Question

【題目】 It can't be true that when in Rome, do as the Romans do. So it's necessary for you to know what you can talk about with the local people in other countries.

In France

You'll find that conversations often turn into heated discussions. You'd better give opinions only on subjects that you are knowledgeable about. There is seldom a moment of silence, except when the topic under discussion has been finished, and nothing new has been introduced.

Food, art, music and current events or history are welcome topics. The French believe in freedom, and you can criticize(批評(píng))anyone, but not Napoleon, who stands for the French spirit. Moreover, never use the conversation opener “What do you do？”

In Australia

Generally speaking, the Australians are excited about discussions. Many topics may be open to discussion, including religion and politics. The best way, however, is to wait for Australians to bring up these two subjects; be prepared to listen to what they are talking about. The Australians like to criticize themselves, but they can't stand being criticized by others. Don't talk big. The Australians prefer to judge (判斷) your abilities through your actions. People who show off their education in conversation may be laughed at.

1題判斷正誤， 2題簡略回答， 3題將文中畫線句子譯成漢語。

【1】In Australia, people can be criticized by others.

【2】What are welcome topics in France?

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【3】_____________________________________________

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】F

【2】Food, art, music and current events or history.

【3】在談話中炫耀他們的受教育程度的人可能會(huì)被嘲笑。

【解析】

這篇文章主要講的是如何與西方人交談，所謂入鄉(xiāng)隨俗，我們要了解這些西方國家的風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣才不會(huì)出現(xiàn)尷尬的情況。

【1】題干意思為：在澳大利亞，人們可以被別人批評(píng)。

判斷正誤題。根據(jù)上文“The Australians like to criticize themselves, but they can't stand being criticized by others.” 可知，澳大利亞人喜歡批評(píng)自己，但他們不能忍受被別人批評(píng)。所以題干說法錯(cuò)誤。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)上文“Food, art, music and current events or history are welcome topics.” 食物、藝術(shù)、音樂和時(shí)事或歷史是受歡迎的話題。故答案為Food, art, music and current events or history。

【3】劃線部分為含有定語從句的主從復(fù)合句，主句為“People may be laughed at.”People（人們） may（可能） be laughed at.（受嘲笑），所以主句譯為：人們可能受嘲笑。定語從句“who show off their education in conversation”修飾先行詞People ，who（指代人們） show off（炫耀） their education（教育） in conversation（在談話中），所以從句譯為“他們在談話中炫耀他們的受教育程度”，兩句合在一起，故答案為在談話中炫耀他們的受教育程度的人可能會(huì)被嘲笑。