Millions of British people have ditched the traditional “thank you” and took the place of it with the less formal “cheers”, according to a survey.
Although the common person will say “thank you” nearly 5,000 times a year, one in three are more likely to add a “cheers” or “ta” where it’s needed to show they are fashionable.
One in twenty now say “nice one” instead, while the younger are more likely to offer a “cool” than a “thank you”.
“Merci”, “fab” and even “gracias” were also listed as common phrases to use, as “much appreciated(感激)”.
One in twenty who took part in the survey of 2,000 people by the Food Network UK for Thank You Day, which is marked on November 24, 2011, said a formal “thank you” was now not often needed in everyday conversation. More than one in ten adults said they regularly won’t say thank you if they are in a bad mood. Most people stated that saying thank you was something that their parents trained them. A huge 70 percent of those questioned will say thank you to a person’s face without even meaning it, while one fifth avoid(避免)saying it when they know they should.
It seems our friends and family get the stress of our bad manners. Half of them admit (承認(rèn)) they’re not good at thanking those closest to them. Many of them explain that they don’t say thank you because their family “already know I’m grateful”.
When spoken words won’t do, it falls to a nice text to do the job for most people.
One third will still send a handwritten thank-you note---but 45 percent admit it’s been more than six months since they tried to send one.
A quarter of British people say “thank you” with food, with 23 percent cooking a meal to show their appreciation to someone. Another 15 percent bake a cake.
It follows that 85 percent of people will be angry because of not getting the gratitude (感激)
they feel they should receive.
【小題1】Most of the people who took part in the survey say that they say “thank you” _______.
A.when they are in good mood | B.completely out of habit |
C.when they feel truly grateful | D.purely out of politeness |
A.gave up | B.used | C.shared | D.knew |
A.different ways of expressing gratitude are all fashionable |
B.people should avoid saying “thank you” nowadays |
C.a(chǎn) thank-you note is still appreciated by most people |
D.people in a bad mood never say “thank you” |
A.Most people express their gratitude to others by buying food for them. |
B.About fifty percent of people try not to say thank you when they should. |
C.Most people may feel natural when they fail to receive others’ gratitude. |
D.Many people think it unnecessary to say thanks to their family members. |
【小題1】B
【小題2】A
【小題3】C
【小題4】D
解析試題分析:短文大意:文章介紹了美國(guó)人現(xiàn)在表示感謝的方式在改變,人們會(huì)說(shuō)“cheers”代替“thank you”或?qū)懜兄x信,也有人認(rèn)為沒(méi)有必要向家人說(shuō)謝謝。
【小題1】推理判斷題。從第四段的句子:Most people declared that saying thank you was something drilled into them by their parents. 可以推斷出,大多數(shù)人說(shuō):Thank you是出于習(xí)慣。所以選B。
【小題2】詞義猜測(cè)題。從后面的句子:replaced it with the less formal ‘cheers’, according to a survey.可知這里指的是放棄說(shuō)“thank you”。所以選A。
【小題3】推理判斷題。從倒數(shù)第三段的句子:When spoken words won’t do, it falls to a nice text to do the job for most people. A third will still send a handwritten thank-you note —可知大部分人還是喜歡用感謝信的。所以選C。
【小題4】推理判斷題。從第五段的句子:many justifying (為……辯解) the lack of thanks because their family ‘a(chǎn)lready know I’m grateful’可知很多人認(rèn)為沒(méi)有必要向家人表示感謝。所以選D。
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