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“Hi，howareya.” some people say when they see a familiar face.The words run together into a mass，all sense and meaning lost. All the same，people do care how you are.After they greet you，it’s likely you will greet them back，with an equally meaningless phrase like，“Can’t complain，can’t complain.”You could probably complain，at length，or share a brilliant thought you were just beginning when a greeting interrupted you.You don’t though，you say，“Great，you？”
You are not giving each other information about your health and well?being.All the same，you are sharing information.You’re acknowledging each other’s positions as acknowledged friends，or at least as accepted acquaintances.And you are reestablishing the ties that may have lapsed(衰退) since yesterday，when you last met at the elevator or the entrance to the train station.
It’s what anthropologist(人类学家) Bronislaw Malinoski called a phatic(交流感情的) communication.Its message is not in the words you use，but in the fact that you speak ritually(仪式上地) accepted words.In Asia，for example，people may ask one another if they have eaten，or if they are busy.They’re not really asking for their lunch menu or their agenda，they are saying hello.A phatic signal merely says, “I see you there.” It says hi.
There’s embarrassment of being near people without acknowledging them.That uncomfortable feeling is one reason why lonely passengers in the subway may behave as if they cannot see anyone around them or may escape their uncomfortable situation with a book.Some people read all the way home，and never turn a page.
Your friend isn’t asking how you are，and you aren’t telling him.However，he is recognizing your existence，and when you answer，you are recognizing his.In addition，the set speech you have shared opens the door to closer communications if both agree.Someday，you may come to real close friendship，and really tell one another how you are.
Meanwhile，people who greet one another this way do care.They care enough to recognize someone’s essential humanity(人性)．They send a signal across the space between，to share，very briefly and lightly，in awareness of one another.
Your greetings prove that neither of you has become a social outcast.How are you？You are still a member of society in good status.You are still the one who knows the rituals and secret passwords necessary to get to work each day.
1.When people greet，they ________.
A．want to show their different educational backgrounds
B．show nothing related with the words themselves
C．want to know other people’s privacy
D．express something special
2. According to Bronislaw Malinoski，a phatic communication ________.
A．is rarely used by Asian people
B．is too complex to be used often
C．helps establish or keep certain relationships
D．often ruins the normal relationships between friends or acquaintances
3.Some people seldom greet strangers because ________.
A．they want to be polite to others
B．they feel uncomfortable to do it
C．they don’t know when to greet them
D．they want to do something meaningful
4.What does the text mainly tell us?
A．Greetings should be given better expressions.
B．Greetings convey different meanings to different people.
C．Greetings help prove an individual’s social independence.
D．Greetings help an individual be connected with the society.
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After suffering through many months of unemployment (失业)，my wife and I moved this week from Colorado to Ohio，where she was starting a new job.Not knowing anybody there，we were pretty concerned about how we’d get our entire home unloaded (卸下) without killing ourselves.
We made a phone call to hire (临时雇用) a couple of college students to help with all the heavy lifting once we got there.But one neighbor after another stopped by to help us.What？Have_we_moved_to_some_other_country？Maybe_we’ve_died_and_gone_to_heaven!
Unloading actually became fun and joy because there were so many wonderful new friends to help when we worked.The more people helped，the easier the work became.We were afraid the job might take days for the two of us alone，but it was finished in a few hours.Many total strangers would either walk by the sidewalk or drive by to ask us if we were moving in.Many were happy that this old house that had sat empty for so long was coming to life again.We were invited to an outdoor meal yesterday by neighbors on the same street.
All the time，my brain was resting on this new sense of hope that people can be so friendly to strangers.Among all the conversation were lots of offers to help each other in all kinds of ways.It’s wonderful to live in such a kind little town.I feel so grateful to be here，and wish the rest of the world could see how an entire community can model (做榜样) what it’s like to help each other.
56．The author and his wife moved to Ohio because________.
A．they liked moving from one place to another
B．they were both out of work in Colorado
C．the students of his wife were living there
D．his wife had found a new job there
57．From the underlined part，we can learn when offered help，the author felt________.
A．grateful B．surprised
C．bored D．crazy
58．We can learn from the passage that the author’s neighbors________.
A．thought it hard work to move in
B．were curious about the newcomers
C．were glad that the old house would have its new owner
D．hired two college students to help him
59．According to the passage，which of the following is TRUE?
A．The author has many old friends in Ohio.
B．It took the author and his wife days to get home unloaded.
C．The author and his wife invited the neighbors to a dinner.
D．The author is very satisfied with his new home and new neighbors.
查看习题详情和答案>>After suffering through many months of unemployment (失业)，my wife and I moved this week from Colorado to Ohio，where she was starting a new job.Not knowing anybody there，we were pretty concerned about how we’d get our entire home unloaded (卸下) without killing ourselves.
We made a phone call to hire (临时雇用) a couple of college students to help with all the heavy lifting once we got there.But one neighbor after another stopped by to help us.What？Have_we_moved_to_some_other_country？Maybe_we’ve_died_and_gone_to_heaven!
Unloading actually became fun and joy because there were so many wonderful new friends to help when we worked.The more people helped，the easier the work became.We were afraid the job might take days for the two of us alone，but it was finished in a few hours.Many total strangers would either walk by the sidewalk or drive by to ask us if we were moving in.Many were happy that this old house that had sat empty for so long was coming to life again.We were invited to an outdoor meal yesterday by neighbors on the same street.
All the time，my brain was resting on this new sense of hope that people can be so friendly to strangers.Among all the conversation were lots of offers to help each other in all kinds of ways.It’s wonderful to live in such a kind little town.I feel so grateful to be here，and wish the rest of the world could see how an entire community can model (做榜样) what it’s like to help each other.
46．The author and his wife moved to Ohio because________.
A．they liked moving from one place to another
B．they were both out of work in Colorado
C．the students of his wife were living there
D．his wife had found a new job there
47．From the underlined part，we can learn when offered help，the author felt________.
A．grateful B．surprised
C．bored D．crazy
48．We can learn from the passage that the author’s neighbors________.
A．thought it hard work to move in
B．were curious about the newcomers
C．were glad that the old house would have its new owner
D．hired two college students to help him
49．According to the passage，which of the following is TRUE?
A．The author has many old friends in Ohio.
B．It took the author and his wife days to get home unloaded.
C．The author and his wife invited the neighbors to a dinner.
D．The author is very satisfied with his new home and new neighbors.
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| The inspector (检查员) of Schools arrived yesterday morning, and he 1 the whole day examining the classes. The headmaster had told us a few days 2 that he was coming. I thought the headmaster was very nervous 3 it, for every day, he came to all the classes, 4 the teachers over and over again what they must do and examined the boys himself to see whether they were 5 for the inspection. He told us in our 6 that we were all fools and would be sure to 7 him lose face before the Inspector. All 8 made us very nervous; and when the Inspector wandered into our class, we were all 9 with fright. I felt all that I 10 knew had been clean forgotten. The Inspector was a tall man. He wore glasses and always 11 very strict. He kept examining the class in English and I was asked to read. I felt very 12 but somehow I managed to get through without any mistakes. Some of the other boys, 13 did not do well and the Inspector looked even more serious than usual, though he did not say 14 . We got along better with History and Geography; but when it came to Maths, he set us to some very 15 problems which we 16 to do; so he looked very black at our teacher. Our teacher was very 17 with us afterwards; but I am sure we should have done 18 if we had not been so 19 . I think I should like to be an inspector when I 20 up. Then everyone would have to be afraid of me! | ||||
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1. The author and his wife moved to Ohio because________.
B. they were both out of work in Colorado
C. the students of his wife were living there
D. his wife had found a new job there
B. surprised
C. bored
D. crazy
B. were curious about the newcomers
C. were glad that the old house would have its new owner
D. hired two college students to help him
B. It took the author and his wife days to get home unloaded.
C. The author and his wife invited the neighbors to a dinner.
D. The author is very satisfied with his new home and new neighbors.
B. kindness is the sunshine of social life
C. where there is a will. there is a way
D. there is no place like home