If you are traveling to the United States, you will need to understand the common way to say hello—a handshake. Friends shake hands. Women, men and even children can shake hands. Shaking hands also seems simple, but there are some important things to remember.
If you give a weak handshake, the other person might think that you’re not kind. He or She might also feel that you don’t like him or her or you don’t want to touch him or her. Shake hands with men and women the same way. But if you shake hands with a very old person or a small child, you should be careful not to hurt them.
The most common handshake should have three shakes and then you should let go. Don’t worry if Americans shake hands a little longer.
It’s special to you. You need to find a comfortable strong handshake that shows what you are like. Because the handshake allows people to touch, the hand should be warm, clean and dry.
Warm: Put your hands into your pockets before you shake hands.
Clean: If you know you’re going to meet someone, wash your hands so they’ll be clean.
Dry:
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| A．This will warm them. |
| B．Shake hands strongly. |
| C．Your handshake is like your smile. |
| D．Some people don’t know how long to keep shaking. |
| E．Everyone gets nervous and your hands may get wet. |
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In Japan, most streets don't have their street names. The Japanese use landmarks(路标) to give ways. So when you ask, "Excuse me, could you tell me how to get to the nearest post office?" They often say, "Go along the road, turn left on the second street and go past a supermarket. The post office is opposite the hospital."
In the countryside of the American midwest. The land is very flat(平坦的). So if you have the same question, people will say to you, "Go east 3 kilometers, turn north and then walk another kilometer." But in Los Angeles and California, people measure distance(测量距离) by time, not meters. So when you ask, "how far is the nearest post office?" they will tell you, "It's about 10 minutes walk from here".
People in Greece often use body language to help you. They will use their hands to show the right or left ways, or they will simply say. "follow me. " Because they can't speak English and the tourists couldn't understand the language there.
1. If you are in Japan, ________.| A．the street name will help you find the way easily. | B．the Japanese use landmarks to help you find the ways. |
| C．You need to use body language to ask the way. | D．You can see some street names in Japanese. |
| A．northwest | B．southwest. | C．northeast. | D．midwest. |
| A．they use the landmarks | B．they use body language. |
| C．They measure distance by time. | D．They usually say "follow me". |
| A．Asking the way | B．Different ways of giving ways |
| C．Funny things in the word | D．The important language -English |
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The market is full of people and the scent of sausages, wine and hot chocolate.
The market is held along with a mini funfair (游乐园). It has different activities for children.
Due to the pandemic, the 2020 Christians market was canceled and left us locked inside the homes.
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| D．The first Christmas market came to Edinburgh, Scotland in 1999. |
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The last time I heard hip-hop, I was in West Africa.
| A．I remember the first time I heard hip hop. |
| B．But where did this strange speaking-singing style come from? |
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【推荐1】Shaking hands seems like a gesture(手势) that has been used forever. A throne from the ancient Assyria Shalmaneser I in the 9th century BC clearly shows two persons shaking hands. The Homeric epic(荷马史诗) Iliad, dated back to the 8th century BC, also mentions that two persons “shook each other’s hands”. Centuries later, Shakespeare wrote in As You Like It that two persons “shook hands”. It might seem like shaking hands is an old custom, the roots(根) of which are lost to the sands of time.
Historians have noticed that shaking hands in the modern time doesn’t appear until the mid-19th century, when it was considered a little improper gesture that should only be used between friends.
The modern handshake as a form of greeting is harder to find. One of the earliest evidences(证据) is a 16th-century German translation of a French book which mentions shaking hands. There’s another evidence for a handshaking tradition at that time: In 1607, the writer James Cleland said that he’d rather shake the two right hands together instead of bowing(弯曲) down to everyone’s shoes and kissing hands.
As the centuries passed, handshaking was replaced(替代) by another greeting way like bowing. According to Roodenburg, handshaking survived in remote areas, where they’d use the gesture to reconcile after a fight. Then, the handshake appeared again as a standard greeting way that remains today.
Not everyone fell in love with the handshake, however. According to an article from December 1884, in France, for example, a society has been recently formed to stop using shake-hands.
Why was shaking hands considered as a good way of greeting? The most popular explanation is that it uses the right hand, making it useless for weapon(武器) holding. In the 19th century, shaking hands without taking gloves away was quite rude and required to say sorry immediately.
Sadly, in a world where unknown translations provide only some evidence, the true reason may remain forever unknown.
1. What can we know from paragraph 1?| A．Nothing can show the history of shaking hands. |
| B．The sands have taken away the way of greeting. |
| C．The lost time can’t be found any more. |
| D．The true reason for shaking hands is hard to find. |
| A．work together with somebody else | B．organize something peaceful |
| C．be friends with each other again | D．live a happy life with others |
| A．Handshaking was a popular way of greeting as early as the 19th century. |
| B．Not all people like the way of greeting each other by shaking hands. |
| C．People shake hands with right hands because they don’t need to take off gloves. |
| D．There are lots of facts showing the true reason for shaking hands. |
| A．Evidence of handshake becoming a way of greeting |
| B．Some greeting manners around the world |
| C．The history of handshake as a way of greeting |
| D．A story of handshake as a way of greeting |
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1. The purpose of choosing the double ninth day to celebrate for the elderly people is _________.| A．to show wishes of long life for elderly people. |
| B．it’s a special day for elderly people in China |
| C．the Chinese word for nine has the same sound as the word for long |
| A．Families climbing mountains together. |
| B．Visiting parents and helping them use the internet |
| C．Drinking chrysanthemum wine |
| A．What young people usually do on this festival. |
| B．Examples of respecting older people in daily life. |
| C．Why we should respect older people. |
| A．It means they have more virtues than others. |
| B．It means they have knowledge and experience. |
| C．It means what they did in the past was meaningful |
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| A．That is because it is impossible for a person to always feel that he or she wants to thank someone or say “please”. |
| B．They are part of their national identity (特性). |
| C．Some people are too polite and hold back their feelings. |
| D．After some research I couldn’t find any specific reasons why they are like this. |
| E．And those manners show their social classes. |
| F．People think it’s useless to be polite. |
