Spring, 2013. 20th-Century American Short Stories. Shi-Hsin University.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Week Thirteen: The Bass, the River, and Shelia Mant
週次：第13週 日期：5/21 進度：W. D. Wetherell, The Bass, the River, and Shelia Mant 頁碼：pp.131 組員： 英語二甲 A100320087 林秋君 Gina 英語二甲 A100320091 蔡瑋峮 Pinky
A96320302 周毓臻 Crystal
Summary: The narrator is a 14-year-old boy who tells about a summer when he finally works up the nerve to ask Sheila Mant, a 17-year-old girl, out to a concert(in Dixford) and she agrees to go. Since he doesn't have a car, they go by aluminum canoe. The narrator has brought along his fishing rod and has left the fishing line in the water while he paddles to pick Sheila up. However, when they paddle toward Dixford, Sheila tells him that she hates fishing. When a huge big mouth bass strikes his line, he can't decide whether he wants to catch the bass or ruin Sheila’s opinion of him. Finally, he chooses Sheila and cuts the line. He hardly remembers the rest of the night, but he does remember that Sheila goes home in another boy's Corvette, after telling the narrator that he is “a funny kid.” He never again makes the same kind of mistake--choosing to act like someone else instead of himself and giving up what he likes.
Question:
1. The climax of the story is when the narrator chooses to __B___. A. fight Eric B. cut the line and release the bass C. kiss Sheila
2. The conflict of this story occurs when __B___. A. the narrator must decide to take the canoe or the Corvette to Dixford. B. hooks the bass and secretly struggles between staying with Sheila or landing the fish. C. gets in an argument with Eric Caswell and wrestles the entire Dartmouth rowing team.
3. (有爭議) The falling action of this story occurs when Sheila ___B__. A. leaves with Eric in his Corvette B. says that she hates fishing. C. both A and B D. none of the above
Summary:
ReplyDeleteThe narrator is a 14-year-old boy who tells about a summer when he finally works up the nerve to ask Sheila Mant, a 17-year-old girl, out to a concert(in Dixford) and she agrees to go. Since he doesn't have a car, they go by aluminum canoe.
The narrator has brought along his fishing rod and has left the fishing line in the water while he paddles to pick Sheila up. However, when they paddle toward Dixford, Sheila tells him that she hates fishing. When a huge big mouth bass strikes his line, he can't decide whether he wants to catch the bass or ruin Sheila’s opinion of him. Finally, he chooses Sheila and cuts the line.
He hardly remembers the rest of the night, but he does remember that Sheila goes home in another boy's Corvette, after telling the narrator that he is “a funny kid.”
He never again makes the same kind of mistake--choosing to act like someone else instead of himself and giving up what he likes.
Question:
1. The climax of the story is when
the narrator chooses to __B___.
A. fight Eric
B. cut the line and release the bass
C. kiss Sheila
2. The conflict of this story occurs
when __B___.
A. the narrator must decide to take
the canoe or the Corvette to Dixford.
B. hooks the bass and secretly struggles
between staying with Sheila or
landing the fish.
C. gets in an argument with Eric Caswell
and wrestles the entire Dartmouth
rowing team.
3. (有爭議)
The falling action of this story occurs
when Sheila ___B__.
A. leaves with Eric in his Corvette
B. says that she hates fishing.
C. both A and B
D. none of the above
1. bass (北美的)淡水鱸魚
ReplyDelete2. cottage小房子
3. frantic 激昂的
4. denizens 居住者
5. hedge 籬笆
6. enchanted 著了魔的
7. swirl 漩渦狀
8. paisley 佩斯里布製成的
9. moor 把船拴住
10. pensive 沉思的
11. prop 支撐
12. observant 敏銳的
13. scull 用船槳划
14. coxswain 舵手
15. megaphone 擴音器
16. jaded 膩煩的
17. incarnation 賦予肉體
18. suave 溫柔的
19. epitome 縮影
20. sophistication 老於世故
21. flutter kick 淺打水(膝部保持不動僅用小腿上下擊水游泳法)
22. agonized 使苦惱
23. bashful 羞怯的
24. unicorn 獨角獸
25. canoe 獨木舟
26. gleam 閃現
27. springer 青年
28. spaniel 馬屁精
29. dock 碼頭
30. solitude寂寥
31. corridor 走廊
32. slam 砰然聲
33. dubious 猶豫不決的
34. agony 精神上的激動
35. moth 蛾
36. antipathy 反感
37. filial 子女的
38. surreptitiously 秘密的
39. outfit 配備
40. tribute 貢品
41. conspicuous 明顯的
42. coil 捲
43. peel 脫落
44. spool 線軸
45. concussion 衝擊
46. slanting 傾斜的
47. gill 魚鰓
48. vertical 垂直的