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1、 2022年6月大学英语六级阅读：鞠躬的艺术 the ar t of bowing the degree to which a bowing or lowering of the body is emphasized varies from one culture to another . in many cultures today the full bow or other dramatic lowering of the body is generally reserved for formal occasions such as greeting a head of state or
2、monarch. for example, british commoners standing before the queen or being honored by royalty in a ceremony of knighthood would be expected to bow, curtsey, or kneel. as part of their religious practices some christians kneel, catholics genuflect, and muslims kowtow3 , an extreme form of body loweri
3、ng in which the forehead is brought to the ground. although bowing, as a worldwide phenomenon, has been on the decrease in recent decades, it has survived in german culture and exists to an even greater degree in modern japan, where bows are an integral part of everyday social interaction . in the u
4、nited states, however, bowing or any type of submissive body posture is particularly irritating, for it tends to connote undue formality, aristocracy, and a nonverbal denial of egalitarianism. nowhere is bowing more important to the process of communication today than in japanese society. as an indi
5、cation of how pervasive bowing is in present-day japan, some experts point out that“ some female department store employees have the sole function of bowing to customers at department store escalators and that many japanese bow repeatedly to invisible partners at the other end of a telephone line”.
6、bowing initiates interaction between two japanese , it enhances and embellishes many parts of the ensuing conversation, and it is used to signal the end of a conversation. although westerners, in a very general sense, understand the meaning attached to bowing, appropriate bowing in japan is an intri
7、cate and complex process. reciprocal bowing is determined largely by rank. in fact, it is possible to tell the relative social status of the two communicators by the depth of their bows ( the deeper the bow, the lower the status) . when bowing deeply, it is conventional to lean slightly to the right
8、 to avoid bumping heads. the person of lower status is expected to initiate the bow, and the person of higher status determines when the bow is completed. people of equivalent status are expected to bow at the same depth while starting and finishing at the same time . 阅读自测 . are these statements tru
9、e or false a ccording to the article ? 1. nowadays the full bow or other dramatic lowering of the body is still widely acceptedaround the world. 2. bowing is prevalent in japan while the situation is quite different in america. 3. it is customary to lean slightly to the left to avoid bumping heads w
10、hen bowing deeply. . complete the sentence s with the proper forms of the words given in parentheses : 1. there is a _( tend) that more and more people will move from cities to the countryside. 2. he _( repeat) fails to pass the exam. 3. a spirit of hopelessness_ ( pervasive ) the country. 4. he is
11、such a chauvinist that he expects his wife to be meek and _( submit). 5. the government has_ ( initial) a new house-building program. 参考答案 . 1. f 2. t 3 . f . 1. tendency 2. repeatedly 3 . pervaded 4 . submissive 5. initiated 参考译文 鞠躬的艺术 文化不同, 鞠躬或弯腰的角度也大不一样。在今日的很多文化里, 深深鞠一躬或大幅度弯腰通常只有在正式场合中才会消失, 比方向国家
12、元首或君主致意。举例来说, 英国平民站在女王面前或被王室加封为爵士时应当鞠躬, 或行屈膝礼, 抑或屈膝下跪。在一些宗教仪式里, 基 督教徒会下跪, 天主教徒会行屈膝礼, 而穆斯林则会跪拜叩头, 马上身体弯曲到极限, 直到前额贴地为止。作为一种世界性的文化现象, 近几十年使用鞠躬这种礼节的人却越来越少, 但鞠躬却在德国文化中保存下来, 在现代日本社会更是大为盛行, 在那里鞠躬已成为日常社会交往不行缺少的一局部。然而, 在美国, 鞠躬或任何一种谦恭的身体姿态都让美国人极其反感, 由于这些举动往往意味着不必要的繁文缛节、贵族习气, 以及对公平主义的一种非语言性否认。当今, 没有哪一个社会像日本社会一
13、样, 鞠躬在人际交往过程中如此重要。为了显示鞠躬在当今日本社会根深蒂固的程度, 一些专家指出,“ 在日本百货商店里, 一些女雇员的工作就是在商店的自动扶梯边向顾客鞠躬, 而且有很多日本人会向电话线另一端看不见的人 不停地鞠躬。”鞠躬是两个日本人交往的开端, 在随后的对话里鞠躬还起到推波助澜和锦上添花的作用, 它还被用来示意对话的完毕。尽管西方人大致明白鞠躬所包含的意思, 但在日本, 恰到好处的鞠躬是特别简单、很难把握的过程。相互鞠躬主要是由社会等级打算的。事实上, 我们可以通过两个人鞠躬的幅度来推断他们相对的社会地位( 鞠躬幅度越大,社会地位就越低) 。当两个人相互深鞠一躬的时候, 根据常规他们会把头微微斜向右边, 以避开遇到对方的脑袋。两个人中社会地位低的那个人应当首先开头鞠躬, 而地位高的人打算鞠躬完毕的时间。地位一样的人相互鞠躬的时候, 鞠躬的幅度一样, 并且同时开头, 同时完毕。
