When you don’t speak, you may be still municating. It is true that you may not wish to say anything. But your very silence may show your wish to be left alone or to stay uninvolved, which is the message you want to send.
So it has been said that while we speak with our vocal organs, we converse with our whole bodies. All of us municate with one anther nonverbally (非口头地), as well as with words. Sometimes we know what we are doing with the use of gestures such as the thumbs-up sign to indicate that we approve. But most of the time we are not aware that we are doing it.
Body language serves a variety of purpose. Firstly it can replace verbal munication, as with the use of gesture. Secondly, it can modify (修饰) verbal munication. Loudness and tone of voice is an example here. Thirdly it regulates social interaction: turn taking is largely governed by non-verbal signals. Fourthly it conveys our emotions. Finally it conveys our attitude towards ourselves and towards the people we are municating with. This is particularly important for successful cross-cultural munications.
Every culture has its own body language. So in order to achieve a more successful cross-cultural munications, we heed not only what to say but also how to say it appropriately. Observation shows that a truly bilingual person switches his body language at the same time he switches language.
【小题1】The underlined word “converse” in the second paragraph can be replaced by .A．continueB．plainC．municateD．pete【小题2】The underlined word “This” in the third paragraph refers to .A．the fact that body language serves a variety of purposesB．the fact that body language can modify verbal municationC．the fact that body language regulates social interactionD．the fact that body language conveys our attitude【小题3】Body language varies .A．from culture to cultureB．from year to yearC．from time to timeD．from person to person【小题4】The best title for the passage is “ ”. A．Verbal LanguageB．Communication SkillsC．Ways to CommunicationD．Body LanguageC
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