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1、PassageOneStatusesaremarveloushumaninventionsthat______ustogetalongwithoneanotherandto_____wherewe“fit”insociety.Aswegoaboutoureverydaylives,wementally______toplacepeopleintermsoftheirstatuses.Forexample,wemustjudgewhetherthepersoninthelibraryisareaderoralibrarian,whetherth
2、etelephonecallerisafriendorasalesman,whetherthe______persononourpropertyisthieforameterreader,andsoon.Thestatusesweassumeoftenvarywiththepeoplewe_______,andchangethroughoutlife.Mostofuscan,atveryhighspeed,assumethestatusesthat______situationsrequire.Muchofsocial_______consi
3、stsofidentifyingandselectingamongappropriate______andallowingotherpeopletoassumetheirstatusesinrelationtous.Thismeansthatwefitouractionstothoseofotherpeoplebasedonaconstantmentalprocessofappraisalandinterpretation.Althoughsomeofusfindthetaskmoredifficultthanothers,mostofusp
4、erformitrather_________.Astatushasbeencomparedtoready-madeclothes.Withincertain_______,thebuyercanchoose______andfabric.ButanAmericanisnotfreetochoosethecostumeofaChinesepeasantorthatofaHinduprince.Wemustchoosefromamongtheclothingpresentedbyoursociety.Furthermore,ourchoicei
5、slimitedtoasizethatwillfit,aswellasbyourpocketbook.Havingmadeachoicewithintheselimitswecanhavecertain______made,butapartfromminoradjustments,wetendtobelimitedtowhatthestoreshaveontheirracks.Statusestoocomereadymade,andthe_______ofchoiceamongthemislimited.AlimitsBalterations
6、CattemptDstyleEunfamiliarFrangeGencounterHeffortlesslyIvariousJenableKinteractionLdetermineMstatusesPassageTwoManyayoungpersontellsmehewantstobeawriter.Ialways______suchpeople,butIalsoexplainthatthere’sbigdifferencebetween“beingawriter”andwriting.Inmostcasesthese_______ared
7、reamingofwealthand________,notthelonghoursaloneatatypewriter.“You’vegottowanttowrite,”Isaytothem,“notwanttobeawriter.”Therealityisthatwritingisalonely,privateandpoor-paying_________.Foreverywriterkissedbyfortunetherearethousandsmorewhoselongingisnever_______.WhenIlefta20-ye
8、arcareerintheU.S.CoastGuardtobecomeafreelancewriter,Ihadno________atall.WhatIdidha