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10篇朗读文章

BeijingMakesFinalPresentation

Ladiesandgentlemen,manypeopleintheworldhaveadream,thatonedaytheycouldcometoChinaandvisitBeijing.MycountrymenhaveaverystrongdesiretostageanexcellentOlympicGamesinBeijingwhichisagreatcontributiontotheOlympicmovementanditshistory.Ithereforehopefromthebottomofmyheart,thatyoudistinguishedIOCmembers,willhelpthemrealizetheirlong-cherishedaspirations.

TheChinesesageConfuciussays,“Isn’titadelightafteralltohavefriendscomefromafar?

”Indeed,itisourdelighttowelcomeallguestswithopenarmsinBeijingintheyear2008.I’msureyouwillhaveagreatgamesinBeijing!

Thankyou!

JustDoIt!

Ifyouputoffthingsfortoolong,theycaneasilybecomeuncontrollable.Thelongeryouwaittotackleaproblem,themoredifficultitbecomes.Don’twastetimethinkingabouthowdifficultsomethingis.Justtaketheadviceinthispassage.

Manypeopleputoffuntiltomorrowwhattheycandotoday.Theyalwayslookforexcusestopostponedoingsomething.Intheend,itnevergetsdone.Ifweleavethingsundone,wewilleventuallyworry.Thiswillcauseunnecessarystress.Therefore,ifyouhavethisbadhabit,it’sbesttogetridofitanddothingsassoonaspossible.

“JustAsk!

”

Ifyoudon’tunderstand,don’thesitatetoask.SomeChineseseemtofeelthatitisimpolitetoaskquestionsevenwhentheydon’tquiteunderstand.However,it’smuchbettertosaythatyoudon’tunderstandthantopretendyouunderstandandanswerveryvaguely.Whenyoudon’tunderstandorhaven’tcaughtwhatwassaid,youmayaskbysayinganyofthefollowing:

“Ibegyourpardon?

”

“I’mnotclearonwhatyousaid.”

“I’mafraidIdon’tunderstandyou.Wouldyoumindsayingitagain?

”

“I’msorryIdon’tfollowyou.”

“Couldyourepeatthat?

”

“Ididn’tgetit.”

You’llimproveyourunderstandingandthespeakerwillbehappytomakehispointagain!

SpeakOut!

Expressingopinionsisoneexampleofculturedifferencebetweeneastandwest.Westernersexpresstheiropinionsfreely.Theyfeelitisnaturalforpeopletohavedifferentideas,anddon’tmindhearingviewsthatdifferfromtheirown.Youmayexpressfranklywhatyouthinkorfeel.Ofcourse,youshouldn’tberudeinyourmannerorspeech.Statementssuchas“You’rewrong,”“You’remistaken,”“Youdon’tknow,”etc.aren’texactlybad,butitispreferabletosoftenthetone.Youmightsay,“Idon’tthinkyou’reright,”“I’mafraidyou’remistaken,”or“Youdon’tseemtounderstand.”

TimeFlies!

Manypeoplevaluetheirtimemorethananythingelseintheworld.Oncetimeisgoneitcanneverbereplaced.Thismakestimemorevaluablethanmoney.

Timeisprecious.Nobodycanaffordtowastetime.Oncetimehasgoneby,itwillneverreturn.Youcanneverturntheclockback.Timepassesveryquickly.Peoplesaytimeflies.Timeandtidewaitfornoman.Weshould,therefore,makethebestuseofourtime.

Ifyoucanmanageyourtimewell,youwillhaveasuccessfullife.TryusingallyoursparetimetopracticeEnglishcrazily.Evenafewminutespracticewhilewaitingforthebuscanbevaluablelearningtime.

InformalCalls

Somefriendsarejustlikefamily.Thereisnoneedtomakeformalarrangementsforavisit.Exceptfortheseveryclosefriendsandrelatives,makingunexpectedcallsshouldbeavoidedasmuchaspossible.Theunexpectedguestiswelcomed,butwhetherthatwelcomeissincereorgivenoutofkindnessisanothermatter.Practicallyeveryonehashisownplansastohowtospendhistime,anditisoftenperplexing,ifnotannoying,tobeobligedtochangeone’splansbyunexpectedvisitors.Whensomeoneinvitesyoutodropbyanytime,theyreallymeantocallfirsttomakesurethetimeisconvenient!

Bepolite

Goodmannersaresoimportantintoday’ssociety.Alittleefforttowardsbeingpolitetoeveryoneyoumeetcanhavegreatrewards.Ofcoursethereareotherreasonsforbeingpoliteaswell.

Everyoneshouldbepolite.Politepeopleshowgoodmanners.Moreover,theyarepopular.Ontheotherhand,rudepeoplearelookeddownupon.Rudenessshowspooreducation.Therefore,whynotbepolite?

Asimple“Please”,“Thankyou”,or“You’rewelcome”canmakeabigdifference.

Ifsomeonesaysdirtywordsallthetime,itshowsthatsomethingiswrongwithhismouth.You’dbetterpersuadehimto“watch”hismouth.

TableManners

Therearemanydifferencesintablemannersindifferentcultures.Itisreallyworthyourtimetolearnabouthowtobehavewhileeatinginothercountries.Knowledgeoftablemannerswillshowyourinternationalqualifications.

Don’tmakenoiseswithyourmouth.Closeyourmouthwheneating.Peoplemakemouthnoisesbecausetheyeatwithoutclosingtheirmouths.Whenyoudrinkyoursoup,don’tsipit,butswallowitallinonemouthful.

Don’ttalkwithyourmouthfull.Ifsomeonetalkstoyou,waituntilyourmouthisemptybeforeanswering.

RestaurantDosandDon’ts

Whatisconsideredpoliteinonecountryissometimesconsideredrudeinanother.Inotherwords,sometimesyoushouldslurpandsometimesyoushouldn’t.LearningaboutculturedifferenceswhileyoulearnEnglishisthefastestwaytobroadenyourknowledgeoftheworldandbecomemoresuccessful.

Wheneating,theJapaneseandsomeChineseareinthehabitofslurpingtheirfood.Bydoingso,theyshowtheirhosthowmuchtheylikethefood.Westernersfindeatingsoupthiswaymostunpleasant.Theyalsoconsiderpickingone’steethandputtingonmakeupatthetableno-nos.Andwhenitcomestotipping,theyjustleavesomemoneyonthetable.Theamountisuptoyou,butit’susually15to20percentofthecheck.

BusinessCards

BusinesscardsarelessimportantinAmericanculturethantheyareinAsianculture.Knowingtherightwaytohandlebusinesscardsisausefulskillwhereveryouare.

Requestingsomeone’sbusinesscardisastraightforwardprocess.Youneedonlysay:

“Doyouhaveabusinesscard?

”or“MayIhaveyourbusinesscard?

”

Whenyouwanttopresentyourowncard,youcansay,“Here’smycard.Feelfreetocallmeifyouhaveanyotherquestions.”Or,youmightsay,“Pleasesendtheinformationtothisaddress.Ilookforwardtohearingfromyousoon.”

It’snotpolitetodirectlyrefusearequestfromsomeoneforyourbusinesscard.Instead,youcansay,“Sorry,butI’mafraidI’malloutatthemoment.”Or“Iforgottobringthemwithme.”

Whenyoudoreceiveacard,say“Thankyou”andexamineitbrieflybeforeputtingitaway.