became unguarded and unmasked, and in her eyes there was a terrifying hope. (para. 60)
At that moment, her face was unguarded and unmasked with a determination of challenge, and she had an intense hope for life.
8. she looked a mess, to tell you the truth, a real slattern, dressed any old how (para. 69)
She looked unclean, to tell you the truth, she was a dirty, untidy woman, dressed in a careless way.
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9. She was up in court a couple of times — drunk and disorderly, of course. (para. 69)
She was caught up in court for several times, because she had too much alcohol and was disordered in life.
IV. All the following words are adjectives with different suffixes. Give further examples of adjectives with the same suffixes.
1) contagious: luxurious, ambiguous, ferocious, oblivious, obnoxious, abstemious
2) negligible: irreconcilable, responsible, extensible, irascible, invincible, frangible
3) enviable: navigable, respectable, unbearable, unobjectionable, remarkable
4) friendly: homely, lovely, godly, earthly, costly, brotherly, sickly, orderly
5) plaintive: interactive, sensitive, respective, comparative, exclusive,initiative
6) tuneful: graceful, handful, lawful, meaningful, thankful,successful, peaceful
7) expressionless: motionless, meaningless, homeless, loveless, emotionless
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8) wavy: classy, thirsty, snowy, furry, curly, dirty, bloody, windy, healthy
9) conventional: functional, international, emotional, additional, educational
10)tubercular: vernacular, circular, polar, particular, quadrangular, regular
V. The following phrases are taken from the text, all with a participle as an adjective. Explain why a present or past participle is used in each case and then translate the phrases into Chinese:
1. walk in limping manner 一瘸一拐地走路
2. presence that causes embarrassment 令人尴尬的人(或事)
3. eyes that do not smile 不会笑的眼睛
4. a sound that ululates 哀鸣
5. mockery that chills 令人发冷的嘲弄
6. a birch log that is burning 仍在燃烧的白桦圆木
7. hope that terrifies 令人生畏的希望
8. a resort that flourishes 繁华的度假胜地
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9. odours that penetrate 浓重的气味
10. lumber that is warped弯曲的木头
11. car tyres that are discarded 被丢弃的汽车轮胎
12. strands of barbed wire that are tangled together，wire that are barbed
搅成一团团的铁丝网
13. wild strawberries that are bruised 表皮被擦伤的野草莓
14. a tree trunk that has been fallen 伐倒的树干
15. shoppers who are offended 被得罪的顾客
16. call that is drawn out for a long time 拖长音的呜叫声
Ⅶ. Replace the italicized colloquial or slangy words with more formal words or expressions:
1. Sometimes Old Jules, or his son Lazarus, would get mixed up in a Saturday-night brawl. (a noisy quarrel or fight)
noisy quarrel or fight in a public place
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2. I hate like the dickens to send her home again. (very much)
very much
3. “I’ll bet anything “she has nits in her hair. (I’m absolutely sure)
I’m pretty sure
4. “So what? “Her voice was distant. (Who cares? Why is that important? Why should I care? )
What does it make a difference to me?
5. “Your dad said I ain’ t supposed to do no more walking than I got to. “(1 am not supposed to walk unless it is necessary)
I shouldn’t walk more.
6. “I bet you know a lot about the woods and all that, eh?” (things like that)
things of that kind
7. “I don’t know what the hell you’ re talkin’ about,” she replied (what exactly)
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what on earth
8. “You nuts or somethin’? If you mean where my old man, and me and all them live, you better shut up, by Jesus, you know?”(Are you crazy or
what?)( My father and I and the others )
my father, me and other people
9. “Got this classy name. Alvin Gerald Cummings—some handle, eh?” (first-class) (fine name)
upper class good name
10. “Gee, Piquette—that’s swell.”(excellent )
good
Ⅷ. Replace the italicized words with specific words that appear in the text:
1. The man standing behind me took away my purse suddenly and ran off like a rabbit. (grabbed)
2. The new policies were made in order to attract more foreign investment. (lure )
3. The smoke from the burning building made breathing very difficult for
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the fire-men. (stifled)
4. I didn’t get a wink of sleep last night because the wind was blowing hard and noisily all the time.( howling )
5. The hammock moved backward and forward with regular movements (swung)
6. The patient moved about in bed wildly and almost violently in unbearable pain (thrashed)
7. She felt a sudden dizziness and walked unsteadily before she reached a tree and leaned against it. (teetered )
8. The parrot was unusually quiet this morning, not uttering a single loud and harsh cry. (squawking even once )
9. Some of the berries at the bottom of the pail were pressed into a soft mass. (squashed )
10. To get rid of the policemen, he ran into the forest and then crawled hurriedly up the hill. (scrambled)
11. The candle shone unsteadily as a breeze swept into the room. (flickered)
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IX. Explain how the meaning of the following sentences is affected when the italicized words are replaced with the words in brackets. Pay attention to the shades of meaning of the words.
1. In a clearing at the centre of the thicket stood the Tonnerre family’s
shack.(home)
Shack is a shabby shelter, but home is a place full of love.
2. Their English was broken and full of obscenities.(bad words)
Bad words are from lowbrowed people, while obscenity is about obscene
language or behavior.
3. Piquette was with us and Grandmother MacLeod, miraculously, was not.(strangely enough)
Miraculously means completely unexpected and very lucky, while strangely
can’t express the feeling of lucky.
4. My father would only be staying at the cottage for a couple of weeks.(villa)
Cottage is a small house in countryside, but villa is a luxurious yacht.
5. Roderick sat on the car rug in the sunshine and examined a brown
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apruce cone, meticulously, turning it round and round in his small and curious hands.(carefully, strange-looking)
Meticulously means paying too much careful attention to every detail, while carefully just means giving attention to something.
curious hands actually means the curiosity of the kid, while strange-looking
a means the the weirdness of one’s appearance or expression.
6. She looked at me sullenly, without speaking.(unhappily)
Sullenly is angrily, but unhappily is just not happy, which can’t express the
feeling of anger
7. “I bet you know a lot about the woods and all that, eh?” I began
respectfully.(respectably)
Respectfully means someone is full of respect to somebody, but respectably
means someone is worth the respect of someone else.
8. I ignored her rebuff.(refusal)
Rebuff is an unkind refusal to a friendly offer, while refusal is just an act of
saying or showing that you will not do, give or accept something. 9. At night the lake was like black glass with a streak of amber which was
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the path of the moon. (reflection)
Path is the light beam of the moon, while reflection is an image in a mirror, on
a shiny surface, on water, etc.
10. Neither of us suspected that this would be last time we would ever sit here together on the shore, listening.(doubted)
Buspect means something will happen, but doubt is something won’t
happen.
11. But I did not know... Why she would not or could not respond when I suggested exploring the woods or playing house.(reply)
Respond is a reaction of both words and actions, but reply is just a reaction of
words.
12. I stared at her, astounded that anyone could have changed so much.(surprised)
Astound can express the meaning of shock more clearly than surprise 13. As I mouthed the conventional phrases, I could only guess how great her nee must have been, that she had been forced to seek the very things she so bitterly rejected.(traditional, resented)
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Conventional is tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by
society in general, while traditional is part of the beliefs, customs or way of life of a particular group of people, that haven’t changed for a long time.
reject just means to refuse to accept or consider something, while resent is to
feel bitter or angry about something.
14. The one store had become several dozen, and the settlement had all the attributes of a flourishing resort-hotels, a dance-hall, cafes with neon signs, the penetrating odours of potato chips and hot dogs.(place, smell)
Settlement is a place where people have come to live and make their homes,
while place is a general word, which can be used to say anywhere in the world.
An odour is an unpleasant smell, while smell is a general word.
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