Facial expressions carry meaning that is determined by situations and relationships. For example, in American culture the smile is usually an expression of pleasure. Yet it also has other uses. A woman’s smile at a police officer does not carry the same meaning as the smile she gives to a young child. A smile may show love or politeness. It can also hide true feelings. It often causes confusion (困惑) across cultures. For example, many people in Russia consider smiling at strangers in public to be unusual and even improper. Yet many Americans smile freely at strangers in public places (although this is less common in big cities). Some Russians believe that Americans smile in the wrong places; some Americans believe that Russians don’t smile enough. In Southeast Asian cultures, a smile is frequently used to cover painful feelings. Vietnamese people may tell a sad story but end the story with a smile.

    Our faces show emotions (情感), but we should not attempt to “read” people from another culture as we would “read” someone from our own culture. The fact that members of one culture do not express their emotions as openly as members of another does not mean that they do not experience emotions. Rather, there are cultural differences in the amount of facial expressiveness permitted. For example, in public and in formal situations many Japanese do not show their emotions as freely as Americans do. When with friends, Japanese and Americans seem to show their emotions similarly.

    It is difficult to generalize (概括) about Americans and facial expressiveness because of personal and cultural backgrounds in the United States. People from certain cultural backgrounds in the United States seem to be more facially expressive than others. The key is to try not to judge people whose ways of showing emotion are different. If we judge according to our own cultural habits, we may make the mistake of “reading” the other person incorrectly.

46. What does the smile usually mean in the U.S.?

A. Love              B. Politeness         C. Joy             D. Thankfulness

47. The author mentions the smile of the Vietnamese to prove that a smile can_____.                   

A. show friendliness to strangers

B. be used to hide true feelings 

C. be used in the wrong places        

D. show personal habits

48. What should we do before attempting to “read” people?

A. Learn about their relations with others

B. Understand their cultural backgrounds

C. Find out about their past experience

D. Figure out what they will do next

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　　Here are a few tips we’ve put together to help you learn English well．

　　Tip 1　Speak, speak, speak!

　　Practise speaking as often as you can－even speaking to yourself is good practice．

　　Try recording yourself whenever you can．Compare your pronunciation with the master version, see how you can do better and have another go．If you do this several times, you will find that each version is better than the last．

　　Tip 2　Why not learn with someone else?

　　It helps if you can learn with someone else．If you can persuade a friend or family member to study with you, it will make you keep working．Agree times to meet and set goals for the week, and test each other regularly．

　　Tip 3　Don’t get stuck by a word you don’t know

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　　Tip 5　Build up your vocabulary

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To encourage others to start．

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To record his own progress．

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To improve his speaking．

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To compare himself with others．

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Speaking．

B．

Pleasure．

C．

Intuition．

D．

Vocabulary．

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body language

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a good memory

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a good friend

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a proper dictionary

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Practice makes perfect．

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Rome is not built in a day．

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B.brain activity can be recorded

C.human attention can be trained

D.meditators have a good sense of hearing

 

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