__1__communication refers to communication patterns of direct verbal mode- straight talk，nonverbal immediacy and sender-oriented values.It means that the sender assumes the responsibility to communicate directly. In low context communication,most of the information must lie in the transmitted message in order to make up for what is missing in the  __2__. The speaker is expected to be responsible for constructing a clear, persuasive message that the listener can decode easily.         Low-context culture is a manifest culture- communications are mainly dependent on  __3__communications.