TED演讲:性格的迷思--你究竟是谁(6)

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Extroverts, when they interact, want to have lots of social encounter punctuated⁵ by closeness. 外向者在与人互动时喜欢肢体接触，喜欢亲近对方。

They'd like to stand close for comfortable communication.  他们喜欢靠近对方近距离交流。

They like to have a lot of eye contact, or mutual⁶ gaze. 他们喜欢眼神接触，甚至相互凝视。

We found in some research that they use more diminutive⁷ terms when they meet somebody. 有研究表明，外向者更喜欢使用昵称。

So when an extrovert¹ meets a Charles,  比如当一个外向者遇见一个叫查尔斯的人，

it rapidly becomes "Charlie," and then "Chuck," and then "Chuckles⁸ Baby." 很快就会开始叫他“查理”，然后变成“查克”，然后变成“小查查”。

Whereas for introverts, it remains⁹ "Charles," until he's given a pass to be more intimate by the person he's talking to. 而内向者呢，会一直叫他“查理”，直到对方认为他俩的关系已经足够亲密。

We speak differently. Extroverts prefer black-and-white, concrete, simple language. 外向者和内向者的说话方式也不同。外向者喜欢确定、 具体、简洁的语言。

Introverts prefer -- and I must again tell you that I am as extreme an introvert³ as you could possibly imagine -- we speak differently. 而内向者喜欢——我必须再次提醒大家，我是一个十足的内向者——我们说话方式很不一样。

We prefer contextually complex, contingent¹⁰, weasel-word sentences 我们内向者更喜欢说一些复杂难懂，模棱两可，云山雾罩的话

More or less. As it were. Not to put too fine a point upon it -- like that. 或多或少吧。基本是这样。不把话说死——就像刚才那样。

When we talk, we sometimes talk past each other. 我们在说话的时候，经常会打太极，推来推去。

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