Task 3 Directions: The following is an
article about eye language. After reading it, you are required to complete the
outline below it ( No. 46 through No. 50). You should write your answers briefly
( in no more than 3 words) on the Answer Sheet correspondingly.
Americans are careful about how and when they meet one
another’s eyes. In their normal conversation, each eye contact lasts only about
a second before one or both individuals look away. When two Americans look
searchingly into each other’s eyes, emotions are raised and the relationship
becomes more intimate ( 亲密的 ). Therefore, they carefully avoid this, except in
appropriate circumstances. Proper street behaviour in the United
States requires a nice balance of attention and inattention. You are supposed to
look at a passer-by (路人) just enough to show that you’re aware of his presence.
If you look too little, you appear haughty (傲慢的) or secretive; too much and
you’re inquisitive. Usually what happens is that people eye each other until
they are about eight feet apart, at which point both cast down their eyes. In
England the polite listener stares at the speaker attentively and blinks (眨眼的)
his eyes occasionally as a sign of interest. That eye-blink says nothing to
Americans, who expect the listener to nod or to speak softly something-such as
"mm-hum. " When two Americans talk normally, each eye contact
lasts only (46) . Americans are careful about
(47) into each other’s eyes. If a man looks
a passer-by too little, he appears (48) .
Americans look at each other until they are (49) in
the street. Americans expect their listeners (50)
or to say "mm-hum".