SectionⅢLesson2&Lesson3BODYLANGUAGESPEAKSFORITSELFIfyousawafatherpatting①hissononthebackwhilesmilinghappily②,whatwouldyouthinkwasgoingon
Youwouldprobablythinkthatthefatherwascongratulating③hissonondoingsomethingwell,maybepassinganexamorwinningarace
Youwouldknowwhatwasgoingonbecauseyouunderstoodthemessageconveyedbythefather’sbodylanguage④
Acrosstheworld⑤,apatonthebackandasmileusuallymeans,“Welldone”.Bodylanguageisusedeverysingledaybypeopleofdifferentnationalitiesallovertheworld
Itisalanguagewithoutwordsthatconsistsof⑥gestures,facialexpressionsandbodymovements⑦thatgreatlyaddto⑧—andsometimesevenreplace—spokenlanguage⑨
Bodylanguageisusedtocommunicate⑩bothattitudesandfeelingsfromaffectiontoangerjustlikeanyotherlanguage⑪,butitdiffersfromspokenlanguageasitisnotalwaysexplicit⑫
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