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备战2020年高考 外刊精读与练习专题 8 （学案） Talking to strangers 与陌生人聊天 语篇导读 我们中的许多人每天都有一部分时间被陌生人包围着，无论是在上下班的路上，还是坐在公 园或咖啡馆里……但他们和我们只保持着陌生人的关系。然而，新的研究证据表明，与新认 识的人开始一段对话可能对健康大有益处。本文讨论与陌生人交谈的好处。 Step 1 Vocabulary词汇表 converse 交谈，对话 chat 聊天 pluckup thecourage 鼓起勇气 connect with 与……建立良好的关系 strikeup 开始 （交谈） wellbeing 健康 solitude 独处 mood 心情 interact 交往，交流 introvert 性格内向的人 socialconnections 社会关系 anxious 焦虑的 uncomfortable 不舒服的，难受的 extroverts 性格外向的人 intimidated 发怵的，害怕的 comeout ofyour shell 变得不再自闭，融入外 underestimate 低估 部世界 negativevoice （头脑里）负面的声音，消极 (make) smalltalk 闲聊，寒暄 的思想 Step 2 原汁原味享受阅读 ‘It’s good to talk’, so somepeople say.When I commute into London, there are certainly plenty of people conversing on their mobilephones– sometimestooloudly– discussingand sharingpersonal detailswith a friend.For me, it’s strange that they talk as though theperson is sitting next to them, when they don’t even acknowledgethepersonwhoisactually sittingbesidethem. Many of us spend part of each day surrounded by strangers, whether on our daily commute, or sitting in a park or a cafe. But most of them remainjust that – strangers. However, new evidence hasshown thatpluckingup thecourageto strikeup aconversationmightbegood for ourhealth. Nicholas Epley from the University of Chicago and Juliana Schroeder from the University of California are behavioural scientists.They looked at this silent relationship and whether solitude is a more positive experience than interacting with strangers, or if people misunderstand the consequences of distant social connections. They found that many people feel uncomfortable and intimidated talking to others and their research suggested that when we make an initial c