Eye behavior can give subtle messages which. H* ]* d. o7 D
people pick up in their daily life. It tells more than( j) R- m$ y {5 h+ N. Z) L
words can. Meeting or failing to meet another person's$ v0 k) I' _# Y, L2 f2 A
eyes produce a particular effect.When two Americans __1__! U S; o6 x$ J( e7 g& m7 \- Y
look searchingly at each other's eye, emotions are __2__
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ever, Americans are careful about where and when to __3__: P! K8 n1 f. A- @9 B5 k& Y- J# k( t
meet other's eye. In our normal conversation, each
. `6 y4 X! Y; `, [' d eye-contract lasts only a few seconds before one or
8 F6 j* r% j: W/ P8 H both individuals look away, because the longer meeting
+ _5 k" K. |- x of the eyes is rare, and, after it happens, can generate __4__
! G, W$ T1 T& e4 j a special kind of human-to-human awareness. For instance,! c9 y! w; b/ E4 {8 c( a; z
by simple using his eyes, a man can make a woman aware
9 ^9 j; B/ d' z _ of him comfortably or uncomfortably; a long and steady
& e# t7 f s4 i% A( [/ T gaze from a policeman or judge intimidates accused. __5__3 {7 D% k/ K, u$ G/ `1 m
In the U.S., proper street behavior requires a nice
/ Q7 }) i' Z" N1 D5 @. e# C; t! B balance of attention and inattention. You are supposed' x' w) r7 x8 Q& Q/ p) R
to look at a passer-by just enough to show that you2 G1 d6 C: h: C" B8 A9 U5 F
are being aware of his presence. If you look too little, __6__+ @" M$ O6 c b6 X# R% I
you appear haughty; too much, inquisitive. Much eye2 W! H5 _% ~, ]( `9 E, M
behavior is such subtle that our reaction to it is __7__- {3 v3 c) U' V: u. l5 u6 _( N
largely instinctive. Besides, the codes of eye behavior: A$ D+ H: I% q" B3 }! g, F
vary dramatically from one culture to other. In the __8__
' ]0 @& x; c) R/ ^ |0 N% I: I& B Middle East, it is impolite to look at the other person5 O. p6 |# b% A) ]. n
all the time during a conversation; in England, the
! \& ` B: ^# K3 \& } polite listener fixes the speaker with an inattentive __9__
, I1 W( n- F2 s* s stare and blinks eye occasionally as a sign of interest# s/ k4 ]: K8 A/ t
and attention. In America, eye behavior functions as
/ o {6 O8 j; w3 ~# I s a kind of conversational traffic signal control the __10__
- q2 x+ `9 `! N! R- l* C( B8 j talking pace and time, and to indicate a change of topic. |