Howdoyouaddress(称呼)peopleinEnglishwhenyouwanttotalktothem?Thefollowingmaybesomesimplerulesthebeginnersshouldfollow.1．WhentalkingtoastrangerthereisoftennospecialformofaddressinEnglish.Usually
Howdoyouaddress(称呼)peopleinEnglishwhenyouwanttotalktothem?Thefollowingmaybesomesimplerulesthebeginnersshouldfollow.
1．WhentalkingtoastrangerthereisoftennospecialformofaddressinEnglish.Usually，ifyouwanttocatchtheattentionofastrangeritisnecessarytousesuchaphraseas“Excuseme”．
2．InBritishEnglish“Sir”and“Madam”areconsideredtobetooformal(正式的)formostsituations.Theyareusedmostlytocustomers(顾客)inshopsorrestaurants.WhileinAmericanEnglish“Sir”and“Madam”arenotsoformalandarecommonlyusedbetweenstangersespeciallywitholdpeoplewhosenamesyoudon’tknow.
3．Whenyoutalktosomepeopleyouknow，youcanusetheirnames.Ifyouarefriendsusetheirfirstnames；ifyourrelationshipismoreformaluse“Mr.”，“Mrs.”，“Ms.”，etc.beforetheirfamilynames.
4．Therearemanyotherformsofaddresswhichcanbeusedbetweenfriendsandstrangers.However，manyofthesearelimitedinuse.Forexample，“pal”and“mate”canbeusedbetweenstrangers，butareusuallyonlyusedbymentalkingtoothermen.
1．Accordingtothepassage，“Excuseme”ismainlyusedto________.
A．addressapersonyoudon’tknow B．apologizetoothers
C．catchtheattentionofastranger D．suggestgoodmanners
2．IfJohnSmithisyourbestfriend，accordingtothepassageyoushouldoftencallhim________.
A．John B．Smith C．Mr.Join D．Mr.Smith
3．WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?
A．“Sir”and“Madam”areusedmoreofteninAmericathaninEngland.
B．Peopleoftenuse“Mr.”“Mrs.”or“Ms.”beforethefirstnamesofthosepeoplewhotheydon’tknowverywell.
C．“Pal”and“mate”areusuallyonlyusedamongmen.
D．Whileaddressingfriends，peoplejustusetheirfirstnames.
4．ThepassageismostlikelytakenfromanEnglish________.
A．textbookB．cardC．storybook D．grammarbook
5．Fromthepassages，wecaninferthat________.
A．BritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishhavesomedifferences
B．whenyourfriendsintroduceastrangewomantoyou，youmaycallherfirstname.
C．“Excuseme”iscommoninBritainbutnotinAmerica
D．“Sir”and“Madam”canbeusedwhenyou