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美国互惠生需要注意的社交礼仪 作为一个美国互惠生，来到美国后，就要熟悉美国的生活习惯和社交礼仪，融入到美国人的日常生活中，而知晓美国的社交礼仪可以使初来乍到的互惠生免于不必要的尴尬。 1.concerning the lift 关于搭车 In the U.S.A, if you want to ask for a lift, you’d better give a second thought, especially ladies. We can see that with the worsening social security, there are many crimes connecting with the lifting. And also, if you are asking to give a lift when you are driving, the best way is to give him some money and then leave. Some people may say that we watched a lot of movies and in the movie lifting is a very common phenomenon and people ate likely to offer the help. The case is those situations are hardly to occur in today抯 society. 在美国，如果你要搭别人的车，一定要注意安全。其实各国的社会治安都有不安全的因素，有很多的案子都与搭车有关。如果别人要搭你的车，最好的是给他点钱，而不是搭载。 2.Never call the black people “Negro”不要用“negro”称呼黑人 Negro , in English, means “a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)”，so when you are talking with the Americans( white people as well as black people), do not address them Negro, just use the word black , or you may be charged of discrimination.Negro是指从非洲作为奴隶运来的黑人。使用该词容易被人认为你有种族歧视，所以不管跟黑人还是白人交谈，一定别用这个词，用black 就好。 3.Be careful the phrase “I am sorry”甚用 “I am sorry” I am sorry and Excuse me in Chinese mean 抱歉，对不起。But in English, they have quite different meanings. I am sorry means you made a mistake and hurt other’s feeling. Excuse me means you want to interrupt or you want other’s attention. So if you still remember, when the USA’s president apology to our nation, in his speech, he used” I’m sorry” , which, obviously, is informal. 在中文的解释中，I am sorry and Excuse me 都有抱歉，对不起的含义。但是在英语中，这两个词的含义其实有很大不同的。前者意味着你犯了错误或者作出了对别人利益有损的行为。后者含义是你要打断别人或需要别人帮忙。如果大家还记得当时美国总统道歉时用I am sorry的事情，你就知道了区别，但是I am sorry 是一个非正式场合用语。 4.Modest is not a virtue谦虚不是一种美德 In our nation, we cherish “modest” a great value, but when you are in the USA, you should never be too modest because in American，if you are too modest, you will be wrongly treated as “Insincere or hypocritical”. M