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根据以下材料,回答题EveryChinese-languagetextbookstartsoutwiththestandardphrases(短语)forgreetingpeo-ple;butasanAmerican,IalwaysfoundmyselfunabletospeakfreelywhenitcametoseeingguestsoffatthedoorJustagood-byewouldnotdo,yetthatwasallIhadeverlearnedfrowntheterriblbooks.SoIwouldsmileandnod,bowing(鞠躬)likeaJapaneseandsearchingmadlyforwordsthatwouldsmoothoverthevisitor'sleavingandmakethemfeeltheywouldbewelcometocomeagain.Inmyunease,Ioftenhidbehindtheskirts
ofmyChinesehusband'skindness.
Thenfinally,hsteningtoothers,Ibegantopickupthephrasesthateasedrelationshipsandsentpeopleoffnotonlysuccessfullybutalsoskillfully.
PartingsfortheChineseincludealotofnecessaryhabitualpractice.AlthoughI'mnotexpectedtoobserveorevenknowalltherules,asaforeigner,I'vehadtolearntheexpressionsofpoliteness
andprotest(抗议,反对)ataleaving-taking.
TheChinesefeeltheymustseeaguestofftothefarthestpossiblepoint-downtheflightofstairstothestreetbeloworperhapsallthewaytothenearestbusstop.I'vesometimeswaitedhalfanhourormoreformyhusbandtoreturnfromseeingaguestoff,sincehe's
gonetothebusstopandwaitedforthenextbustoarrive.
That'sverywell,butwhenI'mtheguestbeingseenoff,myprotestsarealwaysuseless.Myhostessorhost,orboth,insistsonseeingmedownthestairsandweltonmyway,withinyrepeatingthe
"Don'tbother(givethetrouble)toseemeoff"ateverylanding.IfItrytogofasttodiscouragethemfromfollowing,theyaresimplyouttothediscomfortofhavingtorunafterme.Bettertoaccept
theinevitable(不可避免的).
Besides,that'sgoingagainstChinesecustom,becausehaste(doingthingsquickly)istobeavoided.Whatdoyousaywhenyoupartfromsomeone?"Goslowly."NotfarewellorGodspeed,but
"Goslowly".TotheChineseitmeans"Takecare"or"Watchyourstep",orsomesuchcau-tion,buttranslatedliterally(照字面地)itmeans"Goslowly".
Itisstatedclearlythatthewriter________. A.isinterestedintheChinese-languagetextbooks
B.isproudofbeingabletogreetpeopleatthedoor
C.isunsatisfiedwiththeChinese-languagetextbooks
D.isafraidofthestandardphrasesfromthetextbooks
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