host-person who invites guests to a party
to obey-to follow,to da as one is told
responsibility - being in charge of something ,being expected to manage something
In Thailand,brothers and sisters treat each other differently according to who is older and who is youger. "Ning." This is ture child, who is called "Pee", gets more respect from the younger meet, they must decide which one is younger, even if it's only by a year , and that person gives greater respect to the older in everything they do together
The system is very different in English-speaking countries. In the family,there is no special respert for the oldest child. Sometimes the youngest children have to obey the oldest, because parents uauslly give the oldest child more reponsibilities, but the children all consider themselves equal.
Outside the family, again there is no special respect for people who are only slightly older. If two people meet , and one is forty-two and the other is forrty-seven,they will consider themselves to be about the same age , and the younger will have no special respect for the older.
In fact, they probably won't know who is older; remember from Chapter Two that people from English-speaking countries won't ask each other personal questions like "How old are you?" In general, foreigners only show special respect for people who are much older: twenty or thirty years older,that is.
It is considered very polite to hold a door open for an older person,or to give an older person the last seat on a bus or tain.However ,in recent years many younger people no longer follow this rule.