Tipping customs differ from country to country. You need to know how to tip in the country that you're in when you travel; or you'll leave servers annoyed everywhere you go. Here are just a few guidelines to tipping in different countries.
Dubai
In Dubai it's a rule for restaurants to charge 10% tip on all restaurant and bar bills You can add a couple of dirhams (迪拉姆,货币单位)to this if you feel like it. Waiters are not paid very much in Dubai, so it is always very appreciated.
Brazil
There will always be a standard 10% service charge added to your bill, and you won't necessarily have to tip. If you do feel like being generous, an extra 5-10% will really make your server very happy. Just remember to do this as skillfully as possible - Brazilians don't make a big show of this.
Czech Republic
While locals in the Czech Republic don't leave tips, that doesn't mean you're off the hook. Foreign tourists are definitely expected to leave some kind of tip for service - as long as you're in a high tourist traffic area, like Prague for instance. The standard tip is 10%.
India
Here it is often considered appropriate for a tourist to tip your server 5-10%. You have to adjust that number by yourself though. This is how the rules go in this country. If the bill is for a small meal and totals less than 300 rupees,tip the full 10%.If the bill is higher, tip towards the 5%.
1. In which country is it OK if you don’t give a tip?A.Dubai. | B.Czech Republic. | C.Brazil. | D.India. |
A.The size and environment of the restaurant. | B.The service that you have received. |
C.The rules that the restaurants make. | D.The size of the meal you are eating is. |
A.News. | B.Culture. | C.Sports. | D.Entertainment |
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【推荐1】Chinese ancient poetry was the heart and soul of Chinese anient literature. Poems and songs have been the means of entertainment of men from the earliest times onwards Records of Chinese ancient poetry have largely been found, from which a large amount of knowledge of ancient poetry of China can be obtained. Chinese ancient poetry was primarily written to be chanted or sung.
The poetic persona (表面形象) is a feature of classical Chinese poetry. The persona appears when the poem is written from the viewpoint of some other person. Some poems are comments on the then contemporary society and life. Images and symbolism are deeply associated with Chinese ancient poetry. Chinese ancient poems, although apparently simple in the first reading, have deeper and greater meanings when read intensively.
The earliest Chinese ancient poetry begins with The Book of Songs which is a collection of 305 poems. It was the first comprehensive compilation (辑) of Chinese ancient poems. Each poem in The Book of Songs was set to music and could be sung. Folk songs made up the most part of the book!Confucius, the great ancient philosopher, was fond of this book. It was also the accepted textbook of the Confucian school.
Chinese poetic history is extremely long and colorful. The Tang dynasty, the golden age of Chinese ancient poetry, produced many famous poems. Three Hundred Poems of the Tang Dynasty, was compiled by Heng Tang Tui Shi of the Qing dynasty. This was used for very many years to teach primary students.
Almost everything is the subject of Chinese ancient poetry including marriage, agriculture, courtship(求爱), sorrow and joys, romance, heroic deeds and so on. Generally, each poem is usually composed of lines of four, five or seven syllables. Translations of Chinese ancient poems are available in books and also online. Now these beautiful poems have attracted readers all over the world.
1. What’s the earliest Chinese poetry intended to do?A.To record history. | B.To entertain people. |
C.To spread knowledge. | D.To state people’s thoughts. |
A.Modern and symbolic. | B.Imaginative but unreal. |
C.Difficult and figurative. | D.Simple but meaningful. |
A.It is compiled by Heng Tang Tui Shi. |
B.It was the textbook for kids during Confucius’s childhood. |
C.It was produced during the golden age of Chinese ancient poetry. |
D.It includes more folk songs than other kinds of poems. |
A.Chinese ancient poetry has limited subjects. |
B.Every Chinese ancient poem is made up of four lines. |
C.Chinese ancient poems win popularity overseas. |
D.Something in Chinese ancient poems is lost in translation. |
【推荐2】What Is Your Pet Trying to Tell You
Animals want our attention, and sometimes they’re quite obviously about asking for it. Unusual behaviors are often our pets’ way of telling us to stop what we’re doing and play with them. It’s why Fido constantly chases his tail and why Kitty keeps rolling around. A desperately bored pet may have “bad” behaviors to get a reaction-even a negative one!
Feed me.
Sure, your dog loves you, but that’s not why he’s licking(舔)your face. A puppy learns to lick his mother’s mouth to get a little leftover food, so Spot isn’t kissing you in our sense of the word; he just wants a snack.
I’m stressed.
Cat owners also misinterpret their furry friends’ kisses. While a cat might lick you to show love, sometimes she’ll do it to ease herself. One way to tell if her licking is stress-related is to see if it goes on for an extended period of time. Birds also overclean when they feel anxious. Some will even drag out their own feathers.
My tail tells all.
Dogs wag(摇)their tails to the right when they see something or someone they want to approach, and to the left when they see something they want to avoid. When frightened, dogs curl their tails in, while cats wrap theirs around themselves. And if a cat’s tail looks like a question mark, she’s eager to play.
1. What does a dog show if it kisses its owner?A.Hunger. | B.Love. | C.Fear. | D.Sadness. |
A.Two. | B.Three. | C.Four. | D.Five. |
A.They will drag others’ feathers. |
B.They will approach someone they like. |
C.They will clean their feathers more than necessary. |
D.They will stare at their owners for a longer time. |
【推荐3】More than 10 years ago,it was difficult to buy a tasty pineapple (菠萝).The fruits that made it to the UK were green on the outside and,more often than not,hard with an unpleasant taste within.Then in 1996,the Del Monte Gold pineapple produced in Hawaii first hit our shelves.
The new type of pineapple looked more yellowygold than green. It was slightly softer on the outside and had a lot of juice inside.But the most important thing about this new type of pineapple was that it was twice as sweet as the hitandmiss pineapples we had known.In no time,the Del Monte Gold took the market by storm,rapidly becoming the world’s bestselling pineapple variety,and delivering natural levels of sweetness in the mouth,up until then only found in tinned pineapple.
In nutrition (营养) it was all good news too.This nicetasting pineapple contained four times more vitamin C (维生素C) than the old green variety.Nutritionists said that it was not only full of vitamins,but also good against some diseases.People were understandably eager to be able to buy this wonderful fruit.The new type of pineapple was selling fast, and the Del Monte Gold pineapple rapidly became a_fixture in the shopping basket of the healthy eaters.
Seeing the growing market for its winning pineapple,Del Monte tried to keep the market to itself.But other fruit companies developed similar pineapples.Del Monte turned to law for help,but failed.Those companies argued successfully that Del Monte’s attempts to keep the golden pineapple for itself were just a way to knock them out of the market.
1. We learn from the text that the new type of pineapple is________.A.green outside and sweet inside |
B.goodlooking outside and soft inside |
C.yellowygold outside and hard inside |
D.a little soft outside and sweet inside |
A.It was rich in nutrition and tasted nice. |
B.It was less sweet and good for health. |
C.It was developed by Del Monte. |
D.It was used as medicine. |
A.that people enjoy eating |
B.that is always present |
C.that is difficult to get |
D.that people use as a gift |
A.allowed other companies to develop pineapples |
B.succeeded in keeping the pineapple for itself |
C.tried hard to control the pineapple market |
D.planned to help the other companies |
【推荐1】Luis was born in Lima, Peru. He lived there with his parents. But one day his life changed completely. His parents got divorced(离婚). And his mother moved to the United States. So Luis went with her.
This move was a big change for Luis. He tried to fit into his new life. He had to go to a new school, learn a new language and make new friends. But Luis felt different from the other children. He felt that he did not belong. He wanted to return to South America. Some years later he had his chance. He was so happy to return to his original culture! But to his surprise, he did not feel at home.
Luis felt troubled. He did not know which country he was from. Luis is not the only young person to have these feelings. More and more young people are moving around the world with their parents. Their parents' work may cause the move. Families may choose to move. They hope for a better life. Such families have new experiences.They learn about other cultures. They have interesting lives. But there can also be a big problem. A lot of people do not understand how moving will affect their children. Parents may not understand their children's struggles. And they often think it will be easy for their children to return to their home country. They may expect their children to be the same as them, to have the same ideas, and to have the same beliefs.
There is a name for these children who grow up in more than one country-"third culture kids". Third culture kids are not completely part of their parents' culture. They are not completely part of the other culture they live in. Instead, they are a mix of cultures. This mixed culture is their own culture-a third culture.
1. What happened to Luis when he moved to America?A.He couldn't fit in. | B.He liked American culture at once. |
C.He had problem with the new language. | D.He couldn't make friends. |
A.To look for his father. | B.To learn about the culture of Peru. |
C.To seek a sense of belonging. | D.To compare different cultures. |
A.Cultural Shock | B.Children's Problems |
C.Third Culture Kids | D.Missing Home |
【推荐2】While I was working at a French school, I was often preparing my work in the staff room. Sometimes I would hear the school secretary talking. At first I thought she was talking to me, as there was no one else in the room except me, so I tried to respond to her. However, I soon realized that in fact, she was talking to herself. I noticed a lot of people do this in France. In the UK, people might think you’re a bit strange if you talk to yourself at work, but there it seemed quite normal. It really did confuse me at times, because I was not sure whether people were talking to me or just talking to themselves.
Another area of confusion involved the French language. In French, there are two ways to say “you”: “tu” is the informal form while “vous” is the formal form. This is an aspect of French which, even now, I do not really understand. When I learnt French, I was taught to call everyone vous unless they were my family or friends. So I was surprised that virtually everyone in France used the informal tu all the time. School children used tu when they stayed with their teachers and all the staff called the head teacher tu. But I continued to use vous because I didn’t want people to think I was impolite.
As you might know, school children in the UK traditionally wear school uniforms but in France pupils do not wear a uniform. It was a culture shock for me to see children wear Spiderman T-shirts and baggy (宽松的) blue jeans in the classroom.
I found the differences puzzling at times, but I couldn’t deny what a great opportunity it was to live and work in another country. The UK and France are only separated by a small channel of the sea, but there are many differences between the two countries.
1. In the staff room, the school secretary ________.A.always chatted online |
B.interrupted the writer |
C.talked to herself often |
D.always made speeches |
A.She tried to be polite to others. |
B.She couldn’t tell tu from vous at all. |
C.She didn’t have close friends in France. |
D.She couldn’t understand French very well. |
A.Pleased. | B.Embarrassed. |
C.Frightened. | D.Surprised. |
A.Experiencing different cultures. |
B.Communicating in an informal way. |
C.Traveling along the channel of the sea. |
D.Having a chance to work with French teachers. |
【推荐3】An Englishman, a Frenchman and a Russian were discussing happiness. "Happiness," said the Englishman, "Happiness is when you return home tired after work, yet find your slippers(拖鞋) warming by the fire."
"You English have no romance," said the Frenchman. "Happiness is when you go on a business trip, find a pretty girl who entertains you -then afterwards you part without regrets."
"You are both wrong," said the Russian. "True happiness is when you are at home in bed and at 4 a.m., you hear a hammering at the door and outside stand the secret police, who say to you, 'Ivanovitch, you are under arrest', and you say, 'Sorry, Ivanovitch lives next door.'"
1. The Englishman's happiness suggests that ________.A.he should have no time to warm his slippers |
B.he enjoys the warmth of the family |
C.he thinks it the most important to have slippers |
D.he wants someone to warm his slippers |
A.a man can be free to play with any pretty girl when possible |
B.he wants to marry a girl he loves |
C.he is interested in going on a business trip |
D.the Englishman should have more romance |
A.both the Englishman and the Frenchman were not right |
B.neither the Englishman nor the Frenchman were right |
C.neither the Englishman nor Frenchman were wrong |
D.either the Englishman or the Frenchman were wrong |
A.he would like to have a good sleep at night |
B.he will feel happy if his neighbour is arrested |
C.he thinks it happiness to feel safe |
D.he will feel afraid if anyone knocks at his door at night |