Unit21BodylanguageBodyTalkDoyouknowwhatisthebodytalk?Canyouguesswhatthefollowingpicturesmean?ReadthepassageandtellthemainideaofeachparagraphBothwordsandbodylanguagecanexpresswhatwethinkandhowwefeel.Gestures,akindofbodylanguage,havedifferentmeaningsindifferentculture.Thewaypeoplegreeteachothervariesfromculturetoculture.Somegestures,however,havethesamemeaninginmostcultures.Smilesmaybethemostcommonlyunderstoodfacialexpressionsintheworld.orquestions:1.InBrazilandGermany,thegesturethatmakesacirclewithone’sthumbandindexfingermeansOk.2.Thegestureshakingone’sheadhasthesamemeaninginbothIranandFrance.3.Whenyouaretalkingwithotherpeople,youshouldalwayslookdirectlyintohiseyes,nomatterwhereyouare.4.Thepassagetoldusthatbodylanguagecanexpressourthoughtsandopinionsaswellaswords.5.Russiansoftengreeteachotherwithalovinghug.6.InBulgaria,GreeceandIran,thegestureweusefor“yes”and“no”hastheoppositemeaning.7.AnAsianwhoseesthegestureforOkwillthinkitmeansgoodormoneywhileinSouthAmericapeoplethinkthatthegestureisrude.Whichconclusioncanyoudrawfromthispassage?A.Bodylanguageisveryimportant.Youcanusebodylanguagetocommunicatewithpeoplefromforeigncountieswithoutanydifficultyevenifyoudon’tknowtheirlanguage.B.Whenyou’reinaforeigncountry,it’sveryimportantforyoutoknowwhattheyspeak.Itdoesn’tmatterwhetheryouknowthemeaningofgesturesandmovementsofthepeopleintheircountry.CWhenyouareinaforeigncountry,usingbodylanguageinacorrectwayisimportanteventhoughyouknowthelanguagetheyspeakverywell,foritcanmakeyourstayinthecountryeasyand.comfortable.Bodylanguagevariesfromculturetoculture.DISCUSSION1.Whatexamplesaregiventoshowthatbodylanguagevariesfromculturetoculture?2.Whatgesturesareuniversal?Languagepointsandgrammar1.Makingeyecontact---lookingdirectlyintosomeone’seyes---isinsomecountriesawaytoshowinterest.2.Inmanycountries,shakingone’sheadmeans“no”,andnoddingmeans“yes”.3Wecanleanalotaboutwhatapersonisthinkingbywatchinghisorherbodylanguage.4.InJapan,someonewhoseesanotherpersonmakingthegesturewillthinkitmeanszero.5.Agoodwayofsaying“Iamfull”ismovingthehandincirclesoverthestomachafterameal.1.RequestTheworkersoutofworkmadearequestforhelp.Werequesthispresenceattheweddingnextweek.MyparentsrequestedthatIshouldlearnasecondforeignlanguage.2.ManageIcanmanagemyownaffairs.Youwon’tbeabletomanagewithoutacomputer.Imanagedtofindthebookstore.TrytodoandmanagetodoShehasbeentryingtogetyouonthephone.Wemanagedtocompletetheworkwithoutanyhelp.3.GetthroughItriedtocallupmybossfarinAmerica,butIcouldn'tgetthrough.She’sgotthroughalotofworksofar.4.FeeldownShealwaysfeelsdownthesedays.Whatdoyouknowhashappenedtoyou?HOMEWORKReadthewholetextonceagainandpreparethenextpart---Wordstudy
