第1课时(SectionB3a－SelfCheck)•阅读理解。•A•SomeBritishandAmericanpeopleliketoinvitefriendsforamealathome.YoushouldnotbeupsetifyourEnglishfriendsdon'tinviteyouhome.Itdoesn'tmeantheydon'tlikeyou.•Dinnerpartiesusuallystartbetween7and8p．m.andendatabout11.Askyourhostswhattimeyoushouldarrive.It'spolitetobringflowers,chocolatesorabottleofwineasagift.•Usuallytheeveningstartswithdrinksandsnacks.Ifyouwanttobeextrapolite,sayhowmuchyouliketheroom,orthepicturesonthewall.Butremember—it'snotpolitetoaskhowmuchthingscost.•You'llprobablystartthemealwithsouporsomethingsmall,thenyou'llhavemeatorfishwithvegetables,andthendessert,followedbycoffee.It'spolitetofinisheverythingonyourplateandtotakemoreifyouwantit.•Didyouenjoytheevening?Callyourhoststhenextday,orwritethemashort“thankyou”letter.BritishandAmericanpeopleliketosay“thankyou,thankyou,thankyou”allthetime!•根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。•1．IfyourEnglishfrienddoesn'tinviteyoutodinnerathome,itmeansheorshe.•A．doesn'tlikeyouB．likesyou•C．istoobusy•2．It'simpolite.•A．toaskaboutthepriceofacertainthing•B．tosay“thankyou”tohosts•C．takenothingwithyouwhenyouareinvitedtodinner•3．Themealendswithusually.•A．soupB．coffeeC．meatorfish•4．Whenyouareinvitedtoadinnerparty,you'dbetter.•A．askwhattimeyoushouldarrive•B．takeyourwifewithyou•C．drinkasmoreaspossibleCABA•B•WangFei，aChinesestudent，andMary，anAmericanstudentstudyingChineseinChina，wereinasupermarket.Theysawayoungmanfalldown.Hetriedtostandupwhilepeoplearoundhimlaughed.Luckily，heseemedtobeOK.•MaryfoundWangFeismilingalittleandwasnothappyaboutit.“Tellme,Fei,howcouldpeoplelaughwhensomeonefeltlikethat？Whydidn'ttheygoupandaskhimifhewashurt？”•WangFeisaid，“Becausetheyknewhewasn'thurttoomuch.”•“ButIstilldon'tunderstand.Afallisafall.Inmyculture，peoplewouldneverlaugh！”•Thisisanexample.TheChineseandthewesternerwillthinkandactdifferentlywhenseeingsuchathing.Chinesepeopleareusedtolaughingorsmiling.Veryoftenthepersonwhoisinembarrassing(困窘的)situation...
