英语口语轻松学 第53期:旅行习俗需要注意的
时间：2018-12-26 作者：英语课 分类：英语口语轻松学
英语课
ENGLISH MARATHON
Host: Jeffery
(三)Talking Over Dinner Where It's Offensive 1: Africa, Japan, Thailand, China, Finland .
What's Offensive In some countries, like China, Japan, and some African nations, the food's the thing, so don't start chatting about your day's adventures while everyone else is digging into dinner .
You'll likely be met with silence--not because your group is unfriendly, but because mealtimes are for eating, not talking .
Also avoid conversations in places a country might consider sacred or reflective--churches in Europe, temples in Thailand, and saunas in Finland .
What You Should Do Instead Keep quiet!
(四)Removing Your Shoes .
or Not Where It's Offensive: Hawaii, the South Pacific, Korea, China, Thailand .
What's Offensive Take off your shoes when arriving at the door of a London dinner party and the hostess will find you uncivilized, but fail to remove your shoes before entering a home in Asia, Hawaii, or the Pacific Islands and you'll be considered disrespectful .
Not only does shoe removal 3 very practically 4 keeps sand and dirt out of the house, it's a sign of leaving the outside world behind .
What You Should Do Instead If you see a row of shoes at the door, start undoing 5 your laces 2 .
If not, keep the shoes on .
1 offensive
adj.令人不快的，侮辱的，攻击用的；n.进攻
- His mode of doing business is offensive to me.他干事情的方式叫我很不喜欢。
- If all else fails,I will take the offensive.如果其他方法不行，我将采取攻势。
2 laces
蕾丝( lace的名词复数 )； 透孔织品； 鞋带； 系带
- He bent down and undid the laces of his shoes. 他弯腰解开鞋带。
- Wouldn't it be a giggle to tie his shoe-laces together while he isn't looking! 趁他没注意时把他的鞋带拴在一起，岂不有趣！
3 removal
n.去除，消除；挪走，移走，搬迁
- After the removal of the soup,fish was served.汤撤去后，鱼就上来了。
- The factory announced its removal to another town.这家工厂宣布迁往另一座城镇。
4 practically
adv.差不多；几乎；实际地，从实际角度
- He solved the problem very practically.他很实事求是地解决了这个问题。
- She's practically always late for school.她上学几乎总是迟到。
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