高一课文body language英语复述（120-150字）

高一课文body language英语复述（120-150字）

Unit4 Body Language
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COMMUNICATION:NO PROBLEM?
Yesterday,another student and I, representing our university’s student association, wentto the Capital International Airportto meet this year’s international students. They were coming to study at Beijing University. We would taken them first to theirdormitories and then to the student canteen. After half an hour of waiting for their flight to arrive, I saw severalyoung people enter the waiting area looking around curiously. I stood fro a minute watching them and thenwent to greet them.
The first person to arrive was Tony Garciafrom Colombia, closelyfollowed by Julia Smith from Britain. After I met them and then introduced them toeach other, I was very surprised. Tonyapproached Julia, touched her shoulder and kissed her on the cheek! She stepped back appearing surprised and putup her hands, as if in defence. Iguessed that there was probably a major misunderstanding. Then Akira Nagata from Japan came in smiling, together with George Cookfrom Canada. As they were introduced, George reached hishand out to the Japanese student. Justat that moment, however, Akria bowed so his nose touched George’s movinghand. They both apologized— anothercultural mistake!
AhmedAziz, another international student, was from Jordan. When we met yesterday, he moved very close tome as I introduced myself. I moved backa bit, but he came closer to ask a question and then shook my hand. When Darlene Coulon from France camedashing through the door, she recognized Tony Garcia’s smiling face. They shook hand and then kissed each othertwice on each cheek, since that is the French custom when adults meet peoplethey know. Ahmed Aziz, on the contrary,simply nodded at the girls. Men fromMiddle Eastern and other Muslim countries will often stand quite close to othermen to talk but will usually not touch women.
AsI get to know more international friends, I learn more about this cultural“body language”. Not all cultures greeteach other the same way, nor are they comfortable in the same way with touchingor distance between people. In the sameway that people communicate with spoken language, they also express theirfeelings using unspoken “language” through physical distance, actions orposture. English people, for example, donot usually stand very close to others or touch strangers as soon as theymeet. However, people from places like Spain, Italy or South American countriesapproach others closely and are more likely to touch them. Most people around the world now greet eachother by shaking hands, but some cultures use other greetings as well, such asthe Japanese, who prefer to bow.
Theseactions are not good or bad, but are simply ways in which cultures havedeveloped. I have seen, however, thatcultural customs for body language are very general—not all members of aculture behave in the same way. Ingeneral, though, studying international customs can certainly help avoiddifficulties in today’s world of cultural crossroads!