Personal Space
(Text P18)
1. You’re talking to a co-worker. How close do you stand?
I keep a moderate space.
It is bad for others to stand close, so I try to keep a moderate space.
2. You’re talking to a friend. Do you touch each other?
Sometimes yes, but sometimes no.
If I am talikng to a best friend, I do body touch endearingly.
But, I don't same thing to a friend who have only known a short time.
3. Look at the diagram of a waiting. Where do you sit when you enter?
I don't like to sit next to someone, so I choose a plasce that no next to someone.
4. You’re in a crowded elevator. Where do you look?
I always look at the numbers because I feel awkward to stare in the face at close range.
5. You’re standing in line. How close do you stand to the person in front?
I want to keep a proper space that about 50 centimeter.
6. You get on the bus. There is an empty row of seats at the back, and an empty seat close by. Where do you sit?
Case by case.
I choose a seat according to the mood of the moment.
7. You’re in a library and there’s an empty seat beside you. Do you want to stop someone sitting there? If so, how?
If possible, I want to stop.
But, a libraly is not mine. I can't stop it.
8. You’re going to the beach. Do you like to see lots of people or very few?
I don't like the place where are lots of people.
I want to see the sea with sober atmosphere.
9. When you’re talking to someone, do you look them in the eye?
Yes, it's important thing foe me. I always try to look people in the eye.
10. You’re on a train. Do you talk to the other passengers?
No, I always listen to music on a train.
Only when someone talk to me, I answer it.
hi mameshiba :0]
返信削除i think you are kind! cause you don't stop someone sitting beside you whatever the reason is..
Hi Mameshiba,
返信削除I see that you keep proper distance wherever you are. However, as BECKY says, you are kind enough not to stop someone sitting beside! In my case, I will put my bags on the seat, if the library is not so crowded;;
I also listen to music on a train, so I never talk to other passengers.
返信削除But sometime I am talked by old people, in that time I stop listening and answer them.
Hi,
返信削除your opinions of those quetions are similer to me. Especially, I agree with your opinion in No.7. Library is not ours, but a pubulic institution.
Well, I think many Japanese's opinion may be similar to us. I guess this is beacause of Japanese culture. What do you think about it?