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1、Unit2TheStruggletoBeanAll-AmericanGirlTitle:ThisessayisabouthowtheauthorchangedfromanAmerican-bornChinesegirltoanall-Americangirl,achangesheseemstohavelivedtoregretwhenshegrewup.Para.1TheschoolmybrotherandIattendedtolearnChinese10yearsagostillstandsonYaleStreet.Surprisingly,itlooksmu
2、chthesameaftersomanyyears,asifunaffectedbyanythingwiththepassageoftime,althoughitsoutsidewallshavebeenpaintedanewandahighwirefencenowsurroundsit.Para.2Everydayat5o’clockintheafternoonwhenwewouldprefertoplaywithfriendsinthefourth-andfifth-gradeorgosecretlytotheemptylandtosearchforghost
3、sandanimalbones,mymotherorderedthatwegotoChineseschool.Nomatterhowunwillingwewere,howferventlyweprotestedorhowemotionallywebegged,wewereunabletogethertochangehermind,becauseshehadfirmlymadeuphermindthatweshouldlearnthelanguage,whichwaspartofthetreasureourancestorshadpassedontous.Inher
4、strongandefficientway,shedraggedusoverthesevenblocksfromhometoschool.Oncewefinishedthatlongandreluctantjourneyalongthestreetswithalotofrisesandfallstypicalofourcity,sheleftuswiththesternprincipalwhomwestaredatwithdisobedientandtearfuleyes.TheonlythingIrememberabouthimisthatheseemedtos
5、tandunsteadilyonhisheelsandalwaysmovedslightlyfromsidetoside,thewayapalmtreedidinthewind.Andhewalkedroundwithhishandsheldbehindhisback.Hishandswouldgivesuddensmallmovementsasiftheywereannoyedoreagertodosomething.Ithoughtofhimasamancrazyandextremelyhardonchildrenbecausethatwashiswaytor
6、eleaseviolentfeelingsorsatisfydesires.AndIknewifheevershowedhishands,hemustbereallymadandwewouldsufferbadly.Para.4TheroomhadasmellsimilartothatofChinesemedicine,somethingwhichwasbroughtinfromaremoteplaceandsmelleddampandstale.Ihatedthatsmellbecauseitalsoremindedmeofmothballsandclosets
7、thathadbeenleftunattendedforalongtime.ThedelicatesmelloftheFrenchperfumemyAmericanteacherusedinpublicschoolwas,bycontrast,sopleasantandrefreshing.ThatwasthekindofsmellIliked.Para.5Althoughourmostimportanttaskattheschoolwaslearninglanguageskillsinspeaking,readingandwriting,thelessonsal
8、waysb