SomeCommonMannersintheWestItisagreathelpforthepersonwhoislearningaforeignlanguagetoknowsomecustomsandmannersforthepeoplewhospeaksit,becausethelanguageisverycloselyassociatedwiththem.Iwilltellyousomecommonwesternmanners.1.MeetingandGreetingPeople1)GreetingThesimplestthingtosayis"Goodmorning,""Goodafternoon'"or"goodevening."Thisgreetingisgiventoonewhomyouknowonlyslightly,ortoanyoneyouarepassingquickly."Howareyou"isusuallyusedwhenyouarenotinsuchahurry.Noanswerisexpectedotherthan“Fine,thankyou.""Hello'isthecommonestformofgreetingbetweengoodfriends.2)WhenaManRaisesHisHatIfyouarewearingahatwhichcanbetakenboldofeasily,itiscustomarytoraiseitslightlyoffyourheadwhenyougreetagirlorawoman.3)WhentoShakeHandsItiscustomarytoshakehandswhenyoufirstmeetsomeone.Andusuallyfriendsshakehandswhentheymeetafternothavingseeneachotherforsometime.Howeveritisnotnecessarytoshakehands.4)Usetheperson'sNameItisalwaysgoodformtousethenameofthepersonyouaregreeting.Youmightsay,"GoodMorning,Mr.Moncrieff"or”Hello,Franklin,"Aperson'ssurnameshouldbeusedunlessheisgoodfriendorschool-mate.2.Introduction1)HowtoIntroducePeopleInintroducingtwopeople,thegeneralruleis:Introduceotherpeopletothepersonyouwishtohonor.TheoldarehonoredintheWestasinChina.WomenhavebeenhonoredintheWestsincethedaysofknighthood(骑士时代）.2)RisingatIntroductionAmanalwaysriseforanintroduction,exceptthatitissometimesallrightforanelderlymantoremainseatedwhenayoungmanisintroducedtohim.Thehostessalwaysrisesforanintroduction.3)IntroducingYourselfIfyouwanttomeetsomeone,itisbettertoaskafriendwhoknowshimtointroduceyou.Butsometimesatameetingorgatheringitisallrighttointroduceyourselftoafellow-student,ortooneofthesamesexandposition.
