别叫我亲爱的英文(别叫我亲爱的,听着别扭)

英语四级考试阅读是我们准备的重中之重，相信大家之前也已经做过了不少套题，所以在考前需要把你做过的阅读中出错的部分再重新复习一下，看是词汇语法上的问题，还是解题思路上的问题，把这些出错点谨记于胸，以防考场上再出错。今天四六级和大家分享2019年6月英语四级考试阅读：别叫我“亲爱的”，希望对您有所帮助。

2019年6月英语四级考试阅读：别叫我“亲爱的”

Please Don t Call Me Sweetie

Life s daily challenges are tough enough without having to deal with the little annoyances that chip away at our fragile well being. For me, one of them is being addressed as sweetie or ‘hon by complete strangers.

I get this regularly---from the coffee-cart vendor or department store salesperson, on the phone or at a doctor s office. Since when do strangers feel they can address others with such familiarity? It rankles that some of the people I get this from are young enough that I could pass for their mother---that is, if I had had kids early.I understand the attempts to be friendly or convey warmth, but would the salesperson or vendor addressing me as I stand before them in a suit do the same to a man next to me dressed similarly? Somehow I doubt it.

Is it a generational thing? Or a cultural disconnect? One colleague says she doesn t mind at a1l being ca1led sweetie because it makes her feel young. I guess I m of the Jane Austen school of social conduct that believes sir and madam， please and pardon me are proper forms of address in daily discourse. I say excuse me , madam or sir ， could you please ... when I have a question or need assistance.Perhaps exaggerate, but I do sometimes worry that the increasing erosion of good manners I see every day or read about could spell the end of a civilized society.

A New York Times article last year detailed how being called sweetie or dear chips away at the dignity of older people. Professionals call it elderspeak，the sweetly belittling form of address that has always rankled older people, the article says.The piece refers to studies showing that the insults can have health consequences, especially if people mutely accept the attitudes behind them.

On several occasions, I speak up , asking others to refrain from addressing me with undue familiarity. Just tell me yes or no or provide help or point me to the right direction---no niceties or terms of endearment necessary. Or please don t call me sweetie and just hand me the dam doughnut.

Readers, what s your take on this? Do you mind being sweetie-d by strangers? Have you used these terms yourselves to casually address people you don t know? And in the spirit of Friday fun, what other little annoyances slow down your juggles?

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