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Why is it that when you study a foreign language, you never learn the little phrases that let you slip into a culture without all your foreignness exposed? Every Chinese-language textbook starts out with the standard phrase for greeting people; but as an American, I constantly found myself tongue-tied when it came to seeing guests off at the door. An abrupt goodbye would not do, yet that was all I had ever learned from these books. So I would smile and nod, bowing like a Japanese and trying to find words that would smooth over the visitors' leaving and make them feel they would be welcome to come again. In my fluster, I often hid behind my Chinese husband's graciousness. Then finally, listening to others, I began to pick up the phrases that eased relations and sent people off with a feeling of mission not only accomplished but surpassed.
在外語學習中，學會一些簡單的詞組就能讓你不知不覺地進入另一種文化，而絲毫不暴露你作為一個外國人的身份，但你為什么總是學不會呢？每本漢語課本都，一律從問候語開始的。但是作為美國人，每當我要送客出門時，我總是張口結(jié)舌說不出話。唐突的說聲再見是不行的，然而，這就是我從這些課本里所學到的一切了。因此我只能微笑，點頭，像個日本人似的鞠躬，并拼命的想找些話來說，以緩和離別的氣氛，使他們覺得我確實歡迎他們再來。因此，我常?？课抑袊煞虻谋虮蛴卸Y來掩飾自己的慌亂。 后來，通過聽別人說話，我開始學會一些使客人聽了舒服的言辭，感到送客這項重要的任務，我不僅順利完成了，而且完成得很出色。