Unit10 Youre supposed to shake hands单元话题阅读理解.pdf

Unit10Youresupposedtoshakehands.

单元话题阅读理解

一、阅读理解

Readthepassageandchoosethebestanswers.

ImovedtotheSpanishcapital,Madrid,nearlytwomonthsago.IamhereforayearteachingEnglishin

asecondaryschoolasalanguageassistant.BeforeIarrived,IthoughtIwouldbeabletoadapttoSpanish

cultureveryeasily,butmyprevious先（前的）expectationshavebeenverydifferentfromthereality.

Firstly,IdidntrealisehowdifficultitwouldbetoadapttotheSpanishdayandthetimingsofmeals.

Spanishmiddayisat14:00,meaninglunchisneverbeforethen.MyexpectationwasthatIdbeeating

lunchat12:00-13:00,butmostdaysit*s15:30beforeIeatlunch.CanIreallystillcallthislunch?!Itisthe

samewithdinnerortea.IntheUKIeatdinnerbetween18:00and19:00,butnowmydinnertimeis21:30.

ThethingIdidntrealiseisthatthisaffectstheSpanishsleepingroutine.Eatingdinnersolateofcourse

meansgoingtobedsomuchlater.ItssuchaBritishthingtogotobedat22:00!Also,becauseeverything

happenslaterinSpain,theeveningsocialisingtime,isverylate!MostBritishnightclubs,forexample,close

at02:00or03:00,butherethepartyisonlyjuststartingat02:00!Thisissomethingelsethathasreally

surprisedme.

QueuingpolitelyandbeingcarefularoundstrangersisalsosomethingthatisveryBritish,something

thatIonlyrealisedwhenIarrivedinSpain.Itookitforgrantedthatqueuingpatientlyisthenorm,butthis

isntthecaseinSpain.Ifthere*safreetableinarestaurant,youquicklytakeit,evenifotherpeoplehave

beenwaitinglongerthanyou.

Moreover,themetroisonebigpushingaffair.However,thelackofBritishpolitenessisntallbad,as

itreflectshowSpaniardsarentshyinpublic;beingfriendlyandt