文档介绍：第一课
Part 4 Passages
Passage 1 How Casual Is Too Casual?
Listen to the passages and check each statement True or False.
1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. T
Script
How Casual Is Too Casual?
Thirty years ago, most people in the United States, Canada, and Europe didn’t think about what to wear to work in an office. Men always wore suits and ties. Women wore suits or conservative skirt outfits. But in the 1990s, that started to change.
It began with “casual Fridays”. During the summer, panies invited their employees to “dress down” or wear more casual clothes to work on Fridays. The policy quickly became popular with employees. After this, it didn’t take long for employees to start dressing more casually every day of the week.
Many employees ed the new dress policy and the fortable work environment that came with it. Etiquette had definitely changed, and suits and ties were rarely seen in many offices. Some employees went as far as wearing jeans, T-shirt, and sneakers to the office.
Then some people began to change their minds about casual dress at work. Many managers felt that casual dress had led to casual attitudes towards work. Now the etiquette for dress in panies is beginning to change back again.
Passage 2 The Origin of Salute
Listen to the passage twice and fill in the blanks with the missing information.
1. uncertain 2. in late Roman times 3. his right hand raised 4. weapon 5. a way of showing respect
6. touching the hat
Script
The origin of the hand salute is uncertain. Some historians believe it began in late Roman times when assassinations mon. A citizen who wanted to see a public official had to approach with his right hand raised to show that he did not hold a weapon. Knights in armor raised visors with the right hand when meeting rade. The practice gradually became a way of showing respect and, in early American history, sometimes involved removing the hat. By 1820, the motion was modified to touching the hat, and since then it has e the hand salute