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Eyes and language
Throughout the history of mankind.
People have always communicated with body language.
That is perhaps why,in many situations,
the way you say something is far more important than the thing you say.
Eye contact is sometimes the key to communication.
It can signal friendliness or hostility,
interest or boredom,and understanding or misunderstanding.
Eye contact is important in many countries.
In Western culture,maintaining eye contact in conversations is necessary.
As a matter of fact,
a Westerner might consider lack of eye contact as lack of attention or interest.
In Spain,France,Italy and Greece.
Where people stand close together talking to each other,
eye contact is more frequent and lasts longer.
Eye contact is a subtle thing.
If you do not have it,you might be considered impolite.
But too much eye contact could also lead to trouble,
for staring at others is considered rude and should always be avoided.

縱觀人類(lèi)歷史。
人們經(jīng)常通過(guò)肢體語(yǔ)言來(lái)交流。
也許這就是為什么在很多情況中，
你說(shuō)話的方式比你說(shuō)話的內(nèi)容更重要的原因。
目光接觸是交流中的一個(gè)重要環(huán)節(jié)。
他能暗示友善或是敵意，
感興趣或是無(wú)聊，和理解與誤解。
眼神接觸在很多國(guó)家都是很重要的。
在西方文化中，眼神交流是溝通必不可少的環(huán)節(jié)。
事實(shí)上，
西方人認(rèn)為缺少眼神交流就是不關(guān)注或沒(méi)興趣的表現(xiàn)。
在西班牙、法國(guó)、意大利和希臘，
當(dāng)人們近距離聊天時(shí)，
眼神交流會(huì)更頻繁且更持久。
眼神交流很是微妙。
如果沒(méi)有眼神交流，你可能會(huì)被認(rèn)為沒(méi)有禮貌。
但是過(guò)多的眼神交流也會(huì)引起麻煩，
長(zhǎng)時(shí)間的盯著別人看就被認(rèn)為是粗魯?shù)?，?yīng)該避免的行為。