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The South American likes to stand much closer, which creates problems when a South American and a North American meet face to face. The South American who moves in to what is to him a proper talking distance may be considered " pushy" by the North American and the North American may seem standoffish to the South American when he backs off to create a gap of the size that seems right to him. If Americans and Latins have misunderstandings about maintaining a sociable distance, Americans and Arabs are even less compatible in their space habits. Arabs thrive on close contact. The Mediterranean Arabs belong to a touch culture and, in conversation, they literally envelop the other person. They hold his hands, look into his eyes, and they bathe him in their breath. North Americans who have lived overseas have been highly distressed by cultural differences so subtle and so basic that their effects were felt for the most part at a preconscious level. Such distress is usually referred to as culture shock. |
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nán měi rén xǐ huān zhàn dé gèng jìn, zhè dǎo zhì nán měi rén hé běi měi rén miàn duì miàn shí chǎn shēng le wèn tí. nán měi rén xiàng qián jìn dào yí gè tā rèn wéi hé shì de tán huà jù lí, zhè zài běi měi rén yǎn lǐ kě néng huì jué de shì" ài chū fēng tou" de biǎo xiàn ér běi měi rén tuì hòu dào yí gè tā rèn wéi qià dàng de jù lí shí, zài nán měi rén kàn lái zhè sì hū shì lěng dàn bù yǒu hǎo de biǎo xiàn. rú guǒ shuō měi guó rén hé lā dīng rén zài bǎo chí jiāo jì jù lí shàng de guān niàn yǒu suǒ wù jiě, nà me gèng bù yòng shuō měi guó rén hé a lā bó rén, tā men jiǎn zhí shì hù bù xiāng róng le. a lā bó rén dōu shì jìn jù lí jiē chù de. dì zhōng hǎi a lā bó rén shǔ yú yí gè jiē chù wén huà, zài tán huà zhōng, tā men dōu suí biàn wéi zhe shuō huà. tā men wò zhe duì fāng de shǒu, kàn zhe tā de yǎn jīng, shuō huà de shí hòu dōu néng gǎn shòu dào bǐ cǐ de hū xī. céng zài hǎi wài shēng huó de běi měi rén yī zhí bǎo shòu wén huà chā yì de kǔ nǎo, wén huà chā yì shì rú cǐ wēi miào hé jī běn yǐ zhì yú dà bù fèn zài qián yì shí shuǐ píng dōu néng gǎn jué dào tā men de yǐng xiǎng. tōng cháng, wǒ men chēng zhè zhǒng kǔ nǎo wéi wén huà chōng jī. |