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My father’s youngest brother, Uncle Chul, shared the Lee’s famously bad reaction to liquor, which was to turn beet-red in the face, grow dizzy and finally get sick. In spite of this, he was always happy to stay up late at family gatherings. After a few glasses of whisky he would really loosen up, and, with the notable exception of my mother, we all appreciated his rough language and stories. Only when Mother came in from the kitchen would his talk soften, for he knew he had always fallen short in her eyes. If they were ever alone together, say in the kitchen, after dinner, he would use the most decorous(得體的) voice in asking for a glass or a fresh bucket of ice, and even offer to help load the dishwasher or run an errand(差事) to the store.
On one of those nights we sped off, both happy for a break in the long evening. He asked me about school, what sports I was playing, but the conversation inevitably(不可避免地) turned toward my parents, and particularly my mother — how much she had invested in me, that I was her great hope. I thought it was odd that he was speaking this way, like my other relatives, and I answered with some criticism of her — that she was too anxious and overbearing(專橫的). He stared at me and, with a hard solemnity(嚴(yán)肅) I had not heard from him before, said that my mother was one of the finest people one could ever know. He kept a grip on the wheel and in the ensuing(隨之而來的) quiet of the drive I could sense how he must have both admired and despised(蔑視) her. In many respects, my mother was an unrelenting(不屈不撓的) woman. She tended to measure people by the mark of a few principles of conduct: ask no help from anyone, always plan for the long run and practice (her own variation of the golden rule, which was to treat others much better than oneself.
In her mind, Uncle Chul sorely lacked on all these accounts. In the weeks following our drive, my father would be deciding whether to lend him $10,000 to start a business. As always after dinner, my parents sat in the kitchen and spoke in Korean, under the light of a fluorescent(熒光的) ring. My mother, in many ways the director of the family, questioned my uncle’s character and will. Hadn’t he performed poorly in school, failed to finish college? Hadn’t he spent most of his youth perfecting his skills as a black belt in tae kwon do and his billiards game? Wasn’t he a gambler in spirit?
My father could defend him only weakly. Uncle Chul had a history of working hard only when reward was well within sight, like cash piled high on the end of a pool table. His older brothers were all respected professionals and academics. My father was a doctor, a psychiatrist who had taught himself English in order to practice in Vancouver. Uncle Chul had left Korea after a series of failed ventures and odd jobs, and found himself broke with a wife and new baby. How valuable were his tae kwon do trophies now? What could he possibly do in this country?
My parents argued fiercely and my father left the kitchen. But as was my mother’s way, she kept on pushing her side of the issue, thinking aloud. My father was throwing away his hard-earned money on the naive(天真的) wish that his little brother had magically changed. Uncle Chul was a poor risk and even now was complaining about his present job, hauling and cleaning produce for a greengrocer. He would get to the store at 4 a.m. to prepare vegetables for the day’s selling. While he shared a sofa bed with his nephew in his older brother’s tiny apartment, his wife and infant daughter were still in Seoul, waiting for him to make enough money to send for them.
Test 1 Form Recognition
Choose the right spelling for the following fourteen words that have appeared in the text (only one is correct) and indicate in the scale on the right how certain you are of your response.
Example:
1.
A. decreese
B. decrease
C. decrase
D. decrese
How certain are you of your response?
A. very uncertain
B. uncertain
C. certain
D. very certain
Test 2
Please write the Chinese meaning of the following fourteen words that have appeared in the text and indicate in the scale on the right how certain you are of your response.
1. decrease: 減少
Test 3: Meaning Recognition
Select one of the four options. Only one is the correct meaning. Please indicate in the scale on the right how certain you are of your response.
1. decrease:
A. 減少
B. 增加
C. 刪除
D. 省略
請回憶您在進(jìn)行課外英語閱讀（如讀小說、新聞、網(wǎng)站等）時遇到生詞的情景。請評估下列描述與您實際做法的符合程度。
（1=很不同意， 2=不同意， 3=一般， 4=同意， 5=很同意）
1. 我會將生詞和它出現(xiàn)時的語境放在一起記憶。
3. 即使沒有課程要求或考試壓力，我也會經(jīng)常進(jìn)行英語課外閱讀。
4. 我會嘗試在寫作或口語中，主動使用從課外閱讀中學(xué)到的生詞。
5. 我會利用文章中的邏輯線索來猜測生詞的大意。
6. 我會主動尋找和閱讀我感興趣的領(lǐng)域的英語材料。
7. 我會通過聯(lián)想的方式加深對生詞的記憶。
8. 在選擇課外英語閱讀材料時，我會主動評估并選擇那些難度適合我當(dāng)前水平的材料。
9. 我會定期、有計劃地復(fù)習(xí)我在課外閱讀中學(xué)到的生詞。
10. 我會利用自己的常識或?qū)ο嚓P(guān)話題的背景知識來幫助推斷生詞的含義。
11. 查閱詞典時，我不僅看生詞的中文意思，還會仔細(xì)閱讀英文例句和常用搭配。
12. 我養(yǎng)成了規(guī)律進(jìn)行課外英語閱讀的習(xí)慣。
13. 我會利用生詞的詞根、前綴或后綴來推斷它的可能含義。
14. 在課外閱讀時，我會特別留意那些在不同材料中反復(fù)出現(xiàn)的單詞。
15. 課外閱讀結(jié)束后，我會記錄或整理閱讀中遇到的生詞。