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　　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