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dining room. After the meal, you depart the same way you
came in, feeling you've been treated too much as a stranger
and not enough as a friend. You wanted to see the whole
apartment! Do you:
Assume that you have been given the 'cold shoulder' and
refuse their next invitation as insincere?
Confront your acquaintances and ask them what you
did 'wrong', but find that they don't seem to understand
your question?
Feel distanced from these people but reciprocate your
hosts' efforts, nonetheless, with a dinner at your favourite
restaurant. In that environment, they appear to be more
open and friendly.
Return to your hosts' home and expect, this time, to be
entertained only in the living room and dining room,
recognising that your presence in the house is already
a display of intimacy, even if the rest of the house is
off limits.
Confront your hosts in the first place and ask to see the
house when you first arrive.
Comments
The French do not have a habit of 'showing off' their house
to first-time guests. It would be considered boastful as well
as too intimate. Plus they probably haven't got the rest of
the house looking as perfect as the part they intend for
you to enjoy. So if you really want to see the house, ask in
advance of your arrival, to give them time to prepare it for
you properly. Otherwise, if you are not invited to take a look
around it, don't ask yourself into any room that is not shown
to you (except of course the toilet, which you can ask for!).
The correct answer is
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SITUATION 5
You are on the street looking for a certain gourmet food shop.
Your time is short and you've left the address at home. Which
of the following people do you ask for help:
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