Our culture has caused most Americans to assume not
only that our language is universal but that the gestures we use are understood
by everyone. We do not realize that waving good-bye is the way to summon a
person from the Philippines to one’s side, or that in Italy and some Latin
American countries, curling the finger to oneself is a sign of
farewell. Those private citizens who sent packages to our troops occupying Germany after World War II and marked them GIFT to escape duty payments did not bother to find out that "Gift" means poison in German. Moreover, we like to think of ourselves as friendly, yet we prefer to be at least 3 feet or an arm’s length away from others. Latins and Middle Easterners like to come closer and touch, which makes Americans uncomfortable. Our linguistic (语言上的) and cultural blindness and the casu A. stand still B. jump aside C. step forward D. draw back [单项选择]Earthquake damage has caused some of the communications networks to shut down ______ until essential repairs are carried out.
A. complete B. completely C. completeness D. completion [单项选择]An economic expansion has caused Treasury yields to increase and absolute credit spreads to narrow. Which of the following is most likely true()
A. Relative corporate yield spreads to Treasuries will have increased. B. The yield ratio of BBB-rated bond yields to AAA-rated bond yields may have increased even as their absolute yield spread has decreased. C. Even if absolute credit spreads had remained the same, the yield ratio and relative yield spread of BBB to AAA bonds could have decreased. [单项选择]
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