牛津英语模块6Unit_3

模块六Unit Three Understanding each other

一. 根据首字母或汉语提示完成句子

1. It is estimated that about 11.500 athletes from all over the world will p________

in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

2. When you come to a new country, special attention should be paid to cultural d____

3. The British people love to decorate Christmas trees and hang up evergreen branches on

Christmas Day while Chinese people tend to have a large banquet in c________ of Spring Festival.

4. When planting flowers, try to choose n____ species. They will be easier to survive.

5. Dr. Smith is from Australia. It’s no wonder he speaks with a strong Australian a_________.

6. The two major parts in a research project include gathering data and a _____ data.

7. The cold is u___________. Yesterday it was 29℃,but today the temperature drops to only 10℃.

8. He had some difficulty a______________ himself to the new conditions on his first visit to London last fall.

9. If you want any f____________ explanation, you’d better ask the manager.

10. Mary decided to explore in the forest on her own. Yet her parents were both c___________ for her safety.

11. It can be quite ________________(令人尴尬的)to take a stranger for your friend and say

hello to him or her while he or she makes no response.

12. Many cars________（属于）to local people were destroyed in the storm last month.

13. In England, it isn’t the Queen reigns but elected representatives of the people that

_____________(统治)the country.

14. As____________（少数）voted in favor of the new law, it wasn’t passed at last.

15. When the bomb exploded, the spot was in a terrible mess, so nobody could give the report a full____________（叙述）of it.

二. 根据课文完成短文

People can often experience ____1_____differences. For example, the Americans are ____2____talking about Thanksgiving Day and the huge turkey they eat. They get quite excited whenever it ____3____to this topic. However, some British people don’t even know what Thanksgiving is held in ____4____of .It is OK for the British to open the presents as soon as they receive them. But it is____5____ to do so in the East. Even though there are ____6____between wedding traditions in the west, there are also differences between different Western countries. In the UK, the guests are ____7____to give presents to the newly-weds, but in Italy, the newly-weds are supposed to give their guests presents. Besides, in many countries, people point ____8____their first finger. But people from Brunei use their thumb____9____. Foreigners have to ____10____themselves to that, or it will be quite rude.

So, it is a good way to learn about cultural differences to understand more about each other.