Don't say ： "You look tired." Why： It implies she doesn't look good.
Instead say ： "Is everything OK？" We often blurt the "tired" comment
when we get the sense that the other person feels out of sorts. So just
ask.

    不要說(shuō)"You look tired." （你看上去很累。），這句話暗示了她看上去狀
況不佳。我們可以說(shuō)"Is everything OK ？" （你一切還好嗎？）我們會(huì)脫口而
出"tired" 這個(gè)詞是因?yàn)楦杏X(jué)到對(duì)方有些消沉，所以直接問(wèn)原因吧。

    *out of sorts 身體不適，心情不佳

    Don't say ： "Wow ， you've lost a ton of weight！" Why ： To a newly
trim person ， it might give the impression that she used to look unattractive.
Instead say ： "You look fantastic." And leave it at that. If you're curious
about how she got so svelte ， add， "What's your secret？"

    不要說(shuō)"Wow， you've lost a ton of weight！" （哇塞，你減掉了N 多斤
�。。�，對(duì)一個(gè)剛恢復(fù)苗條的人來(lái)說(shuō)，這句話給她的感覺(jué)是自己從前看上去很糟
糕。我們可以說(shuō)"You look fantastic." （你看上去真棒。），并且就此打住。

    如果你想知道她是如何變苗條的，那就加上一句"What's your secret ？"
（有啥秘訣呀？）

    Don't say ： "You look good for your age." Why： Anything with a caveat
like this is rude. It's saying， "You look great―compared with other
old people. It's amazing you have all your own teeth." Instead say： "You
look great."

    不要說(shuō)"You look good for your age." （以你的年紀(jì)來(lái)說(shuō)，你看上不錯(cuò)啊。）

    任何像這樣帶有告誡意味的話語(yǔ)都是粗魯?shù)�。這就是在說(shuō)：“跟其他老家伙
比起來(lái)，你看上去不錯(cuò)。你那口牙竟然一顆沒(méi)掉，太令人驚訝了。”我們應(yīng)該直
接說(shuō)"You look great." （你看上去很棒。）

    Don't say ： "I could never wear that." Why ： It can be misunderstood
as a criticism. （"I could never wear that because it's so ugly." ）

    Instead say ： "You look so good in skinny jeans." If you slip， say
something like "I could never wear that ……because I wasn't blessed with
your long legs."

    不要說(shuō)"I could never wear that."（我是穿不了那褲子。）這話可以被誤
解為批評(píng)：“那褲子太丑了，我才不要穿。”我們應(yīng)該說(shuō)"You look so good in
skinny jeans."（你穿緊身牛仔褲很漂亮。）假如你不小心說(shuō)漏了嘴，那就這么
圓回來(lái)"I could never wear that……because I wasn't blessed with your long
legs."（我是穿不了那褲子……因?yàn)槲覜](méi)你那樣修長(zhǎng)的腿哎。）