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1、Lead-inGoodmorning,everyone,todaywearegoingtolearnaveryinterestingbutalsoveryfrustratingtopic---silence.WeareveryfamiliarwithsilencebecauseweChineseareverygoodatkeepingsilent.Tostartwith,I’dliketoaskyoutwoquestions.Thefirstquestionishowdoyouusuallyrespondtoyourteacher’squestion?Ok,
2、right,youransweriscorrect---SILENCE!Asateacher,actuallyI’mveryfrustratedbyyoursilentresponse.OK,herecomesthesecondquestion.Thatboy,doyouhaveagirlfriend?Soluckyofyou!Ifyoupissyourgirlfriendoff,whatwouldyousaytoher,like“What’swrong?”“WhathaveIdone?”Andhowwouldsheusuallyrespondtoyours
3、tupidquestion?(Thatgirl,doyouhaveaboyfriend?Sowho’stheluckydog?Ifhepissesyouoff,howwouldyourespondtohisstupidquestionslike“What’swrong?“WhathaveIdone?”)Ok,silence,sohereisthetopicwearegonnatalkanddiscusstoday.MainlectureFromtheabovequestionsandanswerswecaneasilyfindthatsilenceisave
4、ryimportantformofnon-verbalcommunicationinourlife.MostAfricansbelievethat“Silenceisalsospeech”.Itistruethatinmanyoccasions,silencecanreplacelanguagetoconveyacertainkindofmessage,anditalsohelpsprovidefeedback,informingbothsenderandreceiverabouttheclarityofanideaoritssignificanceinth
5、eoverallinterpersonalexchange.Periodsofsilenceaffectinterpersonalcommunicationbyprovidinganintervalinanongoinginteractionduringwhichtheparticipantshavetimetothink,checkorsuppressanemotion,encodealengthyresponse,orinaugurateanotherlineofthought.Butduetoculturaldifferences,peoplealwa
6、yshavedifferentinterpretationsofthemeaningsconveyedbysilence.Therefore,tounderstandwhereandwhentobesilent,andthemeaningattachedtosilenceistogainakeeninsightintothefundamentalstructureofcommunication.DavidCrystal,afamousBritishlinguist,helpstoillustrate,Cross-culturaldifferencesarec
7、ommonoverwhentotalkandwhentoremainsilent,orwhataparticularinstanceofsilentmeans.Forinstance,inresponsetothequestion,“willyoumarryme?”silenceinEnglishwouldbeinterpretedasuncertainty;inJapan,however,silencecanbeunderstoodasacceptance;inIgbo,atribeinNigeria,itwouldbeconsideredadeniali
8、fawomanistocontinuetostand
