英國人的禮儀

　　The Englishdo shake hands with each other, but as little as possible.With acquaintances once in a lifetime is often considered enough. The preferred English handshake is a brief,vigorous affair with no hint of lingering. The standard greeting"How do you do"and the reply"How do you do"signal the end of the ritual. Foreigners who assume that "How do you do"comes with a built-in question mark and respond accordingly become socially isolated.

　　英國人之間確實是握手的，只不過是越少越好。一般認(rèn)為，與相識的人握手，一生中一次就夠了。英國人喜歡握手時簡短、有力、毫無拖延之意。標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的問好和回答都是說How do you do,禮節(jié)也就到此為止了。外國人如果以為How do you do內(nèi)含一個問號，而做出相應(yīng)的回答，那在社交上就無人理會了。

　　Most Englishmen never hug or kiss other men.They leave that to football players and foreigners. Women may kiss on one or both cheeks; if they do, the kisser makes a kissing gesture with appropriate sound-effects in the air in the general region of the recipient's ear. Men may also kiss women in greeting,but only on the cheek.

　　大多數(shù)英國男士從不與其他男士擁抱或親吻，那是留給足球運動員和外國人去做的。女士可以吻一邊或兩邊面頰;親吻時，吻者用嘴做一個親吻的口形，發(fā)出適當(dāng)?shù)捻懧�，并正好在接受者能聽到的范圍之�?nèi)。男士在問好時也可吻女士，但也僅限于面頰部位而已。

　　In public places, the Englishmake strenuous efforts not to touch strangers even by accident. If such an accident should occur, apologies are fulsome but should never be used as an excuse for further conversation. On crowded public transport where it is sometimes unavoidable,physical contact with a stranger is permitted, but in such circumstances, eye contact should be avoided at all costs.

　　在公共場合，英國人極力避免與生人有肌膚的接觸，即使無意的.接觸也要避免。萬一發(fā)生了這種情況，不必過分道歉，但決不能借此便交談起來。在擁擠的公交車上，有時情況難免，與陌生人有肢體接觸是允許的。但在這種情況下，無論如何要避免眼神的接觸。

　　The queue is one of the few places where the English are allowed to talk to each other without having been formally introduced. The others are when taking the dog for a walk. Being trapped with an Englishperson in ,say, a tunnel in an underground train, might result in community singingm,even the exchange of confidences--but it is not an invitation to a more permanent intimacy.

　　排隊時是英國人可以不經(jīng)正式介紹就互相交談的幾種場合之一，此外還有如遛狗的時候。如果與英國人一同陷入某種困境，比如在地鐵隧道之類的地方，可以一起唱歌，甚至交談知心話，但就不并不意味著雙方打算建立長久的親密關(guān)系。

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