Unit6TextcomprehensionI.Decidewhichofthefollowingbeststatestheauthor’spurposeofwriting.A.II.Judge.accordingtothetext,whetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.1.F.RefertoParagraphs1.ItistruethattheflagthenarratorhangsdrawslittleattentioninParis,butthereasonisnotthatParisiansorFrenchmenarenotinterestedinflag-hangingingeneral.Rather,theIndependenceDayisanoccasionspecialforAmericansonlyand,understandably,theFrenchshowlittleinterestinthedayorthecelebratingflag.2.T.RefertoParagraph2.3.F.RefertoParagraph3.Theauthor’schildrenhavehadlittlechanceoflearningthehistoryoftheU.S.atschool,andtheparentsasnativeAmericansaretheonlyoneswhocouldhavetaughtthemaboutit.This,however,isnottrueofchildreningeneralinFrance.4.F.RefertoParagraph4.TheydonotconcealthedarksideoftheAmericansocietybuttrytokeeptheirchildrenfromthefolliesoftheAmericansocietylikeschoolshootings.5.T.RefertoParagraph9-11.6.F.RefertoParagraph12.Globalizationisbothbeneficialanddetrimental.Ithelpstoblurtheclear-cutdividebetweenculturesontheonehandbutmakeschildrenlessthanfullyimmersedinaforeignworldontheother.III.Answerthefollowingquestions.1.Foronething,flag-hangingistheonlythinghecandoinParistocelebratetheIndependenceDay,whichispartofhisnationalheritage.Foranother,heintendstouseitasaspecialoccasionforteachinghischildrenabouttheAmericanhistoryandasareminderoftheirnativeAmericanidentity.2.ThechildrenseldommixlanguagesupbecausetheyhaveacquiredFrenchthroughtheschoolinstructionsandEnglishthroughtheirfamilylifewithEnglish-speakingparents.Andtheyseemtoknowwhentousewhich.3.Refertoparagraphs4-8.Thebenefitsofraisingchildreninaforeignculture,asthewritersuggests,includeacquiringaforeignlanguageandcultureandavoidingbeingexposedtotheproblemsofthenativeculture.4.Itisdifficult,accordingtotheauthor,tomakethechildrenunderstandandidentifythevirtuesoftheirnativeculturewithoutlivinginit.Familyinstructionsarenotsatisfactorilyeffectiveandhavetobecomplementedbyothermeanssuchasre-enteringintothenativecultureandtakingchildrentohistoricalplaces.5.Becausehegrewupinaforeigncultureandheknowsitisquiteanissuetoknowhowtoraisechildreninaforeignculturewithoutlosingtheirnativeidentity.Heunderstandsthattheissueinvolvestheeffortsonthepartoftheparents.6.Globalizationislikeadouble-edgedswordtothegrowthofchildreninaforeignculture.Ontheonehand,ithelpstoreducedifferencesbetweentheforeigncultureandthenativeculture,andfacilitatesthephysicalandspiritualre-entryintothenativeculture.Ontheotherhand,itunfortunatelymakesitmoredifficultthaneverforchildrentobefullyimmersedintheforeignculture.IV.Explaininyourownwordsthefollowingsentencestakenformthetext.1.July4isoneofthetimesI,asanativeAmerican,feelinstinctivelyuneasyaboutthegreatgapsinourchildren’sunderstandingoftheirAmericanidentity,andthusIammotivatedtodosomethingtofillthegaps.2.Andlivingawayfromournativecountrydoesnotmattermuch.3.WhenIlivedinFranceasanexpatriatedchild,theFrenchkidsweredressedintheuniqueFrenchstyle,thuslookingquitedifferentfromtheircounterpartsinothercountries.4.FullimmersioninatrulyforeignworldnolongerseemspossibleinWesterncountries,andIthinkthisisadeplorableimpactofglobalizationuponthegrowthofchildreninaforeigncountry.StructuralanalysisofthetextTheauthorofthistextfollowsa“specific-general”patterninhisdiscussion,i.e.hefirsttalksaboutwhatitmeanstohischildrentohangthenationalflagoftheirnativelandinaforeig...
