Why do we feel comfortable in conversations that have flow, but get nervous and distressed when a conversation is interrupted by unexpected silences?

为什么我们在流畅的对话中感觉很舒服，但当对话被意想不到的沉默打断时，我们会感到紧张和沮丧呢？

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We live with a value system that I call the Extrovert Ideal—the omnipresent belief that the ideal self is gregarious, and comfortable in the spotlight.

我们生活在一个我称之为“外向理想型”的价值体系中——一个无处不在的信念，即理想的自我是善于交际的，在聚光灯下感到舒适的。

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He was described as comfortable in the hospital last night.

据说昨晚他在医院里没有感到痛苦。

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Oloria says she feels closer to her Muslim religion and more comfortable in public, because she believes it hides her from the eyes of men.

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And I was just in the water which is the place I feel most comfortable as a swimmer all my life.

那一刻我在水中,感到这是我一生中最舒适的游泳环境。

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Let's pretend that you meet somebody in a foreign country who is very comfortable there.

假设你在国外遇到了一个人，已经很适应那边的生活了。

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She leaves home, comfortable in her new sophistication as the city-born wife of this Arkansas cotton-picker.

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Staff at the two Devon zoos are making sure animals are comfortable in sub-zero temperatures.

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He is comfortable in his skin and is not be motivated by what others think.

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