Everyculturehasitownwaystoshowfriendship.OntheislandofHawaiifriendshipispartofthe“alohaspirit”.InthelanguageoftheHawaiianswhofirstsettledtheislandslongagoalohahadaveryspecialmeaning.Thatis“t
Everyculturehasitownwaystoshowfriendship.OntheislandofHawaiifriendshipispartofthe“alohaspirit”.InthelanguageoftheHawaiianswhofirstsettledtheislandslongagoalohahadaveryspecialmeaning.Thatis“tobewithhappiness”.
Hawaiiansbelievethatoncesomebodylovesthelandtheyarereadytolovetheirpeopleorcommunity.Thisisthesecondmostimportantthingoffriendship.ItiscalledlokahiintheHawaiianlanguagewhichmeans“onenesswithallpeople”.Toenjoythelandyoushouldnotbeselfish.Thelandisforeveryonewholiveson.TodaymanydifferentpeoplecallHawaiitheirhome.IndeedHawaiiisaplacewherepeoplemakeonebigcommunityfrommanysmallercommunities.Eachpersongiveskokua(help)tootherpeoplesothatallfeelstronger.Itisbelievedthattheislandscanbeaparadise(天堂)whenpeopleliveinpeace.Peoplearetoldthattheiractionsshouldbeasgentleasthewindthatblowsfromthesea.Whenproblemshappenpeopleareaskedtosolvethemwithunderstanding.SowhenpeopleofHawaiitalkaboutohana(family)theyarereallytalkingaboutallthosewholiveontheisland.
LivinginpeaceHawaiianshavedevelopedathirdsignoffriendship.Thispersonalfriendshipisshownbygivingleistooneanother.Theleiastringofflowersisputoverafriend’sneck.Thenthefriendisgivenakissonthecheek.Visitorstotheislandsarealsogivenleis.Whentheyhearalohavisitorsbegantofeelathome.Alohaalsomeans“goodbye”sovisitorswillhearitagainwhentheyleave.Itcanmean“ourheartssingingtogether”.Perhapsthisishowmostvisitorswillremembertheirnewfriendship.
1.Whichofthefollowingcanbethepropertitleforthistext?
A．PeopleinHawaii B．VisitorstoHawaii
C．TravelinginHawaii D．FriendshipinHawaii
2.Howdoyouunderstandtheunderlinedsentenceinthefirstparagraph?
A．HappinessmattersmostforHawaiians. B．Friendshipisalwaystogetherwithhappiness.
C．FriendshipiseverythinginHawaiianculture.D．FriendshiphasspecialmeaningsforHawaiians.
3.WhichofthefollowingproverbcanbestexpresstheideaoffriendshipbyHawaiians?
A．Practicemakesperfect.
