首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext] Silence is unnatural to man. He begins life with a cry and en
[originaltext] Silence is unnatural to man. He begins life with a cry and en
游客
2023-09-17
63
管理
问题
Silence is unnatural to man. He begins life with a cry and ends it in stillness. In between be does all he can to make a noise in the world, and he fears silence mere than anything else. Even his conversation is an attempt to prevent a fearful silence. If he is introduced to another person, and is number of pauses occur in the conversation, he regards himself as a failure. He knows that ninety-nine percent of human conversation means no more than the buzzing of a fly, but he is anxious to join in the buzz and to prove that he is a man and not a waxwork figure.
The aim of conversation is, for the most part, to communicate ideas; it is to keep up the buzzing sound. There are, it must be admitted, different qualities of buzz; there is even a buzz that is as annoying as the continuous noise made by a mosquito. But at a dinner party one would rather be a mosquito than a quiet person. Most buzzing, fortunately, is pleasant to the ear, and some of it is pleasant even to the mind. He would be a foolish man if he waited until he had a wise thought to take part in the buzzing with his neighbors.
Those who hate to pick up the weather as a conversational opening seem to me not to know the reason why human beings wish to talk. Very few human beings join in a conversation in the hope of learning anything new. Some of them are content if they are merely allowed to go on making a noise into other people’s ears, though they have nothing to tell them except that they have seen two or three new plays or that they had food in a Swiss hotel. At the end of an evening, during which they have said nothing meaningful for a long time, they just prove themselves to be successful conservationalists.
选项
A、To exchange ideas.
B、To prove their value.
C、To achieve success in life.
D、To overcome their fear of silence.
答案
D
解析
What are people’s purpose in making conversation according to the author?
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3021976.html
相关试题推荐
Whatanimalsswimfrombirth?Allmammalsexeptmanand______.[originaltext]
[originaltext]M:Hello,Lucy.ThisisMac.Howareyou?W:Fine,thankyou.Ab
[originaltext]M:Hello,Lucy.ThisisMac.Howareyou?W:Fine,thankyou.Ab
[originaltext]M:Goodmorning.(9)WillyoubookaplanetickettoLondonform
[originaltext]M:Canyoutellmethetitleofthisoilpainting?W:Sorry,Id
[originaltext]M:(8)No.11PoliceStation.CanIhelpyou?W:Yes.It’sabout
[originaltext]M:(8)No.11PoliceStation.CanIhelpyou?W:Yes.It’sabout
[originaltext]M:(8)No.11PoliceStation.CanIhelpyou?W:Yes.It’sabout
[originaltext]M:Whodoyouworkfor?W:(6)ABCCompany.M:They’reinthedre
[originaltext]W:Areyoureadytoordersoup?M:Yes.I’dliketohavesomeve
随机试题
Everysecond,【C1】______hectareoftheworld’srainforestisdestroyed.That’
Sociologyisdefinedasthestudyofhumangroups.Inthebroadestsense,
ThereareseveralwaysinwhichAmericandiningcustomsaredifferentfromt
It【C1】______aroundnineo’clockwhenIdrove【C2】______homefromworkbecause
Pollutionhasbecomeaseriousprobleminalmostallthebigcitiesofthew
氨制冷机房内严禁采用的采暖方式为()。A.热水集中采暖 B.蒸汽采暖 C
以下关于视网膜母细胞瘤的超声表现,哪项不正确A.肿物内可见与视网膜中央动、静脉相
某岩石的实测单轴饱和抗压强度Rc=55MPa,完整性指数Kv=0.8,野外鉴别为
下列财产中,不属于遗产的财产是()。A.被继承人生前夫妻共同财产 B.被继承人
A.抑制肝药物代谢酶的作用 B.酶诱导作用 C.5-羟色胺综合征 D.影响
最新回复
(
0
)