Knowledge Focus（第1页）

KnowledgeFocus

1。Discussthefollowiions。

1）WasArmaheslavesastrie?Howhadhisfathertreatedtheirslaves?

2）WasDesiree’sbadknown?Whyisthisimportant?

3）ithDesiree’sbaby?WhydidMadameValmothethebestlightavailable?

4）youexplaintheArmandAubigny’sbehaviorasthestoryunfolds?

5）WhyhadArmand’smotherFrance?

6）WhatwasMadameValmooDesiree’sletter?

7）eoDesiree?Whydidshechoosetodoso?

8）WhatdidArmandfindoutattheend?

9）WhatkindofpersonisDesiree?Issheastrongora>

10）Whatdoesthisstorysayaboutraen?

&herthefollowirue（T）orfalse（F）。

1）Asachild，DesireerobablyabandonedbyaFrenchfamily。（）

2）DesireeistheadopteddaughterofMonsieurandMadameValmonde，whoarewealthyLouisiana。（）

3）Asthebabygrewolder，Armandstayedawayfromhperiodsbecausehewasbusywithhisplantation。（）

4）OldArmandhadbeenacruelslaveowilhemetYoungArmand’smother。（）

5）ArmandwasattractedtoDesireeoutoftruelove。（）

6）Desireemusthaveittedsuicideattheeory。（）

7）MadameValmondealsodoubtedaboutDesiree’sary。（）

8）ItwasArmandwhowasofAfri-Americestry。（）

3。PairWork:Fillintheblankswiththesofthefollowingwordsintheboxaheahyourpartner。

Desireeisthe1）daughteroftheValmondefamily。MadameandMonsieurValmondehave2）Desireesioddlerwhenthey3）herbytheplantatiate。Despitethefactthatheraryisunknowobethe“idolofValmonde”。Sheisasweet，kiegirl。Hermildmaer，however，5）herto6）toomuand’sloveandapproval。Ashiswife，herwholebeingseems7）aroundhowherhusbaheirdtheirlifetogether。WhenArmand9）her，Desireechoosestoendherowhanstartahomewithherlovis。Indoingso，shealsochoosestoendthelifeofherchild，whohas10）unsciouslywithhertshametoArmand’sname。