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| Jun,
Korea(韩国)
Posted,
5 days ago
| Question: First trip to the USA
For my new job, I will travel to the United States next month and meet my American boss. This will be my first trip there. I’m worried about correct business behavior and manners. My boss invited me to his home for dinner. Do you have any advice?
| Sue,
Miami
Posted,
3 days ago
| Re: First trip to the USA
It’s a good idea to bring a small gift or something from your country. Don’t be surprised if your boss opens the gift right away. In the USA, people often open a gift when they receive it. In Korea, that is not polite, but it’s common in the USA.
| Sam,
Los Angeles
Posted,
2 days ago
| Re: First trip to the USA
Americans use their hands to eat some kinds of food, such as pizza and fried chicken. Watch your American hosts, and do what they do.
| Kathryn,
New York
Posted,
12 hours ago
| Re: First trip to the USA
In Korea and Japan, it’s the custom to remove your shoes before entering a house. In the United States, you usually don’t take your shoes off. Once I was travelling in Japan and entered a house with my shoes on by mistake. Oops!
| Lee,
Korea
Posted,
2 hours ago
| Re: First trip to the USA
Many Americans are very informal（非正式的）at home. One time I went to an American business partner’s home for dinner, I was surprised that everyone stood and talked in the kitchen while the husband and wife were cooking dinner. Besides, unlike in Korea, everyone took part in the dinner table conversation, even the man’s wife and children.
| Andrew,
Washington
Posted,
1 hour ago
| Re: First trip to the USA
I agree with Lee. You probably won’t speak about business during dinner, so my advice is to know some topics of conversation. For example, you can talk about travel, food, music, or sports. But you’d better not question about age.
| 小题1: Jun posted a question in the forum, because _______. | A．he got a new job | | B．he would meet his boss | | C．his boss invited him to his home for dinner | | D．he wanted to know business behavior and manners in the USA | 小题2: What’s the meaning of the underlined word “remove”? 小题3:If you are invited to an American friend’s home, it’s NOT polite to________. | A．bring a small gift from your country | B．open the gift right away | | C．enter the house with your shoes on | D．ask a person’s age | 小题4: If you go to your American boss’s home for dinner, you _______. | A．shouldn’t use your hands to eat fried chicken | | B．can’t stand and talk in the kitchen while the host is cooking | | C．can’t talk with all the family members | | D．probably won’t speak about business | 小题5: We can know from the online discussion that ________. | A．different countries have different customs | | B．Japanese have the similar customs with Americans | | C．everyone may take part in the dinner table conversation in Korea | | D．only people from Korea and America can answer Jun’s question | |
