英语口语轻松学 第53期:旅行习俗需要注意的

 　　ENGLISH MARATHON

　　Host: Jeffery

　　(三)Talking Over Dinner Where It's Offensive¹: 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 removal³ very practically⁴ 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 undoing⁵ your laces² .

　　If not, keep the shoes on .

1 offensive   

adj.令人不快的，侮辱的，攻击用的；n.进攻

参考例句：

• 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

参考例句：

• 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

参考例句：

• 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

参考例句：

• 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。

5 undoing   

n.毁灭的原因，祸根；破坏，毁灭

参考例句：

• That one mistake was his undoing. 他一失足即成千古恨。
• This hard attitude may have led to his undoing. 可能就是这种强硬的态度导致了他的垮台。