●Ms Tan, you’ve referred to your new novel as your eighth book.
That’s because it took me six or seven attempts at a second novel before I started and completed this one.
●Why do you think you had so many false starts?
I would say that my reasons were wrong. I was trying to prove that I wasn’t just a mother-daughter storyteller, or I was trying to prove that I didn’t just have to write about things that were strictly Chinese or Chinese-American. Those were never the right reasons for writing those early stories. And I could never come up with other better reasons for continuing them.
●What kept you going on this book?
This book was different because it was based on my mother’s real life. The reason for writing it became more personal and emotional. After The Joy Luck Club came out, my mother was always explaining to people that she wasn’t any of the mothers in that book. And at one point she said to me, “Next book tells my true story.” And then she started telling me things I never knew before. She also told me many, many stories, because my mother doesn’t generalize(笼统地表达). The book really grew out of that.
●Have you ever visited China?
Yes. I’ve been there twice: about three years ago and then again last November, both times with my mother and my husband.
●Was it difficult to understand the Chinese-American dialect(方言) without sounding like a parody(拙劣的模仿)?
No, because it’s the language I’ve heard all my life from my mother. She speaks English as it’s direct translation from Chinese. But it’s more than that. Her language also has more imagery than English.
●Can you think of an example?
Somebody might say to me, “Don’t work so hard. You’ll kill yourself.” My mother will say to me，“Why do you press all your brains out on this page for someone else？” So it’s very vivid. That’s the way she talks.
●Have many readers told you that the Chinese mother in your book reminded them of the typical Jewish (有癖好的) mother?
Many people have told me that. I think the mother-daughter relationship is very intense(紧张) in both cases. Culturally there is an acceptance that mothers have the power to tell their children, especially their daughters, how to conduct their lives --- not simply up until the time they are 18, but for the rest of their lives. However, when children grow up in a different culture from their parents’，they tend to keep more secrets from their parents. The children think, “They just wouldn’t understand that I had to do this.” And that can really create a gap, and it can grow as the number of secrets grows

1.
Based on the questions in this interview, what do you think Ms Tan’ s profession is?
1. A.
  A journalist
2. B.
  A story-writer
3. C.
  An interviewer
4. D.
  An interviewee
2.
What’ s TRUE about Tan’ s second book?
1. A.
  It’ s about her real life in America
2. B.
  The name of the book is The Joy Luck Club
3. C.
  It is the result of many times of carefull thought
4. D.
  It includes many works of her mother
3.
Which question is NOT answered in the interview?
1. A.
  How does she think of her mother’ s language?
2. B.
  How many books does she plan to write?
3. C.
  When did she visit China?
4. D.
  How is generation gap created?
4.
We can infer that________
1. A.
  Tan’ s mother is a good storyteller
2. B.
  Tan plans to write another book about her mother
3. C.
  Tan plans to return to China
4. D.
  Tan’ s mother is hard to communicate with because of personality
5.
The last paragraph mainly talks about________
1. A.
  how to keep secrets from parents
2. B.
  how to deal with the mother-daughter relationship
3. C.
  how to conduct the lives
4. D.
  how the generation gap comes about

Ms Tan，you've referred to your new novel as your eighth book.

That's because it took me six or seven attempts at a second novel before I started and completed this one.

●Why do you think you had so many false starts?

I would say that my reasons were wrong：I was trying to prove that I wasn't just a mother-daughter storyteller，or I was trying to prove that I didn't just have to write about things that were strictly Chinese or Chinese-American.Those were never the right reasons for writing those early stories.And I could never come up with other，better reasons for continuing them.

●What kept you going on this book?

This book was different because it was based on my mother's real life.The reason for writing it became more personal and emotional.After The Joy Luck Club came out，my mother was always explaining to people that she wasn't any of the mothers in that book.And at one point she said to me，“Next book tells my true story.”And then she started telling me things I never knew before.She also told me many，many stories，because my mother doesn't generalize.The book really grew out of that.

●Have you ever visited China?

Yes.I've been there twice：about three years ago and then again last November，both times with my mother and my husband.

●Was it difficult to capture the Chinese-American dialect without sounding like a parody(拙劣的模仿)?

No，because it's the language I've heard all my life from my mother.She speaks English as it's direct translation from Chinese.But it's more than that：Her language also has more imagery than English.

●Can you think of an example?

Somebody might say to me，“Don't work so hard.You'll kill yourself.”My mother will say to me，“Why do you press all your brains out on this page for someone else？”So it's very vivid.That's the way she talks.

●Have many readers told you that the Chinese mother in your book reminded them of the typical Jewish(有癖好的)mother?

Many people have told me that.I think the mother-daughter relationship is very intense in both cases.Culturally there is an acceptance that mothers have the power to tell their children，especially their daughters，how to conduct their lives—not simply up until the time they are 18，but for the rest of their lives.However，when children grow up in a different culture from their parents'，they tend to keep more secrets from their parents.The children think，“They just wouldn't understand that I had to do this.”And that can really create a gap，and it can grow as the number of secrets grows.

1．Based on the questions in this interview，what do you think Ms Tan's profession is?

A．A journalist.　　　　　　 B．A storywriter.

C．An interviewer. D．An interviewee.

2．What's TRUE about Tan's second book?

A．It's about her real life in America.

B．The name of the book is The Joy Luck Club.

C．It is the result of many times of careful thought.

D．It includes many works of her mother.

3．Which question is NOT answered in the interview?

A．How does she think of her mother's language?

B．How many books does she plan to write?

C．When did she visit China?

D．How is generation gap created?

4．The last paragraph mainly talks about ________.

A．how to keep secrets from parents

B．how to deal with the mother-daughter relationship

C．how to conduct the lives

D．how the generation gap comes about

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Ms Tan，you've referred to your new novel as your eighth book.

That's because it took me six or seven attempts at a second novel before I started and completed this one.

●Why do you think you had so many false starts?

I would say that my reasons were wrong：I was trying to prove that I wasn't just a mother?daughter storyteller，or I was trying to prove that I didn't just have to write about things that were strictly Chinese or Chinese?American.Those were never the right reasons for writing those early stories.And I could never come up with other，better reasons for continuing them.

●What kept you going on this book?

This book was different because it was based on my mother's real life.The reason for writing it became more personal and emotional.After The Joy Luck Club came out，my mother was always explaining to people that she wasn't any of the mothers in that book.And at one point she said to me，“Next book tells my true story.”And then she started telling me things I never knew before.She also told me many，many stories，because my mother doesn't generalize.The book really grew out of that.

●Have you ever visited China?

Yes.I've been there twice：about three years ago and then again last November，both times with my mother and my husband.

●Was it difficult to capture the Chinese?American dialect without sounding like a parody(拙劣的模仿)?

No，because it's the language I've heard all my life from my mother.She speaks English as it's direct translation from Chinese.But it's more than that：Her language also has more imagery than English.

●Can you think of an example?

Somebody might say to me，“Don't work so hard.You'll kill yourself.”My mother will say to me，“Why do you press all your brains out on this page for someone else？”So it's very vivid.That's the way she talks.

●Have many readers told you that the Chinese mother in your book reminded them of the typical Jewish(有癖好的)mother?

Many people have told me that.I think the mother?daughter relationship is very intense in both cases.Culturally there is an acceptance that mothers have the power to tell their children，especially their daughters，how to conduct their lives—not simply up until the time they are 18，but for the rest of their lives.However，when children grow up in a different culture from their parents'，they tend to keep more secrets from their parents.The children think，“They just wouldn't understand that I had to do this.”And that can really create a gap，and it can grow as the number of secrets grows.

1．Based on the questions in this interview，what do you think Ms Tan's profession is?

A．A journalist.　　　　　　 B．A storywriter.

C．An interviewer. 　　　 D．An interviewee.

2．What's TRUE about Tan's second book?

A．It's about her real life in America.

B．The name of the book is The Joy Luck Club.

C．It is the result of many times of careful thought.

D．It includes many works of her mother.

3．Which question is NOT answered in the interview?

A．How does she think of her mother's language?

B．How many books does she plan to write?

C．When did she visit China?

D．How is generation gap created?

4．The last paragraph mainly talks about ________.

A．how to keep secrets from parents

B．how to deal with the mother?daughter relationship

C．how to conduct the lives

D．how the generation gap comes about

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Tracy Wong is a well-known Chinese-American writer. But her writing 1 was something she picked up by herself. After her first 2 ,teaching disabled children, she became a part-time writer for IBM. 3 ,writing stories was simply a 4 interest. Tracy sent three of her stories to a publisher(出版商). 5 ,they immediately suggested that she put them together to make a single one long 6 and paid Tracy a $50 000 inお advance.“A pretty money,” said the publisher,“for 7 writer.”

8 Tracy’s characters(人物) are interesting, her stories sometimes 9 readers uneasy: those about the supernatural.“My mother believed I could 10 the afterlife world,” she told a close friend.“She used to have me speak with my grandmother, who died many years ago.”

“Can I?I don’t think I can,” Tracy said with a laugh.“But I do have 11 when things come to me 12 .” Once, she was wondering how to complete a 13 set in ancient(古代的) China. 14 the doorbell rang. It was a FedEx deliveryman, with a copy of a book on Chinese 15 .It came without her having 16 it.

Though she has published 10 books, Tracy has remained 17 by her fame. She lives in the same 18 she lived 27 years ago—although in a more comfortable home. There’s more room for 19 in her life－and it wasn’t just 20 .

1.A.skill　　　　　　　　 B.experience　　　　 C.practice　　　　　　 D.method

2.A.duty　　　　　　 B.effort　　　　　　　　 C.job　　　　　　　　　　 D.task

3.A.Instead　　　　 B.Normally　　　　 C.Certainly　　　　 D.Then

4.A.general　　　　 B.deep　　　　　　　　 C.personal　　　　　　 D.lively

5.A.Interested　　 B.Anxiously　　　　 C.Seriously　　　　 D.Encouraged

6.A.film　　　　　　　　 B.story　　　　　　　　 C.program　　　　　　 D.article

7.A.a foreign　　　　 B.a popular　　　　 C.an unusual　　　　 D.an unknown

8.A.Now that　　　　 B.Even though　　　　　　 C.Just because　　　　　　 D.Except that

9.A.find　　　　　　　　 B.turn　　　　　　　　 C.leave　　　　　　　　 D.hold

10.A.make up　　 B.connect with　　 C.control　　　　　　 D.explain

11.A.events　　　　 B.chances　　　　　　 C.feelings　　　　　　 D.moments

12.A.for no reason　　 B.from a distance　　　　 C.by accident　　　　　　 D.as gifts

13.A.description　　　　 B.pointing　　　　　　　　　　 C.scene　　　　　　　　　　 D.talk

14.A.Surprisingly　　　　 B.Suddenly　　　　　　　　 C.Expectedly　　　　　　 D.Fortunately

15.A.cooking　　　　　　 B.history　　　　　　　　　　 C.play　　　　　　　　　　 D.medicine

16.A.known　　　　　　　　 B.sent　　　　　　　　　　　　 C.realized　　　　　　　　　　 D.ordered

17.A.unchanged　　　　 B.excited　　　　　　　　　　 C.determined　　　　　　 D.unmoved

18.A.life　　　　　　　　　　 B.city　　　　　　　　　　　　 C.house　　　　　　　　　　 D.way

19.A.success　　　　　　 B.work　　　　　　　　　　　　 C.joy　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.variety

20.A.writing　　　　　　　　 B.reporting　　　　　　　　 C.luck　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.fun