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1、Theybothapologized---anotherculturalmistake! AhmedAziz,anotherinternationalstudent,wasfromJordan.Whenwemetyesterday,hemovedveryclosetomeasIintroducedmyself.Imovedbackabit,buthecameclosertoaskaquestionandthenshookmyhand.WhenDarleneCoulonfromFrancecamedashingthro
2、ughthedoor,sherecognizedTonyGarcia'ssmilingface.Theyshookhandandthenkissedeachothertwiceoneachcheek,sincethatistheFrancecustomwhenadultsmeetpeopletheyknow.AhmedAziz,onthecontrary,simplynoddedatthegirls.MenfromMiddleEasternandotherMuslimcountrieswilloftenstandqu
3、iteclosetoothermentotalkbutwillusuallynottouchwomen. AsIgettoknowmoreinternationalfriends,Ilearnmoreaboutthiscultural“bodylanguage”.Notallculturesgreeteachotherthesameway,noraretheycomfortableinthesamewaywithtouchingordistancebetweenpeople.Inthesamewaythatpeopl
4、ecommunicatewithspokenlanguage,theyalsoexpresstheirfeelingsusingunspoken“language”throughphysicaldistance,actionsorposture.Englishpeople,forexample,donotusuallystandveryclosetoothersortouchstrangersassoonastheymeet.However,peoplefromplaceslikeSpain,ItalyorSouth
5、Americancountriesapproachotherscloselyandaremorelikelytotouchthem.Mostpeoplearoundtheworldnowgreeteachotherbyshakinghands,butsomeculturesuseothergreetingsaswell,suchastheJapanese,whoprefertobow. Theseactionsarenotgoodorbad,butaresimplywaysinwhichcultureshavedev
6、eloped.Ihaveseen,however,thatculturalcustomsforbodylanguageareverygeneral---notallmembersofaculturebehaveinthesameway.Ingeneral,though,studyinginternationalcustomscancertainlyhelpavoiddifficultiesintoday’sworldculturalcrossroads! Showingourfeelings Bodylanguag
7、eisoneofthemostpowerfulsofcommunication,oftenevenmorepowerfulthanspokenlanguage.Peoplearoundtheworldshowallkndsoffeelings,wishesandattitudesthattheymightneverspeakaloud.Itispossibleto“read”othersaroundus,eveniftheydonotintendforustocatchtheirunspokencommunicati
8、on.Ofcourse,bodylanguagecanbemisread,butmanygesturesandactionsareuniversal. Themostuniversalfacialexpressionis,ofcourse,thesmile–it’sfunctionistoshowhappinessandtopeopleatea
