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●timetoarrangefortheday-78.____inadvance

●thingstodofortheday:

79.____________

buildbooths

●membersofschoolclubsselldrinks,80._______

Ihelptowelcomevisitors

Eventstododurningtheday

●callon81.

●seeoldfriends

●82.__________

●83._______bytheband

Anhonourtobechosen:

Homecoming84.___________

Anyway,HomecomingDayis85.__________________

（二）

AreportoftenbroughtbackbyvisitorstotheUSishowfriendly,courteous（谦恭有礼的）andhelpfulmostAmericansweretothem.Tobefair,thisobservationisalsofrequentlymadeofCanadaandCanadians,andshouldbestbeconsideredNorthAmerican.

Thereare,ofcourse,exceptions.Small-mindedofficials,rudewaiters,andill-manneredtaxidriversarehardlyunknownintheUS.Yetitisanobservationmadesofrequentlythatitdeservescomment.

Foralongperiodoftimeandinmanypartsofthecountry,atravelerwasawelcomebreakinanotherwisedullexistence.Dullnessandlonelinesswerecommonproblemsofthefamilieswhogenerallyliveddistantfromoneanother.Strangersandtravelerswerewelcomesourcesofdiversion,andbroughtnewsoftheoutsideworld.Thecruelrealitiesofthefrontieralsoshapedthistraditionofhospitality.Someonetravelingalone,ifhungry,injured,orill,oftenhadnowheretoturnexcepttothenearestcabinorsettlement.Itwasnotamatterofchoiceforthetravelerormerelyacharitableimpulseonthepartofthesettlers.Itreflectedtheharshnessofdailylife:

ifyoudidn'

ttakeinthestrangerandtakecareofhim,therewasnooneelsewhowould.Andsomeday,remember,youmightbeinthesamesituation.Todaytherearemanycharitableorganizationswhichspecializeinhelpingthewearytraveler.Yet,theoldtraditionofhospitalitytostrangersisstillverystrongintheUS,especiallyinthesmallercitiesandtownsawayfromthebusytouristtrails.

"

Iwasjusttravelingthrough,gottalkingwiththisAmerican,andprettysoonheinvitedmehomefordinneramazing."

SuchobservationsreportedbyvisitorstotheUSarenotuncommon,butarenotalwaysunderstoodproperly.ThecasualfriendlinessofmanyAmericansshouldbeinterpretedneitherassuperficial（肤浅的）norasartificial（矫揉造作的）butastheresultofahistoricallydevelopedculturaltradition.Asistrueofanydevelopedsociety,inAmericaacomplexsetofculturalsignals,assumptionsandconventionsaffectsallsocialinterrelationships.And,ofcourse,speakingalanguagedoesnotnecessarilymeanthatsomeoneunderstandssocialandculturalpatterns.Visitorswhofailto"

translate"

culturalmeaningsproperlyoftendrawwrongconclusions.Forexample,whenanAmericanusestheword,"

friend"

theculturalimplicationsofthewordmaybequitedifferentfromthoseithasinthevisitor'

slanguageandculture.Ittakesmorethanabriefencounter（邂逅）onabustodistinguishbetweencourteousconventionandindividualinterest.Yet.beingfriendlyisavirtuethatmanyAmericansvaluehighlyandexpectfrombothneighborsandstrangers.

TheAmerican'

sfriendliness

Visitors'

76._________

MostAmericansarefriendly.77._________

Analysis

Reasons

●78._______lifeindistantareasresultedinpeople'

shospitality.

●79._____ofthefrontieralsocontributedtothetradition.Asaresult,thesettlers'

friendlinessisnotmerelyoutofa80.____.

Maincause

ThecasualfriendlinessofmanyAmericanshasa84._____andculturalbackground.

81._______

Somepeoplemaythinkthecasualfriendlinessissuperficialandartificial.

Culturaldiversity

●Speakingalanguagedoesn'

tequalunderstanding82.______patterns.

●Differentcultureshavedifferent83.___ofsomewords,suchas"

.

Conclusion

85.______ofhospitalitytostrangersiswellkeptupinUSA.

（六）

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FiveWaitersandTenWaitresses:

Agedunder25.Atleasthighschoolgraduates.Good-lookingmenatleast1.72meterstallandwomenatleast1.65.Thoseknowingforeignlanguagesfavored.Paid1600-2200dollarspermonth.

Onesecretary:

Agedunder30.Universitygraduate.Femalesfavored.Goodatwritingandskilledatcomputers.Salaryistobeidentified.Ifinterested,call4654768orwriteto:

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Accountant（会计）:

Agedbetween25and40.Withanexperienceofatleasttwoyears.Withadegreeandanaccountantcertificate.Paid3000-4000dollarsmonthly.Withapracticalknowledgeofcomputer.

ComputerSalesclerk:

Aged25orless.Basiceducationof12yearsormore.Goodatcomputer.Paid1800-2200dollarsmonthly.Tel:

4474398Fax:

3485269

76.______

Age

77._____

Salarypermonth

78.______

Contactingmethods

Waitersandwaitresses

under25

highschooleducation

79._____

good-lookingmenatleast1.72meterstallandwomen1.65

Tel:

4654768Fax:

6954828

Secretary

80._____

universitygraduation

tobeidentified

females/goodatwritingandskilledatcomputers

Fax:

82.______

between25and40

withadegreeandanaccountantcertificate

3000—4000dollars

83._________

Computersalesclerk

84.____25yearsold

basiceducationof12yearsormore

1800-2200

85._________

（八）

InphoneboothsintheU.S.thereareusuallydirectionsforusingthetelephone.Allphonenumberssevendigits,thoughlettersandnumbersaresometimesusedincombination.Theremaybephonedirectories-underthetelephones.

Therearetwomainkindsoflongdistancecalls:

dial-directandoperator-assisted.YoucandialdincallsinmostpartsoftheU.S.Lookinthewhitepagesdirectoryforlongdistanceratesorfor;

informationonmakinglongdistancecalls.Oryoucancalltheoperatorforhelp.Ifyouneedaphonenumberthat'

snotinyourphonebook,callDirectoryAssistance.

Tomakealongdistancecall,you'

11needtoknowthethree-digitareacode.Dial1plustheareacodeplusthenumber,andanoperatororacomputervoicewilltellyouhowmuchmoneytodeposit.Onoperator-assistedcalls-theoperatorwillaskyoutodepositmoremoneybeforeyourtimeisup.Ondial-directcalls,you'

11becutoffattheendofthetimeyoupaidforunlessyouputmoremoneyintheslot.

Ifyoumakealongdistancecallandgetawrongnumber,calltheoperatorandexplainwhathappened.Thismeansthatyoucanmakethecallagaintotherightnumberwithouthavingtopaymoremoney;

oryoucanhavethephonecompanymailyouacreditcouponthathasthesamevalueasthephonecall.

SomecompaniesadvertiseaservicecalledWATS,whichmeansWideAreaTelephoneService.Youcandialaspecialnumberwithoutalongdistancecharge.Thesearecalled"

'

toll-freenumbers"

andtheareacodeforallofthemis800.

76._____inAmerica

Typesoflongdistancecall

Usesfor

78._______

howtomakealongdistancecall

Situationwhengettingthrough

Solutionstoa82._____

Informationof84.______

77.______

1）forlongdistancerates

2）formoreinformation

l）toknow

2）81._____diall+theareacode+thenumber

1）onoperator-assistedcalls:

toldtodepositenoughmoney

2）81._____willbecutoffwhenthedepositisusedup

1）83.____totheoperator

2）getacreditcouponfromthephonecompany

1）offeredbysomecompanies

2）longdistancecalls:

free

3）85._______800

operator-assisted

1）Dcallingtheoperatorforhelp79._____

2）foraphonenumberyouforgot

（九）

Somepeoplelearnasecondlanguageeasily.Otherpeoplehavetroublelearninganewlanguage.Howcanyouhelpyourselflearnanewlanguage,suchasEnglish?

ThereareseveralwaystomakelearningEnglishalittleeasierandmoreinteresting.

ThefirststepistofeelpositiveaboutlearningEnglish.Ifyoubelievethatyoucanlearn,youwilllearn.Bepatient.Youdon'

thavetounderstandeverythingallatonce.Itisnaturaltomakemistakeswhenyoulearnsomethingnew.Wecanlearnfromourmistakes.Inotherwords,donotworryabout