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Dialogue Four A Taboo in China
 

Tina: Hello, Wang Ying.
Wang Ying: Hello, Tina.
Tina: I’m told that you got married a few days ago,
Congratulations!

Wang Ying: Thank you. Where have you been? I called you, but you were not available .
Tina: I’m sorry that I was mot able to attend your wedding. I am just back from Hubei Province. I brought a box of pears for you. They taste very good.

Wang Ying: Pears? Why did you bring me pears?

Tina: I know you like them.

Wang Ying: No! What do you mean by sending me pears on my wedding day? That’s terrible!

Tina: Why? What’s wrong with that? Don’t you like them?
Wang Ying: Yes, I like them, but do you know what sending pears to a newly-wedded couple means?
Tina: I don’t know.
Wang Ying: It means you want the newly-wedded couple to separate.
Tina: I’m terribly sorry. I didn’t know it.
Wang Ying:It’s Ok.
Tina: May you live happily ever after!
Wang Ying:Thank you!