首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Read the texts from a magazine article in which "A-Okay" gesture’s different meanings in different countries are discussed. For
Read the texts from a magazine article in which "A-Okay" gesture’s different meanings in different countries are discussed. For
admin
2011-02-28
39
问题
Read the texts from a magazine article in which "A-Okay" gesture’s different meanings in different countries are discussed. For questions 61 to 65, match the gesture in different countries (61 to 65) to one of the statements ( A to G) given below. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1
On his first trip to Naples, a well-meaning American tourist thanks his waiter for a good meal well-served by making the "A-Okay" gesture with his thumb and forefinger. The waiter pales and heads for the manager, They seriously discuss calling the police and having the hapless(不幸的) tourist arrested for obscene and offensive public behavior.
What happened?
Most travelers wouldn’t think of leaving home without a phrase book of some kind, enough of a guide to help them say and understand "Ja" "Nein" "Grazie" and "ou se trouvent les toilettes?" And yet, while most people are aware that gestures are the most common form of crosscultural communication, they don’t realize that the language of gestures can be just as different, just as regional and just as likely to cause misunderstanding as the spoken word.
Consider our puzzled tourist. The thumb-and-forefinger-in-a-circle gesture, a friendly one in America, has an insulting meaning in France and Belgium:" You’re worth zero," while in Greece and Turkey it is an insulting or vulgar sexual invitation.
There are, in fact, dozens of gestures that take on totally different meanings as you move from one country to another. Does "thumbs up" always mean a positive gesture? Absolutely not. Does nodding the head up and down always mean "Yes"? No.
To make matters even more confusing, many hand movements have no meaning at all, in any country. If you watch television with the sound turned off, or observe a conversation at a distance, you become aware of almost constant motion, especially with the hands and arms. People wave their arms, they shrug, they waggle their fingers, they point, they scratch their chests, they pick their noses.
Now match the gesture in different countries (61 to 65) to the appropriate statement.
Note: there are two extra statements.
Statements
[A] a person of no importance or significance
[B] amicable, showing agreement or approval
[C] saying vulgarly "Let’s have sex"
[D] indecent public behavior
[E] a most widely known kind of cross-cultural communication
[F] having no special meaning at all
[G] having the same meaning in different cultures
A- OK in Naples
选项
答案
D
解析
A-OK在纳布勒斯的意思是淫秽和富有攻击性的公共行为。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/Fitd777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语三级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语三级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
SlaveryhasplayedasignificantroleinthehistoryoftheU.S.ItexistedinalltheEnglishmainlandcoloniesandmostofth
Somedoctorsaretakinganunusualnewapproachtocommunicatebetterwithpatients—theyareletting【C1】______readthenotestha
Educationisprimarilytheresponsibilityofthestates.Stateconstitutionssetupcertainstandardsandrulesfortheestablis
Accordingtothe"Clovisfirst"theory,whendidpeopletraveltoNorthAmerica?
After20yearsofmarriage,ahusbandmaystillnotunderstandhiswife.Howisitthatsheisneverata【C1】______forwords?Ho
Whatarethespeakersdoingastheconversationbegins?
WhatisthelargestethnicgroupinSanFrancisco?
Tounderstandwhysomeonebecomesanoptimistorapessimist,ithelpstounderstandwhatdistinguishesthem.Sayyoucrashyo
Tounderstandwhysomeonebecomesanoptimistorapessimist,ithelpstounderstandwhatdistinguishesthem.Sayyoucrashyour
Whatdoesthetelegramsay?
随机试题
A.transportationB.shockedC.plugD.explosionE.rivalsF.combinedG.chargesH.seeminglyI.enforc
氩弧焊的特点是()。
某年某市20万人口中,发现2000名肺结核患者,全年死亡人数中90人死于肺结核,说明肺结核死亡的严重程度的指标是
药物剂型可按下列哪些方法分类()
需要氧疗的PaO2标准是
在特许经营项目融资招标的主要评标因素中,()主要包括资金的筹措方案和贷款的筹措方案。
有两个相同的阀门A、B为并联工作,以开启为正常状态,其可靠性分别为RA、RB,按照事件树分析方法,这两个阀门总的可靠性为______。
初级外语导游员应具有外语专业大专或非外语专业本科及其以上学历。()
把下面这个长句改成几个较短的句子,可以增删词语,但不得改变原意。保护了当地环境,给景区管理者带来一定减压作用,让到此参加旅游的人员更会感觉到当地服务利民便民,让群众感动的同时更愿意到此参观的惠民措施——给群众方便,保证群众的利益,难道不是升值的更
设窗体上有一个Picture1图片框,要求在图片框中的指定位置(坐标为(500,300))输出“OK”,下面可以实现这一功能的事件过程是
最新回复
(
0
)