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,a few weeks may not be enough to avoid a is the key to saving before the warning signs occur,people must be educated about volcanic plans must be in between scientists,officials,the media,and the general public should be measures must be thought out and agreed upon. If you doubt the importance of these efforts,take another look at past volcanic tragedies,such as the eruption of Nevado del failures left the town of Armero unprepared for a deadly mudflow came down the slope( 斜坡 ) ,21,000 people— 90 percent of the town’s people— died. passage is intended for_______. general public building houses,people tend to______. volcanic dangers carefully volcanic dangers seriously near a quiet volcano a safer place far away from a volcano writer mentioned Nevado del Ruiz to prove______. failure to keep volcanic dangers from happening importance of preparing for a volcanic eruption bravery of the people in Armero Town uncertainty of volcano’s damage D I was born and raised in Minnesota,the USA,but us an adult I have mostly lived in Europe and teach crosscultural management at the International Business School near the last 15 years,I’ve studied how people in different parts of the world build trust,municate,and make decisions especially in the workplace. While traveling in Tokyo recently with Japanese colleague,I gave a short talk to a group of 20 the end,I asked whether there were any questions or hands went up,so I went to sit colleague whispered to me,“I think there actually were some ments, you mind if I try?”I agreed,but I guessed it a waste of asked the group again,“Any ments or questions?” Still,no one raised a hand,but this time he looked very carefully at each person in the silent to one of them,he said,“Do you have something to add?”To my amazement,she responded “Yes,thank you.” and asked me a very interesting colleague repeated this several times,looking directly at the audience and asking for more questions or ments. After the session,I asked my colleague,“How do you know that those people had questions?”He hesitated,not sure how to explain it,and then said,“It has to do with how bright their eyes are.” He continued,“In Japan,we don’t make as much direct eye contact as you do in the when you asked if there were any ments,most people were not looking directly at a few people in the group were looking right at you,and their eyes were indicates that they would be happy to have you call on them.” I thought to myself I would never have learned from my upbringing in then,I try to focus on understanding behavior in other cultures I encounter,and keep finding the bright eyes in the room. can we conclude from the first paragraph? in Minnesota has made the author worn out. author enjoys traveling around the world. cultures are kind of familiar to the author. author may start his own business in the future. the colleague whispering,the author______. back to his seat and got seated his colleague had some questions a big debt of gratitude to his colleague his colleague would get nowhere does the author’s colleague probably e from? . . . is the proper title for the passage? on Behavior in Cultures. at Another Culture in the Eye. Different Cultures in Tokyo. the Beauty in the