Body Languages

遲博文

Body languages are one of? the ways we use to communicate with other people. Body languages help us communicate without speaking.

But the meanings of body languages are different in different parts of the world. For example， in many places， when people move their head up and down. They want to say “Yes”， but in Greece， moving head up and down means “No”. How do you express “OK” without speaking？ Americans will make a circle with the thumb （拇指） and the forefinger （食指） of one hand. But in Singapore， Russia， and some South American countries， it is very rude to do this. In France， it means “worthless”， and in China it means “money”. It seems we can still have trouble in speaking， even when we don't open our mouths！

【詞匯拓展】

1. body 身體;肢體 2. language 語言 3. mean 意味著 4. express 表達 5. worthless 無價值的

I. 詞匯練習

1. The largest organ （器官） in our ________ is the liver （肝臟）.

2. I want to ________ my appreciation （感謝） to you.

3. What does it ________ in Chinese？

4. How many ________ can you speak？

II. 閱讀練習

根據短文內容回答下列問題。

1. 判斷正（T）誤（F）。

（1） The meanings of body languages are the same all over the world.

（2） We still have communication problems even when we don't speak.

2. How do people in Greece express “No” using body languages？

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3. What is the main idea of the passage？

A. Body languages help us communicate without speaking.

B. The meanings of body languages are different in different parts of the world.

C. Body languages are one of the ways we use to communicate with others.

D. In order not to make mistakes we should use body languages.