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  3. Certain phrases one commonly hears among Americans capture their devotion to individualism: "Do you own thing." "I did it my way

Certain phrases one commonly hears among Americans capture their devotion to individualism: "Do you own thing." "I did it my way

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问题 Certain phrases one commonly hears among Americans capture their devotion to individualism: "Do you own thing." "I did it my way." "You’ll have to decide that for yourself." "You made your bed, now【B1】______in it." "If you don’t look out for yourself, no one else will." "Look out for number one."
    Closely【B2】______with the value they place on individualism is the importance Americans【B3】______to privacy. Americans【B4】______that people "need some time to themselves" or "some time alone" to think about things or recover their【B5】______psychological energy. Americans have great【B6】______under standing foreigners who always want to be with another person who dislike being alone.
    If the parents can【B7】______it, each child will have his or her own bedroom. Having one’s own bedroom, even as an【B8】______fixes in a person the notion that【B9】______. She will have her clothes, her toys, her books and so on. These things will be hers and no one else’s.
    Americans assume that【B10】______. Doctors, lawyers, psychologists, and others have rules governing "confidentiality" that are intended to prevent information about their clients’ personal situations from becoming known to others.
    American’s attitude about privacy can be hard for foreigners to understand.【B11】______. When those boundaries are crossed, an American’s body will visibly stiffen and his manner will become cool and aloof.
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答案American’s houses, yards and even offices can seem open and inviting, yet in the minds of Americans, there are boundaries that other people arc simply not supposed to cross
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