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Hi. If you replied hi back, then you’re already well on your way to becoming a naturalized Canadian citizen. 在加拿大，如果有人对你说“Hi”，你也自然地回了句“Hi”，好了！你可正奔驰在成为当地公民的“康庄大道”上呢！ I’m not kidding. Don’t let the hoopla about social norms and customs, so often important in places of rich history and beliefs, fool you. There are no weird mating dances here, nor intricatepheromones that have to be released when meeting someone. 我可没逗人玩。千万别到了历史悠久、信仰多元的国家，听了有关社会规范、信仰习俗的种种宣扬就被唬住。见面是正常自然的事，没有人期待你跳求偶舞或释放复杂的信息素。 Instead, Canada’s relaxed, and our handshakes are even more so. Though globalization has given rise to the slow absorption of American hardline business-speak and the tailored, meaningless responses shelved for efficiency sake (how are you? Good and you? Good), Canadian greetings have evaded pageantry and elegance. 相反，加拿大骨子里的轻松感也彰显在见面问候的闲适中。虽说全球化的浪潮让加拿大人渐渐浸染了美式高冷的商业辞令和简洁苍白的回应（How are you? Good and you? Good），本来加式问候也从未附庸风雅。 THE BASIC HANDSHAKE 握手的基本法则 The universal formula is this: smile, handshake, say hi, and smile again. | 
