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1、Theybothapologized---anotherculturalmistake! AhmedAziz,anotherinternationalstudent,wasfromJordan.Whenwemetyesterday,hemovedveryclosetomeasIintroducedmyself.Imovedbackabit,buthecameclosertoaskaquestionandthenshookmyhand.WhenDarleneCoulonfromFrancecamedashingthrough
2、thedoor,sherecognizedTonyGarcia'ssmilingface.Theyshookhandandthenkissedeachothertwiceoneachcheek,sincethatistheFrancecustomwhenadultsmeetpeopletheyknow.AhmedAziz,onthecontrary,simplynoddedatthegirls.MenfromMiddleEasternandotherMuslimcountrieswilloftenstandquiteclo
3、setoothermentotalkbutwillusuallynottouchwomen. AsIgettoknowmoreinternationalfriends,Ilearnmoreaboutthiscultural“bodylanguage”.Notallculturesgreeteachotherthesameway,noraretheycomfortableinthesamewaywithtouchingordistancebetweenpeople.Inthesamewaythatpeoplecommunic
4、atewithspokenlanguage,theyalsoexpresstheirfeelingsusingunspoken“language”throughphysicaldistance,actionsorposture.Englishpeople,forexample,donotusuallystandveryclosetoothersortouchstrangersassoonastheymeet.However,peoplefromplaceslikeSpain,ItalyorSouthAmericancoun
5、triesapproachotherscloselyandaremorelikelytotouchthem.Mostpeoplearoundtheworldnowgreeteachotherbyshakinghands,butsomeculturesuseothergreetingsaswell,suchastheJapanese,whoprefertobow. Theseactionsarenotgoodorbad,butaresimplywaysinwhichcultureshavedeveloped.Ihavesee
6、n,however,thatculturalcustomsforbodylanguageareverygeneral---notallmembersofaculturebehaveinthesameway.Ingeneral,though,studyinginternationalcustomscancertainlyhelpavoiddifficultiesintoday’sworldculturalcrossroads! Showingourfeelings Bodylanguageisoneofthemostpow
7、erfulsofcommunication,oftenevenmorepowerfulthanspokenlanguage.Peoplearoundtheworldshowallkndsoffeelings,wishesandattitudesthattheymightneverspeakaloud.Itispossibleto“read”othersaroundus,eveniftheydonotintendforustocatchtheirunspokencommunication.Ofcourse,bodylangu
8、agecanbemisread,butmanygesturesandactionsareuniversal. Themostuniversalfacialexpressionis,ofcourse,thesmile–it’sfunctionistoshowhappinessandtopeopleatea
