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Little House in the Big Woods
1
Why did Ma say that Laura
was a good girl?
1.
What kind of people were Laura's
parents?
答案：
Laura's parents were typical American
frontier people who lived in the sparsely
populated big
west.
Pa
did
some
outdoor
undertakings
such
as
hunting
and
trapping
animals
in
the
woods
while
Ma
was
responsible
for
housework
and
other
indoor
work.
They
lived
almost
self-
sufficiently
2.
Discuss the kind of life the family
lived in the big woods.
答案：
The
family
lived
in
the
Big
Woods.
In
winter,
Pa
usually
trapped
animals
so
that
they
could
trade
the furs for some daily necessities in the next
spring. They lived far from the town. The
children in the family had not even
seen a store. As natural threats such as a bear's
breaking in
were always around, they
had to learn to cope with the harsh
surroundings
Fool's
Paradise
1.
Why did Atzel want to kill himself
after a few days' stay in paradise
Atzel wanted to kill himself after a
few days' stay in paradise because he found that
life there was
too
monotonous.
One
could
do
nothing
in
paradise
except
eating
the
same
thing
everyday
and
sleeping
2.
What do you think the moral of the
story is?
We should
treasure the days while we are living and make the
best of them.
Cheating
1.
What do you
think of the boy in the story? Why did he wish he
were dead after he had cheated?
I think the boy in the story knew what
was right and what was wrong even though he did
something
wrong.
After
he
had
cheated,
he
wished
himself
dead.
It
proves
that
when
he
did
something wrong he had a
very strong sense of guilt and uneasiness. As is
mentioned in the story,
the most
important thing in the boy's family was to tell
the truth. Certainly this idea affected the
boy to the core.
2.
What do you think of cheating in tests?
I think cheating in tests is very very
bad. If a student gets the habit of cheating in
tests, he
will depend on
cheating to get good marks instead of working
hard. Also, cheating will be bad to