南京大学考研基础英语真题2007年.pdfVIP

南京大学考研基础英语真题2007年 (总分：149.98，做题时间：90分钟) 一、Part One Comprehension(总题数：0，分数：0.00) 二、Task 1: Reading (总题数：1，分数：20.00) THE INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE OF GESTURES On his first trip to Naples, a well-meaning American tourist thanks his waiter for a good meal well-served by making the A-Okay gesture with his thumb and forefinger. The waiter pales and heads for the manager. They seriously discuss calling the police and having the hapless tourist arrested for obscene and offensive public behavior. What happened? Most travelers wouldnt think of leaving home without a phrase book of some kind, enough of a guide to help them say and understand là, Nein, Grazie and Où se trouvent les toilettes? And yet, while most people are aware that gestures are the most common form of cross-cultural communication, they dont realize that the language of gestures can be just as different, just as regional and just as likely to cause misunderstanding as the spoken word. Consider our puzzled tourist. The thumb-and-forefinger-in-a-circle gesture, a friendly one in America, had an insulting meaning in France and Belgium: Youre worth zero, while in Greece and Turkey it is an insulting or vulgar sexual invitation. There are, in fact, dozens of gestures that take on totally different meanings as you move from one country or region to another. Is thumbs up always a positive gesture? Absolutely not. Does nodding the head up and down always mean Yes? No! To make matters even more confusing, many hand movements have no meaning at all, in any country. If you watch television with the sound turned off, or observe a conversation at a distance, you become aware of almost constant motion, especially with the hands and arms. People wave their arms, they shrug, they waggle their fingers, they point, they scratch their chests, they pick their ROSES. These various activities can be divide