Second, face-to-face contact allows us to size up others.

第二，面对面的接触让我们能够评估他人。

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He argues that our evolutionary roots mean we still depend heavily on physical and face-to-face contact to be able to create ties.

他认为，我们的进化根源意味着，我们仍然极大依赖身体及面对面的接触来建立联系。

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Face-to-face contact is by no means the only form of communication and during the last two hundred years the art of mass communication has become one of the dominating factors of contemporary society.

面对面的交流绝不是沟通的唯一形式，在过去的两百年里，大众传播艺术已经成为当代社会的主导因素之一。

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It has easy appeal for the bully because it does not involve face-to-face contact and it can be done at any time.

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Back then, receiving email (or having any contact whatsoever with someone else without having to resort to telephone or face-to-face contact) was excitement writ large.

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