How to Greet a Foreign Friend
When you are introduced to foreign friends,you should greet them with “ How do you do?” while shaking hands with them for a few seconds.The next thing is,perhaps,the presenting of a business card,which is also called a name card.You should accept the card with a smile and a quick browse (瀏覽),and at the same time,offer yours.
Nowadays ,business cards have become more and more popular in an introduction.They contain not only the bearer’s name,profession and the title (頭銜),but also the address ,telephone number,postal code（郵編）,e-mail address and some other useful information and personal data.To a foreign friend,we should remember to present a card either with an English version or written in English,because most English speakers don’t have competence in reading Chinese.In most cases,a Chinese name is hard to pronounce for foreign friends.So you should make it as simple as possible in the introduction.Probably,you may give them your family name only.They will feel very pleased to pronounce your name correctly.After this short greeting ,most foreigners expect to move on quickly to the business.So you can shift (轉(zhuǎn)換)to the business topic naturally.
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