选修一Unit4  LISTENING TO HOW BODIES TALK
1.We can learn a lot about what people are thinking by watching their body language.
2.Words are important, but the way people stand, hold their arms, and move their hands can also give us information about their feelings.
3.The crucial thing is using body language in a way that is appropriate to the culture you are in.
4.高中英语课文For example, making eye contact----looking into someone's eyes-----in some countries is a way to display interest.
5.In other countries, by contrast, eye contact is not always approved of.
6.In Japan, someone who witnesses another person employing the gesture might think it means money.
7.In France, a person encountering an identical gesture may interpret it as meaning zero.
8.Even the gestures we use for "yes" and "no" differ around the world.
9.There are also differences in how we touch each other,how close we stand to someone we are talking to, and how we act when we meet or part.
10.Elsewhere, people favour shaking hands, bowing from the waist, or nodding the head when they meet someone else.
11.Placing your hands together and resting them on the side of your head while closing your eyes means “sleep".
12.A good way of saying "I am full" is moving your hand in circles over your stomach after a meal.
13.Perhaps the best example is smiling.
14.Experts suggest smiling at yourself in the mirror to make yourself feel happier and stro
nger.