問題詳情

Imagine this situation: An American businessman is giving a speech in Germany. He doesn’t speak German, so he is using an interpreter to help him. In the introduction to his speech, he tells a little joke. Everyone laughs. So we would guess that his joke worked. Not really. In fact, the joke was not _11_ because the interpreter knew it was offensive in German culture. So why did everyone laugh? The interpreter told them to. He said, “The speaker has just told a joke. Please laugh.”As a matter of fact, most interpreters _12_ the same thing. That’s because different cultures find different things _13_ . For example, Americans often make fun of themselves or others in their jokes. But people from China, Japan and other cultures in the Far East do not _14_ jokes that are too personal. Laughing at their own or other people’s mistakes is not considered funny. _15_ , they might feel offended by such a joke. That’s why we should be careful in cross-cultural situations.
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(A)translated
(B)laughed
(C)attacked
(D)protected

參考答案

答案：A
難度：簡單0.753846
統計：A(98),B(26),C(6),D(0),E(0)

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