Worksheet 2             

Student ID:89110547                                                                                                          Name:陳 綉 雲

Part A: http://www.englishclub.com/reading/story-dark-brown-dog.htm

Writer story is A Dark Brown Dog      Author is Stephen Crane

A child was standing on a street-corner. Meet a little dark-brown dog came trotting with an intent air down the sidewalk. This little dark-brown dog wounded him to the heart. He sank down in despair at the child's feet. When the blow was repeated, together with an admonition in childish at the same time with his ears and his eyes he offered a small prayer to the child.

During one of these pauses he discovered the little dark-brown dog that was following him with the air of a footpad.

On the way to his home the child turned many times and beat the dog, He dragged his captive into a hall and up many long stairways in a dark tenement. The dog made willing efforts, but he could not hobble very skillfully up the stairs because he was very small and soft, and at last the pace of the engrossed child grew so energetic that the dog became panic-stricken. These the dog instantly accepted. He beamed with affection upon his new friend. In a short time they were firm and abiding comrades. When the child's family appeared, they made a great row. The dog was examined and commented upon and called names. Scorn was leveled at him from all eyes, so that he became much embarrassed and drooped like a scorched plant. But the child went sturdily to the center of the floor, and, at the top of his voice, championed the dog. It happened that he was roaring protestations, with his arms clasped about the dog's neck, when the father of the family came in from work.

The parent demanded to know what the blazes they were making the kid howl for. It was explained in many words that the infernal kid wanted to introduce a disreputable dog into the family. A family council was held. On this depend the dog's fate, but he in no way heed. The affair was quickly end. The father of the family it appears was in a particularly savage temper that evening and when he perceived that it would amaze and anger everybody if such a dog were allowed to feeding remain. he decided that it should be so. The child, crying softly, took his friend off to a retired part of the room to hobnob with him, while the father quelled a fierce rebellion of his wife. So it came to pass that the dog was a member of the household. But when the child was present, these scenes did not occur. It came to be recognized that if the dog was molested, the child would burst into sobs, and as the child, when started, was very riotous and practically unquenchable, the dog had therein a safeguard.

However, the child could not always be near. At night, when he was asleep, his dark-brown friend would raise from some black corner a wild a song of infinite lowliness and despair, that would go shuddering and sobbing among the buildings of the block and cause people to swear.

Sometimes the child himself used to beat the dog, although it is not known that he ever had what could be truly called a just cause. When misfortune came upon the child and his troubles overwhelmed him.

The dog was ever sympathetic. It is not to be supposed that at such times he took occasion to refer to the unjust beatings his friend, when provoked, had administered to him. He did not achieve any notable degree of intimacy with the other members of the family.

He ceased to howl persistently at night. Sometimes, indeed, in his sleep, he would utter little yells, as from pain, but that occurred, no doubt, when in his dreams he encountered huge flaming dogs who threatened him direfully.

One day, however, the father of the family got quite exceptionally drunk. He came home and held carnival with the cooking utensils, the furniture and his wife. He was in the midst of this recreation when the child, followed by the dark-brown dog, entered the room. They were returning from their voyages.

The child's eye instantly noted his father's state. He dived under the table, where experience had taught him was a rather safe place. The dog, lacking skill in such matters, was, of course, unaware of the true condition of affairs.

He was the picture of a little dark-brown dog en route to a friend. The head of the family saw him at this moment. He gave a huge howl of joy, and knocked the dog down with a heavy coffee-pot. The dog, yelling in supreme astonishment and fear, writhed to his feet and ran for cover. The man kicked out with a ponderous foot.

 It caused the dog to swerve as if caught in a tide. A second blow of the coffee-pot laid him upon the floor.

But the father was in a mood for having fun, and it occurred to him that it would be a fine thing to throw the dog out of the window. So he reached down and grabbing the animal by a leg.

The soaring dog created a surprise in the block. The dark-brown body crashed in a heap on the roof of a shed five stories below. From thence it rolled to the pavement of an alleyway.

The child in the room far above burst into a long and dirge like cry, and toddled hastily out of the room. Later they found him seated by the body of his dark-brown friend.

This dog stories with efforts directed for me very sad. After read I feel for me in it is sorrow.

Part B:

What stories do you know, from the news or from your own life, about parents fighting over children? What effect did the struggle have on the children? What psychological, as well as physical, ways are there for parents to tear a child apart?

About of the law relating get a divorce. All is child custody maintenance alimony property distribution. In fact no matter who custody belonging. The other parents for oneself child still has the obligation to obligation. Ones General guilty mistaken may be required to pay alimony divorce. If her husband rich. There are of course the child agree to the keep of the expropriation of property also have property belonging.

In Taiwan wants to divorce is simple. In Taiwan when a couple wants to get divorce. You may suggest has witnesses divorce Association suicide note wrote on completed procedures.

If has children. It is usually by man dependency. Woman wants to try to win over masses for dependency right comparison more difficulties.

Part C:

If one of the couple is a new immigrant from China or Southeast Asian countries, such as Vietnam, what will she go through? Will she get the custody of her child/ren? Does our law protect the new immigrant as it protects Taiwanese? Please search the internet for news that reported such a case and then write your opinions.

Also usually law also will has does not illegal of decide. The whole circumstances are to after very trouble of program. All most mother is can not throwing away their children. This will let things more complicated and more difficulties of processing. As long as men of willing to on can are children of dependency right and woman can column within divorce agreement.

Requirements maintenance may requirements to children completed to has independence and remember much check from agreement. resorted to court judge will considered each other economic ability and child estimated by needed education and life costs. Your must seeking forced implementation and you to on once by large money don't every monthly to pains expend have cost.

Because divorce also to money really of is annoying compensation for claim ones to income tax. If couples one is new immigrants from China or Southeast Asia national. Vietnamese bride is more difficult to get her child custody.

Foreign brides are discriminatory terms and behind represents a group of no life, no economic productivity. Occupying Taiwan manpower resources come in Asia women. But the provisions governing naturalization law, "foreign brides" is quite adverse, they were limited and unable to work in Taiwan, yet in Taiwan is often working class families; to ID card eligibility for Social Welfare Foundation of Taiwan society, during a lengthy wait, so that they could not be supported by the social system; after obtained identity cards, still have no power to hold public .If you have not obtained naturalization appeals before a divorce will be repatriated, to visit the children's rights in family hands, precisely because Taiwan "foreign brides" as Taiwan spouses and children of "dependant" more deep gender inequalities in power.

A woman must face moral and legal and family problem. While feel to soul of contradictions and especially both made write of opposites.

This is how sad of a thing in family and self middle difficult to choice of contradictions of children is to face family. About divorced reality of struggled has family of protection.

Because of marriage came to an exotic life call "foreign brides" is attributed to born in the next generation of low quality. New Taiwan women's the South Asia is trade discrimination and opinion. We are low unnecessary the new immigrant. Because it protection Taiwan people. Meet legal of decided may not be is moral of decided.

The parents guardianship people can on behalf of children made many involved legal of decided, intent is protection children, also think children most is not enough knowledge or mature to can for him for decided. But whether representative with children even expression him of wishes also cannot. What's all this about couples divorced should are very helpless. I can not imagine this child of each night is how to sleeping in night. We are should avoid use the children cry of object single parents in the future.

Our patience has been to the limit a lot of pardon and tolerate.

We are be able to own the emotion of the matter to the question pass into love build on most of the child all happy life。

I think we can have love are combined together. Later make up one's mind. Baby son or daughter problem be lenient. Begin child how do you like on can to be a happy life.