Read the sentences about Vic’s story. Rewrite the marked sentence parts using an expression from 10 which has the same meaning. 1 There’s no way that Neil was unhappy with the meal. He really enjoyed it. 2 Maybe he felt a bit ill after eating too much. 3 It’s possible the waiter made a mistake in the bill, and Neil noticed it. 4 Or perhaps Vic said something that upset Neil. 5 But obviously the waiter was upset about something, too. 6 There’s a good chance Neil was embarrassed by the waiter’s strange expression. In pairs, talk about the other two situations. Use expressions from 10 to speculate about why Daniela and Haneul acted as they did. Compare your ideas. How many different ideas did you get? …and the other Read the postings on the webpage Cross-cultural misunderstandings. What were the real reasons that Neil, Daniela and Haneul acted and felt as they did? 11 Speaking 12 a b Reading 13 a Cross-cultural misunderstandings your comments Neil, Canada Last summer, some English friends of mine flew over to spend a couple of weeks in Toronto. On their last evening here, they invited me out to dinner. I chose a popular Moroccan place called The Casablanca, and Vic and Esther were really (1) delighted with it – but then Vic only left a five-dollar tip for the waiter! The bill was almost $150 and in Canada, it’s normal to leave a 15% tip, sometimes even 20%. The waiter looked (2) appalled – he must have thought we were really unhappy about something! I didn’t want to embarrass Vic by putting more money on the table, so in the end, I quietly gave the waiter another $10 as we were leaving and that was that. Daniela, Colombia When I came to Australia a couple of years ago, I was really (3) intrigued by all the cultural differences I noticed, but as you can imagine, it took a while to get used to certain things. I particularly remember a party I went to soon after I got here – my first party in Australia. The people were friendly and the food was wonderful, but all the time I kept thinking, “Where’s the music? When does the dancing start?” Where I come from, a party isn’t a party without music and dancing! But nothing happened, and I left early, which probably wasn’t very polite, but I just felt so (4) out of place. Haneul, Korea This happened a few years ago. I had an Italian friend, and she’d arranged to come and see me in Seoul, so naturally I went to meet her at the airport. When she saw me, she screamed my name and ran over and hugged me and kissed me on both cheeks. I felt absolutely (5) mortified! Kissing and hugging in public is not how people usually behave here! People were staring at us, and some children were even laughing, but my friend didn’t seem to notice, so she must have been (6) baffled by my cold reaction. There was nothing wrong with what she did, but I couldn’t handle it at the time. How would you have felt in these situations? What would you have done? b 14 Language skills Extras Explore 1 Immigration, diversity and inclusion Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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