Reading Comprehension During the contact between a doorman and a guest, they can strike up a conversation at anytime. The content may involve many things such as various services offered by the hotel, direction of a special place, name of figures and prices of commodities. To be a qualified doorman, good manners of speech and gesture are quite necessary. Based on the different cultures, there will be a big gap between the guest and the doorman. Therefore, a doorman will benefit much from a better understanding of Western cultures. But among the Westerners, there are many tourists whose cultural backgrounds are so different from each other that it is an impossible mission to find a common rule. Meanwhile, there exist individual character differences which will cause more problems. There are some questions that we cannot ask about a guest or a friend from a Western country. It will be considered impolite to inquire about goes marital status, monthly salary, religious belief and anything concerning personal privacy. Different from Chinese culture, the basis Western culture is individualism personal privacy should be put in the first place of social contact. For instance, the income is a top secret in western companies and even in the same office; people do not have the number of other s ′ salary except the boss. So the topics that often appear in our Chinese daily life cannot be found in the conversation with a person from Western country. What is more, property cannot be inquired. Giving compliments and smiles is enough and never ask the price. The same will happen to the age topic . In Western countries, you can never begin a daily talk by asking their age which will make them unhappy and feel offended. Anyhow, it is a time-taking and pains-giving process to know the detailed knowledge about the differences between Chinese and Western cultures. In order to be an excellent doorman, a smart appearance is far from being enough. He needs to know more about cultural differences and apply them in his job to leave the best impression on the guests, just as the old saying goes, “ No pains, no gains.” 1. What does the conversation between a doorman and a guest usually involve?