专业八级改错练习第31期

【练习】

Eye behavior can give subtle messages which people pick up in their daily life. It tells more than　words can. Meeting or failing to meet another person's 　eyes produce a particular effect.When two Americans __1

look searchingly at each other's eye, emotions are __2

heightened and the relationship becomes closer. However, Americans are careful about where and when to __3

 meet other's eye. In our normal conversation, each　eye-contract lasts only a few seconds before one or　both individuals look away, because the longer meeting　of the eyes is rare, and, after it happens, can generate __4

a special kind of human-to-human awareness. For instance,by simple using his eyes, a man can make a woman aware　of him comfortably or uncomfortably; a long and steady gaze from a policeman or judge intimidates accused. __5

In the U.S., proper street behavior requires a nice 　　balance of attention and inattention. You are supposed　to look at a passer-by just enough to show that you　are being aware of his presence. If you look too little, __6

you appear haughty; too much, inquisitive. Much eye behavior is such subtle that our reaction to it is __7

largely instinctive. Besides, the codes of eye behavior　vary dramatically from one culture to other. In the __8

Middle East, it is impolite to look at the other person　all the time during a conversation; in England, the polite listener fixes the speaker with an inattentive __9

stare and blinks eye occasionally as a sign of interest　and attention. In America, eye behavior functions as a kind of conversational traffic signal control the __10

talking pace and time, and to indicate a change of topic.