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高三任务型阅读专练 (一) Don’ttalktostrangers.Thisisasocialnormwesticktowhencommuting(通勤)bybusortrain,ortravellingbyair.Butnewresearchsuggestspeoplearedeeplywrongaboutthemiseryofstrikingupconversationswithstrangers. Contrarytoexpectations,peoplearehappierafteraconversationwithastranger,thestudyrevealed.ThestudywascarriedoutbyateamledbyNicholasEpley,aprofessorofbehavioralscienceattheUniversityofChicagoBoothSchoolofBusiness. Fortheresearch,EpleyandhisteamapproachedtrainridersinChicago.Inreturnfora$5Starbucksgiftcard,theyagreedtoparticipateinasimpleexperimentduringtheirtrainride.Onegroupwasaskedtotalktothestrangersittingnexttothemonthetrainthatmorning.Theotherwastoldtofollowstandardcommuternormsandkeeptothemselves.“Everyoneseemshappierandhasamorepleasantinteractionwhentheyconnectthansitalone,”Epleysaid.Perhapsevenmoresurprisingisthattheirconversationpartnersseemedtowelcometheconnection,too.“Nobodywasrejectedinanyofourstudies,asfarasIcantell,”Epleysaid. Oneofthereasonswecanactuallygainpositiveexperiencesfrominteractingwithstrangersisthatwetendtoputonourhappyfaceandreserveour“bad-temperedsideforthepeopleweknowandlove,”explainedEpley.Mostpeopleactmorecheerfullyaroundsomeonetheyhavejustmetthanaroundtheirownfriendsorfamilymembers.Sodon’tbeafraidofannoyingpeoplebyenteringtheirpersonalspace---reachingouttostrangersmayimprovetheirday,too. Thenhowtostartaconversationwithastrangersuccessfully?WemaygetsomeinspirationfromBrandonStanton.HehasmadeitahabitofapproachingpeopleonthestreetsofNewYorkCityandaskingthemforaphotographandachat.Hehasmanagedtogetthousandsofcompletestrangerstoopenuptohimwithpersonalstoriesoftheirfriendships,struggles,fears,loves,andlosses. Apieceofimportantadviceisthatreachingouttostrangersisallabouttheenergy.Stantonsaysherealizedthat“afterrepeatedattempts,ithadnothingtodowiththewordsIwassaying.It’sallabouttheenergythatyou’regivingoff.”Becalmandtryto“turntheatmosphereoffear,strangenessanduncomfortablenessintoanatmosphereofintimacy(熟悉).” Whenstartingaconversation,keepitsimpl