進入檢視：2022-2023年英語週報七年級第34期答案彙總

In an effort to stop the pandemic's advance, we may be finding ourselves taking certain precautionary (預防的) measures and maintaining a reasonable degree of social distance. Our habits have had to change to accommodate the reality of coronavirus.

People are advised against touching high-touch surfaces in public places, including elevator buttons, door handles, and especially other people's hands. Consequently, the traditional habit of handshake has been substituted for other gestures, like elbow bump (碰撞)and foot tap, which involve less bodily contact. The foot tap and the elbow bump have a way of feeling vaguely ridiculous, and it's hard to take them entirely seriously, especially in business settings. Centuries of tradition has normalized handshake in our culture, and it may be too deeply rooted in our custom to be abandoned.

In 1996, a sales manager developed an experiment to test the impact of the handshake on strangers. He found that more people told the truth when he introduced himself to them with a handshake before asking the question." A handshake, "he later told The New York Times, "creates a higher level of trust, a degree of familiarity, within a matter of seconds."

With more communication on screen, the handshake is an occasion to reach out and touch one another, to enjoy a tiny, fleeting connection. And meeting someone face to face, whether a client or a colleague, always suggests a closer level of familiarity than merely touching base online.