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Our culture has caused most Americans to assume not only that our language is universal but that the gestures we me are understo
Our culture has caused most Americans to assume not only that our language is universal but that the gestures we me are understo
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2010-05-26
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Our culture has caused most Americans to assume not only that our language is universal but that the gestures we me are understood by everyone. We do not realize that waving good-bye is the way to summon (召唤)a person from the Philippines to one’s side, or that in Italy and some Latin-American countries, curling the finger to oneself is a sign of farewell.
Those private citizens who sent packages to. our troops occupying Germany after World War II and marked them GIFT to escape duty payments did not bother to find out that "Gift" means poison in German. Moreover, we like to think of ourselves as friendly, yet we prefer to be at least 3 feet or an arm’s length away from others. Latins and Middle Easterners like to come closer and touch, which makes Americans uncomfortable. Our linguistic (语言上的) and cultural blindness and the casualness with which we take notice of the developed tastes, gestures, customs and languages of other countries, are. losing us friends, business and respect in the world.
Even here in tile United States, we make few concessions to the needs of foreign visitors. There are no information signs in four languages on our public buildings or monuments; we do not have multilingual (多语言的) guided tours. Very few restaurant menus have translations, and multilingual waiters, bank clerks and policemen are rare. Our transportation systems have maps in English only and often we ourselves have difficulty understanding them.
When we go abroad, we tend to cluster(聚集)in hotels and restaurants where English is spoken. Then attitudes and information we pick up are conditioned by those natives—usually the richer—who speak English. Our business dealings, as well as the nation’s diplomacy(外交), are conducted through interpreters.
For many years, American dollars no longer buy all good things, and we are slowly beginning to realize that our proper role in the world is changing. A 1979 Harris poll reported that 55 percent of Americans want this country to play a more significant role in world affairs; we want to have a hand in the important decisions of the next century, even though it [nay not always be the upper hand.
It can be. inferred that Americans being approached too closely by Middle Easterners would most probably______.
选项
A、stand still
B、jump aside
C、step forward
D、draw back
答案
D
解析
推理题。本题问的是:可以推断,如果中东人太靠近美国人,他们将会______。根据第2段第2句和第3句“Moreover,we like to think of ourselves as friendly,yet we prefer to be at least 3 feet or an arm’s length away from others.Latins and Middle Easterners like to come closer and touch,which makes Americans uncomfortable”可知,美国人认为自己很友好,而且喜欢与别人之间保持3英尺或一臂的距离。拉丁和中东人则喜欢靠人很近和触碰别人,这让美国人很不舒服。因此当中东人太靠近美国人时,源于他们自身文化的特点,他们很可能会后退来保持一个友好的礼貌的距离,故选D 。
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