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Kathy Green and John Green were at the gate. They hugged Ding Rui.
“It is so nice to see you again, Honey. How's everything going?7”said and asked John.
“Fine. How about you, uncle John?”said Ding Rui.
“Very well，”said John.
They walked into the sitting room. Ding Rui opened her suitcases and took two parcels out：The gift for Kathy was her embroidery portrait.The gift for John was a bottle of XO.They both loved the gifts very much.Kathy put her embroidery portrait on the mantelpiece at once.
Kathy put a red box into the hand of Ding Rui.
“Jane！This is the gift of our family，”said she.
Ding Rui opened the box. That was a car key.
“Marvelous. You are so kind to me，”shouted Ding Rui.
Kathy led Ding Rui to the sitting room window. She pointed at the red car outside of the garage and said：“I have driven this Toyota Matrix for 6 years.Now it is yours.Jennifer will drive it to the Columbia University.”
“We envy you very much. Anna dreamed to have it for a long time，”said Jennifer.
“Thank you very much, Aunt Kathy. Jennifer！You will drive it to our university for me.I owe you too much，”said Ding Rui.
“Girls！let's go to Jane's room，”said Kathy.
They walked to the second floor.
“This is Anna's room. Your room is at the east end and next to Jennifer's room, Jane，”said Kathy.
“Thanks, the room is very beautiful，”said Ding Rui.
“Now have a bath and come down stairs to have lunch，”said Kathy.
“That is great！”said Ding Rui.
Having had the bath, Ding Rui walked down stairs to the Dinning room.
“Aunt Kathy. I am hungry.What shall we have in the lunch?”said she.
“We will have steaks，”said John.
John took a barbecue out to the terrace. He put in coke and lighted it with a long match.When the flames had died down, he put on the steaks.
Kathy put the steaks cooked on the table.
“What do you want?Jane. Beer or soft drinks?”asked she.
“Coke please！”said Ding Rui.
They started to enjoy their lunch.
Ding Rui bit a piece of steak, chewed and swallowed.
“Daddy usually talks about his first meal with Aunt Kathy.He bought a dish of fried liver.Aunt Kathy told him，‘I had every thing except liver.’Daddy said he learnt sometime later Americans never ate the innards of animals and poultry.”said she.
“Interesting.He always remembers it，”said Kathy.
“They said Chinese like dog meat. In the restaurants, cooks usually mixed dog meat into dishes for people to eat.”said Jennifer.
“Not really. I am afraid you are not so lucky.Only a very small proportion of restaurants serve dog meat in China.Dog meat is very expensive.When you want to buy a skirt made of cloth, nobody is silly enough to cheat you by selling you a silk one，”said Ding Rui.
“Really, that should be a stereotyped story，”said Anna.
“If you are invited to have a dinner in a large restaurant to taste famous dishes of famous cuisines. There is usually no dog meat.Chinese unusually say，‘Dog meat can never be served in a banquet or a formal dinner party，'”said Ding Rui.
“Interesting！”said John.
“Let's go to Naples Island8 tomorrow. It is very beautiful there，”said Kathy.
“That is wonderful. I can not wait for it，”said Ding Rui.
凯西·格林和约翰·格林在大门前迎接丁瑞。他们热情地拥抱了丁瑞。
约翰说：“再次见到你，太好了，宝贝。一切都好吗？”
丁瑞说：“挺好！你们呢？约翰叔叔。”
约翰说：“非常好！”
他们一起走进起居室。丁瑞打开手提箱，取出两个礼包，送给凯西一副她的刺绣画像。送给约翰一瓶XO。他们都非常喜欢这些礼物。凯西立刻把刺绣肖像放在了壁炉台上。
凯西将一个红色的盒子放入丁瑞手中。
她说：“简！这是我们全家送你的礼物。”
丁瑞打开盒子，那是一把车钥匙。
丁瑞叫了起来：“太棒了！你们对我真好！”
凯西领着丁瑞来到起居室窗前，指着车库外的一辆红色轿车说：“这辆丰田我开了六年，现在它属于你了。詹尼弗会帮你把车开到哥伦比亚大学的。”
詹尼弗说：“我们真妒忌你。好长一段时间，安娜做梦都想要这辆车。”
丁瑞说：“太感谢了。凯西姨妈！詹尼弗！你帮我把车开到我们大学，我欠你一个大人情！”
凯西说：“姑娘们！咱们去简的房间看看！”
他们走到二楼。
凯西说：“这是安娜的房间。简！你的房间在东头，挨着詹尼弗的房间。”
丁瑞说：“谢谢！这房间太漂亮了！”
凯西说：“洗个澡，下来吃午饭！”
丁瑞说：“好！”
丁瑞洗完澡，下楼来到餐厅。
丁瑞说：“凯西姨妈！我好饿呀，中午我们吃什么？”
约翰说：“我们吃牛排！”
约翰把一个烤炉搬到露台上，放上焦炭，用一根长火柴把它点着。没有明火之后，他放上牛排！
凯西把烤好的牛排放在餐桌上。
她问：“简！你想喝点什么？啤酒还是软饮料?”
丁瑞说：“可乐吧！”
他们开始享用午餐。
丁瑞咬了一口牛排，咀嚼，咽了下去。
她说：“爸爸经常谈起和凯西姨妈吃的第一顿饭。他买了一盘炒猪肝。凯西姨妈说，‘除了猪肝，我什么都吃！’爸爸说，后来，他才明白，美国人从来不吃动物和家禽的内脏。”
凯西说：“有意思！他总忘不了那件事！”
詹尼弗说：“他们说中国人爱吃狗肉。餐馆里，厨师经常把狗肉掺到菜里，让顾客吃！”
丁瑞说：“哪有这样的好事！恐怕你没那么幸运！在中国只有比例很小的餐馆有狗肉菜。狗肉非常贵！如果你想要买条布裙子，没有人傻到换条丝绸裙子来骗你。”
安娜说：“这么一说，这还真是穿凿附会。”
丁瑞说：“如果有人邀请你去大餐馆，品尝大菜系的名菜，通常没有狗肉。中国人常说‘狗肉上不了正席！’”
约翰说：“真有趣！”
凯西说：“明天我们一起去那不勒斯岛吧。那里特美！”
丁瑞说：“太好了！我很期待呢！”
1.embroidery n. 刺绣
2.portrait n. 肖像
3.mantelpiece n. 壁炉架、壁炉台
4.Toyota 丰田
5.terrace n. 露台
6.coke n.1.焦炭 2.可乐
7.flame n. 火焰、明火
8.bite vt. 过去式bit 过去分词bitten
9.chew v. 咀嚼
10.swallow v. 吞咽
11.liver n. 肝脏
12.innards n. 内脏
13.poultry n. 家禽
14.stereotype v. 刻板印象
15.cuisine n. 菜系
16.banquet n. 宴会
17.Naples Island 那不勒斯岛
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1.Gift Giving：In English speaking countries, the person who received the gifts will open each of them in front of all the guests and the people who give the gifts.It is a custom.
送礼：在说英语的国家中，收到礼物的人要当着所有客人和送礼人的面把礼物的包装打开，这是风俗。
2.Harvard University—Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts is a member of Ivy Green League. The other members of the Ivy Green League are Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island；Columbia University in New York City；Cornell University in Ithaca, New York；Dartmouth College in Ha-nover, New Hampshire；Uni versity of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia；Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey；and Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
哈佛大学：马萨诸塞州剑桥的哈佛大学是常青藤学院的一个成员，其他常青藤学院成员还有罗得岛州普罗维登斯的布朗大学、纽约市的哥伦比亚大学、纽约州伊萨卡的康奈尔大学、新罕布什尔州汉诺威的达特茅斯学院、宾西法尼亚州费城的宾夕法尼亚大学、新泽西州普林斯顿的普林斯顿大学、和康涅狄格州纽黑文的耶鲁大学。
3.Tenses of Flashback and narration interposed倒叙和插叙的时态—插叙和倒叙有两种情况：第一种情况是主要叙述时态是现在时，倒叙和插叙部分用过去时。第二种情况是主要叙述时态是过去时，倒叙和插叙部分使用过去完成时。如果倒叙和插叙部分比较长，超过三个句子，甚至是一大段。有两种处理方式，一种是从头至尾全用过去完成时，罗琳的《哈利波特》系列都是这样写的。这种写法显得单调和凝重。第二种方式是插叙和倒叙部分，开头用过去完成时，两到三句后，回到一般过去时，在插叙和倒叙差两句就要结束时，再次使用过去完成时，提醒读者“插叙或者倒叙要结束了”。这种用法见于Nancy Kress南希·克雷斯的科幻小说。Nancy Kress南希·克雷斯三次获得世界科幻文学作品最高奖尼布拉奖-Nebula awards，获得雨果奖一次。关于插叙和倒叙中时态的用法详见附录A。
4.ACT-the American College Test. Now students can have ACT in China.Another college test is the Scholastic Assessment Test（SAT），which varies by school, to be considered for admission.The scholastic and personal behavior of the student is also assessed.Of course, the ACT or SAT test scores or both are evaluated by each college.ACT assesses high school students'general ability and their ability to complete college-level work.The multiple-choice tests cover four skill areas：English, mathematics, reading, and science.The writing test, which is optional, measures skill in planning and writing.
ACT—the American College Test 美国大学考试。现在学生可以在中国参加ACT考试。美国另外一个大学考试是SAT—the Scholastic Assessment Test 高中学业评测。不同的学校接受的考试不同。除了ACT或者SAT成绩之外，学生在校学习方面的表现和个人品行也在评价范围之内。ACT评估学生的普通能力和完成大学水平学习的能力。多项选择测试测试四项技术指标：英语、数学、阅读和科学。测试计划和写作技巧的写作考试是选择项目。
5.American Individualism：the American society is an individual one. Individualism is a theory maintaining the political and economic indepen dence of the individual and stressing individual initiative, action, and interests.But this view does not deny that societies exist or that people benefit from living in a society.Rather, it defines society as a collection of indi viduals, and states that society does not define the individual.
Individualists believe each person should strive for personal achievements and develop-ment can be accomplished by an individual. They do not deny the fact that one person can build on the achievements of others.Individuals show that achievement can go beyond what has already been done, accomplished or developed.Groups can only advance themselves through the achievements of the individuals in those groups.
美国的个人主义：美国社会是一个个人主义社会。个人主义是一种理论，坚持个体的政治和经济独立，强调个人意愿、行为和兴趣。但是，请理解：这种观点并不否认社会的存在，贬低或者否认人们在社会团体中生活的好处。相反，它把社会定义为个体的集合，并且声明，团体并不限制个人。
个人主义者相信，每个人都要努力获得个人成就，发展能够通过个人来完成。他们不否认一个人的成就是建筑在他人基础之上的。个人的成就可以超越已经有的，完成的和发展的成就。团体只能在他们团体中个人成就的发展基础之上发展。
6.Anna laughed loudly：Americans rarely control their feeling esp. laugh.Whenever an American laugh loudly before you or in public, mostly they do not mean to laugh at somebody and have you be embarrassed.They only express their feelings naturally.
安娜大笑起来：美国人很少控制他们的感情，尤其是笑。在你面前或者在大庭广众之中哈哈大笑，大多数情况下，他们并不是在嘲笑你或者让你尴尬，他们只是自然地表达自己的情感。
7.What Americans do not eat and do not like?They do not eat innards of animals and poultry, dog meat, snakes, turtles, fresh water fish, insects, water melon seeds and sunflower seeds.Americans do not like eel and crabs which has not much meat to eat.They like steak with much meat on.
美国人不吃的东西和不喜欢吃的东西：他们不吃动物和家禽的内脏，不吃狗肉、河水鱼、蛇、鳖、龟、虫和瓜子。美国人也不爱吃鳝鱼和螃蟹之类肉少的动物。他们喜欢牛排和猪排—肉多。
8.Naples Island of California State：It is one of the most famous attractions near Long Beach.
加利福尼亚的那不勒斯岛：那不勒斯岛是长滩附近的最著名的景点之一。
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