Even a child knows that nodding head
means "Yes". But some people Would probably {{U}}(56 ) {{/U}} when they
first came to India. When they talked to {{U}}(57 ) {{/U}} Indian, he
would often shake his head. They{{U}} (58) {{/U}}think that the India
did not like {{U}}(59) {{/U}} they said, but on the contrary, he was
expressing {{U}}(60) {{/U}} The Indians {{U}}(61)
{{/U}} a habit of shaking their {{U}}(62) {{/U}} slightly when they
talk to {{U}}(63) {{/U}} It doesn't mean "No", but" {{U}}(64)
{{/U}} ". If a person doesn't {{U}}(65) {{/U}}, it might cause
misunderstandings. At one time, a foreign diplomat (外交官)
{{U}}(66) {{/U}} told his driver who was an Indian {{U}}(67)
{{/U}}him to his office. The driver {{U}}(68) {{/U}} his head. The young
diplomat repeated his {{U}}(69) {{/U}} and the river shook his{{U}}
(70) {{/U}}again. At last, the {{U}}(71) {{/U}}shouted
angrily, "Drive me {{U}}(72) {{/U}} my office at once!" {{U}}(73)
{{/U}} driver also in a quite loud {{U}}(74) {{/U}}, "Yes, sir."
smiling and {{U}}(75) {{/U}} his head at the same
time.