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英语会话中要注意的问题 会话主题：英美人喜欢聊天气、爱好、旅游等话题。金钱、年龄、婚姻、宗教、政治信仰等是西方人的禁忌。应避免下列问题： How old are you? What’s your age? How much do you make? What’s your income? How much did that dress cost you? How much did you pay for that car? Are you married or single? How come did you’re single? So you’re divorced.What was the reason? Are you a Republican or a Democrat? Why did you vote for---? Do you go to church? What’s your religion? Are you Catholic? Context： 外国朋友Colin在银行提款，小张和小李对Colin说： Zhang： Colin， it seems you have saved a lot of money。 Li： You’re really a millionaire. 礼貌原则： 1. Tact Maxim (other-perspective): Minimize cost to other; Maximize benefit to other.???? 策略准则 2. Generosity Maxim (self-perspective): Minimize benefit to self; Maximize cost to self. 慷慨准则 3. Approbation Maxim (other-perspective): Minimize dispraise of other; Maximize praise of other. 赞誉准则 4. Modesty Maxim (self-perspective): Minimize praise of self; Maximize dispraise of self. 谦逊准则 5. Agreement Maxim: Minimize disagreement between self and other; Maximize agreement between self and other. 赞同准则 6. Sympathy Maxim: Minimize antipathy between self and other; Maximize sympathy between self and other. 同情准则 A: What a bright boy you are! You always get full marks. B: Thank you. I have very good teachers. A: I lost my kitten last week and I still can’t get over it. B1: I’m sorry to hear that. B2: So. we won’t be annoyed by that nasty little animal any more. A: I thought the film was good tonight. B1: No, I don’t think so. It was very dull. B2: Yes, quite good. But some parts were rather boring, don’t you think so? . A: How do you like my playing the saxophone? B: I don’t have an ear for music, I’m afraid.(礼貌，赞同) . A: We’ll all miss Bill and Agatha, won’t we? B: Well, we’ll all miss Bill.( 礼貌，赞同) 礼貌级别：听者受益程度越大，话语的礼貌程度也就越大，礼貌等级也就越高。 Peel these potatoes. Cost to H