Unit2languagePeriod9Task(1)一、双基提要BodyLanguageByJosephDeVetoWhenwespeak,weusemuchmorethanjustwords.Wealsocommunicatewithourface,ourhands,andevenourownbody.Thiskindofcommunicationcanbecalled“bodylanguage”or“non-verbalcommunication”.Non-verbalcommunicationnotonlyincludeshowwemoveourbody,butalsohandgestures,facialexpressionsincludingeyecontact,andhowweuseourvoice.Psychologistsestimatethatbetween60%and80%ofallofourcommunicationwithotherpeopleisnon-verbal.Wecommunicateawiderangeofinformationnon-verbally.Wealsoshowourfeelings,attitudes,moods,hopes,andwishesfarbetterwithnon-verballanguagethanwithwords.NotonlyisalargeQUANTITYofcommunicationnon-verbalinnature,buttheQUALITYishighaswell.Forexample,ifapersonsayssomethingpositivewhilehisfacelooksnegative,whicharewemorelikelytobelieve?Inmostcases,wewillbelievethenon-verbalfacialexpression.Intheend,hiswordswillnotsucceedincommunicatinghismessage.Ifwewanttosucceedinoureverydayconversations,wereallymustlearnto“speak”withourbodywell!Letmebeginbygivingyousomegeneraladvice.Themainthingistorelaxandbenatural.Tryingtoohardtouse“bodylanguage”willmakeyouseemabitstrange.Instead,youshouldallowyourbodylanguagetonaturallyfollowyourwords.Ifyousaysomethingpositive,thenyourface,bodyandhandsshouldshowittoo.Ifyouareexpressingasadorworriedfeeling,thenyourface,bodyandhandsshouldchangewiththatfeeling.Asyouthinkaboutitmoreandconsiderhowyoucanuseyourbodytocommunicate,youwillbecomemoreandmorenatural.Morespecifically,let’stalkabouthandgestures.Usingourhands,wecanemphasizeourmainpoints,remindourlistenerhowmanymainpointswehave,andletourlistenerknowwhenwearechangingtopics.Adramaticmovementofthehandormovingourhandswideapartcansignalhowimportantsomethingis.Wecanevenusetwofingers,eitherclosetogetherorfarapart,toshowhowbigsomethingis.ToshowVERYstrongfeelingwecouldclapourhandstogetherloudlyormakeafist（putourfingersinaballasthoughwewanttohitsomeone）andhitatableordesk.Toshowthatwewelcomesomeone,ontheotherhand,wecanholdourhandsoutwiththepalmsup,andmaybemovethemtowardsachairtoinvitesomeonetositnexttous.Ofcourse,wecanalsouseourfingerstocount,butbecareful.PeopleinsomecountriesdonotcountthesamewayasinChina.InFrance,forexample,peopledonotcount“one”byholdinguptheirfirstfinger,calledthe“indexfinger”.Instead,theyholduptheirthumb.InJapan,somepeopleputtheirthumbDOWN（withthefourfingersup）tomean“one”!Thiscancreateconfusionsometimes,sobesurenottouseonlynon-verbalcommunication.Usewordstoo,sothatyour用心爱心专心listenerwillbesuretounderstandyou.三、巩固练习（一）完型填空Americansarecarefulabouthowandwhentheymeetoneanother’seyes．Intheir36conversation,eacheyecontact37onlyaboutasecondbeforeoneorbothpersonslookaway．WhentwoAmericanslooksearchinglyintoeachother’s38,emotionsareheightenedandtherelationshipbecomesmoreintimate(亲密的)．39,theycarefullyavoidthis,exceptinproperoccasions．ProperstreetbehaviorsintheUnitedStatesrequireanice40ofattentionandinattention．Youare41tolookatapasser-byjustenoughtoshowthatyou’reawareofhispresence．Ifyoulooktoo42,youappeartooproud;ifyoulooktoomuch,youaretoocurious．Usually43happensisthatpeoplewatcheachotheruntiltheyareabouteight44apart,atwhichpointbothcastdowntheireyes．InEnglandthepolitelistenerstaresatthe45attentivelyandblinks(眨眼)hiseyesoccasionallyasasignof46Thateye-blinksays47toAmericans,whoexpectthelistenertonodorto48somethi...
