Unit 12课时跟踪练(一) Warm up & Lesson 1 - Pre-reading

　　Ⅰ.阅读理解

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　　Culture shock or thinking differences can depress even the most experienced traveller. Remember that unlucky accidents with service providers may take place because of cultural or linguistic misunderstandings, and that getting angry will make communication more difficult and cause bad feelings. A taste of humour can make hard situations more meaningful and enjoyable to you, your fellow travellers and the local friends you've made.

　　Keep a journal or carry a small tape recorder and make regular entries or recordings. Taking a step back and telling an experience after some time will open the door to humour. Write a letter or e­mail to a friend when you find your humour reducing. Challenge yourself to tell at least one good story in this message and you'll be surprised how funny things can look when told to someone outside the situation.

　　Keep a list of funny things that you observe during your first few days in a new culture, and an explanation of what you think these things are all about. Look back on these lists later in the trip; what seemed strange before is probably familiar now, and your explanations may be funnier than the things themselves! Imagine writing an entry in a guidebook about a frustrating experience. How would you describe your experience to the later travellers? What travel advice would you offer?

　　Try to see yourself through the eyes of locals. What might they find strange, funny about what you are doing at this moment? When you find it difficult to overcome cultural differences, taking a new look at yourself can be very funny. Be careful not to sacrifice (牺牲) respect for local culture in order to lighten things up for yourself and fellow travellers.

　　语篇解读：幽默可以使由于文化差异而给旅行者造成的不良情形得以改观，本文给那些要旅游而且希望变得幽默的人提出了3条建议。

　　1．According to the text, the travellers will often get depressed because of ________.

　　A．being short of money

　　B．the different attitudes to the same thing

　　C．not having enough clothes

　　D．the unlucky fellow travellers' trouble

　　解析：选B　细节理解题。根据文章第一段第一句"Culture shock or thinking differences can depress even the most experienced traveller."可知，文化冲击和思维的差异会使旅行者不快乐。故选B。

2．When you try to keep your sense of humour in foreign countries, you should