...tuation. ___39___.
And what about that other
dinner-party killer: awkward silence? If you’re faced with an awkward silence
at a dinner party, the only thing that always gets everyone talking againis to
give the host a compliment (赞扬). __40___. Just quickly turn
around and say, “This cake i...
...___ who preferredthetheatrical, even when off stage. I took his
relative silence to be offensive. We simply didn’t ___19___.I didn’t ___20___ having a tense relationship with
my brother because I was involved at school. ___21___, I threw myself into the
world of musicals. I practised singing i...
...r groups and exposed to various
noise levels inthe background, from total silence to 50 decibels (分贝), 70 decibels, and 85 decibels. The
differences between most ofthe groups were statistically insignificant;
however, the participants inthe 70 decibels group—those exposed to a level of
nois...