Exercises for Lesson TwelveI. 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 narrators 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 Piquettes 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 laughter2) Sometimes old Jules, or his son Lazarus, would get mixed up in a Saturday-night brawl3) Her attendance had always been sporadic and her interest in school work negligible4) She existed for me only as a vaguely embarrassing presence 5) She dwelt and moved somewhere within my scope of vision6) 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 how9) 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 text1) 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 childhood2）A Summer HolidayKey to Exercises for Lesson TwelveI. 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 narrators 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 narrators 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 laughed2) Sometimes old Jules, or his son Lazarus, would get involved in a rough, noisy quarrel or fight on a Saturday