| 1 | All about us is noise and bramble, thorn and din, each one of our ancestors on our tongues. | |
| 2 | She seems to know a lot about things of foreign, but she forgets her own origin and knows very little about the history of her own country. | |
| 3 | Although such a query may seem fringe in the U.S., it's not out of the ordinary in China to equate race with loyalty. As one popular saying goes, "You can't betray your ancestors." |