To be suspicious is not a fault.To be suspicious all the time without coming to a conclusion is the defect.
— Lu Xun
Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.
— Rabindranath Tagore
Unit Goals
After learning the unit, students are expected to be able
·to know some great masters in Asian literary field,
·to know some aspects of the Oriental culture through the selected works,
·to enlarge English vocabulary and reinforce grammatical knowledge, and
·to improve language proficiency and critical thinking through the content of this unit.
Before You Read
Identify the following lines from the stories by Lu Xun, and then share the plot of one of the stories with your partner.
1) Is it right because it has always been like that?________
2) Taking a book, the affair of a scholar, can’t be considered stealing! ________
3) But when she looked carefully, she was surprised to see at the top of the mound a wreath of red and white flowers.________
4) For actually the earth had no roads to begin with, but when many men pass one way, a road is made.________
5) The boat seemed like a great white fish carrying a freight of children on its back through the foam.________
6) Only an occasional flicker of her eyes showed she was still a living creature.________
Start to Read