北师大版高中英语模块4--Unit12CultureShock Lesson3-2

[00:01.73]But my host kept on putting more food
[00:04.27]in my rice bowl.
[00:05.88]They didn't seem to hear me saying
[00:07.72]"No, thank you" in my poor spoken Chinese.
[00:10.86]This was a very special experience
[00:12.73]I had in China.In my culture,
[00:14.87]you don't get more food
[00:16.10]if you don't ask for more.
[00:17.99]Martin

[00:19.73]I had a similar experience the last time
[00:22.56]I visited China.
[00:24.82]The Chinese are the friendliest people
[00:26.59]I have every met.
[00:28.20]After my visit to a Chinese family,
[00:30.57]my friend's grandfather
[00:31.92]wouldn't let me go to the bus station alone,
[00:34.64]he insisted¹ on walking me
[00:35.83]to the station to see me off.
[00:37.96]I kept saying that I knew the way my self²,
[00:40.23]but it just did not work.
[00:41.88]What he did was amazing.
[00:43.81]This will not happen in many other cultures,
[00:45.45]I guess. Tom

[00:47.96]Chinese people are very modest³ too.
[00:50.84]Last time, when I visited China,
[00:52.78]we saw the tour guide
[00:53.97]wearing a very pretty for coat
[00:55.90]on the day we left.
[00:57.25]I told her the coat suited her,
[00:59.05]but she looked very embarrassed⁴,
[01:01.02]saying that it was a cheap one she had boutht
[01:03.07]a long time ago. I was surprised.
[01:05.47]In my culture, when people say nice things
[01:07.51]about us, we feel very happy and say thanks.
[01:10.75]Tina
[01:11.22]

1 insisted   

坚持

参考例句：

• Figlio, vai anche tu a vedere spesso il sangue? -insiste' il nonno. 他爷爷继续说：“我儿，你也常去卖血？”。 来自互联网

2 self   

n.自己，自我，本性，本质，私心，本人；vt.使近亲繁殖

参考例句：

• Everybody should do good self work.每人必须做好自己的工作。
• By doing that he showed his true self.他那样做显示了他的本性。

3 modest   

adj.谦虚的；适度的；端庄的

参考例句：

• Don't you be so modest.你别老跟那谦虚。
• He's a very modest man.他是个很谦逊的人。

4 embarrassed   

adj.尴尬的，不好意思的

参考例句：

• He was very embarrassed to hear people speak so highly of him.他听见别人这样夸他,感到很难为情。
• He is somewhat embarrassed.他稍微有点窘迫。