B3U8课前听力
Unit 8
新世纪大学英语综合教程3
Task One: Focusing on the Main Ideas
▇ Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences according to the information contained in the listening passage.
1. What should you do when you are traveling abroadaccording to the speaker?
A) Get to know about the manners of the foreigncountry.
B) Try to remember your own manners.
C) Read some books about the manners of that country.
D) Observe closely the foreigners’ manners.
2. How do Americans feel when Chinese point to thenose to indicate “me”?
A) Theythink it strange.
B) Theyfeel it funny.
C) Theyfind it amazing.
D) Theyfeel puzzled.
3. Who never bothers to use two hands to give orreceive a gift?
A) Chinese.
B) Bulgarians.
C) Indians.
D) Americans.
4. To Indians, what is the left hand used for?
A) Serving dishes.
B) Passing food at table.
C) Washing themselves.
D) Showing disagreement.
5. What does the passage mainly tell us?
A) It is necessary to adapt to different cultures.
B) Cultural misunderstanding is common today.
C) Cultural differences are a worthy topic to study.
D) People of different cultures may have differentmanners.
Task Two: Zooming In on the Details
Listen to the recording again and fill in each of the blanks according to what you have heard.
1. When Chinese stamp their feet to _______________, Americansinterpret this as __________________.Chinese ____________ for themselvesafter a speech. Americans may see this as ___________________.
2. Americans may pat other adults on the head to show ______________, ______________, or ______________. This behaviorcould insult Chinese.
3. A visitor to ______________ would do well toremember that people there think it impolite to use the ______________________ for passing foodat table.
4. Also inIndia,you might see a man apparently ______________________at theother to show that he is disagreeing. But in many other parts ofIndiaa rotating _______________ of the ____________ is to show ____________.
5. In Europe it is quite usual to ______________________ while sitting andtalking to someone, even at an important meeting. But doing this could ______________________ to a Thailander.
1. A 2. B 3. D 4. C 5. D
Unit8Task 21. When Chinese stamp their feet to show anger, Americans interpret this as showing impatience. Chinese clap for themselvesafter a speech. Americans may see this as beingimmodest.
2. Americans may pat other adults on the head to show sympathy, affection or encouragement.This behavior could insult Chinese.
3. A visitor toIndiawould do well to remember that people there think it impolite to use the left hand for passingfood at table.
4. Also inIndia,you might see a man apparentlyshakinghis head at the other to show that he is disagreeing. But in many otherparts ofIndiaa rotatingmovement of the head is to show agreement.
5. In Europe it is quite usual to cross your legswhile sitting and talking to someone, even at an important meeting. But doingthis could cause offence to a Thailander.
Mind Your Manners
Knowing about manners is useful when you are traveling abroad. If youobserve closely the manners of your foreign friends, you’ll probably besurprised just how different they can be from your own.
For example, Chinese stamp their feet to show anger; Americans interpretthis as showing impatience. Chinese clap for themselves after giving a speech.Americans may see this as being immodest. When giving or receiving a gift,Chinese use two hands to show respect. Americans never even notice it.Americans may pat other adults on the head to show sympathy, affection orencouragement. This behavior could insult Chinese. Americans point to the chestto indicate “me”, but think it funny when Chinese point to the nose.
Avisitor toIndiawould do well to remember that people there think it impolite to use the lefthand for passing food at table. The left hand is for washing yourself. Also inIndia,you might see a man apparently shaking his head at the other to show that he isdisagreeing. But in many other parts ofIndiaa rotating movement of thehead is to show agreement. InBulgariayou shake your head to show “yes”— a nod shows “no”.
In Europe it is quite usual to cross your legs while sittingand talking to someone, even at an important meeting. But doing this couldcause offence to a Thailander. These are all cultural differences.