Facial expressions carry meanings that are partly determined by culture. For example, many Japanese do not show their emotions as freely as Americans do, so teachers in the United States sometimes have trouble knowing whether their Japanese students understand and enjoy their lessons.
Another example is the smile. As a common facial expression, it may show affection, convey politeness, or disguise(掩饰)true feelings. But in different cultures. smiles have different meanings. Many people in Russia consider smiling at strangers in public to be unusual and even a suspicious behavior. Yet many Americans smile freely at strangers in public places, for American culture a smile is typically an expression of pleasure. Therefore some Russians believe that Americans smile in the wrong places; some Americans believe that Russians don’t smile enough. In Southeast Asian cultures, a smile is frequently used to cover emotional pain or embarrassment. Vietnamese people may tell the sa
A. Russian Culture
B. American Culture
C. Facial Functions
D. Facial Expressions and Culture
Facial expressions carry meaning that depends on situations and relationships. For instance, in American culture the smile is typically an expression of (36) Yet it has other functions. A smile may
(37) love, politeness, or (38) true feelings. It is also a source of confusion (混乱) across (39) . For example, many people in Russia (40) smiling at strangers in public to be unusual or even suspicious (怀疑). Yet many Americans (41) freely at strangers in public places. Some Russians believe that Americans smile in the wrong (42) ; some Americans believe that Russians don’t smile (43) . In Southeast Asian cultures, a smile is always used to cover emotional (感情的) pain or mental difficulty, discomfort or anxiety
Our (44) make our emotions and attitudes known, but we (45) not try to "read" people from another culture (46) we would "read’ someone from our own culture. The
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