“You speak very good English”
The other day I heard an American say to a Chinese student of English. “You
1 very good English.” But the student answered, “ No, my English is very poor.” The foreigner was quite
2 at the answer. Thinking he had not made himself
3 or the student had not heard him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak it very well.” But the Chinese student still
4 saying “No”.
5 the foreigner gave up and didn’t know what to say.
What’s wrong with the student’s answer? It is because he didn’t accept a compliment as the American people
6 . He should have said “Thank you” instead of “No”. He actually understood what the American had said. But he thought he should be modest. If someone says to a woman, “ You look
7 beautiful with the new clothes
8 .” she should be very happy and answer, “Thank you.” In our country we think
9 modest is a virtue and showing off is a bad behavior. But in the West, if you are modest and say, “ No,
10 I can’t do it well,” then the others will take it for granted (理所当然)that you
11 can not do it. If you often say,“No”, you will certainly be looked down upon by
12 . When
13 for a job, if one says something like “Yes, I can certainly do it” instead of “ Let me have a try on the job”, he or she can expect to get it. So in the West, one should always be confident.
14 self-confidence, he can’t go anywhere. Confidence is of great
15 to one in a country where competition is quite keen.(激烈)
小题2: | A.surprising | B.surprised | C.laughed | D.laughing |
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小题3: | A.understood | B.understand | C.to understand | D.understanding |
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小题4: | A.keep | B.keeping | C.keeps | D.kept |
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小题5: | A.At first | B.By the way | C.In the end | D.First of all |
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小题9: | A.being | B.be | C.having | D.have |
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小题10: | A.I’m afraid | B.I’m not sure | C.I don’t mind | D.I don’t know |
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小题11: | A.hardly | B.really | C.badly | D.luckily |
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小题12: | A.another | B.other | C.the other | D.others |
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小题13: | A.asking | B.ask | C.provide | D.providing |
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小题14: | A.With | B.Without | C.by | D.under |
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小题15: | A.importantly | B.unimportant | C.important | D.importance |
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