Compliment 初稿

1、Compliment1. What is Compliment? A compliment is the act of giving praise.(noun)An example of compliment is calling someones dress beautiful. Compliment means to give praise.(verb)（1）To flatter （2）To congratulateAn example of compliment is to tell someone that he is very intelligent. Complimenting p

2、eople can get you very far in life, from making your friends feel good to showing off your good side. Heres how to give compliments the right way.2. Synonyms: praise, flattery, acclaim, acclamation, admiration Antonyms: blame, censure, complaint, criticism, denunciation, Difference between “Complime

3、nt” and “Praise”? Compliments are at the surface level and could be sincere or may not be.Praise is almost always sincere and is one of the highest level of a compliment. Difference between “Compliment” and “Flattery”Flattery and compliments both offer words of praise to another person. However, fla

4、ttery is not always seen as good, while offering another person a compliment generally has positive connotations. The difference between flattery and compliments lies in the intent of the person offering such praise, and whether he expects anything in returnPhrases:1. You did a good job. （你干得非常好。）【国

5、际最通用的表扬！】2. Nice going! = you did a good job.（干得好！）【极其地道的表扬！】3. Youre looking sharp!（你看上去真精神/真棒/真漂亮。）【与众不同的表扬！】4. Youre very eloquent.（你总是说话得体。）【高层次的表扬！】5. You have a good sense of humor.（你真幽默。）【美国人极其喜欢的表扬！】6. He is eloquent and humorous as well. What he says never fails to please us.他口才好又幽默，他所说的一定能

6、使我们高兴。3. Steps of how to give compliments in the right way(1) Decide what your purpose is.Are you trying to flatter your boss, make your friend feel confident, tell your boyfriend/girlfriend how hot he/she is, etc.(2) Compliments are all about the other person.Focus on them, not how you think of the

7、m. For example, say You look fabulous in that sweater! rather than I like how that sweater looks on you. If you want to really make them feel good, try saying, You make that sweater look good.(3) Make eye contact and smile! Showing you are confident in yourself will lend more weight to your complime

8、nts and avoid that feeling of insincere flattery or hero worship.(4) Dont just pay attention to someones looks-there are all kinds of good things about people if you pay attention! You have a beautiful smile is good, but adding and your cheerful personality brings out the smiles in everyone around y

9、ou is even better.(5) Pay a sincere compliment!Being fake isnotgoing to help you.(6) Dont compliment him/her too often, it can be really annoying and strange.4. ExamplesIf your friend is wearing a nice new piece of clothing, you can say this:Nice suit! Nice dress! Nice jeans!Your friend has a new ha

10、irdo,you can say this:I like your new hair style!Youre visiting your new friends apartment for the first time,you can say this:Your apartment is so cute! I like how you decorated it!Your friend play piano for you,you can say this:That was wonderful! You are really talented!Your friend helped you sol

11、ve a difficult problem. They helped you fix your bike. You can say this:That was a big help! Thank you so much!Youre going on a date with someone, and you want to compliment him or her,you can say this:You look really nice tonight! Youre so fun to talk to! Nice shoes!Youre so much fun! This is cool.

12、 I really like this restaurant! Great choice!Youre so sweet.Thank you so much for a fun date!Conversations:A: Thats a very nice jacket.B: Does it really look OK?A: Yes, and I like the color too. It matches your hat.B: And I got it on sale.A: Thats incredible!A：Your boss praised you for your good wor

13、k.B：Yes! He said that he would award to me.A：What gift?B：I dont know.Maybe keep a secret.5. Tips Keep it general. It is always easier to be vague to avoid making people uncomfortable, and general comments about looking good are usually safe. Take a hint from your surroundings, complimenting a co-wor

14、ker on a project theyve done, perhaps, or telling a guy friend they look good in a specific shirt, or any other characteristic of that persons. Try complimenting people on things they take pride in. Always let compliments come naturally, if they sound forced you will be viewed as insincere. In the s

15、ame vein, keep compliments to a minimum so that you dont seem like a sycophant and each one means more. When a compliment fails, just remember its the thought that counts. Dont treat your compliment as the flatter Warnning: While compliments are nice and help build up a bond between people, you shou

16、ld try to make them not-too-personal at first until you know the person better. Too many compliments can get annoying, especially to the modest folks out there.6. Cross-cultural overview of compliments (可考慮)There is much variation regarding how compliments function and are performed in different soc

17、ieties. Compliments as an expression of approval is just one general description; however, as discussed above, how such politeness strategies are exhibited can vary according to the values of the society in which they are performed. The different notions of gender roles within a given society seems

18、to have a bearing on both the frequency and style of compliments delivered in conversation. American Englishcompliments in American culture are expressed quite frequently in conversation in attempt to achieve and maintain successful social relationships with others. Often for those whose first langu

19、age is not American English, they find American English speakers rude or overbearing with giving compliments, particularly when coming from society where humility is highly valued. Across the society, men and women compliment each other freely and seemingly often about an array of topics and in vari

20、ous social contexts. Turkish speakersStudies of compliments in Turkish again draw attention to compliments as a politeness strategy that helps maintain social relations. A study by Arin Bayraktaraglu and Maria Sifianou described compliments in Turkish as formulaic and occurring mostly in friendly si

21、tuations. Age and marital status（婚姻狀況） seems to have a great bearing on compliments given. Men who are married and above 40 years old compliment women more on accomplishments and personal attributes, whereas young adult males compliment women more on appearance and physical attributes. The results o

22、f this study were consistent with Holmess previous findings that women compliment and are complimented more, particularly on appearance, which accounted for 58 percent of the compliments women received. Iranians complimentIranians compliment is an attempt to be appeared vulnerable, what other Irania

23、ns understand that this is merely courtesy（禮貌的）. Actually they belittle themselves in public in order to show their humility. A dimension of this etiquette（禮節）, is the compliment response which is of two types that are: Agree with the speaker, and Avoid self-praise. An example for a compliment respo

24、nse is that for instance if you are ever offered something like tea, sweet or anything else, even if you want it, you decline at first until their insistence becomes greater. For sure, gender can have a significant effect on compliment responses. The results of many researches have indicated this fact that males are most likely to reject a compliment, whereas females tend to respond with acceptance or surprise to a compliment. Chinese speakersSpe