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Although divided by religion, residents of the United States are united by national holidays such as Thanksgiving and Independen

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问题     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.
What is the author’s purpose of writing about Korean barbecue?
选项 A、To illustrate how immigrants deal with the two cultures.
B、To show that Korean Americans prefer their traditional foods to American ones.
C、To suggest that new immigrants should take with them some local food.
D、To prove that Korean Americans dislike U.S. Holidays.
答案A
解析 推断题。Korean barbecue出现在第一段倒数第二句，此句讲“我的一些美籍韩裔朋友不是以传统的烤火鸡庆祝感恩节，而是用韩式烧烤”。下一句又说“尽管他们愿意庆祝美国传统节日，但他们选择在这个节日里吃自己家乡的食物”。且根据第二段作者的论述可知，该例子是为了说明移民者是如何处理外国文化与本土文化之间的关系的。故选A。
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