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Please find the transcript of the episode below.

Welcome to this British English podcast. 

In this episode I'll be discussing the topic 'British politeness'.

Brits, which is short for 'British people', are often known for being polite. 

Polite means "showing respect for other people". For example, many Brits often say 'please and thank you'.

In Britain, people often say 'sorry'. They use the word 'sorry' in many different situations. For example,

"sorry I'm late!" or if a person bumps into you, they will often say 'sorry' very quickly. 

 British people are indirect when speaking. For example, a British person wouldn't say
"give me the salt", instead they would say "could you pass me the salt, please?". 

Finally, British people love to queue. 
To queue means 'to wait in line'. They queue for everything! Especially the bus!

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Do you find it harder to be nice and cooperative when you're tired? You're not alone — and there's actually science behind that feeling.

Researchers in Italy looked at how being tired affected people's brains and the decisions they made.

They looked at a total of almost 450 people. The participants all started by doing a set of similar tasks for about 45 minutes — but for one group, the tasks were made much more difficult to make the participants mentally tired.

For example, the mentally tired group was given more difficult quiz questions to answer. And while everyone watched funny videos, the mentally tired group was told to try not to smile or laugh.

Participants then played several economic games that asked them to make decisions that would give different benefits to themselves and others, like deciding how to share points in a group.

It was found that mentally tired participants were much less likely to make cooperative decisions in the games. They were also more likely to choose "antisocial" and "spiteful" options — where they could, say, choose to use some of their own points to reduce someone else's points instead of using them to help themselves or the group.

Why did this happen?

Among the mentally tired group, the researchers found a much stronger increase in "slow-wave" activity in parts of the brain used for things like planning, paying attention, controlling emotions and understanding others. These "slow waves" are similar to the ones seen in our brains when we sleep.

The researchers said this increase in slow waves may explain tired participants' less cooperative decisions.

So when you're tired after a long day, you may be less nice because the parts of your brain you need to help you cooperate are actually going to sleep!

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第11课  现在几点
一、听力  第一部分
1. 吃饭    
2. 看电影    
3. 九点  
4. 看书   
5. 北京  

第二部分
6. 男：现在几点？
女：现在五点。
7. 男：你什么时候见李老师？
   女：我下午一点十分去学校见李老师。
8. 男：我想看电影。
女：好啊，下午我有时间，我们一起去。
9. 女：你星期六工作吗？
 男：不工作。
10.女：你什么时候去北京？
男：9月17号去，住三天。

第三部分
11. 我十点去工作，现在在家。
   问：他几点工作？
12. 现在八点，我们九点前去看电影。
   问：他们几点去看电影？
13.  我中午十二点不看书。
问：他十二点看书吗？
14. 我下午喝茶，中午十二点前不喝茶。
问：她什么时候喝茶？
15. 他在北京住三天，星期五回家。
问：他什么时候回家？


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