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 1 at the answer. Thinking he had not 2 himself understood or the girl had not heard him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak very well.” 3 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 4 a compliment (恭维) in the same way as American people do. She should answer “Thank you” instead of “No”. She 5 understood what the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest (谦虚的). In the west, people will feel proud and 6 when they are praised. So if someone says the 7 you have cooked are very delicious, you should say “Thank you”.