AbstractThefirstdecadeof21stcenturywillbepassedquickly
Whenlookingback,wecanfindthatwiththedeepeningofreformandopeningpolicy,ournationalpowerisboostingupandpeople’slivingstandardisincreasinggradually
Atthesametime,ourcountryisbroadeningitscommunicationwithwesterncountries
Cross-culturalCommunicationcontinuestoheatupalong
Incross-culturalcommunication,onephenomenonhasdrawnourwidespreadattention----thatiscompliment
Complimentsarethe“lubricant”ofcommunication,whichenablecommunicationtogoaheadinaharmoniousatmosphere
Asasociallanguage,complimentscannotonlyshortenthesocialdistanceamongcommunicators,butalsoenhancetheemotions,maintainnormalsocialrelationships
However,duetodifferentculturalbackgrounds,therearelotsofdisparitiesintheuseofcompliments
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