Much meaning can be conveyed, clearly, with our eyes, so it is often said that eyes can speak.
Do you have such kind of experience? In a bus you may look at a stranger, but not too long. And if he is sensing that he is being stared at, he may feel uncomfortable.
The same is in daily life. If you are looked at for more than necessary, you will look at yourself up and down to see if there is anything wrong with you. If nothing goes wrong, you will feel angry toward other’s stare at you that way. Eyes do speak, right?
Looking too long at someone may seem to be rude and aggressive. But things are different when it comes to stare at the opposite sex. If a man glances at a woman for more than 10 seconds and refuses to avert his gaze, his intentions are obvious. That is, he wishes to attract her attention, to make her understand that he is admiring her.
However, the normal eye contact for two people engaged in conversation is that the speaker will only look at the listener from time to time; in order to make sure that the listener does pay attention to hat the former is speaking, to tell him that he is attentive. 
If a speaker looks at you continuously when speaking, as if he tries to dominate you, you will feel disconcerted. A poor liar usually expose s himself by looking too long at the victim, since he believes the false ides that to look straight in the eye is a sign of honest communication.
In fact, continuous eye contact is confined to lovers only, who will enjoy looking at each other tenderly for a long time, to show affection that words cannot express.
Evidently, eye contact should be done according to the relationship between two people and specific situation.
小題1:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．It is always very rude and aggressive to look at others for a long time.
B．One’s feelings can be shown through their eyes.
C．If a stranger looks at you for some time, he must be attracted at you..
D．If you are stared at by a stranger, you must look very awkward.
小題2:How can we tell if someone possibly lying?
A．If he looks at you directly in the eye for too long.
B．If he looks at you occasionally.
C．If he looks honest.
D．If he looks attentive.
小題3:What is suggested if you ate talking to others?
A. You’d better look at the listener all the time.
B. You are advised to try to dominate the listeners.
C. You are supposed to look at the listeners from time to time.
D. You should not make eye contact with listeners.
小題4:If two persons exchange eye contact gently for long, what is probably their relationship?
A．Father and son.B．Strangers.C．Lovers.D．Teacher and student.
小題5:Where can we read this passage?
A．In a textbook. .B．In a science journal.C．In a magazine.D．In a psychology report.

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Rome had the forum. London has Speaker’s Corner. Now always-on-the-go New Yorker has Liz and Bill.
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B．This letter is a reply to the questions of 4th February.
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