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Saying“thankyou”isprobablythefirstthingmostofuslearntodoinaforeignlanguage.Afterallwe’rebroughtuptobepoliteanditisimportanttomakeagoodimpressionuponotherpeople—especiallyacrossnationaldivide
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Saying“thankyou”isprobablythefirstthingmostofuslearntodoinaforeignlanguage.Afterallwe’rebroughtuptobepoliteanditisimportanttomakeagoodimpressionuponotherpeople—especiallyacrossnationaldivides.

Sowhatexactlyareyousupposedtosaywhen“thankyou”isonlythe20thmostpopularwaytoexpressgratitude?Accordingtoarecentsurvey19otherwaysofexpressingappreciationfinishedaheadof“thankyou”inapollof3000people.

Pollsters(民测调查员)foundalmosthalfofthoseaskedpreferredthemoreinformal“cheers”whileotherslikedtousesuchexpressionsas“ta”“great”and“niceone”.

Sojustwhatistheappropriateformofwordstoexpressyourthanks?

Fortunatelytheclueisinthelanguageitself.“Cheers”despiteitspopularityisconsideredaninformalwaytosaythankyou—andthisisadefiniteclueastowhenyoucanbestuseit.

Forinstancewhengoingforadrinkwithfriendsasmileanda“cheers”bywayofthanksisnotonlyappropriatetothesituationitisalsoculturallyaccurate.

“Ta”originatedfromtheDanishword“tak”wasthesecond-mostpopularexpressionofthanksandisalsocommonlyusedininformalsituationsalongwithphrasessuchas“niceone”and“brilliant”.Interestinglyonewordthatdidn’tmakeitintothetop20was“thanks”Thankyouisshortermoreinformalcousin.

“Thanks”canbeusefulasitisabletobridgethedividebetweentheformalityof“thankyou”andthedownrightrelaxed“cheers”.

Certainwordscandoubleasanexpressionofthanksaswellasdelight.Againthewordsthemselvesoffertheclueastowhenbesttousethem.

Forexamplewordslike“awesome”“brilliant”and“youstar”featuredhighlyinthenewpollandtheycanhintatbothyourpleasureatsomeone’sactionaswellasservingtoexpressyourthanks.Ifyouareonthereceivingendofa“new”thankyouyoucanrespondwithasimple“noproblem”or“sure”.

Ofcourseincertaincircumstancesasimplewavenodorsmilemaybeappropriate.Forinstanceifacardriverslowsdowntoletyoucrosstheroadsimplyraisingyourhandinacknowledgementisenoughtoshowthatyouappreciatethedriver’sconsideration.

Sometimesformalityisnecessaryand“thankyou”isstillthebestchoiceinsuchsituat

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  【小题1】C【小题2】B【小题3】A【小题4】B解析试题分析:本文是一篇说明文,说明了有几种方法表达感谢,有正式表达、不正式表达,“谢谢你”是正式表达,可能是每个人学英语时第一次学到的表达,是第20种表...
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