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Although divided by religion, residents of the United States are united by national holidays such as Thanksgiving and Independen
Although divided by religion, residents of the United States are united by national holidays such as Thanksgiving and Independen
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2017-12-04
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Although divided by religion, residents of the United States are united by national holidays such as Thanksgiving and Independence Day. For many, Thanksgiving evokes the smell of turkey baking in the oven, a house packed with family and friends, and the often necessary post-dinner nap. However, not all U.S. residents share the same rituals. For some, macaroni (通心粉) and cheese is a requisite part of Thanksgiving dinner, while for others, such a dish would never appear on the menu For some, turkey does not even make an appearance on the dinner table. Some of my Korean American friends celebrate Thanksgiving not with the typical roasted turkey, but with Korean barbecue. Although these friends enjoy celebrating typical U.S. holidays, they prefer to do so while eating the foods of their home culture.
What do the traditions surrounding Thanksgiving and Independence Day mean to recent immigrants to the United States, and what happens when the dominant culture conflicts with an individual’s home culture? Some, including my Korean American friends, have found ways to synthesize two different cultures into one personally meaningful holiday. Not all families are similarly successful. Likewise, what happens when students from immigrant families begin college? Should educators expect them to choose between the U.S. favorites of apple pie and baseball and their home culture, or should they help students integrate their two cultural identities into one cohesive whole?
These are the sorts of questions that Jhumpa Lahiri explores in The Namesake, her follow-up to Interpreter of Maladies, a Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of short stories. In The Namesake Ashoke Ganguli and his wife Ashima emigrate from Calcutta to Boston in the late 1960s to allow Ashoke to pursue a graduate degree. For their first few years in the United States, Ashima feels isolated and unhappy. She spends her days in bed, reading and rereading the same letters from her family in India.
Her isolation is simultaneously compounded and reduced by the birth of her son. Although she now has an individual to occupy her attention, she is more acutely aware of the distance that separates her from her family in India, wishing she could turn to them for help with child rearing. In time, the Gangulis become involved in a network of other Bengali families in the Boston area. This community serves as an extended family. Its members spend most weekends together and share celebrations and sorrows over major life events.
Which of the following statements is true according to the first paragraph?
选项
A、American minorities don’t regularly observe Thanksgiving or Independence Day.
B、After the Thanksgiving dinner, family members usually have a walk together.
C、Thanksgiving dinner always includes turkey, macaroni and cheese and barbecue.
D、Some Korean Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day with Korean traditional food.
答案
D
解析
细节题。本题针对第一段出题。第一段第一句指出,尽管有宗教信仰的区别,但美国居民还是由诸如感恩节和独立纪念日之类的全国性节口联系在一起,所以选项A不正确。第二句讲到,人们通常在餐后小睡一会儿,B项一起散步也不对。接下来谈到人们庆祝的仪式不一样,食物也不完全一样。C项说法也不对。最后两句提到,一些美籍韩裔朋友在感恩节并不吃火鸡,而是吃家乡的传统食物,所以D是正确答案。
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