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回答题“How far is it to me next village?”the American asks a man sitting by the side of me road.Insome countries,because ttle man realizes mat the traveler is tired and eager to get to his destination(目的地),he will politely say“Just down the road”.He tllinks this is more encouraging,gent-ler,and therefore the wanted answer.So the American ddves mrough me night,getting more andⅡlore aIlgfy,feeling“tricked”.He minks the man purposely cheated hiIll,for obViously he musthave known the distance quite weU.
Had conditions been turned over,me American would have felt he was“cheating"the driver ifhe had said the next town was close when he knew it was really l5111iles funher on.Though,he,t00,would be sympathetic(同情的)to me weary driver ,he would say“You haVe a good way to goyet;it is at least l5 miles”.The driver might be disappointed,but he would know What to expect.Whether to be concect or polite leads to many misunderstaIldings between people of differem cultures.If you are aware of the situation in advance,it is sometimes easier to recogllize tlle pmblem.
rnle man at the madside tells the Americall it is close to吐le next village because_________. A.he is playing a tick on him
B.the American expects me answer
C.he doesn’t know me exact distallce at all
D.he wants to encourage him to go further
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