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1、2012textaSaying“thankyou”isprobablythefirstthingmostofuslearntodoinaforeignlanguage.Afterall,we’rebroughtuptobepolite,anditisimportanttomakeagoodimpressionuponotherpeople—especiallyacrossnationaldivides.So,whatexactlyareyousupposedtosaywhen“thankyou”isonlythe20thmostpopularwaytoexpressg
2、ratitude?Accordingtoarecentsurvey,19otherwaysofexpressingappreciationfinishedaheadof“thankyou”inapollof3,000people.Pollstersfoundalmosthalfofthoseaskedpreferredthemoreinformal“cheers”,whileotherslikedtousesuchexpressionsas“ta”,“great”and“niceone”.So,justwhatistheappropriateformofwordsto
3、expressyourthanks?Fortunately,theclueisinthelanguageitself.“Cheers”,despiteitspopularity,isconsideredaninformalwaytosaythankyou—andthisisadefiniteclueastowhenyoucanbestuseit.Forinstance,whengoingforadrinkwithfriends,asmileanda“cheers”bywayofthanksisnotonlyappropriatetothesituation,itisa
4、lsoculturallyaccurate.“Ta”,originatedfromtheDanishword“tak”,wasthesecond-mostpopularexpressionofthanks,andisalsocommonlyusedininformalsituations,alongwithphrasessuchas“niceone”,and“brilliant”.Interestingly,onewordthatdidn’tmakeitintothetop20was“thanks”,Thankyou’sshorter,moreinformalcous
5、in.“Thanks”canbeuseful,asitisabletobridgethedividebetweentheformalityof“thankyou”andthedownrightrelaxed“cheers”.Certainwordscandoubleasanexpressionofthanksaswellasdelight.Again,thewordsthemselvesoffertheclueastowhenbesttousethem.Forexample,wordslike“awesome”,“brilliant”and“youstar”featu
6、redhighlyinthenewpollandtheycanhintatbothyourpleasureatsomeone’saction,aswellasservingtoexpressyourthanks.Ifyouareonthereceivingendofa“new”thankyou,youcanrespondwithasimple“noproblem”,or“sure”.Ofcourse,incertaincircumstances,asimplewave,nodorsmilemaybeappropriate.Forinstance,ifacardrive
7、rslowsdowntoletyoucrosstheroad,simplyraisingyourhandinacknowledgementisenoughtoshowthatyouappreciatethedriver’sconsideration.Sometimes,formalityisnecessary,and“thankyou”isstillthebestchoiceinsuchsituations.Butstudentsshouldnotworryaboutwhenexactlytousecertainexpressions.Manypeo
