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1、FacialexpressionsFacialExpressionWorthThousandWordsCommunicationisacentralaspectofeverydaylife,afactthatisreflectedinthewidevarietyofwaysthatpeopleexchangeinformation.Notonlywithwords,butalsousingtheirfaceandbody.ScientistsinGermanyfoundoutthatweareabl
2、etorecognizefacialexpressionsinmotion--forexample,inamovie--farbetterthaninastaticphotograph.Thehumanfacecomesinmanyshapesandsizes.Sometimes,wemakejudgmentsaboutotherpeoplebasedonfacialfeatures.However,wealsoinferwhatpeople“really”meanbytheirfacialexpr
3、essions.Studieshaveindicatedthatwecandetectemotionsfromfacialexpression.Facialexpressions,likegesturesandbodymotion,areadynamicphenomenonandneedtobeinvestigated.ThewayofreadingfacialexpressionsshowsculturedifferencesThereadingoffacialexpressionsmaynotb
4、euniversal.Itisreportedthatpeoplefromdifferentculturesreadfacialexpressionsdifferently.Inparticular,theysaidtherearebigdifferencesbetweenthewayWesternersandEastAsiansinterpret(诠释)facialexpressions.Emoticons(情感符)areusedtoconveydifferentemotionsontheInte
5、rnetastheyaretheiconic(符号的)representationsoffacialexpressions.Interestingly,thereareclearculturaldifferencesintheformationsoftheseicons(图标).”TheEasternemoticonsarenotonlytherightwayupbutfocusontheeyes,whileintheWestthemouthisimportant。HerearesomeExpres
6、sionsofWesternandEasternemoticons.EasternWesternHappy(^_^):-)Sad(;_;)or(T_T):-(Surprised(o.o):-oEastAsianfocusedmostlyontheeyes,butthosefromtheWestscannedthewholeface。IntheresearchcarriedoutbyateamfromGlasgowUniversity,EastAsianobserversfounditmorediff
7、iculttodistinguishsomefacialEXPRESSIONS。Inthestudy,EastAsiansweremorelikelythanWesternerstoreadtheEXPRESSIONfor"fear"as"surprise",and"disgust"as"anger"。DifferentwaysofemotionalexpressionTheexpressionofemotionisformedintheculturalbackground,theirperform
8、ancediffersfromculturetoculture.HanChineseintheguestarrives,greetedwithasmileisreasonable.IndiantribesintheU.S.arecryingtomeettheguestsarrive.Sucklips(咂嘴唇)Sucklips(咂嘴唇)inChineseculturemeansthatgusto（有滋有味）.InBritishculturemeansthattherei
