英语翻译

英语翻译
One day,I heard an American boy say to a Chinese girl student,“ You speak very
good English.” But the girl answered,“ No,no.My English is very poor.” The
foreigner was quite surprised at the answer.Thinking he had not made himself understood or
t he girl had not listened to him clearly,he said ,“ Yes ,indeed,you speak very
well.” but the girl still kept saying ,“ No.” In the end the American boy could
not understand and didn’t know what to say.What’s wrong with the girl’s
answer?She didn’t accept a compliment ( 恭维)in the same way as the American people
do .She should answer ,“ Thank you” instead of “ No” .She really understood what
the American boy had said,but she thought she should be modest.In the west,
people will feel proud and confident when they are praised .So if someone says the dishes you have cooked are very delicious ,you should say ,“ Thank you .”In our
country we think being modest is a virtue (美德) and being proud is a bad thing ,
but in my opinion ,being confident does not mean being proud ,so sometimes you
should be confident as well as being modest.