TIPPING How much and who on your cruise(乘船旅游) should be tipp

In his book The Tipping Point Malcolm Aladuell argues that social epidemics are driven in large part by the acting of a tiny minority of special individuals,为什么In his book The Tipping Point 要翻译成引爆流行一书?没查到 Tipping Point有这个意思?

完形填空：In the Us,we have a tradition of "tipping".__1__,taxi drivers,door people...anyone with a service job can get a__2__.Usually,a waiter gets15%-20% of the total bill.My father is a taxi driver in San Francisco.Taxi drivers__3__get a tip of about 20% of the fare.In his 35years of driving a taxi,my father can even tell a "good tipper" from a "bad tipper"__4__they sit down in his car.It is very rude
1.A.Teachers.B.Managers.C.Waiters.D.Doctors
2.A.money.B.gift.C.work.D.tip
3.A.can.B.must.C.have.D.need
4.A.before.B.when.C.until..D.while
5.A.put.B.bring.C.leave.D.make

英语翻译
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阅读理解。

"tipping" (小费) is always a difficult business. you do not want to give too much or too little, or tip the wrong person. in the uk and the usa, people usually tip waiters in restaurants, porters, taxi drivers and hairdressers. they do not tip people in offices, cinemas, garages or airports. do you invite your friend to the restaurant? then you pay the bill. does your friend invite you? your friend pays. if there are men and women in the ***, the men usually pay. these days, men and women are equal (平等) in many ways. if you work in britain or america, your boss could be a man or a woman. there are increasing numbers (增长数据) of women in important positions in politics (***), law, medicine and in the business world. but it is still polite for a man to open doors for women and to ask them to go first. and it is polite for men to stand up when they are introduced to women. on informal occasions (非正式场合), of course, everyone is more relaxed.

1. in his passage, the writer tells us .

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a. not to give any tip to others b. only to give up to women c. only to give tip to old men d. to give tip to the right person

2. if you invite your friends to a restaurant, .

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a. you should pay the bill b. your friends should pay the bill c. the person who orders the meal should pay the bill d. you should ask your friends to pay the bill

3. today in britain and america .

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a. women are quite equal to men b. men hold all the important positions in politics c. women hold all the important positions in business d. women have changed their conditions in many ways

4. it is polite for a man to .

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a. sit beside women b. let women go first c. stand beside a lady d. drink for a lady

5. which is impolite?

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a. to open doors for women. b. to ask women to go first. c. to stand up when men are introduced to women. d. to ask women to pay for a ***.

一道 初二英语选择
could you tell me------?
A why is he against tipping B when we meet
C how can i get to the city museum D what else he did
选哪个 老师说选D D是陈述句语序?为啥?
选哪个啊到底 我当然知道宾语从句用陈述句与许啊 D为什么是陈述句语序啊 大侠们

请帮忙分析个英语句型
The one thing that I dislike about tipping in the U.S. is how sometimes the
restaurant staff forget that tips are supposed to be a reward for quality
service.句中t I dislike about tipping in the U.S.应该是定语从句,
sometimes the restaurant staff forget that tips are supposed to be a reward for quality
service做表语从句,那how是做什么的?

英语 很疑惑 不能理解
In his book The Tipping Point,Malcolm Aladuell argues that social epidemics are driven in large part by the acting of a tiny minority of special individuals,often called influentials,who are unusually informed,persuasive,or well-connected.The idea is intuitively compelling,but it doesn’t explain how ideas actually spread.
这个The idea 指谁啊 我在前面就是没有看见 idea