There is a swimming pool in their house. Before the divorce, Ted would begin his day with a swim and they always end their day by swimming nude at the mid-night.
After their divorce, no one can take good care of the swimming pool. Linda goes to her parents with her children in Ohio. The swimming pool gradually becomes their neighbors' amusement park. A lot of people from different places come to their swimming pool, as if that swimming pool is a resort for everyone, not belonging to a single family.
On a Saturday morning in August, Ted takes an unknown woman to their house, and they live together secretly like fugitives. Maybe this unknown woman is the reason they get divorce, and maybe not.
Linda at last returns to the house with the children, and the house seems not the same anymore. She can never live here again, and finally she sells the house to another family.
The story begins with a metaphor of an orphaned swimming pool. The Turners gets their divorce in a summer. Why does author say that because of their divorce, and then the swimming pool becomes orphaned?
It is because that due to their separation, the swimming pool becomes deserted. No owner can take good care of it, and it even turns out to be their neighbors’ amusement park. Through the story, we can realize the situation of the swimming pool and the relationship between Linda and Ted. This orphaned swimming pool reflects a sense of sorrow and loss of their broken marriage.
1.Why the title of this short story is “ The Orphaned Swimming Pool?” (A) Because that the Turners remove to a new house. (B) Because the Turners divorce. (C) Because the Turners are unwilling to clean their swimming pool.
2.Which reason maybe is the one they get divorced? (A) They always fight. (B) No one of them wants to clean the swimming pool. (C) Maybe Ted has a love affair.
3.What the swimming pool becomes in the end? (A) The swimming pool is still popular among the neighbors. (B) The swimming pool is sealed by the new owner. (C) The swimming pool is razed to the ground.
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Ted and Linda get their divorce in a summer.
There is a swimming pool in their house. Before the divorce, Ted would begin his day with a swim and they always end their day by swimming nude at the mid-night.
After their divorce, no one can take good care of the swimming pool. Linda goes to her parents with her children in Ohio. The swimming pool gradually becomes their neighbors' amusement park. A lot of people from different places come to their swimming pool, as if that swimming pool is a resort for everyone, not belonging to a single family.
On a Saturday morning in August, Ted takes an unknown woman to their house, and they live together secretly like fugitives. Maybe this unknown woman is the reason they get divorce, and maybe not.
Linda at last returns to the house with the children, and the house seems not the same anymore. She can never live here again, and finally she sells the house to another family.
Analysis:
ReplyDeleteThe story begins with a metaphor of an orphaned swimming pool. The Turners gets their divorce in a summer. Why does author say that because of their divorce, and then the swimming pool becomes orphaned?
It is because that due to their separation, the swimming pool becomes deserted. No owner can take good care of it, and it even turns out to be their neighbors’ amusement park. Through the story, we can realize the situation of the swimming pool and the relationship between Linda and Ted. This orphaned swimming pool reflects a sense of sorrow and loss of their broken marriage.
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DeleteVocabulary:
ReplyDeletedissolution 分解
bulldozer 堆土機
sullen 繃著臉的,不開心的
whimsical 異想天開的,古怪的
buoyant 能浮起來的
helium 氦
languorous 令人倦怠的
cumbersome 笨重的 麻煩的
jovial 愉快的
lilac 紫丁香
cerulean 天藍色的
wasp 黃蜂
pornography 色情圖片
solicitation 誘惑,拉客
chlorine 氯
vaguely 含糊地
rowdy 粗暴地
tactfully 機智地
archery 箭術
ebb 退潮
tryst幽會
orgy 狂歡,縱慾
guffaw 粗聲大笑
lull 平息
carnival 嘉年華
crouched 蹲伏的
delude 哄騙
toad 蟾蜍
quizzical 疑惑的
smother 使窒息
aluminum 鋁
otherworldly 超脫塵俗的
toddle (幼兒等)東倒西歪地走
1.Why the title of this short story is “ The Orphaned Swimming Pool?”
ReplyDelete(A) Because that the Turners remove to a new house.
(B) Because the Turners divorce.
(C) Because the Turners are unwilling to clean their swimming pool.
2.Which reason maybe is the one they get divorced?
(A) They always fight.
(B) No one of them wants to clean the swimming pool.
(C) Maybe Ted has a love affair.
3.What the swimming pool becomes in the end?
(A) The swimming pool is still popular among the neighbors.
(B) The swimming pool is sealed by the new owner.
(C) The swimming pool is razed to the ground.
Ans:BCB