第二篇Good Table Manners
Manners play an important part in making a favorable impression at the dinner table.Here are some general rules:
Napkin(餐巾)use
The meal begins when the host unfolds his or her napkin.This is your signal to do the same,so place your napkin on your lap.Unfold it completely if it is a small napkin,or in half,lengthwise(纵向地),if it is a large dinner napkin.
If you need to leave the table during the meal,place your napkin on your chair as a signal to your server that you will be returning.Once the meal is over,place your napkin neatly on the table to the right of your dinner plate.Do not refold it.
Use a napkin only for your mouth.Never use it for your nose,face or forehead.
Use of utensils(餐具)
Start with the knife,fork or spoon furthest from your plate,and work your way in,using one utensil for each course.
If soup is served,remember to spoon away from yoursefl.This helps stop the drips.Do not put the entire soup spoon in your mouth.Instead,fill a soup spoon about 75 per cent with soup,and sip(啜饮)it from the side noiselessly.
After finishing dinner,place the knife and fork parallel to one another across the plate with the knife alade facing inward toward the plate.
Using your fingers
Here’s a list of finger foods:sandwiches,cookies,small fruits or berries with stems,French fries and potato chips,and hamburgers.
Chew(咀嚼)with your mouth closed and don’t make noise;don’t talk with your mouth full.
Bread must be broken with your hands.It is never cut with a knife.
Don’t pick something out of your teeth.Instead,excuse yourself to the bathroom.
If possible,try not to cough at the table.
Do not put your elbows(肘)on the table.In France,it is essential to have both hands above the table at the same time.
Do not put bones or anything else on the table.Things that are not eaten should be put on your plate.
36.Where is the napkin normally placed during the meal?
A.On your chair.
B.On the table.
C.On your lap.
D.On your plate.
37.The napkin is used only for
A.your forehead.
B.your mouth.
C.your nose.
D.your face.
38.Which utensil is used first?
A.The knife.
B.The fork.
C.The spoon.
D.The one farthest from the plate.
39.All of the following are finger foods except
A.soup.
B.sandwiches.
C.cookies.
D.hamburgers.
40.Which of the following shows good table manners?
A.Talking with your mouth full.
B.Putting bones on your plate.
C.Putting your elbows on the table.
D.Chewing with your month open.
第三篇Wayne Beno
Wayne Beno was a true outdoorsman.Fishing,boating,hunting,walking through the woods with his three dogs,Wayne loved and did it all.Then life changed dramatically.Wayne was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease(帕金森氏病).
“For the next thirteen years I took 28 pills a day,had horrible side effects,and even with all those pills I still had lots of shaking and tremors(颤抖).I only went out during peak times,when I was looking and feeling my best.But that wasn’t often and I really couldn’t do much of anything.I felt like the life I loved was over,”said Wayne.
Then Wayne’s doctor in Green Bay suggested he consider a breakthrough surgical option being offered at Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin called Deep Brain Stimulation(刺激)(DBS).DBS is a surgical option used to treat disabling movement disorders related to Parkinson’s disease,essential tremor and more.It is not a cure,but significant improvement is seen in most movement disorder cases,with relatively low risk to the patient.
In addition to his doctor’s recommendation,Wayne had a neighbor and fishing friend who had the DBS procedure at Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin.His friend’s experience convinced Wayne that the 180-mile trip from his home in Crivitz,Wisconsin could be well worth the effort.
And was it ever.
“It was the best thing I ever did.I’m down to zero pills a day and I don’t shake at all,”reports Wayne.“Before the surgery,I felt bad every single day.Now I feel like my old self.I’m back to business as usual,which for me means fishing,fishing,and more fishing,every day of the year.Things just couldn’t be any better!”
41.Before getting Parkinson’s disease,Wayne loved
A.social activities.
B.outdoor activities.
C.productive activities.
D.quiet activities.
42.What was true of the pills Wayne took for 13 years?
A.They cured his disease.
B.They produced terrible side effects.
C.They stopped his shaking and tremors.
D.They enabled him to go out as often as before.
43.Deep Brain Stimulation is most effective for
A.mental disorders.
B.chronic diseases.
C.permanent brain injuries.
D.disabling movement disorders.
44.Wayne had a neighbor and fishing friend who
A.worked as a doctor.
B.was against the DBS procedure.
C.benefited from the DBS procedure.
D.was a victim of the DBS procedure.
45.After the surgery,Wayne felt
A.completely recovered.
B.bad every single day.
C.pain every now and then.
D.worse than before the surgery.