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UNIT 2

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Mo Yan's recent novel Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out is a bizarre fantasy of a rich landlord and his family set against 50 years of social change in rural China. This fascinating novel is translated into English in 2008.

The landlord Ximen Nao is executed early in the Chinese Revolution. In hell, he refuses to admit his wrongdoing, and Yama, the King of Hell, allows him to return reincarnated in the successive forms of five animals—a donkey, an ox, a pig, a dog and a monkey—so that he can find out his guilt. The animals, each connected to Ximen's family, see the changes in rural China over 1950–2000, but cannot help the family. One strength is how Mo Yan creates exaggerated and absurd scenes which are vivid and humorous, and gives a tragic insight into past situations: When pigs get ill and die villagers try many methods to get rid of the bodies and finally put them in the river. When the donkey dies in the great famine, it is instantly turned into pieces of meat; in more recent times, the monkey has a short life while people ride in luxury cars and wear Rolex watches. This scene shows typical humour: \farmer's wife had a miscarriage, a pig ran headlong into a wall and knocked itself out, a whole roost of laying hens took to the air, and local dogs barked themselves hoarse.\

The main characters are hard-working, stubborn, human and independent; other characters are shown through satire. Ximen's final reincarnation is as a big-headed boy with an unusual memory and a gift for language—possibly an ironic reference to the writer who has appeared in a mocking manner in several scenes in the novel.

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1. Can we the formalities and get right down to business?

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2. The actress spoke in such a heavy northern that I could barely understand her.

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3. There's nothing left to do now but the results.

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4. I love going on vacation, but I always in a sea of work when I return.

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5. After three huge successes, George became one of the most people in Hollywood.

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6. There have been far too many disappearances in this town for my taste.

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7. It drives me crazy that Steve can sit around and be when there's so much work to do!

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8. His shifty eyes and smarmy personality do little to a trustworthy character.

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9. She brings her lunch to work, but today she decided to eat out.

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10. The of alcohol as an illegal drug will only make the problem worse.

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12. It's difficult for someone of his to go out in public unrecognized.

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13. My interview with a panel of professors is the only left before I earn my degree.

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14. After years of, the old house on the corner was finally torn down.

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15. If you want to write a book about traveling in Europe, it's to have actually been there

before.

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16. I'm going to invest my money in Microsoft, and I strongly suggest you do.

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17. It is critical to your sources when you make an argument.

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18. This month's bestselling novel has a(n) that is rarely seen in literature.

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19. It's difficult to with people if you don't speak the same language.

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20. It's common for politicians to use almost anything as against their opponents.

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21. The toughest thing about moving away was when I had to part my book collection.

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22. The spring season, it were, doesn't really exist here since we go straight from winter

into summer.

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23. Please leave me alone; I'm simply looking some peace and quiet.

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24. After looking at his old pictures, James longed go back to China.

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25. Just tell me the truth and don't toy my emotions!

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26. Mona decided to seek her biological parents after she found out she was adopted.

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27. the most part, I think the kids enjoyed our vacation this year.

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28. She picks up some extra money by being a tour guide the side.

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29. I think the reason we're such good friends is because we have so much common.

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30. If you learn to look this class as an opportunity, you might not be so miserable.

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