语法填空You will get different answers if you ask people from different countries, " Could you tell me the way to the post office?"
In Japan, people use landmarks(地标). For example, the Japanese will say to {#blank#}1{#/blank#} visitor, " Go straight down to the corner, turn left at the big hotel {#blank#}2{#/blank#} go past a fruit market. The post office is across from the bus stop. "
In America, the Midwestern land is wide with few towns or buildings. So instead {#blank#}3{#/blank#} landmarks, people tell you directions and distance. In Kansas, for example, people will say, "Go north two {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (mile), turn east and then go another mile. "
People in Greece sometimes do not even try to give directions {#blank#}5{#/blank#} few visitors understand their language. A Greek will often say, "Follow me. " Then he or she will lead you to go across the streets {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(get) to the post office.
Sometimes if a person doesn't know the answer to {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(you) question, he or she, like a New Yorker, might say, "Sorry, I have no idea. " But in Yucatán, Mexico, no one {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(answer), "I don't know. " People in Yucatán think "I don't know" is not polite. They {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(usual) give an answer, but often a wrong one. Therefore, it is much {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (easy) for visitors to get lost in Yucatán.