Would you mind keeping your voice down? Unit 7 Reading.
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Would you mind keeping your voice
down?
Unit 7 Reading
Section 1 Before You Read
Look up the word “etiquette” in your
dictionary. What does it mean? Look at the
picture below. How many rules of etiquette can
you see being broken? Make a list with your
partner.
etiquette 礼节;礼仪
Section 1 Before You Read
to embrace
Section 1 Before You Read
make a bow
Section 1 Before You Read
to shake hands
Section 1 Before You Read
Reading strategy:
As we read, we need to find “topic sentence”.
These sentences usually give us a “summary”, or
overall meaning of each paragraph and help us
understand what the paragraph is about. After the
topic sentence comes more detail and explanation.
Section 1 Before You Read
eat in public
Section 1 Before You Read
smoke in public
Section 1 Before You Read
spit everywhere
Section 1 Before You Read
talk loudly in public
Section 2 While You Read
Would you mind keeping your voice down?
If you spend some time in an
English-speaking country, you
might hear the term “etiquette”. It
means normal and polite social
behavior. This may seem like a
difficult word at first, but it can be
very useful to understand.
Section 2 While You Read
Etiquette is not the same in every
culture, or in every situation. For
example, standing very close to the
person you are talking with is quite
common in some Asian countries.
However, if you do this in Europe,
some people might feel
uncomfortable. Even in China, we
all know that etiquette is not the
same in all situations.
Section 2 While You Read
Perhaps we think that talking loudly in
our own homes is fine, but there are
other places where talking loudly is not
allowed. For example, most people would
agree that talking loudly in a library, a
museum, or a movie theater is impolite.
Even if you are with your friends, it is
better to keep your voice down in public
places. In fact, we should also take care
not to cough or sneeze loudly in public if
possible.
Section 2 While You Read If we see someone breaking the rules of etiquette, we may give them some suggestions politely. Perhaps one of the most polite ways is to ask someone, Would you mind doing this or Would you mind not doing that. For example, if someone cuts in front of you in a line, you could ask them, sorry, would you mind joining the line? If someone is smoking on the bus, we could ask, Excuse me, could you please put out that cigarette? People don’t usually like to be criticized, so we have to be careful how we do this.
Section 2 While You Read
Although rules of etiquette can
often be different, some rules are
the same almost everywhere in the
world! For example, dropping litter
is almost never allowed. If you see
someone you know doing this, you
can ask them, Would you mind
picking it up?
Section 3 After You Read
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 Paragraph 2
a. We have to be very careful how we criticize people.b. The way people behave is different in different cultures
and situations.c. Sometimes, rules of etiquette are the same almost
everywhere.d. Etiquette is a very important idea to understand.e. We might want to ask someone to behave more politely
if we see them breaking a rule of etiquette.f. People in China and Europe have different ideas about
etiquette.
d be a
Homework:
Finish off the other exercises in “Reading”.
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