高英課文TheLoons潛鳥英文

1、The loons,Settings in the Loons,Location: brown,noisy ;scrub oak;greygreen willow;chokecherry bushes,We can infer that the Tonnerre lived in a severe natural environment where water was polluted not as clear as before and tall trees are replaced by the scrub oak ,greygreen willow and chokecherry. Th

2、ese trees could take roots and spread under such a severe condition, In fact ,the trees stand for Metis(加拿大的原住民的一個族群,是原住民與早期法裔加拿大人的混血兒) who are dogged(頑強的) enough to adjust their life to any severe environment,Condition of Dwelling,Small square cabin made of poplar poles and chinked with mud,Time,Ju

3、les had only intended to stay the winter in the Wachakwa Valley,but the family was still there in the thirties,when I was a child,History & Politics,Riel,Canadian insurrectionary (起義者) who was organized the metis settlers in a rebellion over their land rights(1869)Eventually ,he was captured and exe

4、cuted by Canadian authorities,Red River Rebellion（紅河暴動,A new government Canadian Confederation（加拿大聯(lián)盟） was formed in 1867.The Canadian government appointed an English-speaking governor, William McDougall.The Mtis, led by Riel, prevented McDougall from entering the territory,The Mtis created a provisi

5、onal government, Riel being the leader of the government.He undertook to negotiate directly with the Canadian government,Meanwhile, Riels men arrested members of a pro-Canadian faction who had resisted the provisional government. They included an Thomas Scott. Riels government tried and convicted Sc

6、ott, and executed him for threatening to murder Louis Riel,In 1870, the legislature passed the Manitoba Act（曼尼托巴法案）, allowing the Red River settlement to enter Confederation as the province of Manitoba. The Act also incorporated some of Riels demands, such as provision of separate French schools for

7、 Mtis children and protection of the practice of Catholicism（天主教,After reaching agreement, Canada sent a military expedition to Manitoba to enforce federal authority. Now known as the Wolseley Expedition（沃爾斯利出征） . Outrage grew in Ontario（安大略?。?Riel fled and the arrival of troops marked the end of th

8、e Rebellion,The North-West Rebellion（西北叛亂） During a time of great social change in Western Canada, the Mtis believed that the Dominion of Canada had failed to address the protection of their rights, their land and their survival as a distinct people.At that time,the Mtis were alarmed that the buffal

9、o were hunted by intruders（闖入者）.Buffalo were regarded as a chief source of food they depended on for generations. In addition,native birdsloons were also threatend,Family background 1,As the Tonnerres had increased,their settlement had been added to,until the clearing at the foot of the town hill wa

10、s a chaos of lean-tos,wooden packing cases,warped lumber,discarded car tyre,ramshackle chicken coops.tangled strands of barved wire and rusty tin cans,坦納瑞家人丁興旺，他們的木屋慢慢地擴建，越來越大，到后來，那片林中空地上小披屋林,立，到處亂七八糟地堆放著木板包裝箱、曬翹了的木材、廢棄的汽車輪胎、搖搖欲墜的雞籠子、一卷,一卷的帶刺的鐵絲和銹跡斑斑的洋鐵罐,坦納瑞家人丁興旺，他們的木屋慢慢地擴建，越來越大，到后來，那片林中空地上小披屋林立，到處亂

11、七八糟地堆放著木板包裝箱、曬翹了的木材、廢棄的汽車輪胎、搖搖欲墜的雞籠子、一卷一卷的帶刺的鐵絲和銹跡斑斑的洋鐵罐,For a long time,the family had labored,lived multiplied on the land ,surviving generation and gerenation.Time passed,however,the dwelling was only slightly changed not catching up with the scale of growing family.It is referred that the Tonner

12、re were still struggling to survive in deep waters,Family background 2,Detail 1:.their English was broken and full of ob scenities(粗話）.(Language) Detail 2:.their men were not working at odds or as section hands on the C.P.R（Canadian Pacific Railways 加拿大太平洋鐵路公司） .(Job) Detail 3:.get mixed up in a Sat

13、urday-night brawl（吵架，打架）.and would hit out at whoever was nearest or howl drunkenly（酗酒鬧事，見人就打，狂呼亂叫）.(Behaviors,It is referred that they are low-educated through the language they use.Besides, Piquettes father and brother, often drunk and being sent to the prison.They were unable to exist independent

14、ly in a respectable, decent and dignified way. As a result, they cannot join in the white society nor go back to their origin tribes. It was for the reason that they were the rebels（造反者）in the eye of the white, and they were too dirty and too caddish（下流卑鄙的） to approach,Family background 3,At school, Piquette felt out of plac