Another cultural aspect of nonverbal communication is one that you might not think about: space. Every person (36) himself to have a sort of invisible (37) surrounding his physical body. When someone comes too close, he feels uncomfortable. When he bumps into someone, he feels (38) to apologize. But the size of a person’s "comfort zone" depends on his cultural ethnic (39) . For example, in (40) conversation, many Americans stand about four feet apart. In other words, they like to keep each other "at arm’s (41) ", people in Latin or Arab cultures, in contrast, stand very close to each other, and touch each other often. If someone from one of those cultures stands too close to an American while in conversation, the American may feel uncomfortable and back away.
When Americans axe talking, they expect others to (42) to what they are saying. To Americans, polite conversationalists empathize by displaying expressions of excitement or (43) , shock or sadness. (44) .
Americans also indicate their attentiveness in a conversation by raising their eyebrows, nodding, smiling politely and maintaining good eye contact. (45) .
If a person doesn’t look you in the eye, Americans might say, you should question his motives-- or assume that he doesn’t like you. (46) .
【参考答案】
People with a "poker face", whose emotions are hidden by an ......