Stinson等人（2009）对此做了个实验，通过操纵人们对于将要初次见面的另一个人的预期。

It's this question that Stinson et al. ( 2009)setout to test by people's expectations about a person they were about to meet for the first time.

中国人初次见面经常握手。

Chinese often shake hands when they meet for the first time.

我和他初次见面早在1980年代。

I first met him way back in the 80s.

这是他们初次见面。

It was the first time they had ever met.

我要你们回忆初次见面的情景。

I want you to cast your minds back to the first time you met.

你和他初次见面是何时？

When did you first meet him?

初次见面时，她总给人以热情亲切的表面印象。

When you first meet her, she gives a superficial impression of warmth and friendliness.

我们初次见面是在1982年，不，我说错了，是1983年。

We first met in 1982, no, I tell a lie, it was 1983.

他和莉兹初次见面后不久就成了情侣。

He and Liz became lovers soon after they first met.