Fish Cheeks
第八組
1.方筠琹 16.徐維哲 29.黃詠寧
34.蔡雅鈞 35.鄧宇廷
Orgnization
 Beginning(line 1~5)
 Conflict(line 6~11)
 Climax(line 12~ 45 )
 Conclusion
(line 46~51)
Main idea
 Amy fell in love with an American boy. She
wanted to be the same as other American
girls and felt ashamed of herself.
After her mom talked to her,she was able to
fully appreciate her lesson.
 Extend in meaning
 You must be proud
that you are different.
Begining
 Topic sentence
 I fell in love with the minister’s son in the
winter when I turned fourteen.
 Who : Amy
 What: She felt in love with the minister’s son.
 How:
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Not Chinese
As white as Mary in the manager
Blond-haired
A slim new American nose
Conflict
 Topic sentence
 When I found out that my parents had
invited the minister’s family over for
Christmas Eve dinner, I cried.
 Why:
 Shabby Chinese Christmas
 Noisy Chinese relatives who lacked
appropriate manners
 Not a roast turkey and sweet potatoes but
Chinese food
Climax
 Topic sentence
 Amy’s mother had taken the trouble to create
a menu which Amy thought strange for
Christmas dinner.
 Who had prepared the dinner?
 Amy’s mother
 When had Amy’s mother cooked?
 On Chirstimas Eve
Climax
 The strange menu
 Prawn
 Fish
 Tofu
 Dried fungus
 Squids
Climax
 Topic sentence
 Table manners differ from culture to culture.
 Who
 Robert and his family ,Amy and her relatives.
 Where : Amy’s home.
 What
 They were eating together, but they had
different table manners that made Robert
frowned.
Climax
 Example 1
 Amy’relatives licked the ends of their
chopsticks and dipped them into the
dozen or so plates of food ,
but Robert and his family waited
patiently for the plates to be passed to
them.
Climax
 Example 2
 When Amy’s mother brought out the
whole steamed fish , Robert frowned.
Climax
 Example 3
 At the end of the meal, Amy’father
leaned back and burped loudly.
But,Robert was looking down at his plate
with an embarrassed expression on his
face.
 Amy felt ashamed at the end.
Climax
 Topic sentence
 Your only shame is to have shame
 Who
 Amy and her mother
 What
 Amy’s mother talked with her.
 When
 After everyone had left.
 Where : at their home
Conclusion
 Topic sentence
 Amy was able to fully appreciate her lesson
and the true purpose behind the strange
 Who
: Amy
menu.
 What
 Amy was able to fully appreciate her lesson
and the true purpose behind the strange
menu.
 When
 many years later—long after I had gotten
over my crush on Robert
Question
 What’s in the mother’s strange menu ?
 prawn
 fish
 tofu
 dried fungus
 squids
Question
 What had Amy’s mother marked on the
squids?
cross
 What had the squids looked like?
bicycle tires
Question
 Tofu looks like stacks of white
sponges
**What color is Spongebob?
Yellow
Question
 What makes the difference between
Amy’s relatives and Robert’s family?
 Different culture
 When did Amy’s relatives and
Robert’s family eat together?
 On Chrismas Eve
Question
 How did Amy feel after everyone
finished dishes?
 She felt very ashamed after everyone
finished dishes.
Question
 what did Amy’s mother tell her?
 But inside you must always be Chinese.
You must be proud that you are different.
Your only shame is to have shame.
 What gift did Amy’s mother hand her?
 Her mother handed her a miniskirt.
Question
 When could Amy appreciate her
lessen?
 Until many years later—long after she
had gotten over my crush on Robert.
Thank you for your listening