英語美文鑒賞 036

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3.Income You should never ever ask how much someone' s salary is.There's no way around this one.However，it' s perfectly appropriate to ask about their job title and what they do for a living.This information should give you some idea how much they make a year.

4.Matters of the Heart This is a tricky one.Sometimes you'll run into people who can't wait to pour their hearts out to you.Then there are those who make sure their personal business stays behind closed doors.The general rule is to not get too personal，too fast.You don't want others to think that you're prying into their lives.Therefore，try not to ask too many questions about someone' s love life，marriage and family until you have a friendship with this person.Even then，you better wait for your friend to come to you with the matters of their heart.

5.Is It Real? Many Americans are proponents of the all-natural look.Stick with what Mother Nature gave you and do the best you can with it.But how man y truly abide by this principle?With plastic surgery and products like colored contact lens，hair coloring，acrylic7) nails，etc，the answer would be：not many.I suppose some of us either like to experiment with our looks or are simply unhappy with what we're born with.

As artificial as the results of these physical alterations may be，they are done to imitate nature.At the end of the day，people want others to believe they' re simply born beautiful.So don' t ruin it for them by asking，“Hey，I love your eye color.Is it real?”

What makes certain topics taboo?These topics may lead to disclosure of information that people don't want others to know about.In other words，sometimes it' s not so much that you asked the wrong question，but that you touched a sore spot.You should never ever ask how much someone' s salary is

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3.收入 你絕對不要問別人掙多少錢。這沒什么可說的。但你完全可以問他們的工作頭銜和以什么為生計。這個信息可以讓你對他們一年掙多少有所了解。

4.心里的事 這是個很微妙的問題。有時你會碰到迫不及待向你傾訴心聲的人。但有些人時刻確保自己的私事不為外人知曉。總的規(guī)則是，不要太急于跟人談個人私事。不要讓人認為你在刺探他們的生活。所以，不要對別人的愛情、婚姻和家庭情況提太多問題，直到你跟此人結(jié)成了朋友。即便那時，你最好還是等著你的朋友帶著心事來找你談。

5.是真的嗎? 許多美國人都主張?zhí)焐南嗝病猿謴哪阁w帶來的一切并盡力善待之。但有多少人真正地遵守這一原則呢?答案是：不多，因為有整形手術和諸如有色隱形眼鏡、染發(fā)劑、丙烯酸指甲等產(chǎn)品。我猜我們中有些人或者喜歡去嘗試換個長相，或者就是對自己天生的長相不那么滿意罷了。

盡管這些實物改變的效果足可以假亂真，但它們還是仿真的。到頭來，人們還是希望別人相信他們就是天生漂亮。所以別問：“嗨，我喜歡你眼睛的顏色。是真的嗎?”免得讓人失望。

有些話題為什么犯忌呢?因為這些話題可能會把人們不愿為外人所知的情況泄露出去。換言之，有時你提錯了問題倒沒什么大不了，但你卻戳到了他人的痛處。你絕對不要問別人掙多少錢。