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1、AcomparativestudyofChineseandAmericanBodyLanguageAbout1,000,000yearsago,whenchildrenaskedforfoodfromtheirmother,thehunterskilledthepreystogether,evenatthatearlytime,theyouthtaughttheirfellowshowtosetfire—allthesethingswereaccomplishedunderthecircumstanceswithoutanyverbalcommu
2、nicationatall.Someexpertisebelievethatnon-verbalcommunicationappearedjustbetween160,000to350,000yearsago,whichmeanshumanbeingscouldjustusegesturestocommunicatewitheachotherinthousandsofyears.Butonepointwecanmakesurethatbodylanguageisusefulindeed.Thefamousanthropologist,nonver
3、balcommunicationresearcherRayBirdwhistellestimatesthatlessthan30%ofcommunicationbetweentwoindividualswithinthesamecultureisverbalinnature.Whileover70%ofcommunicationtakesplacenonverbally.Thisprovesthesignificanceofnonverbalcommunication.Shakespearesaidthat“There’smeaninginsil
4、enceandlanguageingestures”[1].Thefactthatformulatebodylanguageincludefacialexpressions,themethodsofcontrollingyourhandsandbody,actionsandyourhabitsaswell,eventoneandintonation.Brosnahansaidthat,“Handgestureisthecoreofkinetics.”Wesaidsobecausethereareavarietyofdelicateandvivid
5、handgestures.Sincetheancienttimeofwesterncountries,oneopenshispalmtoshowhonesty,sincerity,loyaltyandobedience,sopeopleoftenusethisgesturewhentheyswear.Since3,000yearsagoinChina,Chinesehavebeenusing“holdfistsalute”astheirmeetingetiquettetoshowmodestyandrespecttoothers.1.Theimp
6、ortantmeaningoflearningbodylanguageWhat’sthebodylanguage?Ithasthedefinitionsinbothnarrowandbroadsenses.Inthenarrowsense,bodylanguageincludesbodymovementandfacialexpression,whichcansendmessages.Astothebroadone,itincludesgesture,posture,facialexpression,timbreofthespeaker,dista
7、ncebetweenspeakerandlistener,andclothesofthespeaker.[10]Inthesocialinteraction,whenweconversewithothers,wecommunicatebymuchmorethanwords.Byourexpressions,gesturesandotherbodymovements,weconveymessagestotheotherpeople.Bodylanguageexistsineveryculture,butnotallbodylanguagesmean
8、thesamethingindifferentcultures.Differentpeopleshavedifferentwaysofm
