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- Inmostlanguages,agreetingisusuallyfollowedby“smalltalk”.Smalltalkmeansthelittlethingswetalkaboutatthestartofaconversation.InEnglish-speakingcountriespeopleoftenmakesmalltalkabouttheweather:"Niceday,isn’tit?""Terribleweather,isn’tit?"Butthereissomethingspecialaboutsmalltalk.Itmustbeaboutsomethingwhichbothpeoplehavethesameopinionabout.Thepurposeofsmalltalkistoletbothpeopleagreeonsomething.Thismakesmeetingpeopleeasierandmorecomfortable.Peopleusuallyagreeabouttheweather,soitisasafetopicforsmalltalk.ButpeopleoftendisagreeaboutreligionorpoliticssothesearenotsuitabletopicsforsmalltalkinEnglish.Thetopicsforsmalltalkalsodependonwheretheconversationistakingplace.Atfootballmatches,peoplemakesmalltalkaboutthegametheyarewatching:"Greatgame,isn’tit?"Atbus-stops,peoplemaycommentaboutthetransportsystem:"Thebusserviceisterrible,isn’tit?"Greetingsandsmalltalkareanimportantpartofconversationinanylanguage.Thewaypeoplegreeteachotherandthethingstheytalkabout,however,maybedifferentfromonelanguagetoanother.Thisshowsthatthereismuchmoretolearnwhenwelearnalanguagethanjustthevocabularyandthegrammarofthelanguage.Wealsohavetolearnthesocialbehaviorofthepeoplewhospeakit.
- It’sburninghottoday,isn’tit?
- Well,I'vegotaheadonmyshouldersandagoodpa...t'ssecurity,isn’tit?
- Niceday,（）?Yes,itis. A: isit B: isn'tit C: what'sit D: isn'tthat
- lovelyday,isn'tit?翻译为“天气很糟糕,是吧?”是对还是错?
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4. Lovely weather, isn’tit? A: Yes, I am. B: Yes, it is. C: No, I am not. D: No, it is.
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Derek:HaveyouseenthefilmOliveTwist,Kathy?<br/>Kathy:yes,Iwentlastnight.______<br/>Derek:SawitMonday.Good,isn’tit?<br/>Kathy:Mm,itmademewanttoreadthenovelagain. A: Howarethingsgoing? B: Howaboutyou? C: Hownice! D: Howdisappointing!
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SectionC Directions:Inthissectionyouwillheararecordedshortpassage.Thepassageisprintedonthetestpaper,butwithsomewordsorphrasesmissing.Thepassagewillbereadthreetimes.Thefirstreadingisforyoutogetthegeneralidea.Duringthesecondreading,youarerequiredtowritedownthemissingwordsorphrasesaccordingtowhatyouhearinorderofnumberedblanks.Thethirdreadingisforyoutocheckyouranswer.Nowthepassagewillbegin. Whenpeoplemeetacquaintances(熟人)orfriends,peopleusually1eachother.Thepurposeofgreetingistoestablishormaintain2contact.Soformulaic(套话的)expressionsareoftenused,butsuchformulaicexpressionsoftencauseconflict(冲突)becauseofthegreat3betweenChineseandnativeEnglishspeakers.InEnglish,peopleoftenemploythefollowingexpressionstogreeteachother“Goodmorning/evening/afternoon.”“Fineday,isn’tit?”“Howis4going?WhileinChinese,wealwayssay“Haveyoueatenyet?”“Whatareyougoingtodo?”or“Wherehaveyoubeen?”toshowourconsideration.Westernerstreatthemas5.
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Mr.Daywasonholiday.Hewasstayinginasmalltown.Onesunnymorning,hewenttothemarket,andsawabeautifulblanketthere.Thetownwasfamousforblankets.TheblanketMr.Daysawwasverybig,andfullofrichcolors.Helookedatitforalongtime,butwentaway.Thenextdayhepassedandsawitagain.Heaskedtheprice.“Thisone,sir?Thisisaveryspecialblanket.”Saidtheman.“Yes,buthowmuchisit?”“It’saspecialone,sir,soitisnotcheap.It’sbeautiful,isn’tit?”“Yes,it’sverybeautiful,but...”“It’salsoveryold.Itbelongedtoagreatmanmanyyearsago.SoIcan’tsellitcheaply.”“No,howmuchisit?”MrDayaskedagain.“Abeautiful,oldblanket,sir.Anditisalsoamagicblanket.Amagicflyingblanket.Amancamethismorningandofferedmefivehundredpoundsforit.’“Oh!”saidMr.Day.“ButIlikeyou,sir.Youareaverynicegentleman.Iwillsellittoyou.Fivehundredandfiftypounds.”“No”saidMr.Day.“Hereismyaddress.Flyoverontheblanket.I’llpayyouwhenyouarrive.”
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“针尖对麦芒” is similar in meaning with “tit for tat” in English.