II. Complete the sentences with the words in part I.

custom 
tradition 
sharp 
table manners 
cutlery 
prong 
generation 
sense of belonging 
host 
spot on 
1. Your ___________ are awful - don’t you know how to use a knife and fork?
2. The major items of ___________ in Western dining style are the knife, fork and spoon.
3. The extended family generally consists of at least three ___________ – grandparents,parents
and children living together.
4. The ___________ will offer you drinks or foods if he invites you to his home.
5. It’s the ___________ in Japan to take your shoes off when you go into someone’s house.
6. The weather forecast was ___________ – itrained all day!
7. Are you sure that other people have had a ___________ in your group?
8. My extended family has a ___________ of having reunions every summer.
9. You shouldn’t point the ___________ of the fork upwards during the meal.
10. Please be here at seven o’clock ___________.

I. Match the word or phrase with its definition.

1. custom                    a. the feeling of being comfortable and happy in a                                                    particular place or with a particular group of people

2. tradition                    b. the knives, forks, and spoons that you use for                                                       eating food

3. sharp                         c. an accepted way of behaving or of doing things

4. table manners                 d. exactly right

5. cutlery                    e. all the people who were born at about the same time

6. prong                     f. a belief, custom or way of doing something that has                                               existed for a long time

7. generation                       g. the socially acceptable way to eat your food,                                                         especially when eating a meal with others

8. sense of belonging                   h. each of the two or more long pointed                                                                      parts of a fork

9. host                                         i. at a particular time exactly

10. spot on                                  j. a person who invites guests to a meal, a                                                               party, etc.

Match the words and phrases with their meanings.

I. Match the word or phrase with its definition.
1. shawl (khan pieu) 
2. costume 
3. terraced field 
4. stilt house 
5. waterwheel 
6. folk dance 
7. communal house
8. temple 
9. gong 
10. open-air market 
a. a wheel for raising water to a higher level
b. a field that is on the side of a hill and divided into layers that look like steps
c. local trading site for highlanders to exchange food or hand made products
d. a traditional dance of a particular area or counted
e. a building used for the worship of a god or gods
f. the largest stilt house in the village where village ceremoniesand festivals take place
 g. clothes that are typical of a particular place
h. a metal disc that makes a loud deep sound when it is hit witha stick
i. a house raised on piles over the surface of the soil
j. a large piece of cloth worn by Thai women or girls overtheir head

I. Match the word or phrase with its definition.
1. buffalo drawn cart 
2. harvest time 
3. paddy field 
4. cattle 
5. pasture 
6. ger
7. beehive 
8. highlands 
9. dairy products

10. nomad
a. a circular wooden canvas and felt tent
b. land covered with grass where sheep, cows, horses, etc., feed
c. a vehicle with two or four wheels pulled by buffalo
d. a structure where bees are kept for producing honey
e. cows and bulls that are kept as farm animals
f. a high mountainous area of a country
g. a field in which rice is grown
h. the time of year when crops are cut and collected from the fields
i. a member of a community that moves with its animals from place to place

j. food made from milk, such as butter and cheese

Match each word/phrase on the left with its description on the right.

II, Read the dialogue and choose the correct word or phrase to complete each numbered blank.

When you go to another country, it is important to follow the (1) ....... of that country. If you are invited to a home in England, here is some (2) ....... . (3) ....... you are invited, it is good manners to tell whether you will go or not, either by (4) ....... or through telephoning. When you go to the party, it is better to (5) ....... on time. It is good manners to shake hands with your host and other guests. You can take a (6) ....... if you like, possibly a bottle of wine or a box of chocolates or some flowers. However, it is bad manners to take (7) ....... . It is not (8) ....... to stay too late after the other guests have gone. (9) ......., it is good manners to write a short letter or make a telephone call a day or two later to (10) ....... your host.

1. A. customs B. language C. people D. map

2. A. news B. information C. service D. advice

3. A. Before B. Though C. While D. As soon as

4. A. car B. bus C. writing D. speaking

5. A. reach B. leave C. come D. arrive

6. A. friend B. present C. parent D. child

7. A. nothing B. cheap thing C. everything D. expensive things

8. A. correct B. well C. polite D. necesssary

9. A. Of course B. So C. However D. But

10. A. welcome B. thank C. praise D. please

Match the word in column A to its definition or meaning in column B.