首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext] At your next meeting, wait for a pause in conversation and try
[originaltext] At your next meeting, wait for a pause in conversation and try
游客
2024-03-12
32
管理
问题
At your next meeting, wait for a pause in conversation and try to measure how long it lasts.
Chances are—especially among English speakers—it will be a second or two at most.
Even among sign language speakers, studies show that typically we leave just a fraction of a second between taking turns to talk. But while this pattern may be universal, our perceptions of silence differ dramatically across cultures—a crucial detail if you’re doing business internationally.
Research conducted at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands in Dutch and also in English found that when a silence in conversation stretched to four seconds, people started to feel unsettled.
In contrast, a separate study of business meetings found that Japanese people were happy with silences of 8.2 seconds—nearly twice as long as in Americans’ meetings.
These cultural differences are reflected in the saying in the US that "the squeaky wheel gets the grease" while in Japan it’s reckoned that " a silent man is the best one to listen to. "
So why do mother-tongue English speakers find long pauses hard to handle?
In the US, it may stem from the history of colonial America as a crossroads of many different peoples, says Carbaugh. " When you have a heterogeneous complex of difference, it’s hard to establish common understanding unless you talk and there’s understandably a kind of anxiety unless people are verbally engaged to establish a common life," he says. This applies also to some extent to London, he adds.
In contrast, he says, " When there’s more identity perhaps it’s easier for some kinds of silence to appear. For example, among your closest friends and family it’s easier to sit in silence than with people you’re less well acquainted with. "
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.
12. How long can English speakers wait for a pause in conversation at a meeting?
13. What did the research conducted at the University of Groningen find?
14. Why do Americans find long silences hard to handle according to Carbaugh?
15. When will people feel free to sit in silence?
选项
A、A second or two at most.
B、Two seconds or three at most.
C、Four seconds at most.
D、Eight seconds at most.
答案
A
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3526894.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]Moderator:Facedwithawidevarietyofgoodsintheshopping
[originaltext]Moderator:Facedwithawidevarietyofgoodsintheshopping
[originaltext]Moderator:Facedwithawidevarietyofgoodsintheshopping
[originaltext]Hello,everybody.WhatIwanttotalkabouttodayisanidea
[originaltext]Goodafternoon,everyone.Ican’ttellyouhowhonoredIamt
[originaltext]Atyournextmeeting,waitforapauseinconversationandtry
[originaltext]Atyournextmeeting,waitforapauseinconversationandtry
[originaltext]Agricultureexpertshaveamessageforfarmersworldwide:Take
[originaltext]M:Hello,Nancy.Iknowyouareoneofthewomentaxidriversin
[originaltext]M:Hello,Nancy.Iknowyouareoneofthewomentaxidriversin
随机试题
Elworth’sbarnburntdown,buttheysavedwhatcattlewhichwereinthebarn.A、t
Fullfacetransplantsarenolongersciencefictionfantasy,aleadingsurge
[originaltext](Woman—AnnaMan—Jim)W:Jim,whathaveyouheardaboutthenew
StaggeringtasksconfrontedthepeopleoftheUnitedStates,NorthandSouth
A.头痛咳嗽,咽痒,鼻塞流涕 B.中暑,头晕 C.感冒风寒,内伤积食 D.
A.甘露醇 B.螺内酯 C.氢氯噻嗪 D.高渗葡萄糖 E.呋塞米醛固酮增
2020年是中国人民志愿军抗美援朝出国作战70周年。关于抗美援朝战争,下列说法正
作为商品房预售条件之一,要求房地产开发企业投入开发建设的资金达到工程建设总投资的
下列不属于世行、亚行货物招标的标准招标文件的是()。A.普通货物采购标准招标文件
与经济增长相比,经济发展更加强调的内容有( )。A.促进经济结构优化 B
最新回复
(
0
)