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1、美国互惠生需要注意的社交礼仪作为一个美国互惠生,来到美国后,就要熟悉美国的生活习惯和社交礼仪,融入到美国人的日常生活中,而知晓美国的社交礼仪可以使初来乍到的互惠生免于不必要的尴尬。1.concerningthelift关于搭车IntheU.S.A,ifyouwanttoaskforalift,you’dbettergiveasecondthought,especiallyladies.Wecanseethatwiththeworseningsocialsecurity,therearemanycrimesconnecti
2、ngwiththelifting.Andalso,ifyouareaskingtogivealiftwhenyouaredriving,thebestwayistogivehimsomemoneyandthenleave.Somepeoplemaysaythatwewatchedalotofmoviesandinthemovieliftingisaverycommonphenomenonandpeopleatelikelytoofferthehelp.Thecaseisthosesituationsarehardlyto
3、occurintoday’ssociety.在美国,如果你要搭别人的车,一定要注意安全。其实各国的社会治安都有不安全的因素,有很多的案子都与搭车有关。如果别人要搭你的车,最好的是给他点钱,而不是搭载。2.Nevercalltheblackpeople“Negro”不要用“negro”称呼黑人Negro,inEnglish,means“apersonwithdarkskinwhocomesfromAfrica(orwhoseancestorscamefromAfrica)”,sowhenyouaretalkingwitht
4、heAmericans(whitepeopleaswellasblackpeople),donotaddressthemNegro,justusethewordblack,oryoumaybechargedofdiscrimination.Negro是指从非洲作为奴隶运来的黑人。使用该词容易被人认为你有种族歧视,所以不管跟黑人还是白人交谈,一定别用这个词,用black就好。3.Becarefulthephrase“Iamsorry”甚用“Iamsorry”IamsorryandExcusemeinChinesemean抱
5、歉,对不起。ButinEnglish,theyhavequitedifferentmeanings.Iamsorrymeansyoumadeamistakeandhurtother’sfeeling.Excusememeansyouwanttointerruptoryouwantother’sattention.Soifyoustillremember,whentheUSA’spresidentapologytoournation,inhisspeech,heused”I’msorry”,which,obviously,
6、isinformal.在中文的解释中,IamsorryandExcuseme都有抱歉,对不起的含义。但是在英语中,这两个词的含义其实有很大不同的。前者意味着你犯了错误或者作出了对别人利益有损的行为。后者含义是你要打断别人或需要别人帮忙。如果大家还记得当时美国总统道歉时用Iamsorry的事情,你就知道了区别,但是Iamsorry是一个非正式场合用语。4.Modestisnotavirtue谦虚不是一种美德Inournation,wecherish“modest”agreatvalue,butwhenyouareinthe
7、USA,youshouldneverbetoomodestbecauseinAmerican,ifyouaretoomodest,youwillbewronglytreatedas“Insincereorhypocritical”.MostoftheChinesestudentsintheAmericaarelikelytosaythatmyEnglishispoorbutactuallytheycanspeakprettygoodEnglish,sotherearepossibilitiestoberegardedas
8、aninsincereperson.在中国,谦虚是一种让人进步的美德。但是美国是一个鼓励个性的国度。如果你过于谦虚,就会被冠以虚伪的帽子。比如,我们愿意说我的英语说得不好,其实已经不错了。呵呵。5.Concerningthesolution路上打招呼Inthemorning,whenyouarewalkingorgo