Socio-cultural Information
Part I
1. Li Xiaolan works as a cretary in an American company. One day she worked very late. Her boss said to her, “Thanks a lot. That’s a great help.” Li replied, “It’s my pleasure.”
2. On his way to the school cinema, Li Hong saw Professor Jones walking to the cinema, too. Li said, “You’re going to e the film, aren’t you?”
3. On a cold winter day Wang Ping met Professor Briner on his way to the library. Wang said to him, “It’s rather cold. You’d better wear more clothes.”
4. 在家怎么赚钱Betty is a foreign student in China. She met Feng Mei and said to her, “I was told that you won the 100-meter race in the University’s sports meeting this morning. Congratulations.” Feng replied, “Just lucky.”
5. Li Ming had something to tell Mr. Smith, the head of the department, so he went to his office, entered it and said to him, “Can I have a word with you, Mr. Smith?”
6. Dr. Jones, your supervisor, telephoned to invite you to have dinner with his family. You replied, “Thank you. All right. I’ll try to come.”
7. In New York Chen Ming called a taxi and said to the driver, “Would you mind taking me to the airport?”
8. If a foreigner says to you: “Excu me, can you help me plea?” You simply say: “Yes?”
9. When you want to compliment your English friend’s new coat, you can say: “I like your new coat.”
10. Mrs. Godwin was about the same age as Li Ming’s grandmother, so intimately Li called her “Grandma”.
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12. When the new term began, a student met his teacher Miss Smith, on his way to the cl
assroom. The student said: “You must have a good time during the vacation. You look like you gained a lot of weight.”
13. As soon as the lecture was over, a student went up to the lecturer and said, “You must be very tired. You’d better have a rest.”
14. Joyce said to her friend, Brenda: “I wonder if you’d mind posting this letter for me on your way home, Brenda?” Brenda answered: “Yes, sure.”
15. You’ve just been asked out to dinner but you don’t want to go with the person who invited you. You might say: “Thanks a lot but I’m busy tonight.”
16. If you are attending a family gathering and would like to know what the family relationship is between one member and another, you may ask: “How are you related?”
17. If someone offers you some food that you really don’t like, you might say: “Thanks, but I’m really full.”
18. At a party or social occasions, you would indicate that it was time for you to leave someone’s home by saying “It’s getting late and I’d better be going.”怎样做香肠
19. Mrs. Li has been having lunch with Mrs. Sullivan. Mrs. Li has just explained that she has to leave. Mrs. Sullivan says: “Well, it’s early. There’s no hurry.”
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20. When introduced to an older professor or a friend’s parents, you might say “Hi! Glad to know you.”
Part II.
1. If you are a man in the English speaking countries, and a lady comes into the room, you must ri to your feet.
2. 娘子关战役If you are invited to dinner by one of your English-speaking friends, you may bring the hostess some fruit as a prent.
3. If you are a college student or a graduate student and meet during the break in an aca
demic conference an American professor who is a friend of your supervisor’s, you can go over and have a talk with him as long as the break permits.
4. If you study at college in an English speaking country you feel ill and therefore cannot attend the class, you’d better go and e the doctor and ask him to write for you a certificate for sick leave.
5. Mary came to ZhangMei’s birthday party and brought her a prent wrapped in a nice box. Zhang Mei unwrapped the box in Mary’s prence and praid the prent.
6. When you have a conversation with your English teacher who is a native speaker of English, you mustn’t have a prolonged eye contact with him.
7. 种植园If you study as a graduate student in the U.S.A., you should always try to avoid telephoning your American classmates sometime later than unless there is an emergency.
8. 谁温酒斩华雄Dr. Smith, over 60, invited Li Bing to his birthday party. Li Bing brought him a china god
of longevity （寿星）as a prent.
9. Many English hous are known only by a name. If you have difficulty in finding such a hou, you may try asking the local shopkeepers.
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10. At a dinner you can begin to eat when the hostess picks up her own spoon or fork.
11. In the English speaking countries you usually first introduce a man to a woman, not the other way round.
12. If you are a male and introduced to an English speaking lady, you do not take the initiative in shaking hands unless she holds out her hand first.
