Section_ⅠWarming Up & Reading - Pre­reading

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　　COMMUNICATION: NO PROBLEM?

　　Yesterday, another student and I, representing① our university's student association②， went to the Capital International Airport to meet this year's international students③. They were coming to study at Beijing University. We would take them first to their dormitories④ and then to the student canteen⑤. After half an hour of waiting for their flight⑥ to arrive, I saw several young people enter the waiting area ⑦looking around curiously⑧. I stood for a minute watching them⑨ and then went to greet them.

　　The first person to arrive was Tony Garcia from Colombia⑩， closely followed by Julia Smith from Britain⑪. After I met them and then introduced them to each other, I was very surprised. Tony approached⑫ Julia, touched her shoulder and kissed her on the cheek⑬！ She stepped back appearing surprised⑭ and put up her hands, as if in defence⑮. I guessed that there was probably a major⑯ misunderstanding⑰.Then Akira Nagata from Japan came in smiling, together with George Cook from Canada.As they were introduced, George reached his hand out to the Japanese student.Just at that moment, however, Akira bowed so his nose touched George's moving hand.They both apologized - another cultural mistake！

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　　①represent/ˌreprI'zent/vt.代表；象征

　　②association/əˌsəʊsI'eIʃn/n.社团；联系；联想

　　现在分词短语作定语，前后有逗号隔开时，相当于一个非限制性定语从句。

　　③to meet ... 为不定式短语作目的状语。

　　④dormitory/'dɔːmItrI/n.宿舍　⑤canteen/kæn'tiːn/n.食堂

　　⑥flight/flaIt/n.飞行；航班

　　⑦现在分词短语looking around curiously作伴随状语。

　　⑧curiously/'kjʊərIəslI/adv.好奇地

　　curious/'kjʊərIəs/adj.好奇的

　　⑨现在分词短语watching them作伴随状语。

⑩Colombia/kə'lʌmbIə/n.哥伦比亚(南美洲国家)