Thewordhugisofuncertainorigin.TheOxfordEnglishDictionarycautionsagainstconfusingitwithhugge—anotherwordoftheMiddleEnglishugmeaning“toinspirewithfearordisgust”.NeverthelessIfindmyselfdrawntothepossibilitythathugdoesinfacthavesomeconnectionwithug.Itseemstomethatatthethoughtofatightembrace(拥抱)fearanddisgustdocometomind.
SowhyisitthatwhenIgoovertoyourhousefordinneryouwrapyourarmsaroundmeeventhoughIsawyoulastFridayatthemovies?Onearmortwo?Shouldtherebespacebetweenus?ShouldIbrushmycheekagainstyours?Maybeevenkissyourcheek?
I’mwillingtobelievethatsomepeoplereallylovetohug.Theyrushtoenfoldnotonlyfamilyandfriendsbutalsofriendsoffriendsandnearstrangers.Theydelightinapplyingpressureandrockingfromsidetoside.Yetmostpeoplearejustgoingthroughthemotions;they’relookingforawaytosayhelloorgoodbye.NotwantingtoseemrudeIopenmyarmstoosubmittingtotheceremonyoffriendship.
AfteroneparticularlyconfusinginteractionIlookedforadvicefromexperts.EmilyYoffeanadvicecolumnistofferedhersympathy:“I’mwithyouonthisbutI’vebecomeanon-huggerwhohugs.RecentlyafterbreakfastwithanewfriendIwentintohughergoodbyeandIcouldseeakindofhorrorinhereyesbutitwastoolatetobackoff.”That’sme:Thegirlwiththelookofhorrorinhereyes.
TheEmilyPostInstitutewhichspecializesinmannersexplainsthatwhengreetingsomeoneyoushouldlookhimorherintheeyesandsmilespeakclearlyadda“gladtoseeyou”andthenshakehandswithafirmgrippumptwoorthreetimesandthenrelease.Theinstitutesuggestsaddingahug“ifit’sarelativeorclosefriend.”Noranyspecificinformationonwhataproperhugentails.
Thereareseveralhugalternativesamongthem:thehandshakethecheekkissthewavethearmsqueezeandthenod.Handshakesseemformalcheekkissesun-American.Armsqueezingwouldbeagoodsolutionifitwerenotforthedangerofgettingpulledintosomethingmorefull-bodied.Thenodthoughcanbeveryeffectivewhencombinedwithasmileespeciallywhenexecutedwithconfidenceandwithonehandalreadygraspingthedoorhandle.
67.Whatdothefirsttwoparagraphsindicateabout“hug”?
A.Theword
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