首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
What were the things in Britain that Dr. Mathew found most strange when he first arrived?
What were the things in Britain that Dr. Mathew found most strange when he first arrived?
admin
2012-03-23
88
问题
What were the things in Britain that Dr. Mathew found most strange when he first arrived?
British Student: Good evening, Dr. Mathew. Thank you for coming and sharing some of your feelings here with us.
Mathew: Good evening.
British Student: What were the things in Britain that you found most strange when you first arrived?
Mathew: Well, the first thing is driving on the wrong side of the road . . . that would be the . . . that was very strange because you have this automatic reflex when you go out into the street to look one way and a couple of times I did that and I almost got hit by cars and bikes and all, you know. It’s dangerous. It really is dangerous. And you have to teach yourself to look the other way.
British Student: Someone said that Britain and the United States are divided by a common language. Have you had any difficulties with the language here?
Mathew: Oh, yeah…tremendous amount of difficulty but I’m starting to pick it up now. . all the lingo and slang and all thee. . . but there’s definitely a difference.
British Student: Can you give me any example?
Mathew: Well, the big. . . I’d say some of the biggest ones would be the word "queue" which means "line". I never heard the word "queue" before. Um. . . what you call "chips", I call "French fries" . I never heard them call "chips". Um there’s so many um. . . words that are different. Ah "crisps" which means "potato chips". Yeah, that’s. . . we call them "potato chips" or "chips" in America. You call them "crisps" here. So when I heard the word "chips", I was thinking of "chips", I was thinking of "crisps" and not "French fries" . . . you know. . . it’s very confusing but. . . um. . . but just some of the expressions like. . . er. . . " mate "you know and "love" . Those. . . you know. . . they’re funny. You don’t hear them. You don’t hear them in America.
British Student: What about with young people. . . with people your own age. . . I mean, do you notice differences there?
Mathew: I do notice some differences. . . or. . . I think. , all. . . I think the younger people in Britain are. . . they seem to be. . . much more radical than the younger people m the United States. I noticed that. Ah. . . the dress is different. I see a lot of males here with earrings in one of their. . . in one of their ears. You don’t see that in America that much. Some maybe here and there, but not, not like you see it here. Ah. . . so many of the young people wear black clothing, you know, I don’t. . . you don’t see the other colors. At home you see all different types of bright colors. . . and in England you see so much black. Especially on the women.
British Student: you don’t like that?
Mathew: Not really. It’s just my own preference. I like. . . I’d rather see different colors here and there. . . not all. . . not all one color. Everyone looks like Madonna.
British Student: When you say "radical" . . . do you. . . are you just thinking of clothes or of anything else?
Mathew: Um. . . no, I think. . . er. . . radical as in going against the norms. . . could you say? Not only in clothing but I think in politics too whereas in America. . . er. . . you don’t find that as much. Oh, also, another difference is the younger people are. . . they are more politically aware on a larger level. See a lot of the Americans. . . they are aware of . . . er. . . government of the United States and maybe a few other countries but not as many countries in Europe or they just have a vague understanding of how those other countries are run. . . not as widespread. Whereas here, I think that they. . . or. . . the kids get to know about how different countries are run at a much younger level and they know all about the United States and how it’s run.
British Student: What do you think the reasons are for that?
Mathew: Um. . . that’s a good question. . . um. . . well, l think that the reasons are…just because of the Press, you know the newspaper. You hear so much about America here that people are…they are into it. . . they want to know what it’s about and how it’s run. And so many of our policies in America affect Britain that they want to understand how policies are made and all that and seeing that doesn’t work on the other level like Britain’s policies don’t . . . I mean, they can affect us, but not to as great an extent and therefore you don’t hear as much about Britain and people don’t know as much about it.
British Student: Well, thank you Dr. Mathew.
Mathew: You are welcome.
选项
A、Drivers in Britain always broke the traffic rules.
B、Foot passengers did not look before they crossed the road.
C、People in Britain drive on the other side of the road.
D、It is dangerous to cross the road in Britain.
答案
C
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/5LiO777K
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
Meteorologistsroutinelytelluswhatnextweek’sweatherislikelytobe,andclimatescientistsdiscusswhatmighthappenin1
Ascollegeseniorshurtleintothejobhunt,littlefibsontheresume--forexample,claimingsdegreewhenthey’rethreecredit
Ascollegeseniorshurtleintothejobhunt,littlefibsontheresume--forexample,claimingsdegreewhenthey’rethreecredit
Scienceisadominantthemeinourculture.Sinceittouchesalmosteveryfacetofourlife,educatedpeopleneedatleastsome
IsmailKadare,whowasrewardedtheManBooker【M1】______internationalprizeforliteraturethisyear,isthefirst
______isadesignfeatureofhumanlanguagethatenablesspeakerstotalkaboutawiderangeofthings,freefrombarrierscaus
WhichofthefollowingsportswasNOTinventedinBritain?
C英国文学之作家作品。英国维多利亚时期的著名诗人、小说家ThomasHardy(哈代)的代表作有TessoftheD’Urbervilles(《德伯家的苔丝》)和JudetheObscure(《无名的裘德》)。
社区教育是外来名词,由联合国教科文组织对社区教育的界定引入到对我国社区教育的定义。随着我国经济的发展,城市化进程的加快,大批城乡居民搬迁新居,从而产生了一个个居民小区,社区由此形成。而社区教育适应了社区居民精神生活和终身学习的需要,满足了居民的受教育的权利
______isthestudyofthewayinhowmorphemes,representationofsounds,arearrangedandcombinedtoformwords.
随机试题
CustomsA)Oneofthelittleritualsallinternationaltravelersgothroughiscustoms.Tomostpeople,thisisjustanother
热耗率是反映汽轮机经济性的重要指标,它的大小只与汽轮机组效率有关。()
Thecowboyistheheroofmanymovies.Heis,eventoday,asymbolofcourageandadventure.Butwhatwasthelifeofthecowboy
茵陈术附汤是哪一部医籍中创制的方剂
A、需检查融变时限B、需进行赋形性试验检查C、需进行软化点测定D、需进行耐热性试验检查E、需检查溶出度《中国药典》规定凝胶膏剂()。
案例2009年1月21日16时20分,J钢铁集团有限公司在检修3号高炉时发生高空坠落事故,3人死亡,1人重伤。2009年1月6日,J钢铁集团有限公司与刘某签订3号高炉(2005年建成投产并已连续运行3年多)中修工程施工合同和安全施工协议
根据FIDIC《施工合同条件》规定,因承包商责任引起的延误竣工,签订合同时双方需约定日拖期赔偿和()
甲公司为上市公司,系增值税一般纳税企业,适用的增值税税率为17%。所得税核算采用资产负债表债务法核算,所得税税率25%,2013年的财务会计报告于2014年4月30日经批准对外报出。2013年所得税汇算清缴于2014年4月30日完成。该公司按净利润的10%
古代一位国王率领张、王、李、赵、钱五位将军一起打猎,各人的箭上均刻有自己的姓氏。围猎中,一只鹿中箭倒下,但却不知是何人所射。国王令众将军猜测。张将军说:“或者是我射中的,或者是李将军射中的。”王将军说:“不是钱将军射中的。”李
[*]
最新回复
(
0
)