(1)Be sensitive to where you can and cannot smoke. Many businesses, restaurants, and public areas are becoming smoke free(留心在哪裡可以吸煙哪裡不可以吸煙。許多商店、餐館和公共場所禁煙).
(2)A short, informal thank you note is the most appropriate way to show your gratitude for an invitation to someone's home. A gift of flowers or a bottle of wine when visiting will be appreciated, but not expected(收到到主人家做客的邀請,最好寫一個簡短和非正式的便條表示感謝。做客時可以帶上類似鮮花、葡萄酒的禮物,主人會很高興,但禮物不是必不可少的).
(3)Americans will often open gifts immediately upon receipt(美國人收到禮物后一般會立刻打開).
(4)You are not obliged to accept food or drinks offered at social gatherings - the host will not usually urge you to eat. You are expected to help yourself to however much you would like(在社交場合吃東西、喝飲料可以隨意,主人一般不會主動建議,你可以按照自己的需要自取適量食物、飲料).
(5)People often exchange compliments, and often use this as a way to start conversations(人們在交往中往往以互相恭維作為談話的開始).
(6)Americans often give and receive items using only one hand(美國人遞東西、接受東西習慣用一隻手).
(7)Two gestures are commonly used to show approval. The "O.K." sign is a circle made with the thumb and index finger, with the other 3 fingers facing upwards. The "thumbs up" sign is a fist with the thumb pointing upward(美國人習慣用兩種手勢表示贊同:一是用拇指和食指做圓圈示意OK;握拳向前伸出大拇指表示thumb up).
(8)People form lines pay for items in stores, buy theatre tickets, enter clubs and board public transportation. Even if the line is informal, or if no line is made, people rely on a "first come, first served" mindset. Do not jump or push ahead in line(在商店買東西、劇場買票、進入會所、乘坐公共交通都需要排隊。即使隊伍是非正式的,或者根本沒有排隊,人們依然遵循先來後到的次序。不要加賽或者擁擠).