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
Did you know that all human beings have a "comfort zone" regulating the distances they stand from someone when they talk? This d
Did you know that all human beings have a "comfort zone" regulating the distances they stand from someone when they talk? This d
admin
2010-09-25
43
问题
Did you know that all human beings have a "comfort zone" regulating the distances they stand from someone when they talk? This distance varies in interesting ways among people of different cultures.
Greeks, others of the Eastern Mediterranean, and many of those from South America normally stand quite close together when they talk, often moving their faces even closer as they warm up in a conversation. North Americans find this awkward and often back away a few inches. Studies have found that they tend to feel most comfortable at about 21 inches apart. In much of Asia and Africa, there is even more space between two speakers in conversation. This greater space subtly lends an air of dignity and respect. This matter of space is nearly always unconscious, but it is interesting to observe.
This difference applies also to the closeness with which people sit together, the extent to which they lean over one another in conversation, how they move as they argue or make an emphatic point. In the United States, for example, people try to keep their bodies apart even in a crowded elevator; in Pads they take it as it comes!
Although North Americans have a relatively wide "comfort zone" for talking, they communicate a great deal with their hands — not only with gesture but also with touch. They put a sympathetic hand on a person’s shoulder to demonstrate warmth of feeling or an arm around him in sympathy; they nudge a man in the ribs to emphasize a funny story; they pat an arm in reassurance or stroke a childhood in affection; they readily take someone’s arm to help him across a street or direct him along an unfamiliar route. To many people — especially those from Asia or the Moslem countries — such bodily contact is unwelcome, especially if inadvertently (无心地) done with the left hand. (The left hand carries no special significance in the U.S. Many Americans are simply left handed and use that hand more.)
It can be inferred from the passage that in a crowded elevator, a Frenchman could make no particular effort to ______ .
选项
答案
distance himself/keep his bodies apart
解析
参见文中第三段末句:甚至在一个拥挤的电梯里,美国人也设法使他们的身体之间保持一定的距离。而在巴黎,当发生这种事情时,他们顺其自然 (随它去:they take it as it comes)。因此,不必刻意保持一定的距离。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/nNz7777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
ForAmerica’scolleges,Januaryisamonthofreckoning.Mostapplicationsforthenextacademicyearbeginningintheautumnha
ForAmerica’scolleges,Januaryisamonthofreckoning.Mostapplicationsforthenextacademicyearbeginningintheautumnha
CheatingTheKansanStateUniversityJuniorwasdesperate.Alreadyonacademicprobationafterstumblingthroughashakysop
A、Tomsurvivedtheaccident.B、SomeonesavedTom’slife.C、Tomwaskilledintheaccident.D、ItdidlittledamagetoTom’scar.
A、MeetherthisweekendinParis.B、Asksomeoneelsetotheshow.C、Invitehergueststocomealong.D、GotoPariswithheranot
Weareallnaturallyattractedtopeoplewithideas,beliefsandinterestslikeourown.Similarly,wefeelcomfortablewithpeo
A、Someonewhohasreceivedmoreeducation.B、Someonewhohasbetterqualitythananyofas.C、Someonewhohasinventedagreatm
Thereisnodoubtthat______________________(我们的教育体系令人不满意).
随机试题
离心泵的()是指单位质量液体通过泵以后获得的有效能头。
某同学用NaOH、NaHCO3、Na2CO3和惰性物质配制三份碱的未知样品,每份样品称量1.000g,均用0.2500mol/L的HCl滴定,由以下数据计算每种未知样品的组成。已知=105.99,=84.007。(1)用酚酞作指示剂,终点时消
患者,男,46岁。5天前因压榨性胸痛伴大汗3小时来院,诊断急性前壁心肌梗死。因拒绝介入及溶栓治疗而按常规行保守处理,1天后症状缓解,此后病情平稳。4小时前,患者再次发作胸痛,持续50分钟,心尖部可闻3/6级收缩中晚期吹风样杂音。(2011年第92题
除硝普钠外还应选用下列哪组药物治疗如患者诊断为高心病心动超声的特征表现是
下列当事人的不动产之间不存在相邻关系的是()
以下不属于期货交易所职能的是()。
按照社会主义市场经济体制的要求,财政职能可以分为()。
在某些例外情况下,如果在审计报告日后实施了新的或追加的审计程序,或者得出新的结论,应当形成相应的审计工作底稿。下列各项中,无须包括在审计工作底稿中的是()。
一、给定资料1.2010年5月17日。江苏省睢宁县公布了一份特殊的评选结果一“上年度会议讲话和会议形态评选结果”。整个评选活动最终评出20篇“优秀讲话稿(发言稿)”、5篇“较差讲话稿(发言稿)”、10个“优秀会议形态”、5个“较差会议形态”。被评为
Inthatmythicalera【B1】______childrenwereseenandnotheard,anddid【B2】______theyweretoldwithout【B3】______,everyoneknew
最新回复
(
0
)