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passage.{{/I}}{{/B}} Our culture has caused most Americans to assume not only that our language is universal but that the gesture we use is understood by everyone. We do not realize that waving good-bye is the way to {{I}}summon{{/I}}(召唤) 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 German after World War Ⅱ and marked the 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 uncomfort A. cultural self-centeredness B. casual manners C. indifference towards foreign visitors D. arrogance towards other cultures 更多"{{B}}{{I}}Questions 57 to 61 are ba"的相关试题: [单项选择]
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