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Did you know that all human beings have a "comfort zone" regulating the dist
Did you know that all human beings have a "comfort zone" regulating the dist
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2023-07-01
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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.) [br] For Asians, the "comfort zone" _____.
选项
A、is based on subconsciousness
B、implies self-esteem
C、is determined by social customs
D、varies in accordance with social status
答案
B
解析
选项B是对第2段倒数第2句中的lends an air of dignity的近义改写,为本题答案。第2段末句中的unconscious(无意识的)与选项A中的subconsciousness(潜意识)并非同义,因此选项A没有原文依据;选项C中的social customs和D中的social status在原文均无提及。
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