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1、AmericanCustomsandHabits:USCustomsandHabitsMeetingsomeoneWhenmeetingsomeoneforthefirsttime,itiscustomarytoshakehands,bothformenandforwomen.Hugsareonlyexchangedbetweenclosefriends.Kissingisnotcommon,andmenneverkissothermen.Americanswillusuallyintroducethemselvesbytheirfirstnameand
2、lastname(suchas“Hello,I’mJohnSmith”),or,ifthesettingisverycasual,bytheirfirstnameonly(“Hi,I’mJohn”).Thecommonresponsewhensomeoneisintroducedtoyouis“Pleasedtomeetyou.”Unlesssomeoneisintroducedtoyouwiththeirtitleandlastname(suchasMisterSmithorMissJohnson),youshouldaddressthembythei
3、rfirstname.Americansnormallyaddresseveryonetheymeetinasocialorbusinesssettingbytheirfirstname.However,youshouldalwaysaddressyourcollegeprofessorsbytheirtitleandlastname(suchasProfessorJones),unlesstheyaskyoutodootherwise.SpeakingonthetelephoneAmericansnormallyanswerthetelephoneby
4、simplysaying“Hello.”Ifyouarecallingabusiness,thepersonansweringthephonewillgivethenameofthebusinessandusuallytheirownnameaswell.Ifthepersonyouwouldliketospeaktohasansweredthephone,youshouldsayhelloandstateyourname.Ifnot,youshouldaskforthatpersonpolitely:“MayIpleasespeakwithAndrew
5、Brown?”ThemajorityofAmericanshaveansweringmachinesintheirhomes.Also,themajorityofbusinesseshavevoicemailaccountsfortheiremployees.Whenleavingamessage,stateyournameclearlyandleaveatelephonenumberwhereyoucanbereached.Telephonemessagesshouldbebriefandtothepoint.EatingoutAllrestauran
6、tsinAmericaacceptcashforpayment,andmost(evensomefastfoodrestaurants)alsoacceptcreditcards.AfewrestaurantsalsoacceptATMcardsforpayment.Youwillrarelyfindarestaurantthatacceptschecks.Itiscommontohavetowaitforatableatapopularrestaurant.Therearemanypopularrestaurantsthatdonotacceptres
7、ervations,orwillonlyacceptreservationsforlargeparties(forexample,sixormorepeople).Attheserestaurants,thewaitcanbeverylongonaweekendnight,sometimesupto1hour.However,almostallupscale,ormoreformal,restaurantswillacceptreservations.ManyrestaurantsinAmerica(exceptforfastfoodrestaurant
8、s)havealicensetoservealcohol.Beerandwine
