Another example, Pat was fired from his job, once we heard about it, we called or text-messaged our best friend Jane to tell her about it, or even exchange jokes about Pat, because we don't like him.

又比如，我们会说“我马上打给你”“回头再聊”或者“我明天打电话给你”。也有时我们会问朋友要不要帮忙，可事实上并不真的这么想，只是因为这么说很容易并且让他人感觉良好。