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3.M:

Australiansaresorelaxedabouttime!

Itdrivesmemad!

W:

That’sthewaytheyare.Whileyou’rehere,you’llhavetogetusedtoit.

Whatadvicedoesthewomangivetheman?

4.M:

Haveyounoticeddifferencebetweenourcultures?

Sure.Inmycountry,peopledon’tcareabouttimeverymuch..Here,youtakeitseriously.

Howdopeopleinthewoman’scountryfeelabouttime?

5.W:

Canyouexplainwhyyou’realwaysfiveminuteslateforconferences?

Oh,I’msorry.Inmycountry,peopleareoftenlate.

Whyisthemanlateforconferences?

6.W:

WhatdoyouappreciatemostaboutlifeinGermany?

Germanpeoplearerarelylateformeetings.Ineverhavetodealwithlatecomers.

WhatdoesthemanlikebestaboutlifeinGermany?

7.M:

I’veheardthatChinesepeopleareveryrelaxedabouttime.

Thatusedtobetrue.Nowadays,peopleareincreasinglybotheredbylateness.

Accordingtothewoman,howhaveChinesepeoplechanged?

8.M:

Whydidyouwalkoutofrestaurantabruptly?

Wehadjuststartedtalking.

Juststarted?

Weweretherefortwohour!

Inmycountry,mealstake15minutes!

Whydidthewomanwalkoutoftherestaurantsoabruptly?

9.W:

WhatdidMomthinkabouthertriptoRussia?

I’msolookingforwardtohearingaboutit.

Shedidn’tsaymuch.WhenIpickedherupattheairportthismorning,shewasjusteagertogethometoseeDad.Shejustsaidthefoodwasgreatthere.

Whatistherelationshipbetweenthetwospeakers?

10.M:

It’sonly6:

30,andyou’redone!

Iwon’tfinishworktill10.You’reveryefficient.

Well,Tomfinishedtwohoursearlierthanme.That’sasignofefficiencyinmycountry.

Howmanyhoursearlierdidthewomanfinishherworkthantheman?

1.B2.D3.C4.D5.C6.C7.B8.B9.A10.C

UnderstandingaLongConversation

Youtravelalot.Whichpeopledoyouthinkarethemosttimeconscious?

Ithinkit’sprobablytheSwedes.

Really,whatmakesyousaythat?

Well,onmylasttriptoSweden,Iorderedataxitopickmeupatmyhotelat6:

25am.Igottothestreetat6:

27,butthetaxihadalreadyleft.

That’salittlehardtobelieve.Isittrue?

Absolutely,everythingrunsontimethere.There’snoroomformistakes.Everyoneisverytime-conscious!

Theymustseemverystiffandserious!

Sure,butonceyougettoknowthem,youfindkind,caringpeoplebehindtheirseriousfaces.

ThisisverydifferentfrommyexperiencestravelinginSouthAmerica.Ofcourse,peoplethereareverykind,buttheydon’tcaremuchabouttime.

Iagree.SouthAmericansdon’tputverymuchstressontime.They’realwayslateforeverything,butnooneseemstomind.

1.WhatdoesthewomanthinkaboutSwedishpeople?

D

2.Howlongdidthetaxidriverwaitforthewoman?

3.Whydoesthewomansay“therenoroomformistakes”inSweden?

A

4.Accordingtothewoman,whatareSwedesusuallylike?

B

5.WhatdothemanandthewomansayaboutpeopleinSouthAmerica?

C

UnderstandingthePassage

Thebiggestprobleminmycompanyhastodowithculture,inparticularourdifferentwaysoflookingattime.PeoplefromsomecountriesthinkitisOKtoshowuplateforameetingandsomepeopleevendon’tthinktheyneedtocomeatall.Aspresidentofthecompany,however,itismyresponsibilitytotellthemthatthisisnotacceptable.Whereasinsomeothercountriesattendingmeetingsisnotconsideredveryimportant,inthiscountry,andespeciallyinthiscompany,meetingsmustbeattendedontime.Notbeingontimecausesinefficiency.IspentallnightthinkingabouttheexactwordsthatIwouldusetoexplainmyfeelings.Ievenwrotemywordsdown.Iplannedtodiscussthisproblematthemeetingtoday,andentitledmyspeech“InternationalClockTalk”.Unfortunately,Ihaveaproblem-noonecametothemeeting!

1.Whatisthycompany’sgreatestproblem?

2.Whichofthefollowingdoesthespeakerconsiderishisdutyaspresidentofthycompany?

3.Whydoeslatenesscauseadecreaseinefficiency?

4.Whatdidthecompanypresidentdothepreviousnight?

5.Whycouldn’tthepresidentdowhathehadplanned?

UNIT2

UnderstandingaPassage

Inthesummerof1936,JesseOwensbecamefamousallovertheworld.That,summer,JesseOwens,ablackAmerican,joinedthebestathletesfrom50nationstocompeteintheOlympicsinBerlin,Germany.

TherewasspecialinterestintheOlympicGamesthatyearbecauseAdolphHitlerwasthentheleaderofGermany.HeandhisNazipartybelievedthatwhitepeoplewerebetterthenotherraces,especiallythosewithdarkskin.TheywereallverysurprisedwhenOwenswonfourgoldmedalsandsetnewworldrecords.

Yearslater,JesseOwenswrotethathewasmostproudofshowingHitlerandtheworldhowgreatablackmancouldbe.Througheverything,heneverlostconfidenceinhimself.Nordidheeverloseprideinhimself.Tothisday,JesseOwensisrememberedasanamazingmanwhofullyexpressedtheOlympicspirit.

1.Whyweresomanypeopleinterestedinthe1936OlympicGames?

2.Accordingtothepassage,whatdidtheNazipartybelieve？

3.WhatsurprisedHitlerandtheNazis?

4.WhatmadeJesseOwensmostproud?

5.WhyisJesseOwensrememberedasagreatman？

Unit3

1M:

Couldyoutellmeabouttheprosandconsofmixedmarriages?

Icantellyouthepros,forsure.Afterbeingmarriedtoaforeignerfor20years,I’veyettodiscoveranycons.

Whatcan’tthewomantelltheman?

2W:

Theweddingisnextweek,ButIstilldon’tknowifmarryingapersonofadifferentraceisright.

Therearealotofprosandconsofmixedmarriages,butoverallthey’regood.

Howdoesthemanfeelaboutmixedmarriages?

3M:

TheFrenchhavealotofcharm.Ithinkyou’llenjoybeingmarriedtoone.

Noteverythingaboutthemischarming.AndI’mgoingtohavesometroubledealingwithhisculture.

WhatconcerndoesthewomanhaveaboutmarryingaFrenchman?

4W:

Hasanyonecriticizedyouformarryingsomeoneofadifferentrace?

Iexpectedpeopleto.Buttheyhaven’tsofar.Besides,Idon’tcarewhatpeoplethink.MywifeandIhititoffA-OK.

Whatdidthemanexpect?

5W:

That’sgreatyou’regettingmarried,butdoyouhaveaclueaboutyournewwife’sculture?

Sure.Learningaboutherpeople’swayofdoingthingswasthefirstthingIdidwhenIdecidedtomarryher.

Whatdidthemandofirstwhenhedecidedtogetmarried？

6W:

I’veheardthatyoucanceledyourweddingplans.What’stheproblem?

Moneyisveryimportanttopeoplefromherculture.SheleftmewhenshediscoveredI’mpoor!

Whywastheweddingcanceled?

7M:

Ican’tbelievehowgoodyourChineselanguageskillsare!

Howdidyouimprovesoquickly?

ImarriedaChineseman.Wetalkeveryday.He’shelpedmealot.

Whatdoesthewoman’shusbandhelpherwith?

8W:

Ihaveaquestionforyou.Wouldyouevermarryapersonfromanotherculture?

That’stoughone!

IfIdo,it’llprobablybetosomeonefromaculturesimilartomine.

Whatkindofwomanwouldthemanmarry?

9W:

Ourmarriageisfallingapart.Didn’tyouknowyourfamilywouldn’tapproveofyoumarryingaforeigner?

Ineverexpectedittobeaproblem.It’snottheirmarriageafterall;

it’sours.

Whatistheman’srelationshiptothewoman?

10M:

I’vebeenthinkingaboutgettingmarried.Doyouknowwhatthedivorcerateofmixedmarriagesis?

Whatdoyoumean,mixedracesormixedreligious?

Therateforthefirstis65percent;

thesecond,70percent.

Whatisthedivorcerateofmarriagesbetweenpeopleofdifferentraces?

1.D2.A3.B4.C5.D6.A7.D8.B9.A10.B

UnderstandingaLongConversation

Grandpa,Momtoldmethatyouhavebeenmarriedtwice.Isthattrue?

Yes,I’mafraidso.

That’sasurprise.Whathappenedtoyourfirstwife?

Yourgrandmawasmyfirstwife.

But...

Andyourgrandmaismysecondwife.Yousee,ImetherwhileIwasinGermanyduringthewar.Weknewwelovedeachotherfromthemomentwemet,sowegotmarriedrightaway.Butweweren’treadyfortheresistancewereceivedfromherfamily.HermotherinsistedthatAmericansandGermansweren’tcompatible.Soshedivorcedme.

Toobad.Whathappenedthen?

Thereyearslater,wemetagaininNewYork,quitebyaccident.IwasworkingattheportandshewasonaboatcomingtotheU.S.Whenwesaweachotheragainafterallthattime,wedecidedtooverlookherparents’advice.wegotmarriedagain,andwe’vebeenhappyeversince.

1Whatdidthegirlhearfromhermother?

2Howdidthegirl’sgrandparentsfeelwhentheyfirstmet?

3Whydidthegirl’sgrandparentsgetdivorced?

4Howdidthegrandparentsmeetagainaftertheirdivorce?

5Whatdidthegirl’sgrandparentsdecidetodoaftertheymetagain?

Marriagecanchangepeopleagreatdeal,andmarriagetoapersonofadifferentculturecanchangeapersonevenmore.Assomeonewhohasmarriedaforeigner,Iknow.I’mCanadianwhomarriedaChineseman.Atfirst,Iharboredsomereservations.Iwasn’tsurehowcompatiblewe’dbe.Somehow,however,wemadeitwork.AndIfoundmyselfgrowingtobecomemorelikehim.IstartedpickingupChinesecharacteristicsandbeganspeakingEnglishwithaC