①What is eye contact? Eye contact happens when two people look at each other's eyes at the same time. Eye contact is a kind of nonverbal communication(非语言交流) and it has different meanings in different cultures.
②Eye Contact in Western Europe: In many European countries such as Spain, France and Germany, it is right and polite to keep eye contact with another person. However, Europeans often avoid eye contact when they are walking across a busy street or riding bikes to their workplaces. Yet in a country like France, a man may feel quite free to look at others. This may happen when he is interested in them.
③Eye Contact in the Middle East:Middle Eastern countries have their rules for the eye culture. For example, some of them have strict rules for eye contact between the sexes(性别). Only a short moment of eye contact is OK between a man and a woman.
④As you can see, it is very important to know what eye contact means before you visit a new country. Learn how to use eye contact so that you can better communicate with other people.
