The role of eye contact in a conversational exchange between two Americans

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问题     The role of eye contact in a conversational exchange between two Ameri
cans is well defined; speakers make a contact with the eyes of their listener (1)______
for about one second, then glances away as they talk; in a few moments they (2)______
reestablish eye contact with the listener or ensure the selves that their audience (3)______
is still tentative, then shift their gaze away once more. Listeners, furthermore, (4)______(5)______
keep their eyes on the face of the speaker, allow themselves (6)___
to glance only briefly. It is important that they be looking at the speaker (7)______
at the precise moment the speaker reestablishes eye contact; if they are not (8)______
looking, the speaker assumes that they are disinterested and will pause until (9)______
eye contact is resumed or will terminate the conversation. Just how critical
this eye maneuvering is to the maintenance of conversational flow become (10)______
evident when two speakers are wearing dark glasses; there may be a sort of
traffic jam of words caused by interruption, false starts, and unpredictable pauses. [br] (6)

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答案 allow — allowing

解析 这句话里两个分句的主动词keep和allow的关系很重要,如果两个动词的关系是并列的,则两个分句之间一定要有连词连接起来,而本句话却没有。另一方面,这里如果将一个分句作为主句会突出重点,似乎更好些,所以可将allow变成-ing形式,引导分句补充主句的意思。
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