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Unit 4 He said I was hard-working. 文化背景知识介绍 广东省教育厅教研室 1) In some cultures, many parents do not allow boys and girls to go to parties together. These parents feel that it is better for their children to wait until they are older to start spending time with the opposite sex. In the United States most teenagers are free to go to parties starting at about age 12 or 13. 2) A report card is a card that a western student receives usually once a semester or term from their school. This usually contains the grades they received for each of their school subjects, often with comments from their subject teachers and / or class teacher. If a student has bad grades or a bad overall report, they may be nervous about giving the report card to their parents, who often have to sign it. There are even American comedy movies in which students with bad report card pretend that they have lost them, just because they are so nervous about showing their bad grades to their parents. In western culture, the day that report cards are given out is always a significant day for students, especially for bad students! (责任编辑：admin) |