微表情读心术外刊阅读练习-2023届高三英语二轮专题

主题语境：跨文化交际 体裁：说明文 阅读建议时长：8min 原文出处：NPR 词数：381 难度：★★★★ 文章导读： 与人交往中，掌握一定的有效的沟通技巧是重要的，我们除了用言语外，通常还会借助肢体语言，此外我们还应学会察言观色，巧识微表情。 Get Better at Reading People from Different Cultures 微表情读心术    Body language varies from culture to culture. But microexpressions①— very brief flashes of emotion across the face— are universal. What remains consistent across all known cultures are microexpressions and they reveal our true feelings about another person or situation.       People might try to hide or obscure them in different ways informed by culture, but to a practiced person the true emotions are always visible. Consider the contrast in expression between Filipino and Japanese people. In Philippines, showing emotion both positive and negative is a sign of openness and honesty. In Japan, visible negative emotion is seen as rude or unfriendly while expressing too much positive feeling is considered embarrassing. When evaluating their microexpressions, we find that they actually experience emotions at more or less the same level of frequency and intensity. It’s just that the Japanese consciously try to mask their reactions often by smiling while Filipinos wear their feelings for all the world to see.       The ability to read microexpressions can be useful anywhere. Once my husband and I traveled to Qatar② to lead a meeting for body-language discussion. Immediately, cultural standards made it difficult to judge how the audience was receiving our presentation. Women’s bodies were completely covered, so we couldn’t see their gestures. When I stood on stage with my husband, all the men only looked at him, and all the women merely looked at me. Still, we could read the microexpressions we saw around the room. We knew from the videos we’d previously made of Qataris that their microexpressions reflected the same feelings we might find from audience anywhere else in the world. So we could adjust our presentation accordingly and felt just as comfortable as at home.       Recogniz