Unit 16 Mainly revision

Good manners in England

　　Manners are very important in every country. But the trouble is that different countries have different ideas about what counts as polite behaviour. What is good manners in one country may not be appropriate behaviour in another. Chinese people may be shocked at what counts as good manners in England. When an Englishman passes a friend in the street he does not always stop to talk. He may just nod, say hello and pass on. If two friends do stop to talk, they do not shake hands. It is only at parties for young people (students, for instance) that a person could go up to someone he does not know and introduce himself. On more formal occasions or at parties run by older people a guest always waits to be introduce to someone he does not know by the host, or hostess or another guest who he already knows:

　　Host: Mrs. Brown I don’t think you know Mr. Smith, do you?

　　Mrs. Brown: No, I don’t think I do. How do you do？

　　Mr. Smith: How do you do？

　　Mrs. Brown and Mr. Smith don’t tell each other their names, as their host has already said them. In a relatively formal situation like this one, they would shake hands. But at more informal parties they might not.

What else are good manners in England?

　　People eat food off a fork, but never off a knife. A host does not show his guest around house unless there is a special reason for doing so. Usually he just shows him where to ‘wash his hand’. Men often walk on the outside of the pavement when they with a woman. This is a custom left over from earlier times, when a woman’s dress might have been spoilt by mud splashed up by a carriage in the street. Men also often stand up when a woman enters a room, especially in more formal situations. All of this variation makes it difficult for the foreign student to know exactly how to behave. Luckily, like Chinese people, the English usually excuse foreign students over matters of etiquette. But even so, perhaps the safest advice for the overseas students, no matter what country he is visiting, is to follow the old proverb: When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

The Water Splashing Festival

　　每年的四月十三至十五日是傣族同胞的波水节，你知道波水节的来历吗？

　　The Water Splashing Festival is a traditional festival that supposedly began long long ago, when people with happy shining faces lived a happy and content life in a god suddenly arrived, burning all the houses and trees to the ground. This god lived extravagantly and few dared to get too closed to him. Later, he forced seven girls to live with him and commit unsavory acts. In order to restore the happy shining life they knew once before, the seven killed the fire god and washed away the blood on their bodies by splashing one another with water. Since then, in honour of the seven brave girls the Dai have held the Water Splashing Festival each new year on the Dai Calendar. Tradition dictates that the more soaked you are, the more fortunate you will be in the coming year.

　　How to be a Better Student

　　也许你是一位很普通的同学。没关系，只要你愿意，你一定会成为顶呱呱的好学生。看看怎么做。

　　Maybe you are an average student. You probably think you will never be a top student.

　　This is not necessarily so, however. Anyone can become a better scholar if he or she wants to. Here is how.

　　1. Plan your time carefully.

　　When you plan you week, you should make a list of things that you have to do. After make this list you should make a schedule of your time. First your time ---eating ,sleeping, dressing ect. Then decide a good, regular time for studying. Don’t forget to set aside enough time for entertainment. A weekly schedule may not solve all your problems, but it will tell you what is happening to your time.

　　2. Find a good plan to study

　　Look around the house for a good study area. Keep this space, which may be a desk or simple a corner of your room, free of everything but study materials. No games, radios, or television! When you sit down to study, concentrate on the subject.

　　3. Make good use of you time in class.

　　Take advantage of class time to listen to everything the teacher says. Really listening in class means less work later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.

　　4. Study regularly

　　When you get home from school, go over your notes. Review the important points that your teacher mentioned in class. If you know what your teacher is going to discuss the next day, read that material, this will help you understand the next class. If you do these things regularly, the material will become more meaningful, and you will remember it longer.

　　5. Develop a good attitude about tests

　　The purpose of a test to show what you have learned about a subject. They help you remember your new knowledge. The world won’t end if you don’t pass a test, so don’t overly worried.

　　There are other methods that might help you with probably discover many others after you have tried these.

背英诗，练元音

　　[i ]

　　It’s a deer,

　　Standing here,

　　Drinking my beer,

　　Making me cheer.

　　小鹿小鹿真可爱。

　　昂首挺胸在等待。

　　喝了啤酒吃蔬菜，

　　精神饱满来喝采。

　　[ei]

　　What’s a crane?

　　It’s easy to explain,

　　It’s all very plain,

　　A crane is a crane.

　　仙鹤是什么？

　　这还不好说？

　　清楚明了不会错，

　　仙鹤就是仙鹤。

　　【Help】

　　①cheer[tſi ]欢呼  ②crane[krein]鹤  ③explain [iks′plein]解释 ④ plain [plein] 坦白的

　　反义词／对应词顺口溜

　　“来”是come“去”是go,

　　点头yes,  摇头no,

　　“大”是big“小”small，

　　right是“对”，“错”为wrong，

　　“向上”up, “向下”down,

　　white“白”，black “黑”，

　　boy“男孩”，“女孩”girl。

　　“旧的”old, new是“新”，

　　“答”为answer，ask“问”，

　　“老”是old“年轻”young，

 　　father“爸爸”mother“妈”，

　　here是“这儿”there“那儿”，

　　different“不同”same“一样”，

　　“女儿”daughter“儿子”son。

　　回答使用 “Yes”还是 “No”

　　我常问一些小朋友英语学的怎么样，他们说：不好，我只会说: “yes”和“No”。事实上，如果能正确的使用 “yes”和 “no”，那么你的英语水平不错了。

　　有一次和一个美国同乘一架飞机， 他们认为我是日本人，就用日语和我谈话，我对他说：“I don’t speak Japanese.”对方就说 “Oh, you are not Japanese.”这时，我却回答：“yes”他感到莫名其妙。后来我才知道，这和汉语习惯正好相反，如果我不是日本人，我应说 “No, I’m not Japanese. ”而不该说 “Yes, I’m not Japanese.”一定要记住，在英语中，“yes”后面的句子一定是肯定的，而 “no”后面的句子一定是否定的。

Exercise 1

　　A: Mr. Parker didn’t you meet Mr. Robinson?

　　B: No, not yet. Could you introduce him to me?

　　A: Sure.

Exercise 2

　　A: Lin Fang, you don’t want more cake, do you?

　　B: Yes, I do, please.

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