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1、 It is necessary to consider the two questions below: （1） Why do you think the school was newly painted? As the Chinese school is rather old, its outside must have been discolored and dirty. To make it lo0k attractive, the school was newly painted as a kind of face-lift. （2） What does the existence

2、of the old school imply? The Chinese school is still there, which implies that still there are many Chinese children attending Chinese lessons in the school. Although they live abroad, Chinese parents never forget their own culture and their own language and require that their children learn their m

3、other tongue. LANGUAGE WORK1. Despite the new coat of paint and the high wire fence, the school I knew 10 years ago remains remarkably, stoically the same. Although covered with a new coat of paint and enclosed with a high wire fence, the school I knew 10 years ago continues to be the same, showing

4、remarkable defiance of the vicissitudes of time. fence n. structure of rails, stakes, wire, etc., esp. one put round a field or garden to mark a boundary or keep animals from straying The backyard is enclosed with a high wire fence. The field is surrounded with a stake fence. vt. surround, divide, o

5、r enclose a field, a garden, etc. with a fence His land is fenced with barbed wire. The grounds are fenced in to prevent trespassing. stoically adv. with great self-control and a strong will to endure pain, discomfort, or misfortune without complaining about it or showing signs of feeling it She beh

6、aved stoically during the final phase of her husbands illness. They endured all kinds of hardships stoically.Incidentally, the adverb stoically could be considered as an example of personification, indicating that the school, just like a man, has withstood the test of time without too much obvious c

7、hange. Paragraphs 2-7 ANALYSIS Paragraphs 2-6 dynamically and vividly describe the childrens forced walks to the Chineseschool, the stern principal, their classroom, the polite formality with which lessons started, etc.Paragraph 7 tells us why the author did not want to learn Chinese. The following

8、questions are to be answered: （1） What do you know about the headmaster of the Chinese school according to the authors descriptions? He is a stern man who treats the children severely. He tends to punish those children who are lazy, naughty, and poor in their studies, as well as those who violate th

9、e school discipline. （2） How did the author describe the classroom where they attended Chinese lessons? There were little chairs in an empty auditorium. The room smelled like Chiriese medicine, an imported faraway mustiness. Like ancient mothballs or dirty closets. （3） What else was stressed in the

10、Chinese school besides the emphasis on speaking, reading and writing? Politeness was also emphasized in the school. The lessons always began with an exercise in politeness. With the entrance of the teacher, the best student would tap a bell and all the childrenwould get up, kowtow, and chant, Sing s

11、an ho, the phonetic for How are you, teacher? （4） What things did the writer consider to be more important and more useful than learningChinese? She considered the following things to be more important and more useful: doing multiplication tables, naming the satellites of Mars, writing reports on Li

12、ttle Women and Black Beauty.LANGUAGE WORK2. sneak vi. go quietly and secretly in the direction specified He stole the money and sneaked out of the house. The cat ate the food and sneaked off. A thief took all the jewels and sneaked away.3. the empty lot: the vacant or unoccupied area or land4. No am

13、ount of kicking, screaming, or pleading could dissuade my mother, who was solidly determined to have us learn the language of our heritage No matter how desperately my brother and I resisted going to the Chinese school, kicking, yelling, or repeatedly begging, we could not make our mother change her

14、 mind, because she was determined to get us to learn Chinese, our mother tongue, which had been passed down from generation to generation. plead v. make repeated urgent requests; offer sth. as an explanation or excuse, esp. for failing to do sth. or for doing sth. wrong He pleaded with his parents f

15、or a more understanding attitude. She pleaded with him not to leave her alone. The boy pleaded to be allowed to ride on the tractor. They asked him to pay for the damage, but he pleaded poverty. dissuade vt. stop sb. from doing sth. by persuasion He wrote a book to dissuade people from using tobacco

16、. Jims father tried to dissuade him from marrying Mary. solidly adv. firmly and substantially The house has a solidly-built foundation. We are solidly united on this issue. heritage n. such things as works of art, cultural achievements and folklore that have been passed on from earlier generations;

17、property that has been or may be inherited by an heir These ancient buildings are part of our national heritage. She is the only heir who is entitled to the heritage.5. Forcibly, she walked us the seven long, hilly blocks from our home to school, depositing our defiant tearful faces before the stem

18、principal. From our home to school there are seven long groups of buildings bounded by streets on all sides and erected on hilly slopes. She forced us to walk past these blocks, leaving both of us in front of the grim and serious headmaster, our faces showing rebellious reluctance and wet with tears

19、. forcibly adv. done by or involving the use of physical force; forcefully The policemen entered the building forcibly. The pirates forcibly seized our ship as well as the cargo on it. deposit vt. lay or put sth. down; put money in a bank, esp. to earn interest He deposited his papers with his lawye

20、rs. He deposited the books on the desk. The money hes deposited in the bank is enough for a new car. defiant adj. openly opposing or resisting sb. or sth. The trade union adopted a defiant attitude toward the bosss threat. The hardliners are angrily defiant of the governments refusal and threaten to

21、 take action. the stern principal: the very disciplinary head of the school; the grim and serious head of the Chinese school; the headmaster of the school who runs or manages it by taking very severe measures6. sway v. waver, oscillate irregularly She swayed her body in time with the music. The wind

22、 is swaying the tall grass. She swayed the cradle with her foot until the baby went to sleep. The trees were swaying gently in the wind.7. clasp vt. hold sb. or sth. tightly in the hand; hold sb. tightly in ones arms She was clasping a knife. The couple clasped hands briefly before saying good-bye.

23、He clasped her to his chest.8. twitching hands: hands that were moving spasmodically; hands with muscles moving rapidly and involuntarily; hands that were violently jerking9. I recognized him as a repressed maniacal child killer, and knew that if we ever saw his hands wed be in big trouble. In my op

24、inion, the principal was a man who suffered from suppression of emotions and who was so stern and severe that he would be liable to beat up a child. And I knew if we ever saw his twitching hands, we would be in for severe physical punishment, extreme pain, anxiety and worry, etc. maniacal adj. viole

25、ntly mad; extremely enthusiastic We hate his maniacal behavior. The maniacal expression on his face scared his wife to death. These young men are maniacal about football matches.10. The room smelled like Chinese medicine, an imported faraway mustiness. The room gave off a smell very similar to that

26、of Chinese medicine, a stale, mouldy, and damp smell drifting in from a faraway place. 11. Like ancient mothballs or dirty closets. This is a prepositional phrase, but it stands alone like an independent clause. In fact, it is part of the previous sentence. We can incorporate it in the previous sentence: The room smelled like Chinese medicine, an imported faraway mustiness, or like ancient mothballs or dirty closets. This structure is known as a sentence fragment, which has a stressed falling tone. Therefore, its meaning is given prominence. The writer intended to ma