paqssage+2.ppt

Courtesy: Key to a Happier World Text Organization Part one: (from L1 to 16) Introduction: People hunger for courtesy in their daily life. Part two: (from L17 to 47 ) The three basic ingredients of courtesy. Part three: (from L48 to 91) Suggestions on how people can improve their manners. Part four: (from L92 to 97 ) Conclusion: Politeness is the golden rule in dealing with people. Key Phrases account for: make a particular amount or part of something hunger for: (L13) want sth very much put up with: ( L25 ) endure; stand; bear regardless of: ( L44 ) paying no attention to identify with: ( L72 ) walk in their shoes suspect sb of: (L85 ) doubt the truth come down to: ( L92 ) a lot of numbers add to , you get a total ( the answer, the result ) Difficult Sentences Paraphrase Many years ago trying to help people with every kind of trouble left me with one sure conviction: in case after case the difficulty could have been overcome---or might never have arises---if the people involved had just treated one another with common courtesy. ( L1 ) Many years ago, my experience of helping others convinced me that many difficulties could have been avoided or solved easily if the people involved had treated one another politely. Difficult Sentences Paraphrase Courtesy, politeness, good manners – call it what you will, the supply never seems to equal the demand. The number of courteous people is not enough to meet people’s need for courteous people 谦恭，礼貌，好的举止，不管你叫它什么，似乎从来都是供不应求。 Difficult Sentences Paraphrase “ It’s not so much what my husband says”, a tearful wife confides, “as the way he says it. Why does he have to yell at me?” (L6) A wife said, with tears in her eyes, “The way my husband says it to me matters more to me than what he says…” Can you translate the sentence into Chinese? Difficult Sentences *“倒不是我丈夫说了什么特别难听的话，” 一个泪流满面的妻子说出她的心里话，“她说话的方式让人受不了。 她干吗非得冲着我大喊大叫？” * not so much … as … Difficult Sentences There was a man with manners, and an innate sense of fair play.