英國(guó)“禁忌文化”DosanddontsinBritain個(gè)人禁忌文化Dosanddontsforindividuals公眾禁忌文化DosanddontsinthepublicTheme-relatedlanguage主題用語(yǔ)Howoldareyou,mylady?Howmuchdoyouearn(掙錢)permonth?Don'taskthequestionsthatmightinvadeothers'privacy,suchasawoman'sageoraman'spayment.不要去詢問可能會(huì)侵犯別人隱私的問題，比如女士的年齡或者男士的收入。ChocolatesFlowersWinesDon'tvisityourfriendswithouttakingpresentstothem.Justtakesomethinginexpensivetoyourfriends,ortheymightthinkyouwanttobribethemifyoubringexpensivepresents.Chocolates,winesorflowersaremightbethebestoptions.拜訪你的好友時(shí)，千萬不能空手而去。可以帶一些不太貴的禮物，如果帶貴重的物品，你的朋友可能會(huì)誤會(huì)你想賄賂他們。巧克力，酒或者鮮花是不錯(cuò)的選擇。CoalDon'tforgettotakeapieceofcoalandputitintothefireplaceifyouvisityourfriendsduringtheNewYearFestival,whichmeansyouwishevethinggoodonyoufriendswouldlastverylong.如果在現(xiàn)年期間去拜訪你的好友，不要忘記帶一塊煤去并把它放進(jìn)壁爐里。以此祝愿你的朋友好運(yùn)常在。Don'tbargainwithotherswhileshopping.That'swhatBritishhatemost,becausetheythinkbargainingmakesthemhaveafeelingofembarrassment.

在英國(guó)購(gòu)物最忌諱的就是討價(jià)還價(jià)，因?yàn)橛?guó)人認(rèn)為討價(jià)還價(jià)是很尷尬或者丟臉的事情。Don'ttalkwithothersaboutsomeunluckynumbersordayslike“13”or“BlackFriday”.莫要與他人談?wù)摬患臄?shù)字或者日期比如”十三”或者”黑色星期五”。Nevertrytojumpaqueueinthepublic,orpeoplewillbeextremelymadatyou.在公眾場(chǎng)合千萬不要插隊(duì)否則人們會(huì)對(duì)你發(fā)火。IwanttogototheWCortoiletIwanttogotomen'sorwomen'sroom.”It'simpolitetosay“IwanttogototheWCortoilet”ifyoureallywanttogotoit.Youhavetosayitveryindireclylike“Iwanttogotomen'sorwomen'sroom.”在公眾場(chǎng)合如果你要去上廁所請(qǐng)不要直接說”我想去上廁所”.你可以委婉的表達(dá)，比如你可以說”我想去男士或者女士的房間”。Don'twearatiewithstripesonitforaveryformaloccasion.在正式場(chǎng)合不要穿戴具有條紋的領(lǐng)帶。Don'tcalltheUKas“England”,becausetheUKisfarmorethanEngland.不要叫英國(guó)人是英格蘭人因?yàn)橛?guó)遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)不止于英格蘭。Don'tstandontheleftsideofanescalator.乘坐扶手電梯時(shí)不要占在左邊。Don'ttalktheQueeninthepublic,especiallyinLondon.不要在公眾場(chǎng)合談?wù)撆?，尤其是在倫敦。Don'tmesswiththeQueen'sguard.不要和女王的護(hù)衛(wèi)開玩笑。在公眾場(chǎng)合想去廁所可以說：1.Sorry,Ineedtogotomen'sorwomen'sroom.2.Sorry,IneedtogotoNo.100room.(英國(guó)人會(huì)稱廁所為第100號(hào)房間)3.Sorry,Ihavetoleaveforasecond.如果想讓別人給你讓路可以說：1.Excuseme,couldyouletmepassyou?2.Excuseme,couldyougivemetheway,please?3.Wouldyoumindlettingmegofirst?如果想知道別人的名字，盡量不說What'syourname,可以說：1.MayIhaveyourname,please?2.HowmayIcallyou,please?其他的禮貌用語(yǔ)：1.Afteryou!你先請(qǐng)!2.Ladyfirst!女士?jī)?yōu)先！3.You'rewelcome!不用謝！4.Youlookverybeautiful/handsometoday!你今天看起來很漂亮/帥氣。5.MayIknowyo