1.　　　 In china ,you’re not supposed to pick up your bowl of rice.

在中国,你不应该端起你的饭碗.

Pick up, “捡起;拾起;拿起”.如:

A girl picked up a wallet on her way home.

一个小女孩在回家的路上捡到了一个钱包.

The phone stopped ringing just as I picked up the receiver.

我一拿起听筒,电话就不响了.

Pick those things up off the floor!

捡起地板上的东西.

5.　　　 We are the land of watches, after all!

毕竟我们是手表王国.

(1)　　　　　　　 句中的land 是一个名词, “国家” “国土”的意思.如:

After living in foreign lands for many years, the man went back home.

　 在外国居住了多年之后,这个人回到了自己的祖国.

Land 还可以表示 “陆地” “土壤” “土地”等意思.如

We traveled by land until we reached the sea.

我们在陆路旅行,一直到大海.

(2)句子中的词组 “after all’’ 意思是 “毕竟”.如:

so you see, I was right after all.

你看,毕竟还是我对吧.

You decided to come after all.

你毕竟还是决定来了.

Section B

4.　　　 Where I’m from, we are pretty relaxed about time.

我来的那个地方对时间非常放松.

句子中的 “Where I’m from” 是一个由 “where” 引导的地点状语从句.引导地点状语从句的副词除了where 还有wherever.如:

Just stay where you are.

就留在你原来的地方.

Wherever you are, you can see new factories and stories, new schools and hospitals.

无论你走到哪里,你都能见到新建的工厂,商店,学校和医院.

3.　　　 greet =to welcome or say “hello”,动词,问候,打招呼.如:

He greeted her by saying “good morning”

他象她打招呼说 “早上好”.

She greeted me with a friendly smile.

她向我微笑致意.

A beautiful view greeted us.

美丽的景色呈现在我们面前.

3a

2.　　　 bow

动词,鞠躬,弯腰.如:

Bow to the Queen.

向女王鞠躬致敬.

At the end of the play all the actors came onto the stage and bowed.

终场时,全体演员都走到台前鞠躬致谢.

He bowed his thanks.

他鞠躬致谢.

2a

1.　　　 You are supposed to shake hands.

Be supposed to do… 应该……被期望做……,当句子的主语是人时,它可以用来表示劝告,建议,义务,责任等,意思是 “to be expected to do sth, or to have to do sth.” 如:

You’re supposed to ask the teacher if you want to leave the classroom..

如果你要离开教室,应该先问问老师.

We are not to supposed to play football on Sunday.

不准我们在星期日踢足球.

This is secret and I’m not supposed to talk about it.

这是秘密,我不应该谈论

she is late for class again and she is supposed to say sorry to the teacher.

她又迟到了,她应该向老师说对不起.

7. You are not supposed to stick your chopsticks into your food.

6. We never visit a friend’s house without calling first.

5. Spending time with friends is very important.

4. You are not supposed to shake hands.