Text A

Section A  Discovering the Main Ideas

Exercise 1. Answer the following questions with the information contained in Text A.

1) What do you think is the main message conveyed in the passage?  

2) Why did Morton decide not to pursue the argument or confrontation with the man?  

3) How did Morton’s wife feel about the incident?

4) Based on the text, what differences could you infer between Morton and the other man in terms of cultural and educational backgrounds?  Provide specific examples to support your answer.

Exercise 2: Text A can be divided into? Parts with the paragraph numbers (s) of each part provided as follows. Write down the main idea of each part. 

 Exercise 3: List two key values that Morton and his wife felt important and provide the supporting details  from the text.

小时候我奶奶说一种峦四两福，不要随地吐痰，他当着众人面吐出痰的时候，已缺少四两福气

事件：昨天一个本村人，要插队，我说这都是你们村的，他说后面的人都没说话，你在娇兰什么，我听完扭头就走了，他以为我怕了，还在后面接着骂我，我跟警察说有人骂我，警察拿着手铐过去，他跟我倒了三分钟的歉，就差给我磕头了