FACiAl ExprEssions CArry mEAnings thAt ArE pArtly DEtErminED By CulturE. For ExAmplE, mAny jApAnEsE Do not show thEir Emotions As FrEEly AsAmEriCAns Do, so tEAChErs in thE unitED stAtEs somEtimEs hAvE trouBlE knowing whEthEr thEir jApAnEsE stuDEnts unDErstAnD AnD Enjoy thEir lEssons.
AnothEr ExAmplE is thE smilE.As A Common FACiAl ExprEssion, it mAy show AFFECtion, ConvEy politEnEss, or DisguisE(掩饰)truE FEElings.But in DiFFErEnt CulturEs. smilEs hAvE DiFFErEnt mEAnings. mAny pEoplE in russiA ConsiDEr smiling At strAngErs in puBliC to BE unusuAl AnD EvEn A suspiCious BEhAvior. yEt mAnyAmEriCAns smilE FrEEly At strAngErs in puBliC plACEs, ForAmEriCAn CulturE A smilE is typiCAlly An ExprEssion oF plEAsurE. thErEForE somE russiAns BEliEvE thAtAmEriCAns smilE in thE wrong plACEs; somEAmEriCAns BEliEvE thAt russiAns Don’t smilE Enough. in southEAstAsiAn CulturEs, A smilE is FrEquEntly usED to CovEr EmotionAl pAin or EmBArrAssmEnt. viEtnAmEsE pEoplE mAy tEll thE sAD story oF how thEy hAD to lEAvE thEir Country But EnD thE story with A smilE.
AmEriCAn tEAChErs somEtimEs hAvE trouBlE unDErstAnDing jApAnDsE stuDEnts in ClAss BECAusE jApAnEsE stuDEnts ______.
A、Do not show thEir Emotions As FrEEly AsAmEriCAn styDEnts Do
B、ArE similAr toAmEriCAn stuDEnts in showing Emotions
C、only ExprEss thEir Emotions whEn pErmittED
D、Do not know whAt to sAy