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第4课时 Assessing Your Progress & Video Time [见学生用书P61]
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It may be difficult to understand nonverbal messages because different cultures have different expectations about eye contact,physical __1__,etc.
Let's consider eye contact.Children from many Latin American and Asian __2__show respect by avoiding the glance of important persons.A teacher who's __3__ with this,however,might consider the lack of eye contact as a sign of __4__.For many American Indian children,__5__ a teacher in the eye and answering her question in front of the class is “showing off”.
Culture greatly __6__ attitudes towards physical contact,whether it's a handshake,hug,or pat on the back.In Asia,female friends __7__ hold hands and men casually hug one another as they walk down the street.Americans,however,may feel __8__ with such public behaviour.In some Asian cultures,affectionately patting a(n) __9__ head is strictly taboo(禁忌的),__10__ it can be acceptable behaviour between adults and young children.
How __11__ should people stand to each other when they're having a conversation?In areas of the Middle East and South America,people stand very close when __12__.Europeans like to have __13__ distance between them,while some Africans __14__ even more space.You can __15__ great discomfort by standing too close to another person.Not being __16__ of this can even prevent someone from understanding or __17__ the ideas you're trying to get across.
To create a positive environment for communication,your nonverbal message must closely __18__ your verbal message.One way to do this is to carefully observe how children and families speak and __19__ around each other and with people they respect.This can __20__ clues about the true meaning of their nonverbal interactions.
语篇解读:本文是一篇说明文。文章讲述了不同的文化对眼神接触、身体接触等有不同的理解,另外,不同的文化对人与人之间站立距离远近的理解也有所不同。所以,要想真正了解一种文化,一定不要忽视无声语言所传达的信息。
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C.education D.strength
( D )2.A.schools B.villages
C.homelands D.cultures
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