六级练习2012.10.26 phrases, yourself, themselves, one

Rebecca949

Certain phrases one commonly hears among Americans capture their devotion to individualism: "Do your own thing." "I did it my way." "You’ll have to decide that for yourself." "You made your bed, now lie in it." "If you don’t look out for yourself, no one else will." "Look out for number one." (1)______________________. Americans assume that people "need some time to themselves" or "some time alone" to think about things or recover their spent psychological energy. Americans have great difficulty understanding foreigners who always want to be with another person, who dislike being alone. If the parents can afford it, each child will have his or her own bedroom. Having one’s own bedroom，even as an infant, (2)_______________________. She will have her clothes, her toys, her books, and so on. These things will be hers and no one else’s. Americans assume that people will have their private thoughts that might never be shared with anyone. Doctors, lawyers, psychiatrists, and others have rules governing "confidentiality" that are intended to prevent information about their clients’ personal situations from becoming known to others. Americans’ attitudes about privacy can be hard for foreigners to understand. American’s houses, yards and even their offices can seem open and inviting. Yet in the minds of Americans, (3)________________________. When those boundaries are crossed, an American’s body will visibly stiffen and his manner will become cool and aloof.

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Bridget

Closely associated with the value they place on individualism,is the importance American's assign to privacy.

差不多小姐

今天比较赶 = =。

zhant220

1. Closely associated with the value they place on individualism,is the importance American's assign to privacy.
2. fixes in a person notion that she's entitled to a place of her own where she can be by herself,and keep her possessions.
3. there are boundaries that other people are simply not supposed to cross

zeroaoo

1.closely associated with value they place on  individualism is important Americans a site privacy   
2.fixes in person the notion that she isn't tie to a place of her own
3.there are bountry that other people are simply not supposed  to cross

jerry0ieq

hard working

susan.sui

Closely associated with the value they place on individualism,is the importance American's assign to privacy.
fixes in a person * that she's entitled to a place of her own where she can be by herself,and keep her possessions.
there are boundaries that other people are simply not supposed to cross