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- n. 外地人，外国人未考
n. 陌生人，生客15 次
Researchers analysed the frequency and impact of gaps greater than 2 seconds during conversations, including an overview of previous studies which indicate that the fear of awkward silences can be so extreme that people avoid talking to strangers, even though doing so is likely to be an enjoyable experience.
研究人员分析了谈话中超过2秒的停顿出现的频率及其影响，其中包括对以往研究的综述，这些研究表明，人们对尴尬沉默的恐惧可能极其强烈，以至于会避免与陌生人交谈，尽管与陌生人交谈很可能是一种愉快的经历。
Long gaps between strangers are likely to be followed by a change in topic.
陌生人之间的长时间停顿之后，往往会转换话题。
She found similar interference when participants watched 15-second clips of pairs of people and judged whether they were strangers, friends, or dating partners.
当参与者观看两人一组的15秒视频片段，并判断他们是陌生人、朋友还是恋人时，她也发现了类似的干扰。
While that may well be true, researchers have also recently found that interacting with strangers actually brings a boost in mood and feelings of belonging that we didn’t expect.
虽然这很可能是真的，但研究人员最近也发现，与陌生人互动实际上会提升我们的情绪和归属感，这是我们没有预料到的。
The researchers also argued that when we shy away from casual interactions with strangers, it is often due to a misplaced anxiety that they might not want to talk to us.
研究人员还认为，当我们回避与陌生人随意交流时，往往是出于一种不必要的担心，即担心他们可能不想和我们说话。
Most people are not comfortable holding eye contact with strangers.
大多数人与陌生人保持眼神交流时会感到不自在。
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Scientists have found that exposure [to] this hormone puts us in a trusting [mood]: In a Swiss study, researchers sprayed oxytocin into the noses of half the subjects; those subjects were ready to lend significantly higher amounts of money to strangers than were their [counterparts] who inhaled something else.
科学家发现，接触{{8}}这种激素会让我们处于一种信任的{{9}}之中：在瑞士的一项研究中，研究人员将催产素喷入一半受试者的鼻腔；与吸入其他物质的{{10}}相比，这些受试者愿意借给陌生人的钱要多得多。
Here are five simple ways that you can make the first move and start a conversation with strangers.
以下是五种简单的方法，让你可以主动迈出第一步，与陌生人开始交谈。
The study is a genome-wide analysis conducted [on] 1,932 unique subjects which [compared] pairs of unrelated friends and unrelated strangers.
这项研究是针对1932名不同受试者进行的全基因组分析，比较了无亲缘关系的朋友对和无亲缘关系的陌生人对。
Though all the subjects were drawn from a population of European extraction, care was taken to [see] that all subjects, friends and strangers, were taken from the same population.
尽管所有受试者都来自欧洲血统的人群，但研究人员仍注意确保所有受试者——无论朋友还是陌生人——都取自同一人群。
In our contemporary culture, the prospect of communicating with — or even looking at — a stranger is virtually unbearable.
在当代文化中，与陌生人交流——甚至只是看陌生人一眼——的想法几乎都令人难以忍受。
It’s a sad reality — our desire to avoid interacting with other human beings — because there’s [much] to be gained from talking to the stranger standing by you.
这是一个令人悲哀的现实——我们渴望避免与他人互动——因为与站在你身边的陌生人交谈会有很多收获。
Strangers are inherently [unfamiliar] to us, so we are more likely to feel [anxious] when communicating with them compared with our friends and acquaintances.
陌生人对我们来说天生就是不熟悉的，因此与朋友和熟人相比，我们在和陌生人交流时更容易感到焦虑。
“When Dr. Epley and Ms. Schroeder asked other people in the same train station to [predict] how they would feel after talking to a stranger, the commuters thought their [ride] would be more pleasant if they sat on their own,” The New York Times summarizes.
《纽约时报》总结道：“当埃普利博士和施罗德女士请同一火车站的其他人预测自己与陌生人交谈后会有何感受时，这些通勤者认为独自坐着旅程会更愉快。”
It’s that [simple]: Talking to strangers can make you feel connected.
道理就是这么简单：与陌生人交谈能让你感到与他人相连。