北师大版高中英语模块4--Unit12CultureShock Lesson2-3

[00:07.40]Exercise 3 Listen to Part 2 of the interview
[00:11.28]and complete the table.
[00:13.53]What differences are there in the way
[00:15.24]people actually express themselves
[00:17.47]using hand movements  and that sort of thing?
[00:20.24]Well, people from "open" cutures,
[00:22.45]like the Italians,
[00:23.97]tend to use a lot more hand movements,
[00:26.19]you know, using not noly their hands
[00:28.34]but their arms.
[00:29.78]People in more "closed" cultures,
[00:31.78]like the Japanese, Northern Europeans
[00:33.91]and even Americans,
[00:35.90]don't used hand movement nearly as much.
[00:38.74]Mm, yes.
[00:39.75]Also, people from "open" cultures usually look
[00:42.48]more directly¹ at the person
[00:44.03]they are speaking to.
[00:45.86]The British and American often look at people
[00:48.64]to start with and then they took away.
[00:51.42]People from Eastern cultures like Japan,
[00:54.16]never look directly at the other person
[00:56.89]To look at someone very directly
[00:58.94]is extremely² rude.
[00:59.87]

1 directly   

adv.直接地，径直地；马上，立即

参考例句：

• I will telephone you directly I hear the news.我一听到消息，马上打电话给你。
• She answered me very directly and openly.她非常坦率地、开门见山地答复了我。

2 extremely   

adv.极其，非常，极度

参考例句：

• The film is extremely good,I just cannot miss it.这部电影太精彩了，我非看不可。
• The old man was extremely difficult to get along with.这个老人极难相与。