“ABC”and “Banana Persons”
You may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are people called “ABC”? You may like eating bananas. But do you know there are people called “banana persons”? If you don’t know, I will tell you. They are Chinese people like you and me, but they aren’t in China.Why do people call them like that?
“ABC” means American-born Chinese. An “ABC” is a Chinese,
but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people also call them
“banana persons”. A banana is yellow outside and white inside. So when
a person is a banana, he or she is white (American) inside and yellow (Chinese)
outside.
They are born in America and they live in America for a long time. Even
their nationality(国籍) is American. So they think like Americans and do things
like Americans. But they still have Chinese blood(血). Their parents, grandparents
or even great-grandparents were from China.They all have black eyes and black hair.
So they look like us Chinese people. For example, we all know the famous scientist
C.N.Yang. He is an “ABC” and he is a “banana person”. We like him, although(虽然)
his nationality isn’t Chinese.
小题1:What does “ABC” mean?
A．American-born Chinese
B．American-born Canadian
C．Australian-born Chinese
D．Chinese-born Chinese小题2:Why do people call an “ABC” a “banana person”?
A．They look like Americans but they think like Chinese.
B．They look like Chinese but they think like Americans.
C．They like to eat bananas.
D．They can speak “ABC” very well.小题3:Why do ABCs think like Americans?
A. Because they live in America for a long time
B. Because they are born in America.
C.Because they want to be Americans.
D.Both A and B.
小题4:What colour are their eyes and hair?
A．Their eyes and hair are black.
B．Their eyes and hair are yellow.
C．Their eyes and hair are white.
D．Their eyes and hair are black and yellow.小题5:Which person of the following is a “banana person”?
A．杨利伟
B．科比
C．杨振宁
D．姚明