Our culture has caused most Americans to assume not
only that our language is universal but that the gestures we use are understood
by everyone. We do not realize that waving good-bye is the way to summon 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 casu A. stand still B. jump aside C. step forward D. draw back
[单项选择]
Our culture has caused most Americans
to assume not only that our language is universal but that the gestures we use
are understood by everyone. We do not realize that waving good-bye is the way to
summon 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 form others. Latins and Middle Easterners
like to come closer and touch, which makes Americans uncomfortable.
Our linguistic and cultural blindness and the casualness with which we A. (A) stand still B. (B) jump aside C. (C) step forward D. (D) draw back
[单项选择]Our culture has caused most Americans to assume not only that our language is universal but that the gestures we use are understood by everyone. We do not realize that waving good-bye is the way to summon 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 the items 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 resp A. stand still B. step back C. jump aside D. step forward
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