ReadingⅢ(You and I are Close Friends)

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Alone in the back seat A class party Polite Fictions Breaking the Ice & Melt the ice slowly First names To keep two points in mind Thank you

Alone in the back seat (P7~)

She felt rejected and lonely.

Japanese way of being polite.

In the car, She was alone in the back seat.

A class party(P8L4~)

All the students would cluster at the side of table.

reluctance to be near the guest of honor– = no personal dislike, but an expression of

Japanese polite fiction

Felt unpopular

"I am in awe of you"

Polite Fictions

“I am in awe of you” (Japan)

“You and I are close friends”

Very different Still felt uncomfortable(P8L11)

“You and I are equals” (America)

Breaking the ice& Melt the ice ,slowly(P8L21~)

Breaking the ice– English idiom– Behave like close

friends as soon as possible

Melt the ice,slowly– Gradually easing

into a closer relationship

American Japanese

First names(P9~)

American often use first names– Much sooner than Japanese do.– Sometimes can seem rude or pushy.– One way Americans break the ice.

To keep two points in mind(P9L9~)

(1)Don’t ask,

“May I call you George?”– Don’t volunteer your

name before he volunteers his.

– WAIT!

Don’t “politely refuse” to follow the other person’s lead.– “I am in awe of you”

is likely to strike American.

Not polite

Thank you

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