继潇竹《厨房》后再次探讨人生.....
Discussing Questions:
1. When did story happen? At that time , your life was mainly occupied by what?
2. What makes Greg’s transition from a climbing bum to humanitarian hero? How Greg differs from Christopher in "Into the Wild"?
1. When did story happen? At that time , your life was mainly occupied by what?
2. What makes Greg’s transition from a climbing bum to humanitarian hero? How Greg differs from Christopher in "Into the Wild"?
3. What does “Three cups of tea” mean? How do you view” Three cups of tea” verse “ One cup of tea” culture?
4. What was Greg’s reaction after he got hate mail in the week of September 11? Please also refer the pages in the book.
5. How do you view fitting into a foreign culture in this book? How does this relate to our "culture shock" in United States?
6. What did he do for preparing to climb K2? Describe the beauty of K2 using your own words and imagination.
7. Who was the only person to response Greg’s first hand-typed 580 letters?
8. How many schools have Greg established in Pakistan and Afghanistan?
9. What was happed when Greg was kidnapped for eight day in 1996?
10. What does fatweh mean in the book?
11. How do you view if you "educate a boy" verse "educate a girl" philosophy in Africa culture, comparing this with your own culture?
12. 什么令Greg想起1969宇航员登上月球？
13. 如何看待”Co-Author” David Relin’s comments” I wrote the story, but Greg Mortenson lived it”？How do you feel his mother-in-law's comments? “That's when I realized that he's just not one of us. He's his own species." 他的女友和妻子如何不同？有什么东西可能导致了妻子的不同？ 假若Greg是你的朋友或家人，你会如何看待他对事业的付出？
14. Greg认为 什么才是可以真正带来和平的武器？
15. 讨论文明对落后地区带来的好处和坏处，可以借题发挥电影《阿凡达》观后感。
16. 在你读《三杯茶》时，Greg这样一个和我们同年代的活生生的人和其它我们读过的小说中的的虚拟人物，给你带来的影响有不同吗？
4. What was Greg’s reaction after he got hate mail in the week of September 11? Please also refer the pages in the book.
5. How do you view fitting into a foreign culture in this book? How does this relate to our "culture shock" in United States?
6. What did he do for preparing to climb K2? Describe the beauty of K2 using your own words and imagination.
7. Who was the only person to response Greg’s first hand-typed 580 letters?
8. How many schools have Greg established in Pakistan and Afghanistan?
9. What was happed when Greg was kidnapped for eight day in 1996?
10. What does fatweh mean in the book?
11. How do you view if you "educate a boy" verse "educate a girl" philosophy in Africa culture, comparing this with your own culture?
12. 什么令Greg想起1969宇航员登上月球？
13. 如何看待”Co-Author” David Relin’s comments” I wrote the story, but Greg Mortenson lived it”？How do you feel his mother-in-law's comments? “That's when I realized that he's just not one of us. He's his own species." 他的女友和妻子如何不同？有什么东西可能导致了妻子的不同？ 假若Greg是你的朋友或家人，你会如何看待他对事业的付出？
14. Greg认为 什么才是可以真正带来和平的武器？
15. 讨论文明对落后地区带来的好处和坏处，可以借题发挥电影《阿凡达》观后感。
16. 在你读《三杯茶》时，Greg这样一个和我们同年代的活生生的人和其它我们读过的小说中的的虚拟人物，给你带来的影响有不同吗？
17 comments:
Thanks, Helen. They are very good questions.
You have not only lead us in the book discussion in a small way, you have also embodied the spirit of Greg.
Against all odds Greg kept his promise to pay back to the people who had done him good deeds. He have even gone beyond this and built hundreds of schools for other less privileged children.
Helen has composed for us those questions inspite of her migraine, backaches, and upcoming surgery.
Hails to Helene. Please accept our gratitude from the bottom of our heart!
April 6, 2010 9:19 AM
我先来强答第7个问题;
唯一响应Greg用打字机打出的580封向富人及名人捐款的信的人是NBC anchorman, Tom Brokaw, 他寄了一张$100支票.
Thanks Helen!
These are great questions to guild me reading the book. I really appreciated.
How many questions should one person answer?
回答第8个容易的问题，Greg历时12年，在巴基斯坦和阿富汗地区建了60多所学校。
首先谢谢大家的支持鼓励和跟票：）
Second, accomplishing a 338 pages' book in 28 days is not an easy task. I am sorry to rush you.
However, after I reread this book
many years later this week I find out break 338 pages into a 23 small stories( which is 23 chapters) might help. 大家可以看一下目录每章的标题，找一个最有兴趣的先读，每个故事虽有联系但它们相对还是独立的。每章开始都有一首诗和本章题目及故事相呼应，但我们毕竟不是专业的可以不去化太多的时间在那里，将故事内容大致了解即可。在几个故事后感觉被吸引了，又有时间的话，再从头理一下思路。
问题大家回答一个或几个都可，读上瘾了你会有你自己的问题，可以反过来提问大家。书中精彩的地方也可以在读书会时是和大家分享，象潇竹一样我在书中也作了很多标记，假如我们有时间的话：）
总之，大家不要有压力噢。。。
Thanks for 雪的 little trics. I have been drawn into the story after several nights dozing off while trying to read.
It is a compelling story. More than 300 pages is just 乌蒙磅礴走泥丸 (easy task)
Somehow, Greg's mountaineering
experience was not 走泥丸,nor was his task :-)
我来回答第6个问题:
为准备征服K2, Greg做了充分的准备. 他11岁就曾登上了非洲的最高峰Kilimajaro. 他也时常去Yosemite National Park去爬 Half Dome, 并曾成功地征服了喜马拉雅山脉的几个山头. (he’d been schooled on the sheer granite walls of Yosemite, then graduated to half a dozen successful Himalayan ascents [p. 10] -- He spent 3000 feet up Yosemite Half Dome in the middle of multiday clime [p. 12]
K2的险峻实在无法想象, 大自然的美只有亲临其境才能体会到. 书中几处提到Yosemite, 我只有谈一下我们去年毫无惊险地去Yosemite冒险”了. 请点http://picasaweb.google.com/charlene.hu/HalfDome#
To continue my story of staying at the nent, here 在《三杯茶》中Greg的女友Marina跟他关系紧张起来，她想潇洒一回,在Yosemite里面最贵的旅馆Ahwahnee Hotel过一个周末(p. 53, A single weekend int eh Ahwahnee would cost the rough equivalent of all the money he'd raised for the school so far)
How much a night? Go figure :-)
Finished reading last night. what an incredible book! What a journey for such an amazing indiviual!
Any single person can make difference as long she/he persists.
How have you been all going along?
How about the questions our leader has designed for us?
Please let our leader be assured that everyone of is doing our best.
Wish her a speedy recovery.
雪领导贵体欠佳并没有阻止她每天察看大家的读书进展和做作业的情况.
我们每天想着雪领导,为她祝福,让她早日回到我们中间来.
另外我们还能做什么呢? 大家加把劲儿啊,每天能让她来这里得到一点安慰, 让她有一丝微笑, 或者 ...
Who have found answer to #12? I don't remember 登上月球?
#12 To Greg, the first girl going to school is"one samll step fro that girl, but one giant leap for their community".
Thanks. Xue. Yes, that is true.
1. When did story happen ? At tat time, your life was mainly occupied by what?
A: The story took place in the 90"s and continues into the first ten years of this century. During that time, I was busy working and raising my daughter.
2. What makes Greg's transition from a climbing bum to humanitarian hero ? How Grey differs from Christopher in " into the Wild"?
A :Grey becomes a humanitarian hero because he has a loving heart, a strong will and a brave spirit. Greg differs from Christopher in " Into the Wild" in that Grey is a humanitarian worker while Christopher is an explorer.
3. What does " Three cups o ftea" mean ? How do you view " three cups of tea" verse " one cup of tea" culture ?
A: It means that you are treated as a trusted friend. In a " One cup of tea" culture, you will not expect to gain much trust.
4. What was Greg's reaction after he got hate mail in the week of Spet 11 ?
will answer this one
9. what was happed when Grey was kidnapped for eight day in 1996 ?
A: he was released to build more schools. He got a party and some donations from the kinnappers.
14. Grey 人为什么才可以真正带来和平的武器？
Eudcation
15.
That is great, Dayan.Excellent work!
So far three people have made contribution to our online Qquestions and Answers. They may server a good starter for tonight's discussion.
Now we know our host has returned home and is recuperating. We will miss her greatly for today and hopeful she won't miss too much of our meeting ;-0
Hi Helen, thanks for leading us on and hope that you are feeling great already. You will be missed by all of us today, and you will be very much at the center of the discussion!
I have enjoyed reading the book when I read it about two years ago, and I think I remember the answer to your question number 9. That Greg read Koran in the prison, and that he read Time magazine and that he started talking to the guards and getting to know their families. That he was frightened but also used certain strategies (Koran) to win over the gurards. What strike me was that Greg's kindness influence the guards.
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