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t respect me. The Englishspeaking people are more active to praise others and to be praise than Chinese people. For example, the Americans are “straight forwardness”, the Chinese take pride in “modesty”. That modesty has left many a Chinese hungry at an Americans table, for Chinese politeness calls for three refusals before one accepts an offer and the Americans hosts take ”no ” to mean “no ”, whether it is the first, second or third time. Still bigger differences exist in people’s attitude towards pliments, ., in the response to pliments. Chinese are tend to efface themselves in words or refuse it, although they do feel fortable about the pliments . So many westerners simply feel puzzled or even upset when their Chinese friends refused their pliments. The Chinese people are no