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Certain phrases one commonly hears among Americans capture their devotion to
Certain phrases one commonly hears among Americans capture their devotion to
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2023-08-19
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Certain phrases one commonly hears among Americans capture their devotion to individualism: "Do your own thing." "I did it my way." "You’ll have to decide that for yourself." "You made your bed, now lie in it." "If you don’t look out for yourself, no one else will." "Look out for number one.
Closely associated with the value they place on individualism is the importance Americans 【B1】______ to privacy. Americans assume that people "need some time to themselves" or "some time alone" to think about things or recover their spent【B2】______ energy. Americans have great difficulty understanding foreigners who always want to be with another person, who【B3】______ being alone.
If the parents can afford it, each child will have his or her own bedroom. Having one’s own bedroom, even as an【B4】______, fixes in a person the notion that she【B5】______ a place of her own where she can be by herself, and keep her possessions. She will have her clothes, her toys, her books, and so on. These things will be hers and no one else’s.
Americans assume that people will have their private thoughts that might never be shared with anyone. Doctors, lawyers, psychiatrists, and others have rules governing "confidentiality" that 【B6】______ prevent information about their clients’ personal situations from becoming known to others.
Americans’【B7】______ about privacy can be hard for foreigners to understand. Americans’ houses, yards and even their offices can seem open and【B8】______. Yet in the minds of Americans, there are boundaries that other people are simply not 【B9】______ cross. When those boundaries are crossed, an American’s body will 【B10】______ stiffen and his manner will become cool and aloof. [br] 【B8】
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inviting
解析
inviting这个词在这里用的是考生不太熟悉的意思,意为“有吸引力的”。
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