美国文化背景3

SomeTaboosintalkingwithAmericansI.GeneralPointstoRemember1.MostAmericansonlyspeakEnglish:WhileitistruethatmoreandmoreAmericansspeakSpanish,mostAmericansonlyspeakEnglish.Don'texpectthemtounderstandyournativelanguage.GeneralPointstoRemember2.Americanshavedifficultiesunderstandingforeignaccents:ManyAmericansarenotusedtoforeignaccents.Thisrequirespatiencefrombothofyou!II.ConversationTips1.Speakaboutlocation:Americanslovetotalkaboutlocation.Whenspeakingtoastranger,askthemwheretheyarefromandthenmakeaconnectionwiththatplace.Forexample:Oh,IhaveafriendwhostudiedinLosAngeles.Hesaysit'sabeautifulplacetolive.MostAmericanswillthenwillinglytalkabouttheirexperienceslivingorvisitingthatparticularcityorarea.II.ConversationTips2.Talkaboutwork:AmericanscommonlyaskWhatdoyoudo?.It'snotconsideredimpolite(asinsomecountries)andisapopulartopicofdiscussionbetweenstrangers.II.ConversationTips3.Talkaboutsports:Americanslovesports!However,theyloveAmericansports.Whenspeakingaboutfootball,mostAmericansunderstandAmericanFootball,notsoccer.II.ConversationTipsBecarefulwhenexpressingideasaboutrace,religionorothersensitivetopics:TheUnitedStatesisamulti-culturalsociety.Especiallyinthelastfewyears,Americansaretryingveryhardtobesensitivetootherculturesandideas.Talkingaboutsensitivetopicslikereligionorbeliefs,isoftenavoidedinordertobesurenottooffendsomeoneofadifferentbeliefsystem.ThisisoftenreferredtoasbeingpoliticallycorrectIII.AddressingPeople1.Uselastnameswithpeopleyoudonotknow:Addresspeopleusingtheirtitle(Mr.,Mrs.,Miss,Ms,Dr,Professor)andtheirlastnames.AlwaysuseMswhenaddressingwomen:ItisimportanttouseMswhenaddressingawoman.OnlyuseMrswhenthewomanhasaskedyoutodosoIII.AddressingPeople2.ManyAmericanspreferfirstnames:Americansoftenpreferusingfirstnames,evenwhendealingwithpeopleinverydifferentpositions.Americanswillgenerallysay,CallmeTom.andthenexpectyoutoremainonafirstnamebasis.III.AddressingPeople3.Americanspreferinformal:Ingeneral,Americanspreferinformalgreetingsandusingfirstnamesornicknameswhenspeakingwithcolleaguesandacquaintances.IV.PublicBehavior1.Alwaysshakehands:Americansshakehandswhengreetingeachother.Thisistrueforbothmenandwomen.Otherformsofgreetingsuchaskissingonthecheeks,etc.,isgenerallynotappreciated.IV.PublicBehavior2.Lookyourpartnerintheeye:Americanslookeachotherintheeyeswhentheyarespeakingasawayofshowingthattheyaresincere.IV.PublicBehavior3.Don'tholdhands:SamesexfriendsdonotusuallyholdhandsorputtheirarmsaroundeachotherinpublicintheUnitedStates.V.TheMostCoolOralEnglishDon'tmentionit.没关系，别客气。Whoknows!天晓得！Itisnotabigdeal!没什么了不起！Comeon!快点，振作起来！Don'ttakeillofme.别生我气。Hopeso.希望如此。Godowntobusiness.言归正传。TheMostCoolOralEnglishNoneofmybusiness.不关我事。Itdoesn‘twork.不管用。Idon'tcare.我不在乎。Notsobad.不错。Noway!不可能！Don'tflatterme.过奖了。Yourarewelcome.你太客气了。Itisalongstory.一言难尽。TheMostCoolOralEnglishBetweenus.你知，我知。Bigmouth!多嘴驴！Anythingurgent？有急事吗？Howabouteatingout？外面吃饭怎样？Don'toverdoit.别太过分了。Canyoudigit？你搞明白了吗？I'mafraidIcan't.我恐怕不能。Youwantabet？你想打赌吗？TheMostCoolOralEnglishWhowants？谁稀罕？Followmynose.凭直觉做某事。Cheapskate!小气鬼！Goodluck!祝你好运！Gildthelily.画蛇添足。Makeit.达到目的，获得成功Iwonderifyoucangivemealift？能让我搭一程吗？TheMostCoolOralEnglishImighthearapindrop.非常寂静。Whyareyousosure？怎么这样肯定？Isthatso？是这样吗？Don‘tgetloaded.别喝醉了。Don‘tgethighhat.别摆架子。Thatringsabell.听起来耳熟。Sleepingonbothears.睡的香。Playhooky.旷工、旷课。TheMostCoolOralEnglishIt‘supintheair.尚未确定。Iamallears.我洗耳恭听。Getcoldfeet.害怕做某事。Goodforyou!好得很！Goahead.继续。Helpmeout.帮帮我。Losehead.丧失理智。Talktruly.有话直说。TheMostCoolOralEnglishHeisthepainonneck.他真让人讨厌。It‘suptoyou.由你决定。Hehasaquickeye.他的眼睛很锐利。Shootthebreeze.闲谈。Tellmewhen!随时奉陪！Itisasmallworld!世界真是小！Notatall.根本就不（用）。Let'splayitbyear.让我们随兴所至。TheMostCoolOralEnglishWaitandsee.等着瞧。Whysoblue？怎么垂头丧气？Whatbroughtyouhere？什么风把你吹来了？Youneverknow.世事难料。I'mnotinagoodmood.没有心情（做某事）。Heisafasttalker.他是个吹牛大王。I'mboredtodeath.我无聊死了。Bottomsup!干杯！TheMostCoolOralEnglishIlostmyway.我迷路了。Sheisstillmadatme.她还在生我的气。I'llgetevenwithhimoneday.我总有一天跟他扯平Hittheceiling.大发雷霆。I'mdyingtoseeyou.我很想见你。Iswearbythegod.我对天发誓。Nothingtricky.别耍花招。TheMostCoolOralEnglishYoudon'tseemtobequiteyourselftoday.你今天看起来不大对劲。Doyouhaveanymoneyonyou？你身上带钱了吗？Whatisyoumajor？你学什么专业？MygirlfriendandIbrokeup.我和我的女朋友吹了。Itwassomethingthathappensonceinthebluemoon.这是千载难逢的事。Itisadeal！一言为定！Dinnerisonme.晚饭我请。TheMostCoolOralEnglishItcanbeakiller.这是个伤脑筋的问题。Deadend.死胡同。Takeaseat!请坐！美国-节日1月1日新年（NewYear'sDay）1月第2周周一马丁·路德·金诞辰2月12日林肯纪念日（Lincoln'sBirthday）2月14日圣瓦伦丁节（情人节）（St.Valentine'sDay）2月18日华盛顿诞辰日（Washington'sBirthday）3月17日圣帕特里克节（St.Patrick'sDay）4月1日愚人节（AllFools‘Day）4月复活节（Easter）（一般指春分月圆后第一个星期日）5月植树节（ArborDay）（五月的第二个星期五）5月母亲节（Mothers‘Day）（五月的第二个星期日）5月阵亡将士纪念日（MemorialDay）（五月的最后一个星期一）6月14日美国国旗日（FlagDay）6月父亲节（Fathers‘Day）（六月的第三个星期日）7月4日美国独立日（IndependenceDay）9月劳动节（LaborDay）（九月的第一个星期一）10月12日哥伦布日（ColumbusDay）10月退伍军人节（Veteran'sDay）（十月的第四个星期一）11月1日万圣节（Halloween）11月感恩节（ThanksgivingDay）（11月的第四个星期四）12月25日圣诞节（Christmas）主要节日--感恩节ThanksgivingDay美国是一个多民族的国家，很多移民将各自的传统节日带了过来。比如，中国人带来了春节，犹太人带