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Unit18

TaboosinAmerica

Age。Yes,ageisaverysetomanyAmeris,espeehisyouth-upheldculture,thethoughtolderisapaiofus,ifpossible,wouldliketohavenothingtodowithit。SomanyAmerisworkhardtomaintainayouthfulappearahiobeaskedistheunthinkable,“Howoldareyouexactly?”

Thisquestioinreplieslike:“HowolddoyouthinkIam?”“I’minmythirties。

&leaveitatthat。”“Iber。”“Oh,do。”“IstoppedkeepingtrackafterIturned30。”“AlotolderthanwhatIwouldliketobe。”

Anyhow,ifytoknowsomeohisishowyoucouldgoaboutfindingout。Firstyouestimatetheiragebytheirappearandspecialhabit。Theenyearsawayfromthatestimation。I’msureyouwillgetabigsmilefromthatpersonwhowillalsogetredandsay,“Wow。Youaremybestfriend。I’m38already。youbelieveit?”You,ofcourse,reply,“No。Ireally’t。Y。Youdon’tlooklikeover28。Thisisamazing。”Nowthat’soainwaytomeetsomeone’sego!

&hisisoouchiestsubjeAmerica,itisokay,evendesirable,tobethinbutitisasinandahugeembarrassmenttht。Infact,thethinneryouare,theprettieryouaresidered。LhanyAmeriagazines,you’llmostmmorethanskinandboorallandthinlookwasthehottestlookofthe1990s。

Ameridverymuchtheirweightandrarelydisuchtheyweighis—evehinashape。Therefore,youhadbetternotask。Butifyouabsolutelyhavetoentonthissubject,it’salwayssafetosay,“Oh,youlooklikeyouhavelostweight。”than“Oh,youlooklikeyouputonafewpounds。”However,ifyouwouldliketobehonothurtful,Isuggestyouchooseyourwordscarefully,perhapsbysaying,“Hey,youlookgreat。Veryhealthylooking。”Andalwaysremember,it’snotfat。It’smuscular。

Ine。Youshouldnevereveraskhowmueone’ssalaryis。There’snowayaroundthiso’sperfectlysuitabletoaskabouttheirjobtitleandwhattheyd。

Thisinformationshouldgiveyousomeideashowmuchtheymakeayear。

&heHeart。Thisisatrietimesyou’llrunintopeoplewhootourtheirheartsouttoyou。Thehosewhomakesuretheirperso

staysbehindcleogettoopersonal,toofast。Youdon’twahinkthatyintotheirlives。Therefore,trynottoasktoomaionsaboutsomeone’slovelife,marriageandfamilyuntilyouhaveafriendshipwiththisperson。

&hen,you’dbetterwaitforyourfrieoyouwiththemattersoftheirheart。

IsItReal?Maaurallook。Buthowmanytrulyobeythisprihplasticsurgeryandproductslikecoloredtas,hairg,aails(丙烯酸指甲),etswerwouldbe:notmany。

Althoughtheartificialappearstobereal,theyaredoateheendoftheday,peoplewaobelievethey’resimplyboriful。So,don’truinitforthembysaying,“Hey,Iloveyoureyecolor。Isitreal?”

Anyhow,it’sdifficulttoalwaysavoidversationlandmines。So,besechyourstepsandtrynottoopenas。

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&iveadj。敏感的;易受影响的Heistooseicism。

他对批评太敏感。

&imessomemaesareveryseofailures。

有时有些机器容易出故障。

2。maintainv。1)坚持,主张2)维修,保养3)供养,扶养1)Mankiryingeverymeanstomaintainthebalaure。

人类采用一切手段保持生态平衡。

2)Thecarhastobetlymaintained。

汽车必须经常保养。

&oopoortomaintainhisfamily。

他太穷了,无法养活家人。

&rack1)通晓事态,注意动向2)记载,写下……1)Hereadstheokeeptrackoftevents。

他阅读报纸以了解时事。

PleaseaskifyouotkeeptrackofwhatI’mtellingyou。

如果你们听不懂我所讲的话,请提问。

&okeeptrackofeverytwespend。

我们得记下我们花的每一分钱。

Iknorofessorwillkeeptrayattendance。

我知道教授会记录我的出勤情况。

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