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ness or unfriendliness. Friends may place a hand on the other’s arm or shoulder. Some people, usually women, greet a friend with a hug. forehead, bend, stare, clap, gestures Space is important to Americans. When two people talk to each other , they usually stand about feet away and at an angle(一定角度 ), so they are not facing each other directly. Americans get unfortable when a person stands too close. They will move back to have their space. If Americans touch another person by accident, they say, “Pardon me” or “Excuse me”. Americans like to look at the other person in the eyes when they are talking. If you don’t do so, it me ans you are bored, hiding something, or are not interested. But when you stare at someone, it is not polite. It is all right to point at things but not at people with the index finger(食指).Americans shake their index finger at children when they scold(責(zé)備 )them and pat them on the head when they admire them. Learning a culture’s body language is sometimes confusing(令人困惑的 ). If you don’t know what to do, the safest thing to do is to smile. Choose the best answer. 1. From the first paragraph we can learn that _