MostChinesepeopleoftengreetpeopleinEnglishwith"Howareyou?"
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- 有如下的程序：public class Welcome{ public static void main( String args[ ] ){ System.out.println( "How\nare\nyou!\n" ); }} A: Howareyou!.. B: How are you ! C: Howareyou!. D: Howareyou!
- Theexpressionof“What’sup”isaveryformalwaytoreplacethetraditionalgreeting,like“howareyou”._________
- 好久不见 A: Longtimenosee. B: Howdoyoudo? C: HowAreyou? D: ImissyouSomuch.
- 属于问候语的是 A: hello B: hi C: howareyou
- RecognizingtheSummary:Forthefollowingparagraphs,choosethesummaryyouthinkisbest. Sociolinguisticsisconcernedwiththeethnographyofspeaking,thatis,withculturalandsubculturalpatternsofspeechvariationindifferentsocialcontexts.Thesociolinguistmightask,forexample,whatkindsofthingsonetalksaboutincasualconversationswithastranger.AforeignermayknowEnglishvocabularyandgrammarwellbutmaynotknowthatonetypicallychatswithastrangerabouttheweatherorwhereonecomesfrom,andnotaboutwhatoneatethatdayorhowmuchmoneyoneearns.AforeignermaybefamiliarwithmuchofthecultureofaNorthAmericancity,butifthatpersondivulgestherealstateofhisorherhealthandfeelingstothefirstpersonwhosays,“Howareyou?”heorshehasmuchtolearnabout“smalltalk”inNorthAmericanEnglish.Similarly,NorthAmericanstendtogetconfusedinsocietieswheregreetingsarequitedifferentfromours.Peopleinsomeothersocietiesmayaskagreeting,“Whereareyougoing?”or“Whatareyoucooking?”SomeAmericansmaythinksuchquestionsarerude;othersmaytrytoanswerinexcruciatingdetail,notrealizingthatonlyvagueanswersareexpected,justaswedon’treallyexpectadetailedanswerwhenweaskpeople“Howareyou?” (qtd.fromJudithResnick&LannyLester,Text&Thought,pp.194-195)