Questions about the reading.
1. If you want people to agree with you, just nod and maintain eye contact while you’re talking. ‘The nod’ sign means ‘everything I’m saying is true.’ Plus, following social behavior patterns, people tend to nod back.

2. Have you ever wished the subway wasn’t that crowded in the morning? In crowded places look right in front of you, in the direction in which you’re going. You will be impressed watching the crowd literally give way to you. This trick is very easy to explain: in crowded places we tend to look other people in the eyes so that we know which direction someone is going. We take the opposite way so not to run into each other.

Questions
1. what does nod back mean? I know he meaning of the nod but I can't imagine someone who nod 'back'.

2. I don't understand 'the opposite way' in this context because there is no contrasting way in here.

Question

Questions about the reading.
1. If you want people to agree with you, just nod and maintain eye contact while you’re talking. ‘The nod’ sign means ‘everything I’m saying is true.’ Plus, following social behavior patterns, people tend to nod back.

2. Have you ever wished the subway wasn’t that crowded in the morning? In crowded places look right in front of you, in the direction in which you’re going. You will be impressed watching the crowd literally give way to you. This trick is very easy to explain: in crowded places we tend to look other people in the eyes so that we know which direction someone is going. We take the opposite way so not to run into each other.

Questions
1. what does nod back mean? I know he meaning of the nod but I can't imagine someone who nod 'back'.

2. I don't understand 'the opposite way' in this context because there is no contrasting way in here.

Answer

"back" can mean "in reponse".
"I waved to her, and then she waved to me"=I waved to her, and she waved back (to me).
"I threw the ball to him, and then he threw the ball to me"= I threw the ball to him, and he threw it back.

(2) This is badly-worded: here, "other" would be better than "opposite".  A sidewalk has enough room for two people standing side by side. I take the side on my right, and you take the side on my left.  I take one side, and you take the other/opposite side.  In America, we wouldn't say "take the opposite way", but I might have heard British people using that expression.

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