片段八June 和妈妈 新年晚宴
1. Why does June say Waverly is “sneaky”?
2. What do June and Waverly argue about? And who wins in the end?
3. Why does June feel humiliated?
4. What is the conflict between Suyuan and June?
5. Why does Suyuan prefer to use “hope” instead of “expect”? What is the difference?
6. Why does Suyuan give her pendant to June?
7. Why does Suyuan always emphasize “best quality”?
1. Waverly inherits her mother’s invisible strength---her ability to conceal her thoughts and strategize. She always wants to be the best one and took best-quality crab. But June took the worst. Waverly had a rivalry with June since they were very young. They have contrary ch
aracters. June felt very upset because she thought her mother was disappointed at her and wanted her to be another Waverly. 
2. They argued about the stuff that June wrote for Waverly’s company. Thanks to June’s mother’s shout, Waverly won in the end.
3. She thought she always be a loser in the race with Waverly. What is the most important is that she thought her mother thought of her in the same way.
4. June thought she is not as good as Waverly and her mother was ashamed of her. Because her mother choose to praise Waverly at that dinner. But in fact, her mother cared about her and was proud of her. Her severity and high expectations are expressions of love and faith in her daughter
5. Because “hope” refers to wishes, whether you really make it or not does not matter. On the contrary, the word “except” shows that the expected would feel disappointed if you don’t make it come true. Suyuan just like all the mothers wants to give her best wishes to daught
er. However, she doesn’t mean to give high pressure to the kid. She will always see and proud of her daughter.she合体为ella庆生
6. They both loved each other but they misunderstood each other before this talk. June was very upset and in confidence. Suyuan wanted use the pendant to give her daughter confidence and courage. The pedant shows her care hope and, love to June.
7. Suyuan is a strong and willful woman who refuses to focus on her hardships. Instead, she struggles to create happiness and success. It is with this mentality that she founds the original Joy Luck Club in Guilin where she fled away from Japanese invasion. Her sense of the power of will can at times cause problems, when she believes that her daughter June can be a child prodigy if only June worked hard enough. So we know that she had strong will to make everything to the best. Even if  there were just private meetings and causal dishes, she stress her crab of  the best quality.