泛读教程3第二版The Secret Language of Barrier Signals课文翻译.pdf

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TheSecretLanguageofBarrierSignals

障碍信号的秘密语言

Peoplefeelsaferbehindsomekindofphysicalbarrier.Ifasocialsituationisinanyway

threatening,thenthereisanimmediateurgetosetupsuchabarricade.Foratinychildfaced

withastranger,theproblemisusuallysolvedbyhidingbehinditsmothersbodyandpeepingout

attheintrudertoseewhatheorshewilldonext.Ifthemothersbodyisnotavailable,thena

chairorsomeotherpieceofsolidfurniturewilldo.Ifthestrangerinsistsoncomingcloser,then

thepeepingfacemustbehiddentoo.Iftheinsensitiveintrudercontinuestoapproachdespite

theseobvioussignalsoffear,thenthereisnothingforitbuttoscreamorflee.在某种物理障碍后

面，人们感觉更安全。如果一种社会形势有任何威胁，那么立即就会有建立这种障碍的冲动。

对于一个面对陌生人的小孩来说，问题通常是通过躲在母亲身后，偷看入侵者，看他或她下

一步会做什么来解决的。如果母亲的身体不在，那么一把椅子或其他一些结实的家具就可以

了。如果陌生人坚持要走近，那么偷窥的脸也必须藏起来。如果麻木不仁的入侵者不顾这些

明显的恐惧信号继续接近，那么除了尖叫或逃跑，它就别无他法了。

Thispatternisgraduallyreducedasthechildmatures.Inteenagegirlsitmaystillbedetectedin

thegigglingcover-upoftheface,withhandsorpapers,whenembarrassed.Butbythetimewe

areadult,thechildhoodhiding,whichdecreasedtoadolescentshyness,isexpectedtodisappear

altogether,aswebravelystrideouttomeetourguests,hosts,companions,relatives,colleagues,

customers,clients,orfriends.Eachsocialoccasioninvolvesus,onceagain,inencounterssimilar

totheoneswhichmadeushideasscaredinfantsand,astheneachencounterisslightly

threatening.Inotherwords,thefearsarestillthere,buttheirexpressionisblocked.Ouradult

rolesdemandcontrolandsuppressionofanyprimitiveurgetowithdrawandhideourselvesaway.

Themoreformaltheoccasionandthemoredominantorunfamiliaroursocialcompanions,the

moreworryingthemomentofencounterbecomes.Watchingpeopleundertheseconditions,itismoreworr