Write your response here: (show your work) from Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie An old man stood in the middle of the room, pouring grain into the milling hole. He interrupted his work when we came in and eyed us with suspicion, saying nothing. I greeted him, not in the Szechuan dialect of our province, but in Mandarin, as if I were an actor in a film. language is he the old man asked Luo, puzzled. “What speaking?” language of you speak “The official language,” replied Luo. “The Beijing. Don’t Mandarin? “Where’s Beijing?” We were taken aback by his question, but when we realized he was speaking in earnest we help laughing. For a moment I almost envied him his complete couldn’t ignorance of the outside world. does that ring a “Peiping, bell?” Luo asked. the old man the big city in the “Bai Ping?” said. “Certainly, it’s north!” the name twenty years ago, little Luo this “They changed father,” explained. “And gentleman here, he speaks the official language of Bai Ping, as you call it.” 9. Why is the old man unable to understand when Luo’s friend speaks to him, even though he speaks Chinese? Luo's friend spoke too quickly for the old man to understand. The old man was probably hard of hearing. Luo's friend spoke a dialect of Chinese that the old man couldn't understand. The old man had never heard of Beijing. Write your response here: (show your work) Colin felt the cold wind blowing through his threadbare pants. He could not remember the last time it was so cold. His legs shook as he tried to remember the months he spent sleeping in his car in sure was he said to Miami. “It warm there,” nobody in particular. It would take more than memories to warm him up. He thought about getting a hot cup of coffee, but he remembered that he only had twenty-seven cents in his pocket. been a long time since twenty-seven cents could buy a cup of he said to “It’s coffee,” himself. Just then, he saw what he thought was a dollar bill on the are sidewalk. “Things looking he said to himself before realizing that it was a pizza coupon. up!”
Write your response here: (show your work) from Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie An old man stood in the middle of the room, pouring grain into the milling hole. He interrupted his work when we came in and eyed us with suspicion, saying nothing. I greeted him, not in the Szechuan dialect of our province, but in Mandarin, as if I were an actor in a film. “What language is he speaking?” the old man asked Luo, puzzled. “The official language,” replied Luo. “The language of Beijing. Don’t you speak Mandarin? “Where’s Beijing?” We were taken aback by his question, but when we realized he was speaking in earnest we couldn’t help laughing. For a moment I almost envied him his complete ignorance of the outside world. “Peiping, does that ring a bell?” Luo asked. “Bai Ping?” the old man said. “Certainly, it’s the big city in the north!” “They changed the name twenty years ago, little father,” Luo explained. “And this gentleman here, he speaks the official language of Bai Ping, as you call it.” 9. Why is the old man unable to understand when Luo’s friend speaks to him, even though he speaks Chinese? Luo's friend spoke too quickly for the old man to understand. The old man was probably hard of hearing. Luo's friend spoke a dialect of Chinese that the old man couldn't understand. The old man had never heard of Beijing. Write your response here: (show your work) Colin felt the cold wind blowing through his threadbare pants. He could not remember the last time it was so cold. His legs shook as he tried to remember the months he spent sleeping in his car in Miami. “It sure was warm there,” he said to nobody in particular. It would take more than memories to warm him up. He thought about getting a hot cup of coffee, but he remembered that he only had twenty-seven cents in his pocket. “It’s been a long time since twenty-seven cents could buy a cup of coffee,” he said to himself. Just then, he saw what he thought was a dollar bill on the sidewalk. “Things are looking up!” he said to himself before realizing that it was a pizza coupon.
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