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Pair Work
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Uddrag
Pair work
• Read the excerpts 1-9 below from the short story Everyone Talked loudly in Chinatown and discuss what each quote tells us about Lin as a person. Use an adjective or two and explain your choices to each other.

Individual work
1 For each excerpt 1-9, Write a topic sentence in which you use an adjective or two to describe Lin. Write a sentence or two in which you give an example and explain how it supports your point.

1- Lin is not interested to ask about her culture. She seems curious about the way Chinese calendar works but isn’t bothered to ask, “I wonder if that makes this year thirteen months long or if one month is left out to fit into the regular calendar.

But I don’t ask” Lin seems to be careless to know about her roots and the Chinese culture and would rather stick to the cultures in the country she was raised in.

2- Lin is shy with Todd. She is more of a listener than a speaker in their relationship. “Actually, Todd talks a lot and I listen” Lin isn’t very open around Todd as he is a bad boy and doesn’t talk about her interests with him either.

3- Lin is scared about her mother finding out that she is dating Todd. “ . ‘Hey, what are you doing?’ she asks.

I quickly wipe away the evidence. ‘Nothing.’ Lin doesn’t want her mom to find out abut them as he is a white boy, and her mom would want her to be with someone of a Chinese background.

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1. My father says the reason for this is there were two Junes in the Chinese calendar this year. I wonder if that makes this year thirteen months long or if one month is left out to fit into the regular calendar.

But I don’t ask. He would launch into a long, boring explanation of the history of the Chinese calendar and say it was superior to the Western calendar. If it was anyone else, I would probably ask (p.62, ll. 2-9)

2. Actually, Todd talks a lot and I listen. He usually describes his daily visit to the vice principal, the cars he wants, and the bands he likes.