阅读理解Informalconversationisanimportantpartofanybusinessrelationship．Beforeyoustartadiscussionhowevermakesureyouunderstandwhichtopicsaresuitableandwhichareconsidere

　　阅读理解

　　Informalconversationisanimportantpartofanybusinessrelationship．Beforeyoustartadiscussionhowevermakesureyouunderstandwhichtopicsaresuitableandwhichareconsideredtaboos(禁忌)inaparticularculture．LatinAmericansenjoysharinginformationabouttheirlocalhistoryartandcustoms．Theyexpectquestionsabouttheirfamilyandaresuretoshowpicturesoftheirchildren．YonmayfeelfreetoasksimilarquestionsofyourLatinAmericanfriends．TheFrenchthinkofconversationasanartformandtheyenjoythevalueoflivelydiscussionsaswellasdisagreements．Forthemargumentscanbeinteresting－andtheycancoverprettymuchoranytopic－aslongastheyoccurinarespectfulandintelligent(智慧的)manner．

　　IntheUnitedStatesbusinesspeopleliketodiscussawiderangeoftopicsincludingopinionsaboutworkfamilyhobbiesandpolitics．InJapanChinaandKoreahoweverpeoplearemuchmoreprivate．Theydonotsharemuchabouttheirthoughtsfeelingsoremotionsbecausetheyfeelthatdoingsomighttakeawayfromtheharmonious(和谐的)businessrelationshipthey’retryingtobuild．MiddleEasternersarealsoprivateabouttheirpersonallivesandfamilymatters．ItisconsideredrudeforexampletoaskabusinessmanfromSaudiArabiaabouthiswifeorchildren．

　　Asgeneralruleit’sbestnottotalkaboutpoliticsorreligion(宗教)withyourbusinessfriends．ThiscangetyouintotroubleevenintheUnitedStateswherepeopleholddifferentviews．Inadditiondiscussingone’ssalaryisusuallyconsideredunsuitable．Sportsistypicallyafriendlysubjectinmostpartsoftheworldalthoughbecarefulnottocriticizeanationalsport．Insteadbefriendlyandpraiseyourhost’steam．

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　　Theauthorconsiderspoliticsandreligion________．

　　[]A．

　　cheerfultopics

　　B．

　　taboos

　　C．

　　rudetopics