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The-Loons-课后习题详解 Lesson 11 The Loons st ( from Nov. 1 to Nov. 23th ) II. Look up the italicized words in the dictionary and explain: 1) a small square cabin chinked with mud... chinked: filled. 2) was a chaos of lean-tos lean-tos:a small roughly-made building that is built against the side of a larger building. 3) The Tonnerres were halfbreeds... halfbreeds: a person whose parents are from different races. 4) working at odd jobs or as section hands odd: temporary section : a department in an organization 5) they lived on relief relief: financial help 6) but she had failed several grades grades: the levels in a school 7) had to get back to his practice practice : habit 8) how the coyote reared her young reared: cared for or kept 9) If you walk just around the point there... point: main idea 10) her hair was cut short and frizzily permed permed: curled I. Give brief answers to the following questions, using your own words as much as possible: 1. Were the Tonnerres rich or poor? Substantiate your answer with facts. 0 The basis of their family’s shack was a small square cabin and was chinked with mud. Piquette always did housework for the family regardless of her illness. 2. What would happen sometimes to old Jules or his son Lazarus on Saturday nights? They often got drunk and would be put in prison for a night for fighting. 3. Why did the doctor propose taking Piquette to Diamond Lake for the summer? Because she had tuberculosis of the bone, and she needed a good rest. Staying in her house could only make it worse for she must work hard for her family.