It was the first day of class. Two of her new ESL classmates wanted to know where Tara was from. They were both from Iraq. Because Tara looked Iraqi, one of the women asked Tara, in English, if she was from Iraq. Tara replied, "No, I'm not." Then the women took turns asking Tara if she was from Iran, or Syria, or Jordan. To each question, Tara responded1 with a simple no. Laughing, one woman said to the other, "She's not from anywhere!" The two went to their desks, talking to each other in Arabic2.
The next day, the teacher divided the students into groups of four. The students in each group asked introductory questions of each other. A student in Tara's group asked her, "Where are you from?" Tara answered that she was from Iraq. The two women who had questioned Tara the day before were sitting only a few feet away. Both of them heard Tara's response.
"Aha!" they both exclaimed3. "You ARE from Iraq!" Tara smiled and said yes. Then she apologized to both of them for lying the day before. She explained that she had not wanted to get into an Arabic conversation with them. It had been her experience that many ESL students continued to speak their native language in ESL class, and Tara had not come to ESL class to practice her Arabic. In her opinion, ESL students should try to speak English only.
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"I agree," said Rose.
"You're 100 percent right," agreed Jennifer. "Rose and I must stop speaking Arabic to each other. Right, Rose?" Rose nodded, and then said something in Arabic. All three women laughed.
Over the next four months, Tara became friendly with both women, although she never spoke4 a word of Arabic to them during class or break.
1 responded
回答，回報，響應( respond的過去式和過去分詞 )； 有反應； 有效果； 有影響
參考例句：
Most of the staff who responded to the questionnaire were supportive. 回答了問卷的職員大多數(shù)表示支持。 She responded to the news by bursting into tears. 她聽到那個消息后眼淚奪眶而出。
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2 Arabic
n.阿拉伯語；adj.阿拉伯語的，阿拉伯人的，阿拉伯式的
參考例句：
It is not easy to learn Arabic.學阿拉伯語不容易。 Arabic script reads from right to left.阿拉伯文是從右至左讀的。
3 exclaimed
vt.exclaim的過去式v.呼喊，驚叫，大聲說( exclaim的過去式和過去分詞 )
參考例句：
"We have a good chance of winning," he exclaimed optimistically. “我們很可能獲勝。”他樂觀地喊道。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》 She exclaimed in delight when she saw the presents. 她見到禮品高興得叫了起來。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》 <a hRef=http://www.zequeka.cn/miNiFoRm.html>蘇州中考語文培訓</a>
4 spoke
n.（車輪的）輻條；輪輻；破壞某人的計劃；阻撓某人的行動 v.講，談（speak的過去式）；說；演說；從某種觀點來說
參考例句：
They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他們的輪輻螺帽是從我們公司獲得的。 The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.輻條是輪子上連接外圈與中心的條棒。
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