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关于Father这首诗
这一篇阅读就相对更难一些了,因为这是一首关于父亲的诗。我们需要从阅读中去感受作者对父亲的回忆和感受。下面我们从题解的角度来解读这首诗。
(这首诗的文本,里面有些单词拼写错误,读起来有点怪。)贴在这里,是避免我自己解题的错误,误导小石头。
坛子里的各位高人,如果我有任何错误,请不吝赐教。
FATHER
Twice he took me in his hands and shook
Me like a sheaf of wheat, the way a dog shakes
A snake, as if he meant to knock out my tongue
And grind it under his heel right there
5 on the ketchen follr. I never remembered
what he said or the warnings he gave;she
always told me afterwards, when he
had left and I had stopped my brying. I
was eleven that year and for seven more years
10 I watched his friends laughing and him with his
Great hands rising and falling
With every laugh, smashing down on his kness
And making the noise of a tree when it cracks
In winter. Together they drank chokecherry
15 wine and talked of the dead friends and the
old times when they were young, and because
I never thought of getting old, their
Youth was the first I knes of dying.
Sunday before church he would trim
20 his fingernails with a hunting knife
his East German cousins had sent, the same
knife he used for castrating pigs and
skinning deer:things that had nothing
to do with Sunday. Communion once
25 a month, a shzve every thifd day, a
good chew of snuff, these were the things
that helped a man to stand in the sun fof
eithg hours a day, to sweat through each
cold hail storm without a word, to freeze
30 fingers and feet to cut wood in winter, to do
the work that bent his back a little more
each day down toward the ground.
Last Christmas, for the first time, he
Gave presents, unwrapped and bought
35 with pension money. He drinks mostly coffee
now, sleeping late and shaving every day.
Even the hands have changed:white, soft,
Unused hands. Still he seems content
To be this old, to be sleeping in the middle
40 of the afternoon with his mouth open as if there
is no further need for secrets, as if he is
no longer afraid to call his children fools
for finding different answers, different lives.
1.Lines 3 to 4 “as if he meant toknock out my tongue / and grind it under his heel right there” suggest that the father’s anger is prompted by the child’s
a. words b. actions c.laziness d. weakness
这两句诗是说,在作者小的时候,父亲会把他抓住,像晃动一捆稻草一样使劲摇晃他,“似乎要把我的舌头挤出来,丢在地上用脚后跟来碾碎。”这么看起来,父亲的暴怒应该是源于孩子的不当言辞。所以应该选择a. words。
2. As he listens to his father and his father’s friends (lines 15-18), the speaker becomes aware of the
a. mortality of all men b. dreams of his father
c. importance of friends d.joys of companionship
作者描述了父亲和朋友们一起谈天、一起回顾往事的情景。在诗中,作者提到因为小时候从未想到过自己会变老,所以父亲和朋友们的谈话,让他第一次感受到人的去世是怎么一回事儿。所以,这道题应该是说,作者感受到了“任何人都是难逃一死的命运”,所以选择 a.mortality of all men。
3. The hardship experienced by the father is made most evident in the lines
a. “Twice he took me in his hands and shook / me like a sheaf of wheat” (lines 1-2)
b. “Together they drank chokecherry ? wine and talked of the dead friends and / old times”(lines 14-16)
c. “Sunday before church he would trim / his fingernails with the hunting knife” (lines 19-20)
d. “these were the things / that helped a man to stand in the sun for / eight hours a day” (lines 26—28)
这道题是问,哪几句诗是最能够说明父亲曾经的艰辛生活的。结合上下文,我觉得应该是b。因为父亲和朋友们喝着酒,谈论着他们死去的朋友和过去的时光。
4. The major shift in mood in the first stanza is created by the contrast between the
a. remembrance of the dead and the laughter of the living
b.child’s innocence and the friends’ sophistication
c.vilolent confrontation and the joyful sharing
d.father’s action and the mother’s reaction
这道题是问,在第一段中,主要的情绪转折是通过哪两者之间的对比来产生的。四个选项其实都有一定的道理,都可以一定程度说的通,相比来说,我觉得c比较确切。过去非常艰苦地面对生活,而今和朋友们一起愉快地回忆分享。这两者之间是有对比的。
5. The father seems to have used both ritual and habit (lines 24-26)in order to
a. endure his harsh life b. organize his responsibilities
c.enjoy the comradeship of friends d. accept the decisions of his children
这道题是问诗歌的第24-16行,描述了父亲的一些习惯性活动,是想说明什么。我觉得c比较合适。应该是父亲通过communion once a month这样的活动,来和朋友们保持友谊和交流,enjoy the comradeship of friends
6. The stanza break between lines 32 and 33 serves to
a. provide a change of subject b. reinforce the passage of time
c. acknowledge gaps in the speaker’s memeory d. prepare the reader for the poem’s conclusion
这道题是说32行和33行之间的分段,是为了表达什么。我们通过阅读可以感受到,经过时间的流逝,父亲改变了很多。所以应该是b,“强调时间的流逝”。
7. The details in lines 33 to 35 reveal the father’s
a. recent changes b. current hardship
c. present guilt and regret d. new and amusing habits
这道题问的是33行-35行细节的描述,是为了表明父亲的什么方面。诗歌中说,现在父亲从上个圣诞节开始,“第一次..用养老金买礼物了”,所以我觉得应该是c比较有道理,是表明父亲对家人有些负罪感,有些感到对不住家人。
8. The speaker’s perception of the change in his father is best represented by
a. “he / gave presents” (lines 33-34) b. “He drinks mostly coffee / now” (lines 35-36)
c. “white, soft, / unused hands” (lines 37-38) d. “sleeping in the middle / of the afternoon”(lines 39-40)
这道题问的是,作者关于父亲有变化的感受,通过什么描写最能够代表这个感受。abcd四个答案都有点切题。但是相比来说,应该是a(开始给家人礼物)比较好一些。父亲变得柔和了。
9. The theme of this poem depends mainly on the contrast established between the
a. son’s humility and pride b. son’s apathy and passion
c. father’s activity and passivity d. father’s selfishness and generosity
这个问题问的是,这首诗的主题,主要靠什么之间的对比来突出的。相比来讲,我觉得c比较合适。是说父亲以前比较有作为、比较勇猛,和现在晚年父亲的安逸、柔和之间,有一个对比。
10. In the last stanza of the poem, the speaker views. His father with
a. remorse b. concern c.resentment d. understanding
这个问题是说,诗歌的最后一节,作者用什么样的情绪来看待自己的父亲。相比来说,还是b. concern比较合适。当然,d. understanding也难说一定不对。
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