何兆熊综合英语第一册unit 3

3. Q. Should you dismiss yourself from the table if you need to sneeze or blow your nose? Answer: Yes, excuse yourself from the table, and at no time should you use your napkin as a handkerchief.
Whatever Happened to Manners？
Background information Text analysis
Part one ( para 1) Part two ( para 2-4) Part three ( para 5-10) Part four ( para 11)
在音乐会上，每当一位歌手唱完一首美 妙动听的歌曲时，观众边高声喝彩表示 赞赏。 At the concert whenever a singer finished singing a beautiful song, the audience would burst into loud cheers to show their appreciation.
4. Q. Who pays the bill when dining out? Answer: When entertaining a guest, such as when out for dinner or cocktails, the person who extended the invitation (regardless of gender) is responsible for paying the bill.
Part 1
1. Which sentences in Part 1 imply that in a general sense, people in the present age are less friendly than people in the past? The first two sentences of the first para. 2. What impolite examples of New York people are showed?
5. Q: When you have some food in your mouth that you don’t want to swallow, what should you do? Answer: Move the food forward with your tongue onto the fork and place it back on the side of your plate.
Part 2（ paragraph2-4）
In these three para. The writer puts forward and bears out the following viewpoint: you cannot be truly stylish without good manners; good manners are a sort of hidden beauty secret and adds pricelessly to your image. According to the author, how do good manners build your image?
Bad manners?
In Shanghai
In Disney
On Campus
Picking nose in public
Writing style
Narration ( ) Description ( ) Exposition ( ) Argumentation ( ) This essay is a piece of argumentation on the necessity and significance of good manners.
Structural Analysis
Part 1(Para 1): Beginning Part 2(Para 2-4): One cannot be truly stylish without good manners. Part 3(Para 5-10): The writer states and expounds the great power of some typical good manners. Part 4(Para 11): Conclusion
1. What’s the typical feature of an argumentation? 2. How to organize an argumentation? In the beginning part the writer puts forward his viewpoint. Then he illustrates his viewpoint with specific examples he witnesses in New York.
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Manners: [plural] polite ways of behaving in social situations have good/bad manners it's good/bad manners to do something perfect/impeccable manners table manners (=the polite way of eating at a table) mind your manners (=used to tell someone to behave politely) somebody has no manners (=someone often behaves in a way that is not polite) remember forget / your manners where are your manners?
After-class reading
Manner & Manners
Manner: formal, the way in which something is done or happens manner of (doing) something It seemed rather an odd manner of deciding things. He felt some guilt over the manner of her death.
Good manners
speak gently in public, say “thank you” when others do you a favor, say “excuse me” when you bother others, table manners: eat softly, quietly Help the weak, the poor, the old, the disabled, do not laugh at others, being punctual…
Bad manners
stare at others, never use polite words, bad table manners, do not respect others and their behavior, talk loudly in public, spit, litter everywhere, spy on others’ privacy……
In the last paragraph, the writer concludes that good manners are infectious and indicates his sincere wish. The text is featured by the ingenuous use of a variety of sentences as well as of proper words and phrases. Writing technique: metaphorical expressions (metaphor, simile, rhetorical question)
Class manners
Class manners
Table manners
Q&A
1. Q. Is it considered rude to take a sip of your drink while still chewing? Answer: It is considered good manners to wait until you have finished chewing and have swallowed your food before taking a sip of your beverage.
No matter how nicely you dress, how beautiful you decorate your homes, or how lovely your dinner parties are, you can’t be truly stylish without good manners. How do you understand that “ we can’t be truly without good manners”?
Get away
1) succeed in leaving The meeting dragged on, and I didn't get away until seven. 2) escape, esp. from the scene of a crime; We knew it wouldn't be easy to get away from the police. get away with murder informal to not be punished for doing something wrong: Some of those children get away with murder!
pull out
to drive onto a road from another road or from where you have stopped: Don't pull out! There's something coming. to drive over to a different part of the road in order to get past a vehicle in front of you: I pulled out to overtake a bus. if a train pulls out, it leaves a station [≠ pull in]
对不起，我迟到了，我刚才在开会脱不 开身。 I’m sorry I’m late; I was at a meeting and couldn’t get away.
Elevator ( AmE)
Lift ( Br E)
escalator
wave
appreciation
pleasure you feel when you realize something is good, useful, or well done a feeling of being grateful for something someone has done an understanding of the importance or meaning of something a realistic appreciation of the situation
2. Q：Is it proper for a woman to apply lipstick at the table after a meal? Answer: It is appropriate for a woman to excuse herself and apply lipstick in a private area such as a restroom.