Body language

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Although we may not realize it when we talk with others we make ourselves understood not only by words. We send messages to the people around us also by expressions and body movements.we call it \"body language \",which is a kind of communication,noverbal communication.A smile and handshake show welcome ,Waving one's hand is to say\"goodbye\", nodding the head means agreement,while shaking it means disgreement .Putting up a hand means\"May I ask a question?\". Kissing means\"love\". Waving one's arms show happiness.These gestures are accepted both by Chinese and Americans as having the same meanings.

Because culture influences communication.Different country has different culture.So the way people in different countries communicate is different too.FOR EXAMPLE, Arab man often greet by kissing on both cheeks.In Japan men greet by bowing .In the Unite States, people shake hands to show\"their greeting\". And the gesture of putting a hand on a person' neck is different for Chinese and Americans. For Chinese,it is to say\"someone will be killed\". For Americans, it shows\"I'm full” .And in Thailand, If you want to signal a person to come near, you should move the fingers back and forth with palm down.But in the United States, you ask someone to come by holding the palm up and moving the fingers towards our body. And crossing one's legs in the United States is a sign of being relaxed. But in Korea , it's not allowed. In Chinese,people hand everything with both hands to show their respect,but for Muslims,they think the left hand is unclean and do not eat or pass something with it.

Because of special culture influences some counties, some body languages should attract our attention. In Turkey , putting one's hand in one's pockets is a sign of disrespect,In some Asican countries, you must not touch the head of another person. And in China, people don't kiss or hug each other ,except his\\her lover. For an Arab, it is a good manners to stand close to his friend when they are talking, but for English people, they don't like to be close to one another.And in parts of Asia, you must not sit with your foot pointing at another person.

All above show that it is important to know the meaning of gestures and movements in foreign country, foreigners should follow these customs, should learn their culture. So we can communicate with them in a correct way, not only by words, but also by body language. I think that it is important in our lives to show and learn body language ..

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Humans are not the only living things that can communicate information to one another. There are some interesting forms of communication among the lower animal forms. Honeybees, for example, perform a kind of dance that accurately transmits information about the direction, distance, and nature of a food source. Dogs and wolves employ scents to communicate, in addition to barks, howls, and growls. They also use a system of visual signals that includes not only facial expressions and body movements but also positions of the tail.

Communication gets more complex with the social organizations of animals. After humans, the nonhuman primates (pl.灵长目动物) have the most intricate systems. Far from depending primarily on vocalizations, as we might expect, the nonhuman primates seem to rely heavily on combinations of gestures, facial expressions and postures as well as sounds. Just as is true with humans, the nonhuman primates are able to lend many shades of meaning to their body-language vocabulary. However, there are important occasions when only sounds will do. Discovering something good to eat, for example, a monkey or ape will let out a cry of pleasure that brings the rest of the troops running; or, sensing danger, it will give a shriek (尖声喊叫) that causes its companions to seek shelter. This wordless communication system serves the nonhuman primates extremely well. It is complex and allows them to do much. Yet, for all its complexity it falls short of human language.


The gift of language provides a magnificently efficient and versatile (多才多艺的) system of communication. Its coded series of sounds conveys thought at least ten times faster than any other method of signaling can—faster than hand signs, moving pictures, or even other kinds of vocalization. Language is man's passport to a totally new level of social organization, the tool that enables him to vary his behavior to meet changing conditions instead of being limited by the less flexible action patterns that other primates have. Through language, man can step outside himself and give things names, reflect on them and refer to them in the past and the future. Most important of all, language gives man the capacity to share his thoughts and to pass along learned behavior to succeeding generations.

Since we are all humans, we might think that we would all have the same communication styles. This is not true. Sometimes, different personalities and different cultures can make it seem as if we come from countries with different traffic signal systems—interpreting the lights however we see fit.

Some of us charge forward, always saying exactly what we think in every situation, assuming the light is green until we encounter a roadblock. Others of us always worry about how what we say causes others to react towards us and assume that the light is red unless someone tells us it's green. We don't say what we think until given the "go-ahead." Still others of us see yellow at every communication intersection, proceeding with caution, attuned (协调) to signs that others have missed. Each of these systems has advantages in some instances. A yellow-light person is more likely to avoid miscommunication problems, whereas a green-light person can quickly cause hard feelings without even thinking about it. Furthermore, a red-light person may end up being a very poor communicator because he hesitates to ever express his true feelings and appears to be a shallow individual. This may seem to be a simplistic analogy (n.类比), but it can be an interesting exercise to think about which color of the "light" you tend to see when you are communicating with others.

Communication, both verbal and non-verbal, is a fascinating subject, and as communicators we must not forget that half of communication is listening. Good listeners tend to be popular, well-liked people because they appear interested in those with whom they are communicating. They also tend to make fewer mistakes, for obvious reasons. Thus, in learning a new language, it is essential to both speak and listen accurately, just as is true with one's own native language.

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