Compliment as a speech act is a tool for establishing friendship that creates ties of solidarity in different cultures.This paper introduces the background theories concerning studies of the speech act of complimenting.It makes comparison about making compliments in English and in Chinese from the perspectives of topics,semantic and syntactic structures followed by discussing differences and similarities in performing compliments in two cultures.Moreover,implications of the study to foreign language teaching and learning are provided and the significance of integrating culture teaching to enhance learner’s pragmatic competence and smooth their cross-cultural communication is emphasized.
听力理解是英语学习中一个基本和重要的环节。它是一个领悟语言的过程,是听话人通过听觉识别领悟语言的复杂的心理过程,即语言知识与心理活动相互作用的过程。 英国语言学家Mary Underwood将整个听的过程分为三个阶段。一是声音进入听觉储存阶段(The sounds go into a sensory store)。
