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根据下面资料，回答题 Cultural Estrangement(隔阂) between Visitors and Americans
A report consistently brought back by visitors to the US is how friendly,31, and helpfulmost Americans were to them. To be fair, this observation is also 32 made of Canada andCanadians, and should best be considered North American. There are, of course, exceptions. Small-minded officials,rude waiters,and 33 taxi drivers are hardly unknown in the US. Yet it is an observation made so frequently that it deserves comment.
For a long period of time and in many parts of the country, a traveler was a welcome break in anotherwise dull existence. Dullness and 34 were common problems of the families who generallylived distant from one another. Strangers and travelers were welcome sources of diversion, andbrought news of the outside world.
The harsh realities 35 the frontier also shaped this tradition of hospitality. Some one traveling alone,if hungry,injured, or ill, often had nowhere to turn 36 to the nearest cabin or settlement. It was not a matter of choice for the traveler or merely a charitable impulse on the part of thesettlers. It reflected the 37 of daily life : if you didn't take in the stranger and take care of him,there was no one else who would.And someday, remember, you might be in the same situation.
Today there are many charitable organizations which specialize in helping the weary travelers. 38 , the old tradition of hospitality to strangers is still very strong in the US, especially in thesmaller cities and towns away from the busy tourist trails. "I' was just traveling through, got talkingwith this American, and pretty soon he invited me home for dinner--amazing. " Such observationsreported by visitors to the US are not uncommon,but are not always understood properly. The 39 friendliness of many Americans should be interpreted neither as superficial nor as artificial, but asthe result of a historically developed cultural tradition.
As is true of any developed society,in America a complex set of cultural signals, assumptions,and conventions underlies all social interrelationships. And, of course, speaking a language does notnecessarily mean that someone understands social and cultural patterns. Visitors who fail to "translate" cultural meanings properly often draw wrong conclusions. For example, when an American usesthe word "friend", the cultural 40 of the word may be quite different from those it has in thevisitor' s language and culture. It takes more than a brief encounter on a bus to distinguish betweencourteous convention and individual interest. Yet, being friendly is a virtue that many Americansvalue highly and expect from both neighbors and strangers.
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