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1、Unit4BodylanguageBook4I.YesterdayanotherstudentandI,1ouruniversity’sstudentassociation,wenttomeetthisyear’sinternationalstudents.Afterhalfanhourofwaiting,Isawseveralyoungpeopleenterthewaitingarealookingaround2.Iwentforwardto3them.Afterbeingintroduced,theygreetedeacho
2、therindifferentways,causingsome4andculturemistakes.AsIgettoknowmoreinternationalfriends,Ilearnmoreaboutthisculture5.Notallculturesgreeteachotherthesameway,noraretheycomfortableinthesamewaywithtouchingordistancebetweenpeople.Inthesamewaythatpeople6withspokenlanguage,t
3、heyalsoexpresstheirfeelingsthroughphysicaldistance,actionsor7.Theseactionsaresimplywaysinwhichcultureshavedeveloped.Ihaveseen,however,thatculturalcustomsforbodylanguageareverygeneral----notallmembersofaculture8inthesameway.9,though,studyinginternationalcustomscancert
4、ainlyhelp10difficultiesintoday’sworldofculturalcrossroads.II.Bodylanguageisoneofthemostpowerful1ofcommunication,oftenevenmorepowerfulthanspokenlanguage.Peoplearoundtheworldshowallkindsoffeelings,wishesandattitudesthattheymightneverspeakaloud.Itispossibleto“read”other
5、saroundus,eveniftheydonot2ustocatchtheirunspokencommunication.Ofcourse,bodylanguagecanbemisread,butmanygesturesandactionsare3.Themostuniversalfacialexpressionis,ofcourse,thesmile------its4istoshowhappinessandputpeopleatease.Itdoesnotalwaysmeanthatwearetrulyhappy,howe
6、ver.Smilesaroundtheworldcanbe5,hidingotherfeelingslikeanger,fearorworry.Thereareunhappysmiles,suchaswhensomeone“losesface”andsmilestohideit.However,thegeneral6ofsmilingistoshowgoodfeelings.Beingrespectfultopeopleis7,basedoneachculture,butingeneralitisprobablynotagood
7、ideatogiveahugtoabossorteacher.Inalmosteveryculture,itisnotusuallygoodtostandtooclosetosomeoneofahigher8.StandingatalittledistancewithopenhandswillshowthatIamwillingtolisten.Withsomanyculturedifferencesbetweenpeople,itisgreattohavesome9inbodylanguage.Wecanoftenbewron
8、gabouteachother,soitisan10thingthatweunderstandeachotheraswellaswedo!III.Notallculturesusethehandshake,andpeopleinmanyAsian1donotal
