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" How far is it to the next village?" the American asks a man sitting by the side of the road. In some countries, because the ma
" How far is it to the next village?" the American asks a man sitting by the side of the road. In some countries, because the ma
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问题
" How far is it to the next village?" the American asks a man sitting by the side of the road. In some countries, because the man realizes that the traveler is tired and eager to get to his destination(目的地), he will politely say "Just down the road". He thinks this is more encouraging, gentler, and therefore the wanted answer. So the American drives through the night, getting more and more angry, feeling " tricked". He thinks the man purposely cheated him, for obviously he must have known the distance quite well.
Had conditions been turned over, the American would have felt he was "cheating" the driver if he had said the next town was close when he knew it was really 15 miles further on. Though, he, too, would be sympathetic(同情的)to the weary driver, he would say "You have a good way to go yet: it is at least 15 miles". The driver might be disappointed, but he would know what to expect.
Whether to be correct or polite leads to many misunderstandings between people of different cultures. If you are aware of the situation in advance, it is sometimes easier to recognize the problem.
The short passage advises us to______.
选项
A、be polite but honest to foreigners
B、learn customs of different countries
C、decide whether to be polite according to different cultures
D、tell more truths to Americans than to people from other countries
答案
C
解析
主旨大意题。本文主要通过介绍不同国家的人对于指路的不同回答,以此说明在对待不同国家的人时要考虑到不同的思维方式,不能用自己的方式去对待任何人,这样的话,有时你认为是很礼貌、很适宜的事情在他人的眼里往往会成为很不好的事情。
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