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 the items 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 A. need interpreters in hotels and restaurants. B. tend to get along well with the natives C. are not well informed due to the language barrier D. are isolated by the local people 我来回答: 提交
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