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Exercises for Lesson Twelve
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.
2) What would happen sometimes to old Jules or his son Lazarus on Saturday nights?
3) Why did the doctor propose taking Piquette to Diamond Lake for the summer?
4) Why did the narrator’s mother first object and then agree to take Piquette along?
5) What was the cottage on the lake called? What was the scenery there like?
6) Why did the narrator ask Piquette respectfully. “ I bet you know a lot about the woods and all that. eh.” ?
7) Why was the narrator startled and her feelings hurt by Piquette’s rude answers to her questions?
8) Why did the narrator say that all that summer Piquette remained as both a reproach and a mystery to her?
9) What does the narrator mean when she says : “ For the merest instant, then, I saw her.” ?
10) What is the full name of the narrator of the story?
11) How is the disappearance of the loons related to the theme of this story?

II. Paraphrase:
1)      with a face that seemed totally unfamiliar with laughter
2)      Sometimes old Jules, or his son Lazarus, would get mixed up in a Saturday-night brawl
3)      Her attendance had always been sporadic and her interest in school work negligible
4)      She existed for me only as a vaguely embarrassing presence
5)      She dwelt and moved somewhere within my scope of vision
6)      If it came to a choice between Grandmother Macleod and Piquette, Piquette would hands down, nits or not.
7)      Her defiant face, momentarily, became unguarded and unmasked, and in her eyes there was a terrifying hope.
8)      She looked a mess, to tell you the truth, a real slattern, dressed any old how
9)      She was up in court a couple of times--- drunk and disorderly, of course.

III. Translate the following sentences into English, using the word or expressions in the text
1)      我们骑车去香山好吗？
2)      只有在妈妈去世之后，女儿才意识到自己开始更了解母亲了。
3)      她沉默寡言，总爱独自一人行动。
4)      看到他脸上那副滑稽的样子，她禁不住大笑起来。
5)      这笔款子不是他的，是他向朋友借的。
6)      这些移民第二代仍感到处于主流文化的边缘，无论是在白人社会还是华人社会中他们都找不到恰当的位置。
7)      这一对美国夫妇让他在客厅的沙发上睡了一夜。
8)      她张开嘴，但没说什么，口张得圆圆的，好像要唱一支歌似的。
9)      他问我他应如何着手学习第二门外语。
10)  这条法规已于去年停止生效了。
11)  这些重要消息没有在报纸上登出来。
12)  我觉得很难说服他改变注意。

IV. Topic for oral work:
1)      What kind of life did Piquette live after her summer holidays at Diamond Lake?
2)      Did Piquette commit suicide or die an accident death? Give your reasons.

V. Write a short composition on either of the two topics:
1) My childhood
2）A Summer Holiday

Key to Exercises for Lesson Twelve
I. Answers to the questions:
1) The Tonnerres were poor. The basis of their dwelling was a small square cabin made of poles and mud, which had been built some fifty years before. As the Tonnerres had increased in number, their settlement had been added, until the clearing at the foot of the town hill was a chaos of lean-toes, wooden packing cases, warped lumber, discarded car tyres, ramshackle chicken coops, tangled strands of barbed wire and rusty tin cans.
2) Sometimes, one of them would get involved in a fight on Main Street and be put for the night in the barred cell underneath the Court House.
3) Because she had had tuberculosis of the bone, and should have a couple of months rest to get better.
4) Her mother first objected to take Piguette along because she was afraid that the girl would spread the disease to her children and she believed that the girl was not hygienic. She then agreed to do so because she preferred Piquette to the narrator’s grandmother, who promised not to go along with the family and decided to stay in the city if the girl was taken along.
5) The cottage was called Macleod, their family name. The scenery there was quite beautiful with all kinds of plants and animals at the lakeside.
6) The narrator knew that maybe Piquette was an Indian descendant who knew the woods quite well, so she tried to ask piquette to go and play in the wood and tell her stories about thewoods.
7) Because Piquette thought the narrator was scorning and showing contempt for her Indian ancestors, which was just opposite to her original intention.
8) Because the narrator felt somewhat guilty. Piquette stayed most of the time in the cottage and hardly played with the narrator. At the same time, she felt there was in Piquette something strange and unknown and uncomfortable.
9) That was the very rare chance she was unguarded and unmasked, so that the author could perceive her inner world.
10) Her full name is Vanessa Macleod.
11) Just as the narrator’s father predicted, the loons would go away when more cottages were built at the lake with more people moving in. The loons disappeared as nature was ruined by civilization. In a similar way, Piquette and her people failed to find their position in modern society.
II. Paraphrase:
1)      who looked deadly serious, never laughed
2)      Sometimes old Jules, or his son Lazarus, would get involved in a rough, noisy quarrel or fight on a Saturday night after much drinking of liquor.
3)      She often missed her classes and had little interest in school work.
4)      I only knew her as a person who would make other people feel ill at ease.
5)      She lived and moved somewhere within my range of sight. ( Although I saw her, I paid little attention to her.)
6)      If my mother had to make a choice between Grandmother Macleod and Piquette, she would certainly choose the later without any hesitation, no matter whether the latter has nits or not.
7)      Normally, she was a defensive person, and her face was guarded as if it was wearing a mask. But when she was saying this, there was an expression of challenging on her face, which, for a brief moment, became unguarded and unmasked. And in her eyes there was a kind of hope which was so intense that it filled people with terror.
8)      She looked a mess, to tell you the truth; she was a dirty, untidy woman, dressed in a very careless way.
9)      She was brought in court several times, because she was drunk and disorderly as one could expect.
III. Translation:
1)      What about cycling to the Fragrant Hills?
2)      Only after her mother’s death did the daughter realize that she was beginning to understand her mother.
3)      She is a quiet person who does not enjoy other’s company.
4)      Seeing the funny look on his face, she could not help bursting into laughter.
5)      The money does not belong to him. He borrowed it from a friend.
6)      The second generation of immigrants are still marginalized, belonging neither among the white society, nor among the Chinese American community.
7)      The American couple put him up on the sofa in the living room for the night.
8)      She opened her mouth but said nothing. Her mouth was round as though she wanted to sing a song.
9)      He asked me how to set about learning a second foreign language.
10)  This decree ceased to be effective last year.
11)  This important news failed to find its way into the newspaper.
12)  I had trouble in making him change his mind.

IV. Omitted
V. Omitted

补充练习
Ⅰ. Word explanation
1. dwelling
     A. residence
     B. dwarf
     C. lingering
     D. inhibit
2. strand
     A. thread
     B. twist
     C. swing
     D. warp
3. put
     A. set
     B. state
     C. offer
     D. all the above
4. odd
     A. add
     B. irregular
     C. odds
     D. index
5. vague
     A. apparent
     B. flagrant
     C. equivocal
     D. conspicuous
6. distress
     A. distract
     B. desperate
     C. agony
     D. annoyance
7. miraculous
     A. irresponsible
     B. astonishing
     C. wild
     D. reckless
8. scorn
     A. disdain
     B. reverence
     C. contempt
     D.a and c
9. swear
     A. curse
     B. swelter
     C. vote
     D. utter
10. awareness
     A. obliviousness
     B. realization
     C. frankness
     D. ware
11. sullen
     A. light-hearted
     B.cheerful
     C. optimistic
     D. gloomy
12. perseverance
     A. penetration
     B. persecution
     C. persistence
     D. preserv
13. flicker
     A. spark
     B. fresh
     C. shatter
     D. smash
14. plaintive
     A. bare
     B. lamentable
     C. clear
     D. painstaking
15. appeal
     A. disgust
     B. repel
     C. appal
     D. charm
16. odour
     A. ordeal
     B. smell
     C. dreary
     D. perm
17. ramshackle
     A. shack
     B. young
     C. ram
     D. rickety
18. obscenity
     A. vulgarism
     B. abomination
     C. filthiness
     D. all the above
19. brawl
     A. dispute
     B. wail
     C. moan
     D. battle
20. negligible
     A. inconsequential
     B. oversight
     C. carelessness
     D. forgetful

Ⅱ. Give the full spelling of the words according to the context.

1. Something that is d______ contains a lot of things or people in a small area.
2. A c______ is a small area of grass or bare ground which is surrounded by a much larger area of trees and other large plants.
3. Your t________ are the top parts of your legs, between your knees and your hips.
4.R__________ is money, food, or clothing that is provided, often from public funds, for people who are very poor or hungry.
5. Something that is e________ makes you feel shy, ashamed, or guilty.
6. If you describe someone or something as p_____ , you mean that they are strange, often in an unpleasant way.
7. If you tell someone to b___________ or to behave themselves, you are telling them that they should act in a way that people think is correct and proper.
8. When someone a________ you, they get nearer to you.
9. If you s_______ somewhere, you walk there quickly and noisily because your are angry about something.
10. Someone who is d_______                                                    11. If you are d_______ , you show aggression or independence by refusing to obey someone or refusing to behave in the expected way.
12. If you w_______ something, you see it happen. This is a fairly formal word.
13. If you p______ something, you own or have it.
14. If something c_______ , it stops happening or existing.

Ⅲ. Fill in each of the blanks with one of the following words or expressions in its proper form. Each word or expression is to be used only once.

add to, 　　anyhow, 　　at that, 　　catch, 　　fail, 　　ill at ease, 　　intend, 　　scope, 　　set about, 　　strike

1. What do you ____ to do today?
2. The movie itself was marvellous, and the music ______ our enjoyment.
3. I thought I could depend on him for help, but he ______ me.
4. v ______   of current physical theory.
5. "Five thousand yuan for a second hand 20-inch TV! And with the remote missing _____! You nuts or something?"
6. As soon as she arrived she_____ tidying up the room.
7. It _____me that we ought to make a new plan.
8. She _______me smoking a cigarette.
9.The boy felt______ when the headmaster spoke to him.
10. Do you want me to do this in any particular way or with special care, or can I do it _______?
补充练习答案

　1-1: /　　　 答案:A
　1-2: /　　　 答案:A
　1-3: /　　　 答案:D
　1-4: /　　　 答案:B
　1-5: /　　　 答案:C
　1-6: /　　　 答案:C
　1-7: /　　　 答案:B
　1-8: /　　　 答案:D
　1-9: /　　　 答案:A
　1-10: /　　　答案:B
　1-11: /　　　答案:D
　1-12: /　　　答案:C
　1-13: /　　　答案:A
　1-14: /　　　答案:B
　1-15: /　　　答案:D
　1-16: /　　　答案:B
　1-17: /　　　答案:D
　1-18: /　　　答案:D
　1-19: /　　　答案:A
　1-20: /　　　答案:A
　2-1: /
　　答案:dense
　2-2: /
　　答案:clearing
　2-3: /
　　答案:thighs
　2-4: /
　　答案:Relief
　2-5: /
　　答案:embarrassing
　2-6: /
　　答案:peculiar
　2-7: /
　　答案:behave
　2-8: /
　　答案:approaches
　2-9: /
　　答案:stamp
　2-10: /
　　答案:devoted
　2-11: /
　　答案:defiant
　2-12: /
　　答案:witness up
　2-13: /
　　答案:possess
　2-14: /
　　答案:ceases
　3-1: /
　　答案:intend
　3-2: /
　　答案:added to
　3-3: /
　　答案:failed
　3-4: /
　　答案:scope
　3-5: /
　　答案:at that
　3-6: /
　　答案:set about
　3-7: /
　　答案:struck
　3-8: /
　　答案:caught
　3-9: /
　　答案:ill at ease
　3-10: /
　　答案:anyhow