填空题 On a brisk autunm afternoon, in the shadow of the marble arch in Washington Square Park, a couple visiting from Ohio walled along holding hands like two teenagers going steady, (26) after "going steady" went out of (27)
When a stranger asked why they had chosen to join hands during their stroll, the man, Dave Findlay, looked at his wife of seven years and answered in a word: "Connection." Or as the Beatles sang back in 1963: "When I'll feel that something, I want to hold your hand." Those simple lyrics turned an expression of teenage (28) and first romantic steps into a No.1 (29)
Nowadays hand-holding has attracted the interest of scientists who are studying its effects on the body and mind. To hold someone's hand is to offer them (30) , protection or comfort. It is a way to communicate that you are off the market. Practically speaking, it is an efficient way to (31) through a crowd without losing your partner. People do it during vigils, marches, weddings and (32) .
But, over all, few things are more (33) than a child grabbing the hand of a parent, for protection, direction and, as Mr. Findlay put it, connection. (34) , chances are you have spotted a mother and her teenage daughter and perhaps even a father and his adolescent son ambling through a mall, scurrying through a crosswalk or strolling along, hand in hand.
(35) . As for romantic couples, the opinions about hand-holding are as varied as fingerprints. But most people agree that it has merely changed, not lost favor. " (36) ," said Sandra L. Caron, a professor of family relations at the University of Maine in Orono.