Unit 12 You’re supposed to shake hands.学习目标：1．掌握“be (not) supposed to”的结构及用法。
2．熟悉不同国家的礼仪风俗。
3．了解世界各国文化，在生活中做个有心人，有礼有节之人。
一、词汇1．基础词汇kiss吻，亲吻land 国家，国土bow鞠躬chopstick筷子fork餐叉napkin餐巾greet 问候rude 无礼的wipe擦去point指向stick 刺，戳crowd挤满spoon匙2．重点短语pick up 捡起be supposed to 应该table manners餐桌礼仪shake hand 握手cut up 切开drop by 访问after all 毕竟二、日常用语1．What are you supposed to do…?2．You’re supposed to…3．It’s rude to…4．When were you supposed to arrive?5．I was supposed to arrive at 7:00，but I arrived at 8:00.6．You should have asked what you were supposed to wear.三、知识讲解Section A:1. You’re supposed to shake hands. 你应该握手。
★(1)be supposed to do. 应该，被期望做……如：Is he supposed to clean the outside of the window or only the inside?他应该把窗户外面擦干净，还是只擦里面就可以呢？★(2)suppose 动词认定，假定如：Let us suppose that the news is true.让我们假定这消息是真实的。
2. You should have asked what you were supposed to wear.你应该早问一下该穿什么。
★should have done…这是虚拟语气的一种表达方式，虚拟语气表示所说的话只是一种主观的愿望、假象、建议等。
如：It is strange that she should have done it.真奇怪，她竟干出这种事来。
3. Where I’m from，we’re pretty relaxed about time.我所在的地方，对时间是相当宽松的。
★(1)Where I’m from. Where是副词，此处用法没有先行词，“在，于，或至……的地方”。
例：Where there’s no rain，farming is difficult or impossible.在不下雨的地方，农业是困难的或根本不可能的。
★(2)where 经常引导以place为先行词的定语从句。
如：She would like to live in a country where it never snows.她喜欢住在不下雪的国家。
★(3)pretty 副词相当地，颇如：He did pretty well. 他做的相当好。
★(4)relaxed 形容词松弛的，缓和的，松懈的，通常用来修饰人。
如：He’s feeling relaxed now. 他现在感觉轻松多了。
★relaxing 则往往修饰物。
如：Reading is relaxing. 读书让人放松。
4. Spending time with family and friends is very important to us.和家人及朋友一起度过对我们来说是很重要的。
★(1)spending 是动名词作主语，此时谓语动词应用单数。
如：Feeding pigs is her job. 她的工作是喂猪。
★(2)to 是介词，意为“对……来说”如：It’s not important to us. 这对我们来说不重要。
5. Often we just walk around the town center，seeing as many as of our friends as we can.我们经常走遍市中心，看尽可能多的朋友。
★as…as… 用于平等的比较，中间用形容词、副词的原级。
如：Please come here as quickly as possible. 请尽可能快点过来。
★当as…as…用于否定句中时，则习惯用so…as…如：It isn’t so big as you think it is.它并没有你所想象的那么大。
6. In Switzerland，it’s ve ry important to be on time.在瑞士，准时是很重要的。
★it用作形式主语，代替了真正的主语to be…这一不定式，不定式可以做主语，但是又往往用it作形式主语来代替。
如：To invent new things is his job. = It’s his job to invent new things.发明新东西是他的工作。
To help others is good when they are in trouble.= It’s good to help others when they are in trouble.帮助那些处于麻烦当中的人是好事。
7. We usually make plans to see friends.通常我们都是做好去看朋友的计划。
★(1)make plans for the holidays 作好度假计划。
★plan在此短语中为名词，另外，plan 还可以作为动词来用。
如：★plan to do sth.计划做某事。
We are planning to visit Europe this summer.我们正计划今年夏天去欧洲旅行。
★(2)We usually plan to go somewhere interesting，or go somewhere together.我们通常计划好做些有趣的事，或一起去某个地方。
★Something interesting，something 是不定代词，其修饰语要放后面。
Section B1. Point at anyone with your chopsticks.用筷子指着某人。
★(1)point…at…瞄准，对着如：point a telescope at the moon 让望远镜对着月亮。
★(2)point to 指向；表示如：Both the hour hand and the minute hand pointed to twelve.时针和分针都指着十二。
2. It’s polite…to do…It’s rude…to do…做……是礼貌的，粗鲁的这一句型真正的主语是不定式，it只是形式主语。
如：It’s rude to point your chopstick at others.用筷子指着别人是不礼貌的。
3. They go out of their way to make me feel at home.他们花尽心血让我感觉不到拘束。
★(1)go out of one’s way to do 特意（花心血、时间）做某事；故意做某事。
如：He went out of his way to help me.他特意帮助我。
★(2)make sb./oneself feel/be at home 感觉如在自己家中，无拘束4. Although I still make lots of mistakes，it doesn’t bother me like it used to.尽管我经常出一些错，但它不象过去那样打扰我。
★(1)bother 打扰，烦扰如：Tell the children to stop bothering their father. 告诉孩子们不要打扰他们的父亲。
★(2)used to 过去常常，强调过去的习惯动作，而现在却不这样了。
如：Life isn’t so easy here as it used to be.如今在此地谋生不象往日那么容易了。
5. I thought that was pretty strange at first，but now I’m used to it.开始，我想那是太奇怪了，但是现在我已经习惯了。
★be used to （介）习惯于，适应于如：I’m not used to being spoken to in that rude way.我不习惯于别人对我那样粗鲁地讲话。
★辨析：used to do与be used toused to do中to是不定式符号，因此后面要接动词原形。
be used to中to是介词，因此后面接名词或动名词。
6. You’re not supposed to eat anything with your h ands except bread，not even fruit!除了面包，你不可以用手吃任何东西，即使是水果也不行。
★except 除了……之外，但不包括在内，是介词。
如：He gets up early every day except Sunday.除星期日外他每天早起。
Nobody was late except me.除我以外无人迟到。
★比较：Five others are late besides me. 在我之外尚有五人迟到。
★besides 介词，意为除了……之外，还有……，而except则是除了……之外，别无其它。
7. I have to say，I find it difficult to remember everything，but I’m gradually getting used to them，and don’t find them so strange any more.不得不承认，我发现记住一切东西是很困难的，但我渐渐习惯了，并且发现他们也不再那么奇怪了。
★Find it difficult to do… 发现做某事很困难。
如：He finds it difficult to stop smoking.他觉得戒烟是件难事。
★find it dangerous to do 发现做……危险★find it strange to do 发现做……奇怪8. Was I supposed to start at the outside and work in or the inside and work out?我是应该先从外面开始，依次向里用还是从里面开始，依次向外用呢？此处所讲的是在西方国家用正餐时往往配备几套刀叉，刀叉从里到外，是从小到大的次序，左手处放叉，右手处放刀，使用顺序则从外到里，分别为正餐所用刀叉，及甜点用。