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Mother Tongue;Something about the author;Awards;Writing Style;The Joy Luck Club (喜福会) ;Some bits of the book;“...In America, I would have a daughter just like me...Over there, nobody will look down on her, because I will make her speak perfect American English, and over there, she will be too full to swallow any sorrow, she will know my meaning because I will give her this swan, ;a creature which means more than it hoped for. And when she arrived in the new country, the immigration officers drove the swan away from her, leaving the woman?reached?her arms only one swan feather only for memory. From a long time from now, the woman only have one swan feather to tell her daughter ,the feather may look worthless ,but it comes from a far and carry all my good intentions...” ;Analysis of the text; essay, which is that mother tongue helped her understand her mother step by step , find her culture root and then achieve a balance between American culture and Chinese culture , and shape her thinking system. ; put the following into Chinese ;1.Recently, I was made keenly aware of the different Englishes I do use.;3. Du Yusong having business like fruit stand. Like off the street kind. ;5. you should know that my mother’s expressive command of English belies how much she actually understands.; words and expressions ;1.evoke v.call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)唤起，引起 ...the scene evoking memories of those old movies... 唤起对那些老电影的记忆的场景 eg. A sense of period was evoked by complementing pictures with appropriate furniture. 给照片配上一些合适的家具，唤起了一种年代感。 ;2.intersection n.1. a point where lines intersect交叉点 eg. The policeman regulated traffic at the intersection. 警察在交叉路口指挥交通 2. the act of intersecting (as joining by causing your path to intersect your targets path)交叉，相交 eg. Bridges are used to avoid the intersection of a railway and a highway.桥用来避免铁路和公路直接交叉。;3.switch n. ?control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changin