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SAMOA
When reporting on foreign culture, the media often focus on what seems alien, and the Polynesian
island of Samoa is certainly a target of this kind of reporting. Whenever a journalist comes looking for a
story, they inevitably focus on the fa'afafine (Samoan men who dress as women) and (1) most other
aspects of Samoan culture. Almost without exception, they (2) the valued place that a fa'afafine has
in the community.
Fa'afafine (3)
as in the manner of a woman. In traditional Samoan society, when a family had
a large number of male children, one would be selected to help his mother. The choice would be based on
which son showed the most ability and interest in domestic (4) , and he would then be dressed and
to
raised as female. The choice was in no way based on the sexual (5) the family believed the son
might have. It was a choice based on who was best (6) to a certain kind of labour. The fa'afafine's
abilities in the home and in producing crafts, combined with physical strength, were a useful (7)
Samoan communities. When the son grew up, he would marry and have children, as is expected of all
Samoan men, but continue to (8) a female identity. Modern-day Samoa has strong Christian beliefs,
and many Samoans (10) the Western description of
as well as a firm sense of cultural (9)
fa'afafine as homosexual.
A. oversee
1.
2. A. misrepresent
A. means
A. chores
A. customs
A. fitting
A. service
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
3. A. transform
9. A. identity
10. A. distrust
B. overlook
B. ignore
B. shows
B. jobs
B. values
B. appropriate
B. asset
B. recall
B idea
B_resent
C. supervise
C. mislead
C. reads
C. responses
C. preferences
C. suited
C. instrument
C. reserve
C. valuation
C. astonish
D. manage
D. discriminate
D. translates
D. products
D. demonstration
D. capable
D. means
D. retain
D. custom
D. confuse
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