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
自考
The American is quite ready to admit certain weaknesses, such as’T never was good at mathematics,""I’m a rotten tennis player, "
The American is quite ready to admit certain weaknesses, such as’T never was good at mathematics,""I’m a rotten tennis player, "
admin
2013-07-02
29
问题
The American is quite ready to admit certain weaknesses, such as’T never was good at mathematics,""I’m a rotten tennis player, "or"I’m the world’s worst bridge player. "However, the stranger must not be too quick to agree with him. (63)
Americans think it is all right, even sporting, to admit a defect in themselves, but they feel that it is almost an insult to have someone else agree.
(64)
A part of American idea of good sports-manship is the point of being generous to a loser.
(65)
This atti-tude is carried over into matters that have nothing to do with competition.
(66)
If a man talks about his weak points,the listener says something in the way of encouragement, or points to other qualities in which the speaker excels.
An American student reports that when he was in a foreign country he was completely stunned when he said to a native,"I don’t speak your language very well,""I should say you don’t. "In a similar situation an American would have commented, "Well, you have only been here two months, "or"But you’re making progress. " (65)
Although Americans are quite informal, it is best for a foreigner, in case of doubt , to be too formal rather than not formal enough.
Consideration for others is the basis of all courtesy.
(From American Social Relations)
选项
答案
美国人认为,承认自己的不足是可取的,甚至是一种高尚风格,但是,如果别人也这么认为,他们觉得那又几乎是一种侮辱。
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/9BVaFFFM
本试题收录于:
英语阅读(一)题库文史类分类
0
英语阅读(一)
文史类
相关试题推荐
与英文Culture对译的汉语是()
Thegreatpoweroftornadoesisalmostunbelievable.Thespeedofthiswhirlingfunnelshapedwindmaybemorethan500milespe
(agree)Hesaiditwouldrain,butI______withhim.Iwassureitwouldn’train.
TheYanomamiareapeoplelivinginvillagesbetween40and250peopleintheVenezuelanrainforest.Sincethe1960s,Napoleon
Actually,hedidlikesomething:hisbusiness.(63)Theproblemwasthatwhilehewasstillafabulouslywealthyman,hehadrec
SometimeagoIdiscoveredthatoneofthechairsinmyfronthallhadabrokenleg.Ididn’tforeseeanygreatdifficultyinge
Takingnaturalobjectssuchasrocks,bones,cloudsandflowersforsubjectmatter,GeorgiaO’Keeffereducedthemtotheirsimpl
Internationalairlineshaverediscoveredthebusinesstravelers,themanorwomanwhoregularlyjetsfromcountrytocountryas
AmongtheworksbyCharlesDickens______presentshiscriticismoftheUtilitarianprinciplethatrulesovertheEnglisheducati
WithHowells,James,andMarkTwainactiveontheliteraryscene,______becamethemajortrendinAmericanliteratureinthesev
随机试题
立体底面为抛物线y=x2与直线y=1围成的平面图形,如图10-13所示.而任一垂直于y轴的截面分别是:(1)正方形(见图a);(2)等边三角形(见图b);(3)半圆形(见图c).求这三种情形下立体的体积.
Thispassagedealsmostlywith______.Thepassageimpliesthattherearemanysenseswe______.
女性,36岁,因胆囊结石行胆囊切除术.术后5天出现右小腿肿胀、可凹陷性水肿,腓肠肌压痛,诊断为右下肢深静脉血栓形成。其深静脉血栓的性质是
中药品质变异现象之一是
某政府投资的工程建设项目组织工程施工招标,招标人共受理了24份投标文件。开标后,招标人在开标现场外约12km处选择了一个宾馆组织封闭评标。如评标委员会人数为7人,怎样组建本项目评标委员会?
注销税务登记时,应遵循一定的程序。下列各项中,属于注销税务登记程序的有()。
某市财政局对某公司执行《会计法》情况进行检查,发现存在如下事项:(1)为充实会计科力量,公司从外地招聘了一名会计人员李某,李某持有外地的会计从业资格证书,其相关的会计从业资格相关档案尚未调入该公司所在地财政部门,经查,李某的会计从业资格相关档案调
某工业企业是增值税一般纳税人,2009年2月,该企业销售自己使用过的汽车,取得不含税销售收入10万元,该汽车在2007年购入时的原值为20万元。该辆汽车在企业的固定资产目录内并按固定资产进行管理,则该企业该笔业务应该缴纳的增值税为()。
鲁迅先生曾于1927年在《无声的中国》一文中写到:“中国人的性情总是喜欢调和、折中的,譬如你说,这屋子太暗,说在这里开一个天窗,大家一定是不允许的,但如果你主张拆掉屋顶,他们就会来调和,愿意开天窗了。”这种先提出很大的要求,接着提出较小较少的要求,在心理学
某芭蕾舞练习室有4个女孩和2个男孩,他们的年龄各不相同,最大的10岁,最小的4岁。最大的男孩比最小的女孩大4岁,最大的女孩比最小的男孩也大4岁。由此可以推出的是()。
最新回复
(
0
)