时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:万花筒2008年


英语课

You often hear safety rules about how not to use your cell phone. What about etiquette 1 rules for restaurants or other places?


 


Actually it just happened, I was in the bathroom when some guy in the next urinal was taking a call.


 


This guy suffers on the subway. Just the other day, this lady was talking to her doctor about some ailment 2 she had and I was flaring 3 back up.


 


Sprint's Etiquette Spokeswoman Jacqueline Whitmore declared a National Cell Phone Courtesy Month because it was time to drill in some basics.


 


She says even her masseuse once took a call.


 


This went on for 5 minutes while she was massaging 4 my one shoulder with her one hand.


 


Rules for the annual event include: keep calls private, avoid "cell yell" and let some calls go to voicemail.


 


We show people the rules.


 


It’s all kind of common sense, you would think. She was put to the test. I don't answer, if I know that I'm doing something. It’s ringing right now, isn't it? It is. It's ringing right now. I just ignored it, cuz I'm doing something.


 


Courtesy Month's founder 5 says most people do the right thing like this guy who lowered his phone before ordering, but plenty don't.


They are here, they're always, they'll never look at you and they’re always right here.


Will Courtesy Month catch on?


 


I think maybe you should start with a day like a no-smoking day, something like that. An Annual National Cell Phone Courtesy Day will be better.


There you go.


 


That would at least be a step in a country that now has more than 250 million wireless 6 subscribers.


 


Josh Levs, CNN, Atlanta.


 

 



1 etiquette
n.礼仪,礼节;规矩
  • The rules of etiquette are not so strict nowadays.如今的礼仪规则已不那么严格了。
  • According to etiquette,you should stand up to meet a guest.按照礼节你应该站起来接待客人。
2 ailment
n.疾病,小病
  • I don't have even the slightest ailment.我什么毛病也没有。
  • He got timely treatment for his ailment.他的病得到了及时治疗。
3 flaring
a.火焰摇曳的,过份艳丽的
  • A vulgar flaring paper adorned the walls. 墙壁上装饰着廉价的花纸。
  • Goebbels was flaring up at me. 戈塔尔当时已对我面呈愠色。
4 massaging
按摩,推拿( massage的现在分词 )
  • He watched the prisoner massaging his freed wrists. 他看着那个犯人不断揉搓着刚松开的两只手腕。
  • Massaging your leg will ease the cramp. 推拿大腿可解除抽筋。
5 Founder
n.创始者,缔造者
  • He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
  • According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说,罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。
6 wireless
adj.无线的;n.无线电
  • There are a lot of wireless links in a radio.收音机里有许多无线电线路。
  • Wireless messages tell us that the ship was sinking.无线电报告知我们那艘船正在下沉。
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