Ataboo(忌讳，禁忌)isasocialactionthatisnotallowed.Everycultureintheworldhasitsowntaboos.Thebreakingofataboosometimesmakespeoplefeeluncomfortable.Ilearnedthisthroughmyownexperience.Lastweekend,WangLina

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A taboo(忌讳，禁忌) is a social action that is not allowed. Every culture in the world has its own taboos. The breaking of a taboo sometimes makes people feel uncomfortable. I learned this through my own experience.
Last weekend, Wang Lin and I showed two foreigners around our city. Mr Singh was from India and Mr. White from USA. When I held out my left hand to shake hands with him, Mr. Singh seemed to be unhappy. Mr. White, however, was quite casual. He said hello to me with a big smile and a wave of his hand.
In the evening, we stopped at a restaurant for dinner. I noticed that Mr. Singh didn’t touch the beef and Mr. White seemed not to like chickens’ claws. During the meal, Wang Lin said sorry to Mr. Singh and continued to explain that we didn’t know it was a taboo in India to shake one’s left hand. Mr. Singh explained that since oxen are sacred(神圣的) in India, people don’t eat beef there. Mr. White joined in and said that it was not usual in the states for people to eat chickens’ claws. He went on to say that Americans don’ t usually get into each other’ s personal space. Marriage, job and age are their taboos. Isn’ t it a good lesson to remember?

Main idea	The taboos in every country are ____ 小题1: _____ . People sometimes feel      ____ 小题2: ____  if one breaks a taboo.
Facts	In India	Indians don’ t eat ____ 小题3: ___ because they think oxen are sacred. It’ s     小题4:      to shake one’ s left hand.
	In the USA	Although it’ s not a taboo, Americans   小题5:    eat chickens’ claws
		Americans don’ t usually get into each other’ s personal space. For example, they usually don’t ask someone else’s   小题6:    , job or   小题7:      .
Conclusion	If you pay     小题8:    to taboos, you can get on    小题9:    with the people with different    小题10:     .

 

Answer 1

小题1:different
小题2:uncomfortable
小题3:beef
小题4:rude/impolite
小题5:never/seldom
小题6:marriage
小题7:age
小题8:attention
小题9:well
小题10:cultures