1.【问答题】
知识点:英语(一)5.How Old Are You?
In English,when we meet people for the first time,there are some safe topics to talk about,such as weather,or which part of the country they come from.We wouldn’t ask them whether they were31________,or how much they earned,or how32________ they were.
We learn these politeness rules very33________ on in life,from around age three.“How old are you?”asks Auntie Ann at little Jimmy’s fourth birthday party.“I’m four”,34________ Jimmy.And then he says,“How old are you?”But Auntie Ann won’t say.And35________,Jimmy learns that one thing you should never36________ is ask a lady her37________!
This is one of the rules of polite38________ which is found in cultures and languages in many parts of the39________,but not everywhere.In some Asian cultures questions about age are very40________.It’s just their way of being friendly.