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different cultural values are rooted.
When being complimented (赞美), an English-speaking person would
(ready) accept the compliment by saying something like "Thank you"
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(show) his appreciation of the praise, but a Chinese speaker would try to deny the truth of the compliment. They both think they
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(behave) properly. Yet neither of them would think the other is being polite. The English speaker is being polite to the extent by accepting and showing appreciation of the compliment, and he avoids hurting the positive face of the person who makes it; the Chinese speaker is showing modesty by denigrating(诽谤)
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, ignoring the fact of the compliment
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(pay) to him. As has been mentioned, self-denigration has been at the core of the Chinese understanding of politeness for over two thousand years. The Chinese, in order to show modesty, will go to such lengths as to underrate what he himself has achieved and deny the truth of
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complimentary remark.
Ⅱ.阅读第一节 阅读理解阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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The morning for our snowmobiling (雪上汽车) adventure finally arrived, and we set off on the hour-and-a-half drive to the resort. A fresh powder had fallen the night before, and everything was frosted white. We couldn’t have asked for more perfect conditions. The sun sparkled (闪光) on the snow, and the trails (路线) were completely empty – not another person or snowmobile in sight. We were thrilled at being the only people for miles around … until we got going.
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