Problem: It was 3:30 in the morning and 8-year-old Walt Disney was doing what he did at that time every morning- rolling hundreds of newspapers he would soon deliver in his neighborhood.

It was hard work for a little kid who had to go to school, then deliver another round in the evening. But delivering papers beat picking apples for a living. That's what he'd been doing before, on his family's failing farms in Missouri.

Walt Disney, born in December, 1901, never had time for a childhood. As a result, he spent all of his adult life attempting to invent one for himself. In the process - almost by accident - he created wonderful childhood memories for generation after generation of children worldwide.

When the Disneys moved to Chicago, Walt signed up for cartooning classes, working three part-time jobs to pay for them. At 24, he created a cartoon character called Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, which was a great success. Hethen shifted his attention to mice, or one particular mouse called Mickey.And Mickey Mouse became an overnight success.

Success followed success, but Walt Disney pushed himself even harder. He produced Snow White and Seven Dwarfs, for which he won a special Oscar. After the Second World War, Walt came up with the idea of Disneyland. Everyone said it was too costly a dream, but he wouldn't listen. His great world of fantasy opened on July 17, 1955. In the next seven weeks, more than one million people walked into Disneyland. The man who had spent a painful childhood now watched other people enjoy the perfect childhood world that he had created.
1. What happened at 3:30 in the morning?
2. why?
3. where did he pick apples?
4. where?
5. What did he do with the rolled up papers?
6. Did he do this once a day?
7. How many times?
8. When was he born?
9. What happened in Chicago?
10. Did he quit working?
11. Was Mickey his first cartoon character?
12. who was?
13. What did he win an Oscar for?
14. When did he think of Disneyland?
15. After what war?
16. What did people think?
17. Did it end up a success?
18. How many people came?
19. in how long?
20. When did it open?
Answer: 1. Walt Disney was rolling hundreds of newspapers
2. It beat picking apples.
3. On his family's farms.
4. Missouri.
5. Deliver in his neighborhood.
6. No.
7. Twice.
8. 1901.
9. Walt signed up for cartooning classes.
10. No.
11. No.
12. Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.
13. Snow White and Seven Dwarfs.
14. His great world of fantasy.
15. Second World War.
16. It was too costly a dream.
17. Yesl
18. More than one million.
19. Seven weeks.
20. July 17, 1955.

Problem: Mirth Pham was born in Vietnam. He left his native country when he was 21 years old. Minh has been in America for almost two years. There is still much he does not understand about America.

Once Minh was in a supermarket. He saw an old man and an old woman. They wanted a box of cereal .The box was on a high shelf. The man and the woman couldn't reach it. Minh saw a ladder. He got on the ladder and got the box. He handed it to the elderly couple. They thanked him.

"Where are your children?" asked Minh. "Why don' t they help you buy food?"

"Our children have their own lives," said the man and the woman. "We like to be independent." Mirth doesn't think this is right. In his country, .children help their parents. Minh gave the elderly couple his phone number. He told them to call him if they needed help. One night they asked Mirth to dinner, but they never asked him for help.

One day, Minh was walking with a Vietnamese friend. The two were going to a movie. Minh wanted to go to a restaurant first. Minh took his friend's hand. He pulled him toward the restaurant. People on the street stared at Minh. In Vietnam, friends often hold hands. Minh found out that people in America are not used to holding hands.

Minh Pham is going through a process known as re-socialization. Socialization is the process in which a person learns to live in a society. Everyone goes through this process. Minh went through it when he lived in Vietnam. But the Vietnamese way of life is much different from the American way of life. When Mirth came to America, he had to learn a new way of life. He had to learn how to live in a new society.

Minh has learned a lot about American life in two years. He still has a lot to learn. The process of re-socialization can take many years.
1. Who is this story about?
2. Where's he from?
3. How long has he be in the US?
4. How old is he?
5. What were elderly couple in the store wanting to buy?
6. Did he help them?
7. Did the couple have kids?
8. Where was he and his friend going, on foot?
9. Do friends normally hold hands where he's from?
10. Is the way of life there the same as the in the US?
11. What did he go through to learn to live in a new country?
12. How long can it take?
13. Did the elderly couple have a way to contact him?
14. Did they?
15. For help?
16. For what?
17. Where did Minh want to go before seeing the film?
18. Did his friend pull him towards a place to eat?
19. Do people in the US hold hands much?
20. Does Minh have more to learn about the US?
Answer:
1. Mirth Pham
2. Vietnam
3. almost two years
4. 23
5. a box of cereal
6. Yes
7. Yes
8. to a movie
9. Yes
10. No
11. the process of re-socialization
12. many years
13. Yes
14. Yes
15. No
16. to dinner
17. a restaurant
18. No
19. No
20. Yes