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Text BRich Meeting His Future Mother-in-law Unit 3, Book 2 The Joy Luck Club(1989) a best-selling novel written by Amy Tan （谭恩美） the stories of four Chinese-immigrant women and their American-born daughters The Joy Luck Club presenting the development of the mother-daughter relationship from conflict to understanding and final union. reflecting the conflict and reconciliation of Chinese and American culture in details In 1993, the novel was adapted into a feature film directed by Wayne Wang(王颖) . Passage B is extracted from the novel, telling the story between Lindo and her daughter, Waverly. What are the cultural differences reflected in this text? “Rich was not only not Chinese, he was also my junior…And unfortunately, he looked much younger …” “So many spots on his face…” a bottle of French wine “…not one but two frosted glasses full, … a half-inch ‘just for taste’.” “…the worst happened when Rich criticized my mother’s cooking…” Para. 3 I knew she would do this, because cooking was how my mother expressed her love, her pride, her power, her proof that she knew more than any one else. translate: 我知道妈妈会亲自下厨的,因为烧饭做菜是表达她的爱、她的自豪和她在家中地位的方式，也可用以证明她比其他任何人都懂得多。 Para. 4 My instructions are in my fingers. paraphrase: (Unlike Auntie Suyuan who can only cook while looking at directions,) I am so skilled that I can prepare and cook without much thinking as if my fingers did it by themselves. translate: 我对烹饪了如指掌。 Para 5 I had seen her expression when she opened the door, her forced smile as she surveyed him from head to toe, checking her judgment of him against that already given to her by Auntie Suyuan. forced smile: smile produced unwillingly (thus unnatural) or with difficulty 勉强地笑了笑 from head to toe: over the whole of one’s body 从头到脚 from head to foot / from head to tail/from top to toe The children were covered in mud from head to toe. check against: measure or value something by comparing it with something else跟……核对 请对照原文修改译文。 Please check the transla