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2022辽宁
英语
话题3
人际交往(2篇+3篇)
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课外语篇拓展练(3篇)
Passage 1【2021铁岭模拟】
【读前预先练】
1.pride oneself on___________________
以自己的……为傲
2.one another_____________
彼此,互相
3.bother v. _______
打扰
4.different situation_____________
不同的场合
5.over time_________________
随着时间的推移
6.bad luck_______
倒霉
7.feel regret___________
感到懊悔
8.think about_______
考虑
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9.ask sb. a question_________________
问某人一个问题
10.start with_____________
以……开始
11.polite adj. _________
→__________(反义词)不礼貌的
→politely (adv.) _________
→politeness (n.) _______
礼貌的
impolite
礼貌地
礼貌
12.in order to_______
为了
13.make a call_________
打电话
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British people pride themselves on their polite manners towards one another in public. They often use the word “sorry” even when they don’t really mean it! Usually, if they want to ask a stranger for the time, they would start by saying “Sorry to bother you. Do you know what time it is?” If they’re five minutes late for an appointment(约会), they would generally greet the person saying “Sorry, I’m late…”
They use the word “sorry” in so many different situations that the meaning of the word has changed a little over time. The two main dictionary definitions(释义) of “sorry” are: feeling sad for someone else because of their problems or bad luck; feeling regret because you’ve done something wrong.
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Now, think about this. Normally, when they want to ask a stranger a question, they start with “Sorry to bother you”. In this situation, they aren’t saying sorry because they feel sad for that person or because they feel regret.
So what does “sorry” really mean? And why do British people use it so much? Well, in the British culture, saying “sorry” is a way to be polite, especially to people who they don’t know very well. It’s also a very clever way to get what they want. In a recent experiment, an actor went up to different strangers on a rainy day to ask if he could use their mobile phones in order to make a call.
When he went up to one group of strangers and asked them without saying