Unit30EtiquetteTaboos(礼仪禁忌).ppt

Unit Thirty Etiquette Taboos（礼仪禁忌） Focal Points 1. Intercultural Business Taboos 2. Cultural and Social Taboos 3. Dining Taboos 4. Travel Taboos A Intercultural Business Taboos: what to avoid(跨文化商务交际禁忌) detrimental: causing harm or injury 有害的，不利的 foods suspected of being detrimental to health 被怀疑有害健康的食品 The governments policy of high interest rates is having a detrimental effect on industry. 政府的高利率政策正对工业产生不利影响。 witchcraft: 巫术，魔法 abrazo:表示欢迎的拥抱 impropriety: an improper demeanor 不得体，不恰当 spontaneity: the quality of being spontaneous and coming from natural feelings without constraint 自发性，自动 B. Cultural and Social Taboos (文化、社会禁忌) antipathies: a feeling of intense dislike 反感，厌恶 nostril: 鼻孔 honk: 发出雁叫似的声音，鸣喇叭 wimpy: weak and ineffectual 懦弱的，无用的 This portrays her as wimpy, but she has a very strong character. 这把她描绘得很懦弱，其实她性格十分坚强。 stumble: 出错 Vt 绊脚;跌跌撞撞地走;踉跄;步履蹒跚 I stumbled into the telephone box and dialed 999. 我跌跌撞撞地进了电话亭拨了 999。 slovenly: 疏忽的，懒散的 Slovenly people are careless ditto: 同上；相似物 Listers dead. Ditto three Miami drug dealers and a lady. 利斯特死了，还有三个迈阿密毒贩和一位女士也死了。 carnation: 康乃馨 prosit: 恭喜，祝成功 gambit: 话题；策略，诡计 He sees the proposal as more of a diplomatic gambit than a serious defense proposal... 在他看来，与其说这是一项精心筹划的国防动议，倒不如说是外交上的一着妙棋。 Campaign strategists are calling the plan a clever political gambit. 竞选策划人士认为该计划是一着巧妙的政治棋。 C Dining Taboos（就餐禁忌） on par with: 与…势均力敌，不分上下 silverware: 银器 blot: 吸干，涂污；污渍 This drugs scandal is another blot on the Olympics. 这次的兴奋剂丑闻又给奥林匹克运动会抹了黑。 mortify: 使受辱，伤害（人的感情） tuck: 卷起 She found a rose tucked under the windscreen wiper of her car one morning. 一天清晨，她发现自己汽车的挡风玻璃雨刷下插着一支玫瑰。 hover: 犹豫，摇摆不定 Just as at the turn of the century, we hover between great hopes and great fears. 正如世纪之交时那样，我们再次在巨大的希望和忧虑之间彷徨不定。 slurp: 啜食 He blew on his soup before slurping it off the spoon... 他吹了吹勺子里的汤，然后啧啧地喝了下去。 ramen: 拉面 soba: 荞麦面 morsel:一口，小块 cremation: 烧，火葬 gobble: 大口大口地吃 repulsive: 令人厌恶的 D. Ten Travel Taboos (旅行中的禁忌) be wary of: 提防 omen: 前兆，预兆