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1、1.1.EyeEyeLanguageLanguageJustbackfromatourofseveralArabianGulf1countriesawomanrecallshowjumpyshefelttalkingtomenthere.“Notbecauseofwhattheysaid”sheexplains“butwhattheydidwiththeireyes.”InsteadoftheoccasionalblinkArabslo

2、weredtheirlidssoslowlylanguouslythatshewasconvincedtheywerefallingasleep.InJapaneyecontactisakeytothewayyoufeelaboutsomeone.thelessofitthebetter.WhataWesternerconsidersanhonestlookintheeyetheientaltakesasalackofrespectap

3、ersonalaffront.Evenwhenshakinghsbowing—especiallywhenconversing6—onlyanoccasionalglanceintotheotherperson’sfaceisconsideredpolite.Therestofthetimegreatattentionshouldbepaidtofingertipsdesktopsthewarpwoofofthecarpet.“Alwa

4、yskeepyourshoesshinedinTokyo”advisesanelectronicsrepresentativewhohasspentseveraldaysthere.“YoucanbetalotofJapaneseyoumeetwillhavetheireyesonthem.”眼睛的語言從波斯灣的幾個國家旅行回來后一位女士回想起她同當(dāng)?shù)啬凶诱勗挄r忐忑不安的情景?！安皇撬麄冋f話的內(nèi)容”她解釋說“而是他們說話時的眼神讓我緊張

5、不安。”阿拉伯人不是偶爾眨一下眼睛而是緩慢而倦怠地垂下眼瞼這使她誤以為這些阿拉伯人就要睡著了。在日本眼神的接觸是你了解別人的關(guān)鍵所在。眼神接觸越少越好。西方人認(rèn)為看著別人的眼睛是一種誠實的表現(xiàn)而東方人則將盯視對方看作是不尊敬別人是對他人的一種冒犯。實際上在握手或鞠躬的時候尤其是在兩人交談的時候偶爾朝對方的臉上掃一眼才是禮貌的舉動。其他時候談話人則應(yīng)把注意力集中在指尖、桌面以及地毯表面的紋理上?！霸跂|京記住一定要讓你的皮鞋保持光亮可鑒”一

6、位已經(jīng)在那里呆了幾天的電子產(chǎn)品代理人提出忠告“我敢說許多你遇到的日本人都會對你的鞋盯上幾眼的?！?.阿拉伯灣也稱為PersianGulf(波斯灣)是印度洋的一個邊緣海位于伊朗高原與阿拉伯半島之間。2.languouslyadv.倦怠地?zé)o精打采地。該詞的名詞形式是langu(倦怠慵困)動詞形式是languish如:Hisvigilanceneverlanguished.(他的警覺從未松懈過。)3.眼神接觸越少越好。這種結(jié)構(gòu)相當(dāng)于漢語中的“

7、越越”表示兩個過程按比例同時遞增。better后面省略了itis因為這種結(jié)構(gòu)往往有省略。例如:Thesoonerthebetter.(越早越好。)4.東方人尤指中國人和日本人。與該詞相對應(yīng)的是theOccidental(西方人歐美人)。5.take...as視為把理解為如:Shetookwhathesaidasacompliment.(她把他的002話看作是恭維話。)6.conversing是converse的動名詞形式意為“談話交談”

8、。其名詞形式是conversation。例如:Althoughtheywerestrangerstheyconversedwithease.(他們雖然互不相識卻談得很自在融洽。)7.warpn.(織物的)經(jīng)線woofn.(織物的)緯線thewarpthewoofofthecarpet指“地毯表面的紋理”。thewarpwoofofsth.還可以引申為“某事物的基礎(chǔ)或結(jié)構(gòu)”。8.haveone’seyeson密切注意注視如:Busines

9、smenalwayshavetheireyesonthenewtradeopptunities.(商人們總在關(guān)注著新的貿(mào)易機會。識處于大腦底層毫無理性是決定人的行為和愿望的內(nèi)在動力。2.這里的once不是“一次”或“曾經(jīng)”的意思不是副詞而是連詞意為“一旦一就”如:Onceprintedthisdictionarywillbeverypopular!(一旦出版這本詞典將會非常暢銷!)3.The“V”SignThepalmfward“V”s

10、ignfmedbyraisingspreadingthefirsttwofingers1hasthreedifferentmeaningsinAmericanculture.Themostpopularmeaningofthe“V”signwasinventedin1941byaBelgianVictDeLavalaye.WantingasymbolfresistancetotheNazi2occupationhecameupwitht

11、hesingleletter“V”whichstoodnotonlyfhisownfirstname3butalsofEnglishvictyFlemishvirijheidFrenchvictoire.ThesymbolismofthesignspreadveryquicklyWinstonChurchill4useditconstantlyinpublicappearance.Thusthroughoutthe1940s1950st

12、hegesturemeantsimply“victy”.Thesecondmeaningcameinthe1960s.BecauseofitsmilitaryimplicationAmericanantiwarprotestsusedthesignsarcasticallyagainstthearmssothatitbecameknownasthe“peacesign”.Inthe1970sthe“V”signwhichhadlosti

13、tsmilitaryimplicationwasacommongreetingamongfreedomloversacidheads5politicalradicalsultimatelyyoungpeopleingeneral.Sobyaboutthedleofthe1970sitceasedtogivecluetotheuser’sphilosophy.Thethirdmeaningistheoldestleastcommon.Am

14、ericanchildrenjokinglyput“V”whichresembles“hns”behindfriends’headsingroupsnapshots.TheareunknowinglyreproducingsomethingthatsouthernEuropeanswouldfindhighlyoffensive.Thismischiefcalled“hnsoftheDevil”isavariantoftheEurope

15、an“hns”gesturewhichisobscene.Herethe“V”signmeans“Yourwifehasbeencheatingonyou”whenplacedbehindanother’shead“Hiswifehasbeencheatingonhim”.IntheUnitedStatesthegestureistypicallygivenwiththepalmfacingtheviewer.TheBritishuse