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 distance they stand from someone when they talk? This di
Did you know that all human beings have a "comfort zone" regulating the distance they stand from someone when they talk? This di
admin
2017-11-17
45
问题
Did you know that all human beings have a "comfort zone" regulating the distance 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 12 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 manner 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 Paris 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 joke; or they pat an arm in reassurance. To many people—especially those from Asia or the Moslem countries—such bodily contact is unwelcome, especially if inadvertently (不注意地) 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 the Frenchmen prefer_____.
选项
A、to move closer when they want to emphasize a point
B、to use more body language to interact with others
C、to sit farther apart when they talk in a large room
D、to take it pleasant to have bodily contact in an elevator
答案
A
解析
根据第3段首句,每个国家的人对自己在不同的社交场合对距离的感觉应该是一致的,法国人在电梯里可以接受较近的距离,可推断在其他如谈话、坐、争论或强调观点时保持的距离也应该比较近,因此A正确。本段主要讨论距离,并无提及body language,因此B不正确;C与文意相反;原文只表明法国人对距离“听之任之”,但这并不意味着他们很“高兴”保持这种距离,D属于过度推断。
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/jaUFFFFM
0
大学英语四级
相关试题推荐
Peoplebecomequiteillogicalwhentheytrytodecidewhatcanbeeatenandwhatcannot.IfyoulivedintheMediterranean,for
Onaverage,Americankidsaged3to12spent29hoursaweekinschool,eighthoursmorethantheydidin1981.Theyalsodidmo
Engineeringstudentsaresupposedtobeexamplesofpracticalityandrationality,butwhenitcomestomycollegeeducationIam
TheInternetisaninternationalcollectionofcomputernetworksthatallunderstandastandardsystemofaddressesandcommands
Childrenmodelthemselveslargelyontheirparents.Theydoso【C1】______throughidentification.Childrenidentifywithaparent
Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayentitledIsUniversityEducationUseless?followingtheoutline
七夕节(DoubleSeventhFestival),阴历七月七日,是一个充满浪漫的传统节日。这个节日是在盛夏(mid-summer),正当天气暖和,草和树郁郁葱葱(luxuriousgreen)。晚上,当天空点缀着(dot)星星的时候,人们可以看到
A、Toobtainatoy.B、Todecoratetheirlife.C、Tomakemoney.D、Toshowtheirwealth.D细节题。根据对话可知人们养宠物的两个原因:一是因为他们孤独,另一个仅仅只是为了炫耀
WhatYouriPadKnowsAboutYou[A]You’vefinallyfinishedthebookyourco-workerrecommended,sowhattoreadnext?Ifitis5
InSaoPaulo,ababyboyissmiling,unawarethatacourtisdecidinghisfate.Ifitfindsinhisfather’sfavor,heisinall
随机试题
A.硫酸阿托品B.β受体阻滞剂C.毛花苷CD.利多卡因E.维拉帕米女性,32岁。近1年怕热、多汗伴心悸,BP130/70mmHg,心律规整,心率120次/分,应给予
关于高压变压器的叙述,正确的是
遗尿心肾失交证治疗的首选方是
风寒外束,肺气壅遏,咳喘者。宜选月外感风寒湿邪,上半身疼痛者。宜选月
2007年1月,甲、乙、丙设立一普通合伙企业。2008年2月,甲与戊结婚。2008年7月,甲因车祸去世。甲除戊外没有其他亲人,合伙协议对合伙人资格取得或丧失未作约定。下列哪一选项是正确的?(2008年试卷三第26题)
给水处理的主要方法不包括()。
青少年中期抽象逻辑思维趋向成熟的主要表现是()。
拖拉机厂电工张某,自恃技术熟练,在检修电路时不按规定操作,造成电路着火,部分设备被烧毁,损失10多万元,张某的行为构成()。
条件转移指令JNE的测试条件是( )。
HowtoSolveResearchProblems?I.【T1】______【T1】______—Problem:hardtodeviseathesisortopic—Solutiona)Digestyournot
最新回复
(
0
)