When you start talking about good and bad manners you immediately start
5 F/ }* [; O' `5 h meeting difficulties. Many people just cannot agree what they mean. We asked a9 K, z8 U: U3 E# D; k# s/ u
lady, who replied that she thought you could tell a well-mannered person on the __1__
5 o+ y* ]$ ^7 f) z1 h) s way they occupied the space around them—for example, when such a person: Q5 n6 D8 M/ }& Y3 g
walks down a street he or she is constantly unaware of others. Such people never __2__
- z$ ^$ l3 X9 _& @6 p$ ~ bump into other people.
- a, {- F: q3 b- W' z, [ z2 W However, a second person thought that this was more a question of; r% Z. e* F$ h* f4 }! h2 ^
civilized behavior as good manners. Instead, this other person told us a story, __3__
% J# `7 |, S$ r) `2 R) A it he said was quite well-known, about an American who had been invited __4__! E J$ M% i7 T/ T& l
to an Arab meal at one of the countries of the Middle East. The American __5__
3 ^/ T5 @: z9 c7 g hasn’t been told very much about the kind of food he might expect. If he had __6__: a$ N, k' i) M1 V8 A9 q
known about American food, he might have behaved better. __7__
; z, t f. Z* s- Q; ]5 m Immediately before him was a very flat piece of bread that looked, to0 g1 u7 [% x; Z
him, very much as a napkin. Picking it up, he put it into his collar, so that __8__
" B* ?" g, L. `, G/ G it falls across his shirt. His Arab host, who had been watching, __9__
* M$ u+ f, l t( g4 V said of nothing, but immediately copied the action of his guest. __10__( j# I$ i, k% ]* T; p' s
And that, said this second person, was a fine example of good manners.! ]$ {: b4 u; P! }5 W f; r
参考答案及解析:
+ A! i Z" M. R- O/ O 1.将on改为by。' o4 ^- H' _( O4 X/ N7 { ^
“by the way”作“根据……方式”讲。" L0 U- P! y, x& S" a( T# |8 u" }" H3 `
2. 将unaware改为aware
+ j. D" T& i" G6 P 根据下文中的“Such a person never bump into other people”判断,这种人不会“目中无人”。
7 [( D7 b9 T- h) D+ u 3. 将as改为than0 ~1 l# B) w, z+ P4 ?
“more + adj/of + n + than”是固定搭配。
$ [" | J8 A. Q9 `, c 4. 将it改为which
7 i6 W/ k! N5 G2 ~( l# a which在此引导一个非限制性定语从句,which在从句中作主语,需要注意的是,在从句中he said是插入语。
( c4 ?1 l( a0 X( d- ]$ l 5. 将at改为in4 k# m; c! {8 S, {. o0 l# m
名词the country前要用介词in。. l) s" S& `' _5 V$ S2 a1 C
6. 将hasn’t改为hadn’t
# A7 j; _& F( m, N 根据上下文我们可以看出这里需要使用过去完成时。
( R9 [( u$ {0 m. b& s- w 7. 将American改为Arab。根据上文,我们可以看出,这里讲述的是赴“阿拉伯”传统宴会的“美国人”的故事,而不是赴“美国”传统宴会的“美国人”的故事。/ |% x5 x) y1 l5 y+ ~# Y$ X0 g8 h
8. 将as 改为like
2 H0 b+ B9 h6 w, l2 k( [- k 介词as意思为“作为”,like意思为“像”。" g+ ~+ Z. i6 J: X2 o( f
9. 将falls改为fell
7 P" `* ^2 `# H7 Y4 x' c0 n1 q: f 这里要使用一般过去时。
8 A% a2 s+ @- q5 c( F 10. 将第一个of删掉。9 a, `; X- X8 ]/ S2 {
say作为及物动词,后面可直接跟名词作宾语。 |