精讀《The Gold Cadillac》

內(nèi)容梗概：

Lois和Wilma為她們父親的全新金色凱迪拉克感到自豪，并且很高興家人將一路開(kāi)車(chē)從俄亥俄州到密西西比州。 但隨著他們?cè)絹?lái)越深入美國(guó)南部農(nóng)村地區(qū)，這輛閃亮的新車(chē)并沒(méi)有令人羨慕的目光，而別人對(duì)他們家人只有懷疑和憤怒。 在他們的生活中，Lois和她的妹妹第一次知道因?yàn)槠つw的顏色而感到害怕是什么感覺(jué)... 

這是一個(gè)非常有力的故事，它是一個(gè)關(guān)于非洲裔美國(guó)人在1950年那時(shí)的待遇，特別是當(dāng)他們擁有漂亮的“物質(zhì)”物品時(shí)。

故事描寫(xiě)出，當(dāng)黑人開(kāi)著全新的金色凱迪拉克進(jìn)行南方之旅的時(shí)候，人們看到黑人在擁有高質(zhì)量物品時(shí)一直對(duì)他們質(zhì)疑的情況。當(dāng)Lois的父親被問(wèn)及他從哪里得到他的汽車(chē)時(shí)，他被帶到警察局，而他們的汽車(chē)則由一名警察駕駛。

這本書(shū)引人注目的一點(diǎn)還有，Lois和Wilma的想法非常有趣，因?yàn)樗齻冎皇呛⒆?，她們的生活還將繼續(xù)。

總而言之，這是一本精彩的書(shū)，閱讀此書(shū)的孩子一定能與Lois產(chǎn)生共鳴。

精讀計(jì)劃：

1. Do you think the author's background helps her writing?

Why or why not?

2. Have your parents ever come home with something new and expensive? How did it make you feel?

3. Why does everyong laugh at Lois's mom's decision to not ride in the Cadillac?

4. Why do you think Lois's mom is not happy about the Cadillac? 

What events in the story makes you think this way?

5. How do you know that Lois is proud of her father's car?

6. Use one or two words to describe Lois's family's reaction to her father wanting to drive the car down to Mississippi

7. Why do you think people in the South wouldn't like an African-American driving a nice car in their region?

What does this tell you about their opinion of African-Americans?

8. Why does Lois's mom really pack the huge amounts of food for the trip to the South?

9. How do you think the trip to the South affected the main character's family?

提示：

這本書(shū)牽扯到美國(guó)歷史，種族歧視等社會(huì)問(wèn)題，所以雖然蘭斯值難度不大，但是需要孩子對(duì)歷史，政治，經(jīng)濟(jì)，地理等有全面了解，才能正確認(rèn)識(shí)此書(shū)的內(nèi)容。因此，我建議有一定閱讀基礎(chǔ)的孩子閱讀（有閱讀原版中章經(jīng)驗(yàn)），如果能觀看一些跟美國(guó)南北歷史和社會(huì)問(wèn)題有關(guān)的電影就更好了。

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