(完整版)Unit6AFrenchFourth习题答案综合教程四

Unit 6 A French Fourth

Key to the Exercises

Text Comprehension

I. Decide which of the following best states the author's purpose of writing.

A

II. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false.

1. T (Refer to Paragraph

2. "People don't have barbecues in Paris apartments, and most other Americans I know who have settled 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 immersed in a foreign world on the other.)

III. A nswer the following questions.

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 use this opportunity to teach his children about American history and as a reminder of their American identity.

2. Refer to Paragraph 4. The children seldom mix languages up because they have 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 foreign culture, as the writer suggests, include acquiring a foreign language and culture 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 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 immersed in the foreign culture.

IV. Explain in your own words the following sentences.

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 dressed 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 seems possible in Western countries, and I think this is a deplorable impact of globalization upon the growth of children in a foreign country.

Structural Analysis

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 expresses his view on the importance for expatriated people in general to keep their cultural identity, especially when the whole world 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 seen anyone look up, but in my mind's eye an American tourist may notice it and smile, and a French passerby may be reminded of the date and the occasion that prompts its appearance. The function of 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 Louise and Henry and their classmates dress much as their peers in the United States do, though with perhaps less Lands' End fleeciness. 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 immersed in a truly foreign world.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 consequence of the on-going globalization.