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研究人員探索非文字交流方式

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新聞背景

文化是形形色色的，語言也是多種多樣的。由于文化和語言上的差別。互相了解不是一件容易的事，不同文化間的交流常常遇到困難。文化背景不同，操不同語言的人在交談時(shí)，即使語言準(zhǔn)確無誤，也會(huì)產(chǎn)生誤會(huì)。

對(duì)于不同的人們，同一個(gè)詞或同一種表達(dá)方式可以具有不同的意義。由于文化上的差異，談一個(gè)嚴(yán)肅的問題時(shí)，由于一句話說得不得體，可以使聽者發(fā)笑，甚至捧腹大笑；一句毫無惡意的話可以使對(duì)方不快或氣憤。由于文化上的差異，在國外演講的人經(jīng)常發(fā)現(xiàn)聽眾對(duì)他講的某個(gè)笑話毫無反應(yīng)，面無表情，鴉雀無聲；而在國內(nèi)，同一個(gè)笑話會(huì)使聽眾笑得前仰后合。因此，了解對(duì)方的文化，是確保順利溝通的前提。 News Transcript VOA 新聞梗概

A new study opens a fascinating window on how people communicate without words, andhow some of the sounds people make to express emotion can be understood across culturalbarriers.

If you’re talking face-to-face, things like facial expression, eye contact, and how close youstand can be an important part of the message.

There’s also what researchers call “non-verbal vocalizations” – sounds that send a messagewithout using words.

“So to look at that, we studied a group called the Himba, who are a culturally isolated group,so a group that doesn’t really have anything to do with other groups. And they live in the north ofNamibia in Southwest Africa,” (Sauter explained in a telephone interview.)Sauter found that the sounds conveying negative emotions could beunderstood across cultural boundaries more readily than the sounds ofpositive emotions.

We reached Disa Sauter at her current offi ce at the Max Planck Institutein the Netherlands. She was at University College London when she didher research. It was published online by the Proceedings of the NationalAcademy of Sciences, which also gave us permission to use the audio clips usedin the study.

fascinating a.

引人注目的barrier n.

障礙vocalization n.

發(fā)聲法isolated a.

孤立的interview n.

采訪convey v.

傳達(dá)institute n.

學(xué)會(huì)，學(xué)院permission n.

許可，允許詞匯加油站Listening Comprehension聽力理解1 A new study opens on how people communicate withoutwords, and how some of the sounds people make to can beunderstood across cultural barriers.

2 If you’re talking face-to-face, which of the followings can be regarded as animportant part of the message? ( )A. facial expressionB. eye contactC. how close you standD. All the above3 In the following statements which one is not right? ( )A. Himba is a culturally isolated groupB. They live in the east of Namibia in Southwest AfricaC. Sauter found that the sounds conveying negative emotions could beunderstood across cultural boundaries more readily than the sounds ofpositive emotions.

D. Disa Sauter was at University College London when she did her research1. a fascinating window; express emotion2. D 3. B Key21Global Interesting News 環(huán)球趣聞Part 11 If you’re talking face-to-face, things like facial expression, eye contact, and how close you standcan be an important part of the message. if 引導(dǎo)的是條件狀語從句，表示在……樣的條件下。

2 在納米比亞北部與安哥拉接壤的荒原戈壁地區(qū)，生活著一個(gè)頑強(qiáng)保持自己傳統(tǒng)的原始游牧民族：辛巴族或者譯為欣吧族。他們保持著五百年來一貫的傳統(tǒng)生活方式與習(xí)俗：信仰原始拜火教；男女裸體；用赭土混合黃油涂抹在皮膚和頭發(fā)上，用來保護(hù)皮膚，抵抗太陽紫外線的侵害。

其獨(dú)特的原始人文景觀為世人所驚嘆，被人們稱之為“紅泥人”。

3 so a group that doesn’t really have anything to do withother groups. 中的have anything to do with 意思為“和……無關(guān)的，不相關(guān)的”。例： Don’t have anythingto do with those nasty people. 別和那些卑鄙的人有任何關(guān)系。