青青：今天早上坐公交上班，我给一个外国老太太让座。    胡子：你不愧是文明的首都市民。    青青：可是，老太太死活不肯坐。她说她很强壮，不需要特殊照顾。    胡子：在中国，给老人、小孩、孕妇让座是传统了。可能国外不是这样。    青青：可能是吧，只是当时我这个文明的首都市民有点尴尬。     Qing Qing: When I went to work by bus this morning, I gave my seat to a foreigner old woman. Hu Zi: You're a great capital citizen.
Qing Qing: But, she refused to take the seat. She said she was strong and needn't special care.
Hu zi: In China, it's tradition to give seat to the old, children and the pregnant. Maybe it's not that case overseas.
Qing Qing: Maybe. But I was quite embarrassed at that time.

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When you are riding the bus , do you give up your seat to old people and pregnant women? Lesson Content: Qing Qing: While riding the bus on the way to work this morning, I
gave up my seat to an elderly foreign woman.

Huzi: You are proving yourself to be such a civilized city
dweller.

Qing Qing: But the old lady just wouldn't sit! She said she was
strong, and didn't need any special treatment.

Huzi: In China it's our tradition to give up your seat to the
elderly, children, and pregnant women. Maybe other
countries aren't the same.

Qing Qing: Maybe so, but at that time this civilized city dweller felt a little bit embarassed.

• foreigner [´fɔrinə]   n.外国人   (初中英语单词)
• tradition [trə´diʃən]   n.传统；惯例；传说   (初中英语单词)
• treatment [´tri:tmənt]   n.待遇；对待；治疗   (初中英语单词)
• civilized [´sivilaizd]   a.先进的；文明的   (高中英语单词)
• summary [´sʌməri]   a.&n.摘要(的)   (英语四级单词)
• elderly [´eldəli]   a. 较老的，年长的   (英语四级单词)
• dweller [´dwelə]   n.居住者；居民   (英语四级单词)
• pregnant [´pregnənt]   a.怀孕的；含蓄的   (英语六级单词)