Unit7reading and selfcheck八下英语第七单元阅读.ppt

Section 2 While You Read Section 3 After You Read * How many rules of etiquette are broken? eat in public smoke in public spit everywhere talk loudly in public Reading strategy: As we read, we need to find “topic sentence”. These sentences usually give us a “summary”, or overall meaning of each paragraph and help us understand what the paragraph is about. After the topic sentence comes more detail and explanation. 阅读时需要找到关键句子。这些通常是一段短文的主要内容, 了解关键句子会帮助我们理解整段文章。 If you spend some time in an English-speaking country, you might hear the term ‘etiquette’. It means normal and polite social behavior. This may seem like a difficult word at first, but it can be very useful to understand. Would you mind keeping your voice down? spend+时间+在某地 We’ll spend three days in this hotel. spend+时间或钱+on sth. She spent all her money on clothes. spend+时间或钱+(in) doing sth. She spends two hours (in) playing the piano every day. normal adj. 正常的; 正规的 behavior n. 行为; 举止; 表现 at first 首先 Etiquette is not the same in every culture, or in every situation. For example, standing very close to the person you are talking with is quite common in some Asian countries. However, if you do this in Europe, some people might feel uncomfortable. Even in China, we all know that etiquette is not the same in all situations. Perhaps we think that talking loudly in our own homes is fine, but there are other places where talking loudly is not allowed. Asian adj. 亚洲的; 亚洲人的 Europe 欧洲 allow v. 允许; 承认 uncomfortable adj. 不舒服的 For example, most people would agree that talking loudly in a library, a museum, or a movie theater is impolite. Even if you are with your friends, it is better to keep your voice down in public places. In fact, we should also take care not to cough or sneeze loudly in public. impolite adj. 无礼的; 粗鲁的 public n. 公众 cough v. 咳嗽 sneeze v. 打喷嚏 If we see someone breaking the rules of etiquette, we may give them some s