【跨文化交流英语期末考试】

案例分析：英文

第一篇

1)Ms. Keen may feel that teachers should not accept gifts especially valuable one from students.

2)Ms. Keen may feel that she only did her duties, so she doesn’t deserve such a special gift.

3)Ms. Keen is afraid that other people will find out that she accepted the gift , and will think that she took a bribe.

4)Ms. Keen may feel uncomfortable because she thinks Xiao Wang cannot afford to give expensive gifts.

5)Ms. Keen may worry that if she accepts Xiao Wang's gift. she will owe him favors in the future.

第二篇

1)The taxi driver is trying to cheat Xiao Li because she is clearly a foreigner!

2）There are extra charges for luggage that Xiao Li doesn't know about.

3）There are extra charges for tolls that Xiao Li doesn't know about.

4）There is an misunderstanding. Maybe there is something wrong with the meter or fares have gone up recently and the meter hasn’t been adjusted yet.

5）Xiao Li misunderstood what the driver said, or didn't clearly hear what he said.

6）The driver has included an unreasonably high tip for himself.

7)The driver has included a tip for himself , perhaps because he thinks Xiao Li is a foreigner who doesn’t know that she should tip , or because in the past other foreigners have given him very stingy tips.

8）The driver is trying to cheat Xiao Li because he is prejudiced against Asian people.

第三篇

1)HuiZhen actually doesn't make many mistakes, and Mr. Schmidt doesn't consider the few mistakes she makes serious.

2)Mr. Schmidt doesn't notice Hui zhen's mistakes because he is paying more attention to the content of what she was saying.

3）Mr. Schmidt doesn't correct Hui zhen because he doesn't want to interrupt her；he doesn't want to discourage her from talking.

4)Mr. Schmidt thinks it would be rude to correct Hui zhen's English errors.

3Mr. Schmidt does correct Hui zhen’s errors but he only corrects her subtly by repeating corrected versions of what she said wrong. However. Hui zhen doesn't notice this.

6)Mr. Schmidt doesn't think that correcting students’ errors helps their English very mu ch.

7)Mr. Schmidt avoids making grammar corrections because he can't explain English grammar very well.

8)Mr. Schmidt doesn't take teaching very seriously especially grammar.

第四篇

1)The woman is just being polite; she really didn't think Xiao Feng's English was very good. 2）The woman was genuinely impressed by Xiao Feng's ability to handle such a difficult topic, even though he made some errors.

3）The woman could tell Xiao Feng was having difficulty with his English, and she wanted to encourage him.

4)The woman feels a little awkward because she put Xiao Feng through so much trouble, and compliment is really another way of saying thank you.

第五篇

1) Ms. Merrick is surprised, and perhaps a little annoyed, because Xiao Yang didn't

let her know she was coming.

2) Ms. Merrick isn't annoyed that Xiao Yang came by, although she is a little

annoyed that she now has to turn Xiao Yang away. However. she has planned to do something else this evening and isn't going to change her plan just because Xiao

Yang came by.

3) Ms. Merrick's invitations were meant to be polite more than serious. and she

really didn't want Xiao Yang to visit.

4)Ms. Merrick was in a bad mood for reasons unrelated to Xiao Yang's visit.

Perhaps she didn't feel well, or something unpleasant had happened.

5)Ms. Merrick is not really unhappy to see Xiao Yang. but for some reason this was

an inconvenient time and she was caught off guard. At another time she would be

happy to see Xiao Yang.

6)Merrick doesn’t have any specific plan for the evening but was looking

forward to a free evening, and was disappointed when Xiao Yang showed up (She

likes Xiao Yang, but sees Xiao Yang as a student, hence as part of her work life.)

第六篇

1)They are quite happy just living together and don't see any strong reason to get married.

2)They like each other but don't marry because they still aren’t sure if they have found the right partner for the rest of their lives.

3)They are not serious enough about the relationship to consider marriage.

4)They like each other, but marriage would get in the way of their careers or some other aspect of their lives which they feel is more important than a life-long commitment to a partner.

5)They will probably get married eventually, but feel little pressure to go through the formalities of a wedding, and are delaying the cost and trouble a wedding

involves.

6)They don’t want to talk with Li Ming about this personal topic because they don’t know her very well. They are trying to end discussion of this topic.

7)They don't want to talk with Li Ming much about their personal plans because this is a sensitive issue or a point of contention between them. They are trying to end discussion of this topic.