7.Some good manners in modern life
Do you often use a cell phone?Do you take the subway to school every day?These items make our modern life easier.But do you know how we should behave properly while using them?The following suggestions might be helpful.
For cell phone users
◆Keep your voice down when you make a phone call in public.Shouting on the phone may make others feel uncomfortable.And you'd better not use it during a meeting.
◆Don't send messages at a dinner or a party.You shouldn't play cell phone games either.It's a good time to communicate with your family and friends.
◆Don't make or answer a call while driving.It is not only very dangerous for both you and your passengers but also against the law.
For subway(地铁) passengers
◆You are supposed to wait in a line while buying tickets and getting on the subway.
◆According to subway rules,you mustn't eat,drink or smoke on the subway.The smell and noise may trouble others.It's necessary to keep the train clean and tidy.Besides,smoking is bad for your health and harms people around you.
◆You'd better not lie across the subway seats even if the train isn't crowded.Offering your seat to someone who needs it is considered as good manners.
Titles:Some good manners in modern life
Do you often use a cell phone?Do you take the subway to school every day?These items make our modern life easier.But do you know how we should behave properly while using them?The following suggestions might be helpful.
For cell phone users
◆Keep your voice down when you make a phone call in public.Shouting on the phone may make others feel uncomfortable.And you'd better not use it during a meeting.
◆Don't send messages at a dinner or a party.You shouldn't play cell phone games either.It's a good time to communicate with your family and friends.
◆Don't make or answer a call while driving.It is not only very dangerous for both you and your passengers but also against the law.
For subway(地铁) passengers
◆You are supposed to wait in a line while buying tickets and getting on the subway.
◆According to subway rules,you mustn't eat,drink or smoke on the subway.The smell and noise may trouble others.It's necessary to keep the train clean and tidy.Besides,smoking is bad for your health and harms people around you.
◆You'd better not lie across the subway seats even if the train isn't crowded.Offering your seat to someone who needs it is considered as good manners.
Titles:Some good manners in modern life
| Items | Do's | Don'ts |
| Cell phone users | Keep your voice down when (81)making a phone call in public. | ●Don't send messages (82)or play games at a dinner or a party. ●Don't make or answer a call while driving. |
| Subway passengers | ●Wait in a line while buying tickets. ●Keep the subway clean and tidy. ●(84)Offer your seat to the people in need. | ●Don't eat,drink or smoke.It troubles others and smoking is (83)unhealthy. ●Don't lie across the subway seats even if there're some (85)empty seats. |
2.As a single mother of four children and working at a low-paid job,I couldn't get enough money for the family,but we had (16)D on the table,clothes on our backs,and if not a lot,always enough.Not knowing we were poor,my kids just thought I was (17)C.I've always been glad about that.
Christmas was coming,and although there wasn't enough (18)D for a lot of gifts,we planned to hold a family party.And the big excitement for the kids was the fun of Christmas (19)A.
The children planned weeks before,asking (20)B what they wanted for Christmas.Luckily,I had saved $120for them to buy (21)C.
The big day arrived.I gave each kid a twenty-dollar note and (22)B them to look for gifts of about four dollars each.Then everyone scattered(散开).We had two hours to shop; then we would (23)D again at the"Santa's Workshop".
On the way home,everyone was in high Christmas spirits,(24)C my younger daughter,Ginger,who was unusually (25)A.She had only one small,flat bag with a few candies-fifty-cent candies!I was so angry,but I didn't say anything (26)D we got home.I called her into my bedroom and closed the door,ready to be angry again.
This is what she told me:"I was looking (27)D,thinking of what to buy,and I (28)B to read the little cards on the‘Giving Trees.'One was for a little girl,four years old,and all she (29)A for Christmas was a doll(玩具娃娃).So I took the card off the tree and bought the doll for her.We have so much and she doesn't have anything."
I never felt so (30)B as I did that day.
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Christmas was coming,and although there wasn't enough (18)D for a lot of gifts,we planned to hold a family party.And the big excitement for the kids was the fun of Christmas (19)A.
The children planned weeks before,asking (20)B what they wanted for Christmas.Luckily,I had saved $120for them to buy (21)C.
The big day arrived.I gave each kid a twenty-dollar note and (22)B them to look for gifts of about four dollars each.Then everyone scattered(散开).We had two hours to shop; then we would (23)D again at the"Santa's Workshop".
On the way home,everyone was in high Christmas spirits,(24)C my younger daughter,Ginger,who was unusually (25)A.She had only one small,flat bag with a few candies-fifty-cent candies!I was so angry,but I didn't say anything (26)D we got home.I called her into my bedroom and closed the door,ready to be angry again.
This is what she told me:"I was looking (27)D,thinking of what to buy,and I (28)B to read the little cards on the‘Giving Trees.'One was for a little girl,four years old,and all she (29)A for Christmas was a doll(玩具娃娃).So I took the card off the tree and bought the doll for her.We have so much and she doesn't have anything."
I never felt so (30)B as I did that day.
| 16.A.bowls | B.forks | C.chopsticks | D.food |
| 17.A.busy | B.serious | C.strict | D.kind |
| 18.A.effort | B.room | C.time | D.money |
| 19.A.shopping | B.traveling | C.parties | D.greetings |
| 20.A.the other | B.each other | C.another | D.all of them |
| 21.A.toys | B.clothes | C.presents | D.bills |
| 22.A.made | B.reminded | C.invited | D.spoke |
| 23.A.draw | B.stay | C.move | D.meet |
| 24.A.including | B.besides | C.except | D.beside |
| 25.A.quiet | B.excited | C.happy | D.sad |
| 26.A.since | B.after | C.while | D.until |
| 27.A.out | B.over | C.forward | D.around |
| 28.A.forgot | B.stopped | C.failed | D.hated |
| 29.A.wanted | B.did | C.got | D.played |
| 30.A.painful | B.rich | C.helpless | D.angry. |