For thousands of years the most important two buildings in any British village have been the church and the pub. In fact,until a place has a church and a pub,it isn’t really considered a community worthy of a name. Traditionally,the church and the pub are at the heart of any village or town, since it is where people gather to give and receive news. In fact, the word ‘pub’ is short for public house’.
That's how it used to be, but things are beginning to change. It is said that the credit decline is causing 39 British pubs a week to go out of business. People don’t have lots of spare money to spend on beer. Recently, the UK government banned smoking in all pubs, and that may also have affected the number of customers going to pubs.
This decline is happening despite the fact that in 2005 the UK government started to allow pubs to stay open after 11 p. m. Previously,with 11 p. m. as closing time,customers would have to drink quite quickly,meaning they sometimes got more drunk than they would if allowed to drink slowly. The British habit of drinking a lot very quickly is known as ‘binge drinking’(狂飲),and it causes some long-term health problems for people and problems with violent crime for communities. The UK government is changing the law to discourage binge drinking, and regularly spends money on television advertisements to warn people of the problems of drinking too much.
In order to save their businesses, pubs are trying to change with the market. Now, there are a number of different types of pubs.
Topic | The (81) of British Pub Culture? |
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The important(82)____ of churches and pubs in people' s daily life in the UK | ?People won't name an area unless there are a church and a pub. ?They are the places where people gather to (83) news. |
The(84) for the decrease of the pub business | ?The credit decline is said to cause many pubs to (85) down. ?Smoking is not (86) in all pubs, which may have had an effect on the business. ?The government is trying hard to (87) binge drinking. |
(88) to save the business | ?Pubs are making (89) to meet the needs of the market. ?As a woman in the UK nowadays, you can (90) a drink in almost all the pubs. |
Conclusion | Things are changing for the better probably from now on. |
【小題1】End/ Decline/ Fall
【小題2】role/ part/ function
【小題3】exchange/ share/ spread
【小題4】reasons
【小題5】close/ shut
【小題6】allowed/ permitted
【小題7】discourage/ prevent/ stop
【小題8】Ways/ Measures
【小題9】changes/ efforts
【小題10】get/ have/ buy/ enjoy
解析【小題1】End/ Decline/ Fall 總結(jié)歸納題。文章講述的是酒吧行業(yè)的衰落。
【小題2】role/ part/ function 歸納總結(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第一段內(nèi)容可知講述的是酒吧在英國人生活的作用。
【小題3】exchange/ share/ spread 詞義轉(zhuǎn)換題。根據(jù)第一段第四行g(shù)ive and receive news說明是交換,分享。
【小題4】reasons 總結(jié)歸納題。本行主要是歸納酒吧行業(yè)衰落的原因。
【小題5】 close/ shut 同義詞轉(zhuǎn)換。根據(jù)第二段第2行g(shù)o out of business的說明指酒吧關(guān)閉。
【小題6】allowed/ permitted 詞義轉(zhuǎn)換。根據(jù)第二段第三行the UK government banned smoking in all pubs說明在酒吧里禁止抽煙,禁止forbid就相當(dāng)于not allow/permit.
【小題7】discourage/ prevent/ stop 同義詞轉(zhuǎn)化倒數(shù)第三行discourage binge drinking。中的discourage的同義詞prevent,stop.
【小題8】Ways/ Measures 總結(jié)歸納題。主要是講述采取的方法措施。
【小題9】changes/ efforts 推理題。指英國的酒吧正在做出改變來滿足市場的需要。
【小題10】get/ have/ buy/ enjoy 同義句轉(zhuǎn)換。根據(jù)最后一段women can freely enter 99% of pubs without experiencing any problems.說明是作為女性,可以在酒吧里享受美酒。
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