基础外语social problems.ppt

Questions for Discussion 1) When does the man realize the girl in front of him is very beautiful? What is the girl’s reaction? (Para. 1) It is not until she has bought her ticket and turns to walk away that he realizes her beauty. She seems aware that he is staring at her and lowers her gaze abruptly. 2) When does the man catch the sight of that beautiful woman again? What is the woman doing? (Para. 3) While he sips a Scotch and water in one of the airport cocktail bars, he catches sight of that beautiful girl. She is in deep conversation with another girl, and in another instant, they depart. 3) Who is it that is so close as to touch him? Is the girl blushing? Why? (Para. 4-6; Para. 9) It is the beautiful girl that he has noticed. She is blushing, but her blush is not out of shyness but the anxiety of being caught as a thief. 4) When and how does the man realize that girl is a thief? (Para. 7) When he wants to pay for the magazine, he finds he has lost his wallet, and when he recalls that the girl was so near to him, he suddenly understands that the girl is a thief. 5) What should he do after that? (Para. 8-9) He will have to do something about the lost credit cards－call home, have his wife get the numbers, phone the card companies. Also, he should find a policeman, tell what has happened, and describe the young girl to him. 6) What does the man do after he sees that girl again? Has the girl escaped? If yes, how? (Para. 10-25) He tries to persuade the girl to return his wallet, but she does not admit that at first, then she gives the man a wallet of someone else’s and begins to run. When the man is trying to catch her, holding a wallet that does not belong to him, everyone thinks that he is a thief. What makes things worse is that the other girl who was in deep conversation with that beautiful girl claims that he has stolen her wallet. 7) What is the result of the story? (Para. 26) Two weeks later, the wallet turns up in one