首先,我们来看看下面两组句子。请各位找出下列两组句子中,描述正确的是分别是哪一句呢?
A. As a tourist you should show respect for local behavior.
B. As a tourist you should show respect for local customs.
A. They encourage the practice of teachers reading aloud to young children.
B. They encourage the habit of teachers reading aloud to young children.
我们先来看看这四个单词在含义和用法上面的区别:
Habit 是指某人经常做的一件事情,从某种角度上来说Habit是他们生活中的一部分,做的时候是没有经过思考就开始了的。
例句:
After a while, separating rubbish for recycling just becomes a habit.
People’s eating habits have changed: families no longer eat meals together.
Custom 是某个国家的人, 或者是某种宗教的信徒,或者是某个民族的人常作的事情,这种行为已经在他们的生活中存在好多年了,并且已经成为了他们的生活方式和文化。
例句:
He studied Maori culture and customs.
The custom of decorating eggs goes back hundreds of years.
Practice 是一种做事的方式,在某个特定的国家行为或者行业行为经常使用。在下面的句子中practice是可数名词。
例句:The report condemned the practice of keeping prisoners in chains.
Modern agricultural practices are to blame for the decline in wild flowers.
Behaviour 是指一个人平时的行为或者是在特殊场合下的行为举止;不可数没有复数形式。
例句:The appalling behavior of a minority of fans ruined the event for everyone.
了解完词义和用法后,我们再来看看刚刚的题目
第一组:
A. As a tourist you should show respect for local behavior.
B. As a tourist you should show respect for local customs.
第二组:
A. They encourage the practice of teachers reading aloud to young children.
B. They encourage the habit of teachers reading aloud to young children.
其中:
第一组的B句是正确的,民族的文化,应该用customs.
第二组的A句是正确的,教师为孩子朗读时一个行业的经常出现的事情,应该使用practice.
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