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Thewordhugisofuncertainorigin.TheOxfordEnglishDictionarycautionsagainstconfusingitwithhugge—anotherwordoftheMiddleEnglishugmeaning“toinspirewithfearordisgust”.NeverthelessIfindmyselfdrawntoth
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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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