在餐廳，喊「服務員」不要用 waiter！容易惹老外生氣

👑欢迎加入早安英文频道会员，享专有福利：    / @morningenglish32   🔎想要跟着我们学英语？☎️：https://chat.whatsapp.com/CG6tmFygC82... —————— ｜早安英文｜podcast｜podcast english｜英语口语｜英语发音｜英语对话｜英语听力｜日常英文｜国外生活必备｜双语脱口秀｜中英雙語 —————— 笔记： 1. 不要把外国人描述为foreigner，询问他们的国籍，比如： instead of: He’s a foreigner. 他是外国人。 we’d better say: He’s an American. / He’s a Canadian. It means that you are trying separate them from you and telling them that they are different from you. Almost like saying you look different and therefor are different than us and you need to leave. 这意味着你想要把他们和你们撇开，告诉他们他们和你们不一样。就好像在说，你看起来和我们不同，所以你该离开。 2. 称呼不认识名字的人的时候不要说“Hey”, 换成 “Excuse me” or “Pardon me”. (同样，称呼餐厅服务员的时候，不要叫waiter或者waitress，也换成“Excuse me” or “Pardon me”) 3. 尽量避免使用fast, quickly, move, hurry up等等这种催促他人的词。 These words imply that your time is more valuable than theirs. 因为这些词暗示着你们的时间比他们的时间更宝贵。 4. We should also refrain from using the word “Should” or “Ought”, these words come with the connotation that you did something immoral. 减少使用“Should”和“Ought”，这些词带有一种“你做了一些不应该不道德的事情”这种言外之意。 5. Avoid making “you” statements and instead use “I”. IE “You are making this so frustrating” and use “I am so frustrated”. 在做一些负面评论的时候，避免使用第二或者第三人称，换成第一人称。比如说： 不讲You are making this so frustrating. 你让这很沮丧灰心诶。 换成I am so frustrated.我很灰心沮丧。 6. We should also be careful when talking about money, at least in America you should never ask how much money someone makes or how much money they have in their bank account. Is it the same in China? 在聊到钱的问题时也要特别小心，至少在美国，永远不要问一个人赚多少钱或者他们的银行账户里有多少钱。中国是一样的吗？ 7. We are also very age conscious in the West. You never ask someone their age, especially a girl. 在西方，我们年龄意识非常强烈。不要问别人的年龄，尤其是女孩子。 -Don’t call an elderly person grandma or grandpa. 不要管年长的人叫grandma或者grandpa。 -Only use family titles for relatives and not strangers. IE Uncle and Aunt Uncle和Aunt在英文中只用于有血缘关系的亲戚，不要用在陌生人身上。 8. In the west we also tend to steer clear of talking about peoples’ weight or how fat they are. 在西方，我们通常会避开谈论人们的体重或者他们有多胖。 This will extend to several of the following: 这些引申的问题也不要问： What size shirt do you wear? 你穿多大的衣服？ How much do you weigh, your looking a little thick around the edges. 你体重多少啊，你有点赘肉诶。 What size pants do you wear? 你穿多大的裤子？ politics and religion 和人初识时，不要问政治和宗教 -Who did you vote for? 你给那个党投的票？ -Are you a Democrat社会民主党 or Republican共和党? -Do you believe in God? 你相信上帝吗？