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两分钟做个小测试，看看你的英语水平 /test/waijiao.aspx?tid=16-73675-0 美联英语提供：BEC商务英语活学活用：文化差异 Ⅰ.核心学习：Cultural Diversity at Work?工作中的文化差异 Michael: Billy! I think there is an inferno in the company kitchen. 迈克尔：比利！我觉得公司的厨房着火了。 Billy: Really! Why do you think so? 比利：真的吗！你为什么会这么想？ Michael: There is a terrible smell coming from there. 迈克尔：有一股难闻的气味从那儿飘出来。 Billy: Can you describe it for me? 比利：能给我形容一下吗？ Michael: Billy, it is a very strong smell that made my eyes water when I walked past. 迈克尔：比利，那是一种很强烈的气味，从那路过的时候我的眼睛都出眼泪了。 Billy: You are such a?dill?Michael. Maybe someone is re-heating their lunch. 比利：你真是个傻瓜迈克尔。也许是有人在加热他们的午餐。 Michael: This cannot be someones lunch! No one could eat something that smelled that bad. 迈克尔：不可能是某个人的午餐！没有人会吃味道那么糟糕的东西。 Billy: You know that we have people from many different countries working in the office and theircuisine?is very different from ours. 比利：你要知道在我们办公室里工作的人来自不同的国家，他们的饮食跟我们是完全不同的。 Michael: But they are in our country now! They should act like we do! 迈克尔：可他们现在在我们的国家！他们做事的方式应该跟我们一样！ Billy: You cannot say that! What you just said is very insulting and ignorant. You need a lesson in Cultural Diversity at work. 比利：你不可以这么说！你刚才说的话很无礼也很无知。你需要了解一下公司中的文化差异。 Ⅱ.单词简析 1) Inferno:?a very large fire 很大的火 ex:Whenever we have a barbeque, my father builds an inferno that cooks meat in about two seconds! 每次我们吃烤肉的时候我爸爸都把火烧得很旺，这样肉很快就烤熟了！ 2) Dill:?idiot, stupid person 傻瓜，愚蠢的人 ex:When I was learning to drive a car, my teacher called me a dill about 50 times each lesson. 我学开车的时候，我的教练每一次课要叫我五十次傻瓜。 3) Cuisine:?a French word for food that is now commonly used in English 法语词，指食物，菜肴，现在已广泛应用于英语中 ex:I love living in the city?because you have so many different types of cuisine to choose from! 我喜欢住在城市里是因为你有很多不同种类的菜肴可以选择！ 4) Ignorant:?someone showing a lack of knowledge or intelligence 无知：缺乏知识或智慧的人 ex:Some people say that ignorance is bliss, but I would rather have all of the facts. 有人说无知是福气，可我宁愿知道所有的事实。 Ⅲ.课文篇 Today we all live in an increasingly culturally diverse world. Each year thous