Write an English composition with different greetings from China and the West.

Let's master English and make our future brighter!

Let's master English and create a more brilliant future!

-Miss Zhang Qing, English madman.

Crazy Johnny

I'm really busy recently, busy with teaching, busy with business and busy with self-study interpretation. . . . . . My schedule is full every day for fear of wasting even a little time. I just finished an intermediate American English course for an online student, and this student has made remarkable progress, which makes me feel very gratified.

I usually eat after students' classes, so many friends often laugh at me. I forget to eat and sleep at work. Eat dinner as a midnight snack. But fortunately, even with such irregular eating habits and busy life, my body is ok, at least my stomach is fine. After supper and supper, I taught myself to interpret for more than an hour, and I was very tired.

So I want to take a break and use this break to write a blog. All right, cut the crap. Today I want to talk to you about the differences between Chinese and western greetings.

In fact, whether in China or in the West, it is a common courtesy to greet friends or acquaintances. However, due to the different cultural traditions and customs between China and the West, greetings and habits are sometimes quite different.

We have strong eating habits in China, and there has been a proverb "Food is the most important thing for the people" since ancient times. Therefore, due to the baptism of this cultural custom, many of our lovely classmates like to ask each other when they meet foreigners: "Have you eaten?" Say hello. In fact, if you translate it into English word for word, it is "Have you had dinner?" Greeting westerners, according to western cultural customs, means inviting each other to dinner. Often make a lot of jokes.

Also, we like to ask each other where they are going. I often meet some friends. As soon as they met their foreign friends, they came forward and asked, "Where are you going?" In fact, we in China don't really want to know where the other person is going, while westerners will think that you really want to know where he or she is going, and often think that you are interfering in their private affairs, which will make them feel embarrassed and even angry. They will think, "Why do you ask this question? None of your business! " If so, I want to embarrass the questioner.

There is also a typical greeting, that is, you see someone doing something. For example, when you see a friend walking the dog, you ask, "Hey, where's the dog?" This kind of greeting is very strange and awkward for westerners. They think this is simply knowing perfectly well past ask, talking nonsense!

In fact, the greeting language of westerners is much simpler. Say "hi!" When you meet. "Hello!" "How have you been?" Or "Good evening!" That's all. Sometimes they greet each other by talking about the weather, for example, "it's a beautiful day, isn't it?" It's a nice day today, isn't it? )。 Then these greetings seem too strange to us in China and are rarely used, but they are actually the most practical greetings.

Therefore, I sincerely hope that friends can learn more about some western cultural customs while trying to improve their English, so that they can feel at home when dealing with westerners! At least you shouldn't joke in front of westerners and make yourself lose your manners. Of course, I will also introduce some articles about western culture in future blog posts, hoping to help everyone. I also hope that everyone will pay more attention to my blog, especially Zhang Qing, an English madman, to talk about English culture: