Then finally, listening to others, I began to pick up the phrases that __5__ relationships and sent people off not only successfully but also skillfully.
__6__ for the Chinese includes a lot of necessary habitual practice. Although as a __7__ , I\'m not expected to observe or even know all the rules, I\'ve had to learn the expressions of politeness and __8__ at a leave-taking.
The Chinese feel they __9__ see a guest off to the farthest possible point-down the flight of stairs to the street below or perhaps all the way to the __10__ bus stop. I\'ve sometimes waited half an hour or more for my husband to return from seeing a guest off, __11__ he\'s gone to the bus stop and waited for the __12__ bus to arrive.
That\'s very well, but when I\'m the guest being seen off, my protests are always __13__. My hostess or host, or both, insists on __14__ me down the stairs and well on my way, with my repeating the \"Don\'t __15__ to see me off at the every landing\". If I try to go fast to __16__ them from following, they are simply out to the discomfort of having to run after me. Better to accept the inevitable (不可避免的事).
Besides, that\'s going against Chinese __17__ , because haste (doing things quickly) is to be avoided. What do you say when you __18__ someone? Not \"Farewell or Godspeed (祝福)\", __19__\"Go slowly\". To the Chinese it means \"Take care\" or \"Watch your __20__ \", or some such caution(谨慎), but translated literally (字面上地) it means \"Go slowly\".
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