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Passage translation: Reference

How to Address People
 

When you first meet an American and want to be polite, you can use "sir" or "madam". At school, students may address a man teacher as "sir", but they seldom address a woman teacher as "madam". In China, students often call their teachers "Teacher Wang" or "Teacher Li". This is not practiced in America. In the United States, people are quite informal, and they are also quite friendly.

 

 

 
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