Question

【題目】 In England, people buy bus tickets on the bus. In France, they buy them at a bus station. In Australia, they can buy them from a magazine store. Books on cross-cultural communication make us curious by focusing on differences between people across the world: in social behavior and the importance of their body language, etc.

For example, how close you stand to someone when you are speaking to him is different in different cultures. Surveys in most countries tell us that the proper distance（距離）of two people standing in a social situation is between 1. 2 metres and 3.5 metres. But in China, this distance seems to be smaller, while in Sweden, people usually stand farther.

The message sent by the way you stand or sit is another condition. For example, it is quite common in European countries to sit with your legs crossed. But people in Arab countries hardly ever sit in this way—because they might show you the bottom of their shoes, and it is thought to be impolite.

Such information fills the pages of guides for travellers and international business people. Clearly it is important to know a little about eating customs and the rules about basic greetings—whether you should bow or shake someone's hands. But under the surface, we are not so different. There are many signs that are common in the emotions（情感）that they communicate.

Smiling is the best known of these, but not the only one. Scientists have proven that all over the world, people show sadness in a similar way. People look down with their face “falling” and mouth corner turning down. There are also common factors when people are bored. They will look at other things in an distracted（漫不經(jīng)心的） way--their watches, for example. Their feet will begin to move restlessly showing that they want to escape.

Understanding these body languages and acting properly is the real key to cross-cultural communication. If we all pay just a little attention, it is impossible that we will cause lasting inconvenience by using the wrong body language or standing too near to strangers and then make them feel uncomfortable.

【1】Where do people in England buy bus tickets?

【2】What is the proper distance of two people standing in most countries?

【3】Why do people in Arab countries hardly sit with their legs crossed?

【4】How do people around the world show sadness in a similar way?

【5】What is the passage mainly about?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】On the bus.

【2】Between 1.2 metres and 3.5 metres.

【3】Because they might show you the bottom of their shoes, and it is thought to be impolite.

【4】People look down with their face “falling” and mouth comer turning down.

【5】The differences in social behavior between people across the world and the importance of body language. /Understanding the body languages and acting properly is the real key to cross-cultural communication.

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文，介紹了在跨文化交際情景中，不同國(guó)家的社交禮儀等有所不同，也有相同之處。人們需要了解不同的文化背景與習(xí)俗、了解恰當(dāng)?shù)闹�體語(yǔ)言才能不出錯(cuò)或使別人不適。

【1】

根據(jù)“In England, people buy bus tickets on the bus”，可知英國(guó)人在公交車上買票，故答案為On the bus.

【2】

根據(jù)“Surveys in most countries tell us that the proper distance（距離）of two people standing in a social situation is between 1. 2 metres and 3.5 metres”，可知多數(shù)國(guó)家兩人之間保持的距離是在1.2米到3.5米之間，故答案為Between 1.2 metres and 3.5 metres.

【3】

根據(jù)“But people in Arab countries hardly ever sit in this way—because they might show you the bottom of their shoes, and it is thought to be impolite”，可知因?yàn)檫@會(huì)讓別人看到鞋底，這在阿拉伯是被認(rèn)為不禮貌的，故答案為Because they might show you the bottom of their shoes, and it is thought to be impolite.

【4】

根據(jù)“Scientists have proven that all over the world, people show sadness in a similar way. People look down with their face “falling” and mouth corner turning down”，可知是低頭拉下臉、嘴角向下，故答案為People look down with their face “falling” and mouth comer turning down.

【5】

通讀全文，可知文章主要介紹了在跨文化交際情景中，不同國(guó)家的社交禮儀等有所不同，也有相同之處。人們需要了解不同的文化背景與習(xí)俗、了解恰當(dāng)?shù)闹�體語(yǔ)言才能不出錯(cuò)或使別人不適。故答案為The differences in social behavior between people across the world and the importance of body language. /Understanding the body languages and acting properly is the real key to cross-cultural communication.