Before You Listen: Develop Your Cultural Awareness
Before You Listen: Develop Your Cultural Awareness
Before You Listen: Develop Your Cultural Awareness
LESSON
3 goal Develop your cultural awareness
etiquette rules for polite behavior in punctuality the habit of being on time
society or in a particular group
impolite not polite, rude
cultural literacy knowing about and
respecting the culture of others offensive extremely rude or impolite
table manners rules for polite behavior customary usual or traditional in a particular culture
when eating with other people taboo not allowed because of very strong
cultural or religious rules
B Complete each sentence with the correct word or phrase from the Vocabulary.
1 It’s (taboo / impolite) to eat pork in some religions. No one would ever do it.
2 Many people believe that (cultural literacy / punctuality) is important and
that being late is impolite.
3 In some cultures, it’s (offensive / customary) to take pictures of people
without permission, so few people do that.
4 Some people think that talking with a mouth full of food is an example
of bad (cultural literacy / table manners).
5 In some cultures, it’s (customary / offensive) to name children after
a living relative, and most people observe that tradition.
6 Each culture has rules of (cultural literacy / etiquette) that are
important for visitors to that country to know.
7 In more conservative cultures, it’s slightly (impolite / taboo) to call someone
by his or her first name without being invited to, but it isn’t truly offensive.
8 The most successful global travelers today have developed their (punctuality /
cultural literacy) so they are aware of differences in etiquette from culture to culture.
8 UNIT 1
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