nice day" with a smile, I know she sincerely cares about what happens to me. I feel loved and secure since another person cares about me and wishes me well.
"Have a nice day. Next!" This version of the expression is spoken by a salesgirl at the supermarket who is rushing me and my groceries out the door. The words come out in the same tone (腔调) with a fixed
procedure. They are spoken at me, not to me. Obviously, the concern for my day and everyone else"s is
the management"s attempt to increase business.
The expression is one of those behaviors that help people get along with each other. Sometimes it
indicates the end of a meeting. As soon as you hear it, you know the meeting is at an end. Sometimes the
expression saves us when we don"t know what to say "oh, you may have a tooth out? I"m terribly sorry,
but have a nice day."
The expression can be pleasant. If a stranger says "Have a nice day" to you, you may find it
heart-warming because someone you don"t know has tried to be nice to you.
Although the use of the expression is an insincere, meaningless social custom at times, there is nothing
wrong with the sentence except that it is a little uninteresting. The salesgirl, the waitress, the teacher, and all the countless others who speak it without thinking may not really care about my day. But in a strange and
comfortable way, it"s nice to know they care enough to pretend they care when they really don"t care all
that much. While the expression may not often be sincere, it is always spoken. The point is that people say it all the time when they like.
B. Maxie really wishes the author a good day.
C. Maxie encourages the author to stay happy.
D. Maxie really worries about the author"s security.
B. The salesgirl is bored.
C. The salesgirl cares about me.
D. The salesgirl says the words as a routine
B. express respect to you
C. give his blessing to you
D. share his pleasure with you
B. as thanks
C. as a habit
D. encouragingly
B. Have a Nice Day-a Pleasant Gesture.
C. Have a Nice Day-a Heart-warming Greeting.
D. Have a Nice Day-a Polite Ending of a Conversation.
that has
millions of correct answers. That question is "What"s your name?" Everyone gives a different answer, but
everyone is
correct.
Have you ever wondered about people"s names? Where do they come from? What do they mean?
People"s first names,or given names,are chosen by their parents. Sometimes the name of a grandparent or other member of the family is used. Some parents choose the name of a well-known person. A boy
could be named George Washington Smith;a girl could be named Helen Keller Jones.
Some people give their children names that mean good things. Clara means "bright" ; Beatrice means
"one who
gives happiness" ;Donald means "world ruler" ;Leonard means " as brave as a lion".
The earliest last names,or sumames,were taken from place names. A family with the name Brook or
Brooks probably lived near a brook (小溪) ;someone who was called Longstreet probably lived on a
long,paved road. The Greenwood
family lived in or near a leafy forest.
Other early sumames came from people"s occupations. The most common occupational name is
Smith,which means a person who makes things with iron or other metals. In the past,smiths were very
important workers in every town andvillage. Some other occupational names are: Carter-a person who
owned or drove a cart;Potter-a person who made
pots and pans. The ancestors of the Baker family probably baked bread for their neighbors in their native
village. The Carpenter"s great-great-great-grandfather probably built houses and furniture.
Sometimes people were known for the color of their hair or skin,or their size,or their special abilities. When there were two men who were named John in the same village,the John with the gray hair
probably became John Gray. Or the John who was very tall could call himself John Tallman. John Fish
was probably an excellent swimmer and John Light-foot was probably a fast runner or a good dancer.
Some family names were made by adding something to the father"s name. English-speaking people
added-s or -son.
The Johnsons are descendants of John;the Roberts family"s ancestor was Robert. Irish and Scottish
people added Mac or Mc or 0. Perhaps all of the MacDonnells and the McDonnells and the O"Donnells
are descendants of the same Donnell.
B. People"s characters.
C. Talents that people possessed.
D. People"s occupations.
B. made things with metals
C. made kitchen tools or contains
D. built houses and fumiture
son "o become a world leader,the baby might be named ______
B. Leonard Carter
C. George Longstreet
D. Donald Greenwood
B. friends and relatives
C. colleagues and partners
D. later sponsors
What brings a nation together? Of the four choices - shared values, language, history, and religion, it"s shared values. In our latest poll (民意调査), seven out of 16 countries chose values as the greatest factor (因索)bringing a nation
together, and six preferred language. Both choices scored high in the poll, suggesting that our values and how we
express them are closely linked Still, history was not forgotten in some countries, particularly in Mexico and Russia.
Even Canada and the United States chose national histories as the second-most important factor uniting their people.
The biggest surprise? Not one country picked religion as its top choice.
Respect your elders
In most countries, the oldest
generation considered values more important to a nation than did those who are under 45 years old.
Do you speak Canadian?
Language scored lower in Canada than in all other countries polled, perhaps because the country speaks two
official languages, French and English.
Church and state
Most people polled do not connect their religious beliefs to their national pride. Religion ranked last in
13 countries - with France scoring it at 1%, the lowest of all.
B. Values.
C. History.
D. Religion.
B. Mexico.
C. France.
D. America.
B. Brazil
C. China
D. India
" one who offers his or her services. "There are many different ways in which people can volunteer, such
as taking care of sick people, working in homes for homeless children, and picking up garbage (垃圾)
from beaches and parks. Volunteers may work within their own countries or in other countries. They are
often people with a strong wish to help those who are less fortunate than themselves. Volunteers don"t
expect any kind of pay.
At the root of volunteering is the idea that one person may have the ability to offer other services that
can help other people. Tracy, a good friend of mine, however, recently came back from India with a new
idea of what being a volunteer means. She worked for two and a half weeks in one of Mother Teresa"s
homes in Calcutta. The following is her story.
"I first heard about Mother Teresa in my high school. We watched a video(录像) about her work in
India and all over the world. I was so moved by her spirit to help others and her endless love for every
human being that after I graduated from high school, I too wanted to try her kind of work. So with two
friends I flew to Calcutta for a few weeks. "
"I was asked to work in a home for sick people. I helped wash clothes and sheets, and pass out
lunch. I also fed the people who were too weak to feed themselves and tried to cheer them up. I felt it
was better to share with them than to think that I have helped them. To be honest, I don"t think I was
helping very much. It was then that I realized that I had not really come to help, but to learn about and
experience another culture (文化) that helped improve my own understanding of life and the world. "
B. can afford to travel to different places
C. has a strong wish to be successful
D. has made a big fortune in life
B. after she finished high school
C. when she was touring Calcutta
D. when she was working in a hospital
B. She had already had some experience.
C. She was asked by Mother Teresa to do so.
D. She wanted to follow Mother Teresa"s example.
B. Working in Mother Teresa"s home.
C. Doing simple things to help the poor.
D. Improving oneself through helping others.
half of the world"s population will be using it. What are we talking about? That global language-English.
The English language started in Britain in the 5th century. It is a mixed language. It was built up when
German. Scandinavian and French invaders settled in England and created a common language for
communication.
Today it is the official language of the UK, the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa
and Ireland as well as many islands in the Caribbean . Many other countries and regions use it for politics
and business, for example, India. Pakistan, Nigeria and the Philippines. English is also one of the official
languages of Hong Kong.
But global advertising and pop music mean that in most countries, you will see or hear some English.
Thanks to McDonalds, we all know about "burgers". "fries" and "milkshakes". Songs by Madonna,
Britney Spears and Celine Dion are in English. We can sing along, even if we do not understand what
we are singing!
English is a messy (杂乱的) language. Every year, dictionaries include new words that talk about
popular culture, for example, computer-related words such as "blogging", "download" and "chatroom".
Also included are words that teenagers use. Who does not know "cool", "OK" and "hello" ?
Other languages also influence English. Many English words come from French. Words like "cafe"
and expressions like "c"est la vie" (that is life) are all part of the English language. On the other hand, the
French language includes English words like "le weekend" and "le camping". German words are also part
of English. Words like "kindergarten" come from the German language.
Recently, British people have become interested in "yoga". But the word comes from an ancient Hindu
language in India.
B. over 500 years
C. over 1500 years
D. over 1000 years
B. thankful to
C. not until
D. as if.
B. It has borrowed words from all the other languages.
C. French words are used by the English because dictionaries have French words.
D. Singers and film stars have the greatest influence on language.
B. 340 million
C. almost all the people in the world.
D. not mentioned above, but the number is growing rapidly.
B. Nigeria
C. the Philippines
D. Norway
With a clear symbolic meaning, the flag in the traditional form is still used today to mark buildings, ships
and other vehicles related to a country.
The national flag as we know it today is in no way a primitive(原始的) artifact. It is, rather, the
" product of thousands of years"development." Historians believe that it had two major ancestors, of which the earlier served to show wind direction.
Early human beings used very fragile houses and boats. Often strong winds would tear roofs from
houses or cause high waves that endangered travelers. People"s food supplies were similarly vulnerable.
Even after they had learned how to plant grains, they still needed help from nature to ensure good
harvests. Therefore they feared and depended on the power of the wind, which could bring warmth from
one direction and cold from another.
Using a simple piece of cloth tied to the top of a post to tell the direction of the wind was more
dependable than earlier methods, such as watching the rising of smoke from a fire. The connection of the
flag with heavenly power was therefore reasonable. Early human societies began to fix long pieces of
cloth to the tops of totems(图腾) before carrying them into battle. They believed that the power of the
wind would be added to the good wishes of the gods and ancestors represented by the totems
hemselves.
These flags developed very slowly into modem flags. The first known flag of a nation or a ruler was
unmarked. The king of China around 1000 B. C. was known to have a white flag carried ahead of him.
This practice might have been learned from Egyptians even further in the past, but it was from China that
it spread over trade routes through India, then across Arab lands, and finally to Europe,where it met up
with the other ancestor of the national flag.
B. Power of the National Flag
C.Types of Flags
D.Uses of Flags
B. likely to be protected
C.easy to damage
D.difficult to find
B. they could bring good luck to fighters
C. they were handed down by the ancestors
D. they were believed to stand for natural forces
B. He believes it was made in Egypt.
C. He thinks it came from China.
D. He doubts where it started.
B. The second ancestor of the national flag.
C. The use of modern flags in Europe.
D. The importance of modern flags.
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