时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:背诵为王第二册


英语课

Lesson21 Body Language

Americans feel that physical contact can be important in breaking downbarriers between people. Such physical acts as hugging, shaking hands andkissing in public are seen as displays of affection 1. In China, on theother hand, this is not common because physical contact is not the custom.Interestingly enough, most Chinese who spend some time in America come tolike hugging; they learn that Americans use body language to expressfeelings. It is a way of saying “I like you and I care about you.”

Shaking hands is another traditional way of greeting someone in America.Shaking hands is a more formal way of greeting than hugging. Whereashugging shows closeness, shaking hands means that there is a little moreformality in the relationship. Western people usually shake hands whenmeeting someone for the first time, or when they see someone again after acertain amount of time has passed. In Japan, people traditionally bow as aform of greeting. Other countries have different customs, like pattingsomeone on the back or kissing.


barrier 障碍

affection 情感

formal 正式的

formality ? 拘谨,礼节

bow ? 鞠躬

pat 2 拍打


肢体语言

美国人认为身体接触对于打破人与人之间的障碍很重要。这些诸如拥抱、握手及在公众场合亲吻等身体接触都被看作是友好的表现。然而,在中国,身体接触就不那么普遍了,因为没有这样的习俗。有趣的是,大多数在美国度过了一段时间的中国人开始喜欢拥抱,他们知道美国人通过肢体语言来表达感情。这是一种表达“我喜欢你,我在意你”

的方法。

在美国,握手是另一种传统的问候方式。握手比拥抱更加正式。拥抱表示亲密,而握手意味着两人关系中更多了一些拘谨与礼节。当第一次见面或隔了一段时间未见后再次见面时,西方人通常都是握手。在日本,人们通常以鞠躬表示问候。其他国家也有不同的习俗,比如拍某人的背或亲吻。



1 affection
n.喜爱;爱慕,感情;倾向,意向
  • The handsome young man excited affection in a girl.那位英俊的年轻男子引起了一个女孩的爱慕之情。
  • He has a deep affection for his old friend.他对老朋友感情很深。
2 pat
n.轻拍,拍打声;vt.轻拍,拍打;vi.轻跑,轻击;adv.适时,彻底;adj.油腔滑调的,恰好的,合适的
  • Could you hear the pat?你能听到轻轻的拍击声吗?
  • He gave her a reassuring pat on the shoulder. 他轻拍了一下她的肩膀让她放心。
学英语单词
Acetyldigitoxoside
acrocalanus andersoni
address pointer
Adriatic Sea
aminoacyl
apply the screw to someone
automatic congestion level
Berezhany
blow sb's brains out
boiler survey
braffertons
C. J. C.
cargo air teriff
cawayan r.
chessboard design
clortermine
control segment
core turning lathe
cornucoquimba gibba
correctable coding error
Cowper
creativity mobilization technique
crystallographers
curl one's lip
cyrtolerinetin
daucosterine
demersal egg
depth regulating device
dueness
emblematist
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
Eurya chinensis
external (mold) lubricant
eyed texture
factorial notation
filers
fixed radix numeration system
fold amplitude
fuck it mountain
gadolinium gallium garnet
gordita
homeworlds
honey mushroom
intratrace
light duty
lineally
lothness
low-lifers
lymphopenic thymic dysplasia
machine for testing torsion
marseillais
Matanza, I.
mechanism of exchange
membership roster
membrane material
metathesiophobia
Mikadoism
millimeter wave guidance
Mq. L.
nickeled
noun in apposition
on the payroll
paranoialike
photoelectric efficiency
phrenzied
PIC (polymer-impregnated concrete)
pile up the rocks
pipe expanding machine
pitch error compensator
pragmaticists
pro-taiwan
program time analyzer
prompt time spectrum
pump block
quadriennials
radioactive ventilation system
Rangstrup
reconnection
relay winding
retouchings
Rostrinucula
rovimix
ry-pack technic
salmon berries
sell on the good news
shallow water blackout
shoemakings
snap shears
SOOGLOSSIDAE
spring feed
strontium -apatite
take ... chance
Tianding
torch-thistle
transformation base
unabsorbed expense
Unknown Warrior
washingmachine
waxinsect
well utilized
worse than all
zinc oxide-eugenol paste