The eyes are the window of the soul （灵魂）. Eye language can express different feelings. People from English-speaking countries have more eye contact when they are in conversation. When Americans are talking, they usually look at each other. But there are many rules about eye language：Whether to look at the other speaker or not；when it is the time to look, how long they can look; who they can look at and who they can't. All these have different meanings.
Americans put great importance on the time and the way of eye contact. In ordinary conversation, they will look at each other about one minute and then they will look away. Too long eye contact will make people feel uncomfortable. Once some Americans had a trip to a foreign village and the local people stared （盯） at them. The Americans were angry and thought the local people were not friendly. In fact, it was natural and local area. They were just curious（好奇的）.
People who like each other have more eye contact than people who dislike each other. Women usually communicate with more eye contact. If two Americans stare at each other, it shows they are close friends. In North America, the children have learned to look at the other speaker in the eye. If they don't, they are thought to be unconfident.
