Areas were thus established, if not of utter silence, at least of tact and discretion: between parents and children, for instance, or teachers and pupils, or masters and domestic servants.

• 举例而言，在父母与孩子之间，或者在教师与学生之间，或者在主人与仆人之间，即便不能绝对沉默，至少也会多一些机警和审慎，这样以来“缄默区域”出现了。