YanJinjinTopic1:Whatarethedifferencesbetweenformallanguageandinformallanguage?WhatisthebestwayforanonnativespeakerofEnglishtolearnthedifference?SceneI:aforeignerandaChinesearetalkingKatrina:Hey,thereyouare,Danrong.Danrong:Oh,hiKatrina.Itisapleasuretomeetyou.Katrina:Ihaven'tseenyousincelastweekend.Whathaveyoubeenupto?Don'ttellmeyou'rehavingfinalexamsalready.Danrong:Yes,Iambusypreparingformyexaminations.Katrina:Comeon,ushouldtakearest.Y'wannacometothepartytonight?It’smybirthdaytoday!Danrong:Mypleasure.I'llbehappybetherewithyou.Katrina:Don’tbesoserious.Justsay“noproblem”!Anyway,that’sawesome!Seeyoutonight!Scene2twoChinesestudentsaretalkingDanrong:Jinjin,haveyoueversaidsomethinginEnglishandhadsomeonelookatyousurprise,laughatyou,orevenlookatyouwithuncomprehendingeyes?Jinjin:OfcourseIhad!IwasalwaysembarrassedbecauseIthoughtImusthavemadehugemistakesingrammarorvocabulary.ButIstilldon’tunderstandwhy.Danrong:Well.DidyoueverhearFormallanguageandInformallanguage?MaybeyoujustuseEnglishthatisnotappropriateinthesituation?Letmetellyousomedifferencesbetweenformallanguageandinformallanguage.Formallanguagehasstrictergrammarrulesandoftenusesmoredifficultvocabulary,isoftenusedinofficialpublicnotices,businesssituations,andpoliteconversationswithstrangers.Informallanguageisusedinconversationwithcolleagues,family,andfriends,andwhenwewritepersonalnotesorletterstoclosefriends,aswellasindiaries,etc.Jinjin:Somaybeformallanguageismorepoliteright?LikewhenItalktoastrangerorsomeoneinauthorityIprobablywouldsay“Wouldyoumindclosingthedoor?”or“Excuseme,couldyoupleaseclosethedoor?”Butifthat’smyfriendorfamily,I’lljustsay“Closethedoor,please”,right?Danrong:Yes,you’reright.Andanotherdifferencebetweenformalandinformallanguageissomeofthevocabulary.Forexample,let’ssaythatIreallylikesoccer.IfI’mtalkingtomyfriendorcolleagueImightsay“I’mjustcrazyaboutsoccer!”ButifIweretalkingtomysupervisororafriendofmyparents’,Iwouldprobablysay“Ireallyenjoysoccer”or“Ilikesoccerverymuch.”Let’ssayI’mtellingsomeo