Unit30EtiquetteTaboos(禮儀禁忌)

1、Unit Thirty Etiquette Taboos（禮儀禁忌）（禮儀禁忌）Focal Pointsv1. Intercultural Business Taboosv2. Cultural and Social Taboos v3. Dining Taboosv4. Travel TaboosA Intercultural Business Taboos: what to avoid(跨文化商務(wù)交際跨文化商務(wù)交際禁忌禁忌)detrimental: causing harm or injury 有害的，不利的vfoods suspected of being detrimental to

2、healthv被懷疑有害健康的食品vThe governments policy of high interest rates is having a detrimental effect on industry.v政府的高利率政策正對工業(yè)產(chǎn)生不利影響。vwitchcraft: 巫術(shù)，魔法vabrazo:表示歡迎的擁抱vimpropriety: an improper demeanor 不得體，不恰當(dāng)vspontaneity: the quality of being spontaneous and coming from natural feelings without constraint

3、 自發(fā)性，自動 B. Cultural and Social Taboos (文文化、社會禁忌化、社會禁忌)vantipathies: a feeling of intense dislike 反感，厭惡vnostril: 鼻孔vhonk: 發(fā)出雁叫似的聲音，鳴喇叭vwimpy: weak and ineffectual 懦弱的，無用的vThis portrays her as wimpy, but she has a very strong character.v這把她描繪得很懦弱，其實(shí)她性格十分堅(jiān)強(qiáng)。vstumble: 出錯(cuò)vVt 絆腳絆腳;跌跌撞撞地走跌跌撞撞地走;踉蹌踉蹌;步履蹣跚步履

4、蹣跚 vI stumbled into the telephone box and dialed 999.v我跌跌撞撞地進(jìn)了電話亭撥了 999。vslovenly: 疏忽的，懶散的vSlovenly people are careless vditto: 同上；相似物vListers dead. Ditto three Miami drug dealers and a lady.v利斯特死了，還有三個(gè)邁阿密毒販和一位女士也死了。vcarnation: 康乃馨chrysanthemum: 菊花，小雛菊vprosit: 恭喜，祝成功vgambit: 話題；策略，詭計(jì)vHe sees the pro

5、posal as more of a diplomatic gambit than a serious defense proposal.v在他看來，與其說這是一項(xiàng)精心籌劃的國防動議，倒不如說是外交上的一著妙棋。vCampaign strategists are calling the plan a clever political gambit.v競選策劃人士認(rèn)為該計(jì)劃是一著巧妙的政治棋。C Dining Taboos（就餐禁忌）（就餐禁忌）von par with: 與勢均力敵，不分上下vsilverware: 銀器vblot: 吸干，涂污；污漬vThis drugs scandal is

6、 another blot on the Olympics.v這次的興奮劑丑聞又給奧林匹克運(yùn)動會抹了黑。vmortify: 使受辱，傷害（人的感情）vtuck: 卷起vShe found a rose tucked under the windscreen wiper of her car one morning.v一天清晨，她發(fā)現(xiàn)自己汽車的擋風(fēng)玻璃雨刷下插著一支玫瑰。vhover: 猶豫，搖擺不定vJust as at the turn of the century, we hover between great hopes and great fears.v正如世紀(jì)之交時(shí)那樣，我們再次在巨

7、大的希望和憂慮之間彷徨不定。vslurp: 啜食vHe blew on his soup before slurping it off the spoon.v他吹了吹勺子里的湯，然后嘖嘖地喝了下去。vramen: 拉面vsoba: 蕎麥面vmorsel:一口，小塊vcremation: 燒，火葬vgobble: 大口大口地吃vrepulsive: 令人厭惡的D. Ten Travel Taboos (旅行中的禁旅行中的禁忌忌)vbe wary of: 提防vomen: 前兆，預(yù)兆vHer appearance at this moment is an omen of disaster.v她在此刻出現(xiàn)預(yù)示著一場災(zāi)難。vCould this at last be a good omen for peace?v這是否終于可以視作和平的吉兆了？vodd: 奇數(shù)vafoul: 有沖撞，有沖突vAll of them had run afoul of the law at some time or other.v他們所有人都曾觸犯過法律。vsmooch: kiss varomatics: 芳香劑vparishioner:教區(qū)居民vshawl: 圍巾，披肩vdecree: fixed or established especially by order or command 判決vprah