If you do someone a good turn today, don't expect a thank you。

如果你今天幫了別人，別指望能聽(tīng)到一句"Thank you"!

'Cheers', 'ta' or even 'wicked' is the more likely response, if a survey is to be believed。

如果這項(xiàng)調(diào)查得到認(rèn)可，那么事實(shí)上你得到的回答更可能是"Cheers"，"ta"，甚至是"wicked" 。

Research among computer users suggests that the traditional expression of gratitude has fallen by the wayside。

一項(xiàng)在網(wǎng)民中展開(kāi)的調(diào)查顯示，傳統(tǒng)的致謝方式已經(jīng)退出潮流了。

Almost half of those polled said they now use 'cheers' more often than 'thank you'。

投票者中將近一半的人表示，比起用"thank you"，他們現(xiàn)在更常用"cheers"。

Four out of ten said 'thank you' sounded too formal – so they used more catchy, chatty words such as 'fab', 'lovely' or 'wicked'。

40%的人認(rèn)為"thank you"聽(tīng)上去太過(guò)正式，所以他們選擇使用像"fab"、"lovely"或者"wicked"這樣更加隨意上口的詞匯。

A third said they would often just resort to a quick wave instead of saying 'thank you'。

三分之一的人更是表示，他們經(jīng)常會(huì)用簡(jiǎn)單的揮手動(dòng)作來(lái)代替說(shuō)"thank you"。

And 77 per cent said that any of the words used to say thanks were irrelevant, believing a pleasant gesture works just as well。

77%的人說(shuō)用哪個(gè)詞來(lái)表達(dá)謝謝都無(wú)所謂，他們相信一個(gè)親切的動(dòng)作能達(dá)到同樣的效果。

The poll of 3,000 people was carried out by the online gift store Me to You。

這項(xiàng)調(diào)查由網(wǎng)上禮品商店Me to You主辦，共有3000人參加。

Spokesman Caroline Weaver said: 'While the great British public might feel uncomfortable saying thank you these days, they do like to show their gratitude in other ways。

活動(dòng)發(fā)言人Caroline Weaver表示：“雖然如今廣大的英國(guó)民眾對(duì)說(shuō)謝謝可能有些反感，但他們卻愿意用其他方式來(lái)表達(dá)自己的感激之情。”

'Respondents felt it didn't matter how you thanked someone for their kind actions, as long as you did so in a friendly and polite way。

“受訪者們認(rèn)為如何感謝他人的善舉并不重要，只要你是用一種友好而禮貌的方式就行。”

'At the end of the day everyone knows that a big smile and some form of acknowledgment is all it takes to show we are grateful.'

“說(shuō)到底，大家都明白，一個(gè)大大的微笑加上隨便某種形式的致謝就足以表達(dá)我們的謝意了。”

NOTES:

1. do sb. a good turn 做一件有利于某人的事，幫某人忙

例：He will do a good turn to anyone if he can. 只要可能，他愿意幫任何人。

2. fall by the wayside 半途而廢，中途退出

例：The boys tried to make a 50-mile hike, but most of them fell by the wayside. 孩子們?cè)胪讲叫凶?0英里，但大多數(shù)都半途而廢了。

3. resort to 依靠，訴諸，求助于

例：When his wife left him, he resorted to drink every day. 妻子離去后，他每天借酒消愁。

4. at the end of the day 按字面意思理解就是“在一天結(jié)束之時(shí)”。

例：At the end of the day, I just want to go home and have a good sleep. 忙碌了一整天之后，我只想回家好好睡一覺(jué)。

at the end of the day 也可以相當(dāng)于 at the end of (anything and everything)，換成通俗的方法表達(dá)就是 in the end 或 after all is said and done，也就是中文里常用到的“說(shuō)到底，說(shuō)穿了”。

例：Don't be too hard on yourself. At the end of the day, you are just human and you can't always be perfect. 別對(duì)自己太過(guò)苛求。說(shuō)到底，你只是個(gè)普通人，不可能永遠(yuǎn)不犯錯(cuò)。

英國(guó)人到底有多喜歡說(shuō)cheers?來(lái)看一下其他人的見(jiàn)聞!

There were a lot of students from different parts of England and I seem to remember almost all of them saying "cheers".。。

我們學(xué)校有很多來(lái)自英格蘭各地區(qū)的學(xué)生，我貌似記得他們所有人都說(shuō)"cheers"……

I lived four years in London, studied at University there and heard "cheers" all over the place, whether on the street, in pubs or at university among students.。。

我在倫敦住了四年，在那里讀的大學(xué)，無(wú)論是在大街上、酒吧里還是校園里，到處都聽(tīng)人說(shuō)"cheers"……

I think "Cheers" meaning "Thanks" is slang or colloquial and I heard it hundreds of times when I lived in London. It was strange to me at first but I got used to it and when I used it myself I felt I gave a "less foreign" impression。

我認(rèn)為用"Cheers"來(lái)表達(dá)謝謝是一種俚語(yǔ)或口語(yǔ)的用法。住在倫敦期間，我聽(tīng)到好幾百次這樣的說(shuō)法。剛開(kāi)始有些奇怪，后來(lái)也就習(xí)慣了，而且當(dāng)我自己使用的時(shí)候，感覺(jué)它能讓我顯得更本土化。