Americans and Arabs are different in their space habits. Arabs prefer close contact. Dr. Hall has explained that the Arabs belong to a touch culture and in conversation, they always envelop the other person. They hold his hand, look into his eyes, and bathe him in their breath.
Dr. Hall’s interest in man’s use of space developed in the early nineteen fifties when he was Director of the Point Four training program at the Foreign Service Institute. In talking with Americans who had lived overseas, he found that many of them had been highly uncomfortable because of culture differences. Such discomfort is usually referred to as culture shock.
The problem is that, relatively speaking, Americans live in a noncontact culture. Partly, this is a product of our puritan heritage (清教徒文化遗产). Dr. Hall points out that we spend years teaching our children not to crowd in and lean on us. And in situations where we ourselves are forced to stand close to another person on crowded subways, for example, we turn our eyes away, and if actual body contact is involved, tense the muscles on the contact side. Most of us feel very strongly that this is the only proper way to behave.
When the Arabs talk to you, they ______.
A. try to be as close to you as possible
B. keep a certain space from you
C. hold you tightly
D. do not allow you to feel their breath
【C7】
A. as
B. as to
C. like
D. to
1. To lose weight you should always "work up a good sweat" when exercising.
False. Sweating only lowers body temperature to prevent overheating; it does not help you reduce weight. You may weigh less immediately after a workout, but this is due to water loss. Once you replace the liquid, you replace the weight.
2. You burn more calories jogging one mile than walking the same distance.
False. You use the same amount of energy whether you walk or jog the mile, since in both cases you are moving the same weight the same distance. The speed doesn't matter. Of course, if you jog rather than walk for 30 minutes, you'll cover more distance, and therefore burn more calories.
3. If your breathing doesn’t return to normal within minutes after you finish exercising, you' ve exercised too much.
True. Five minutes or so after exercising, your breathing should be normal, your heart shouldn't be pounding, and you shouldn’t be exhausted. Beneficial exercise is not too difficult, unpleasant, and exhausting; it is enjoyable and refreshing.
4. Walking is one of the best exercises.
True.. Walking helps circulation of blood throughout the body, and thus has a direct effect on your overall feeling of health.
This article explains ______.
A. the difficulties of exercising
B. why exercising is good for your health
C. important information to know about exercising
D. why people have some wrong ideas about exercising
【C2】
A. test
B. observe
C. measure
D. watch