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阅读理解
What
shaking the head means is not always the same in different countries. Maybe
some visitors would be surprised when they first come to India. When they talk
to an Indian, they would find he would often shake his head. The visitors might
think that the Indian doesn't like what they say. But in fact, they would be
completely wrong.
Indians
always shake their heads when they talk to others. It doesn't have the same
meaning as our "No". If someone wants to visit India, he should know
this, or he will be in trouble.
One
day, a foreign officer went to India on business. He hired a car and asked an
Indian to drive it. When he told his driver to take him to his office, the
Indian shook his head at once. The officer said again and the driver shook his
head again. At last the officer, of course, got angry.
"How
dare you refuse my order?" He shouted, "Drive me to my office at
once!"
The
driver answered in quite a loud voice, too. "Yes, sir!" But to the
officer's surprise, the driver shook his head at the same time.
The
car started and the foreign officer was now too surprised to say a word. He
thought about it for a while, and then he nodded with a smile, "'No' means
'Yes' here!"
