十大经典英语短文之四：Speak Out.ppt

International Muscle国 际 肌 肉 十大经典英语短文之四   有话就说！  Speak Out！   有话就说！ 表达观点的不同是中西文化差异的一个典型例子。西方人自由地发表他们的意见。他们觉得人们有不同的思想是很正常的事情，并且不介意听到与他们自己不同的意见。你可以直率地表达你的想法或感觉。当然你不应该用粗鲁的语气。比如：“你错了” 、“你弄错了!”、“你不明白”等等这样的表达，这样说并不一定是不好的，但是你的语气应该和缓一些。你可以说：“我不认为你是对的”“恐怕你弄错了”或者说：“你好像不太明白”。   Speak Out!  Expressing?opinions?is?one?example?of?culture?difference?between?east?and?west.??Westerners?express?their?opinions?freely. They?feel?it?is?natural?for?people?to?have?different?ideas,?and?don‘t?mind?hearing?views?that?differ?from?their?own.? ?You?may?express?frankly?what?you?think?or?feel. ?Of?course,?you?shouldn’t?be?rude?in?your?manner?or?speech. ?Statements?such?as? “Youre?wrong”?、 “Youre?mistaken”?、 “You?dont?know”?etc. Aren’t?exactly?bad,?but?it?is?preferable?to?soften?the?tone.??You?might?say, ?“I?dont?think?youre?right”?“Im?afraid?youre?mistaken”?or?“You?don‘t?seem?to?understand.”?.    (1) Expressing?opinions?is?one?example?of?culture?difference?between?east?and?west.?  culture?difference :文化差异 culture [‘k?lt??] n.文化 difference [’d?f?r?ns] n.差异 1、表达观点的不同是中西 文化差异的一个典型例子。 (2)Westerners?express?their?opinions?freely.  opinion ?[?‘p?nj?n] n. 意见 2、西方人自由地发表他们的意见。 (3) They?feel?it?is?natural?for?people?to?have?different?ideas,?and?don‘t?mind?hearing?views?that?differ?from?their?own.??view [vju?] 观点   it?is?natural:合情合理的，自然的  differ?from：与……不同 3、他们觉得人们有不同的思想是很正常的事情，并且不介意听到与他们自己不同的意见。 (4) ?You?may?express?frankly?what?you?think?or?feel.   ? frankly? ?[‘fr??kl?] adv. 真诚地、坦白地 4、你可以直率地表达你的想法或感觉。 (5)Of?course,?you?shouldn’t?be?rude?in?your?manner?or?speech. ? rude [ru?d] adj. 粗鲁的  manner ?[‘m?n?] n.方式  speech [ spi?t? ] n. 讲话、演讲 5、当然你不应该用粗鲁的语气。 （6）? “You‘re?wrong”? “You’re?mistaken”?  “You?don‘t?know”?etc. mistaken [m?‘ste?k?n] adj. 错误的（mistake的过去分词）  etc. ?[?t’set?r?] adv. 等等  6“你错了” 、“你弄错了!”、“你不明白”。 (7)Aren’t?exactly?bad,?but?it