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[領隊人員] 外國語(英語)
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Touching Anthropologists tell us that each of us walks around inside “bubbles of personal space.” The size of the bubble represents our personal territory, territorial imperative, or “personal buffer zone.” We neither like nor tolerate it when someone invades our bubble. As we travel to different places around the world, we learn that some cultural bubbles are larger or smaller than others. The American “bubble” extends about 12 to 15 inches, and so we may stand a combined 24 to 30 inches apart. Scientists point out this just happens to be an arm’s length away. One could stretch out his arm and put his thumb in the other person’s ear. Orientals, and especially the Japanese, stand even farther apart, anthropologist George Renwick adds. When it comes to ordinary business or social situations, they have the largest bubbles of all. However, in their own public settings, where crowding is impossible to avoid, they accept body contact or just seem to ignore it, “touching without feeling.” Latins and Middle Easterners, on the other hand, stand much closer than Americans. They may stand, literally, toe-to-toe. They may even place a hand on the other’s forearm or elbow, or even finger the lapel of the other person. However, touch codes are changing all over the world. In the United States, politicians have learned the value of touch. They frequently give two-handed handshakes, casually touch the elbow of another, or lightly touch the back of the person standing next to them. “Pressing flesh” has become a byword on political campaigns. Also, Japanese managers posted in the U.S. factories are steeling themselves and learning to accept finger-crunching handshakes, back patting, and maybe even a friendly arm around the shoulders for the softball team photo.
Touching Anthropologists tell us that each of us walks around inside “bubbles of personal space.” The size of the bubble represents our personal territory, territorial imperative, or “personal buffer zone.” We neither like nor tolerate it when someone invades our bubble. As we travel to different places around the world, we learn that some cultural bubbles are larger or smaller than others. The American “bubble” extends about 12 to 15 inches, and so we may stand a combined 24 to 30 inches apart. Scientists point out this just happens to be an arm’s length away. One could stretch out his arm and put his thumb in the other person’s ear. Orientals, and especially the Japanese, stand even farther apart, anthropologist George Renwick adds. When it comes to ordinary business or social situations, they have the largest bubbles of all. However, in their own public settings, where crowding is impossible to avoid, they accept body contact or just seem to ignore it, “touching without feeling.” Latins and Middle Easterners, on the other hand, stand much closer than Americans. They may stand, literally, toe-to-toe. They may even place a hand on the other’s forearm or elbow, or even finger the lapel of the other person. However, touch codes are changing all over the world. In the United States, politicians have learned the value of touch. They frequently give two-handed handshakes, casually touch the elbow of another, or lightly touch the back of the person standing next to them. “Pressing flesh” has become a byword on political campaigns. Also, Japanese managers posted in the U.S. factories are steeling themselves and learning to accept finger-crunching handshakes, back patting, and maybe even a friendly arm around the shoulders for the softball team photo.
What does “bubble” mean in the passage?
- A the balloon in public settings
- B the toy for social situations
- C the physical distance between people
- D the territory of anthropologists
思路引導 VIP
請觀察文章中描述美國人、日本人與拉丁美洲人時，作者特別提到了「英吋」、「手臂長度」以及「腳尖對腳尖」等描述，你覺得這些具體的長度與位置描述，是在說明人與人之間的什麼關係呢？
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🌟 太棒了！你的理解非常精準
- 觀念驗證： 你正確識別了文章中的比喻（Metaphor）。文中提到「泡泡」的大小代表「個人領地」或「緩衝區」，並透過具體的數據（如 12 到 15 英吋、一隻手臂的距離）來描述不同文化間的差異。因此，這裡的「泡泡」並非指真實的玩具或氣球，而是指人與人之間維持的物理距離。
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