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1、DifferencesofbodylanguagebetweenChineseandAmericansAbout1,000,000yearsago,whenchildrenaskedforfoodfromtheirmother,thehunterskilledthepreystogether,evenatthatearlytime,theyouthtaughttheirfellowshowtosetfire—allthesethingswereaccomplishedunderthecircumstanceswithoutanyverba
2、lcommunicationatall.Someexpertisebelievethatnon-verbalcommunicationappearedjustbetween160,000to350,000yearsago,whichmeanshumanbeingscouldjustusegesturestocommunicatewitheachotherinthousandsofyears.Butonepointwecanmakesurethatbodylanguageisusefulindeed.Thefamousanthropolog
3、ist,nonverbalcommunicationresearcherRayBirdwhistellestimatesthatlessthan30%ofcommunicationbetweentwoindividualswithinthesamecultureisverbalinnature.Whileover70%ofcommunicationtakesplacenonverbally.Thisprovesthesignificanceofnonverbalcommunication.Shakespearesaidthat“There
4、’smeaninginsilenceandlanguageingestures”.Thefactthatformulatebodylanguageincludefacialexpressions,themethodsofcontrollingyourhandsandbody,actionsandyourhabitsaswell,eventoneandintonation.Brosnahansaidthat,“Handgestureisthecoreofkinetics.”Wesaidsobecausethereareavarietyofd
5、elicateandvividhandgestures.Sincetheancienttimeofwesterncountries,oneopenshispalmtoshowhonesty,sincerity,loyaltyandobedience,sopeopleoftenusethisgesturewhentheyswear.Since3,000yearsagoinChina,Chinesehavebeenusing“holdfistsalute”astheirmeetingetiquettetoshowmodestyandrespe
6、cttoothers.1.AnintroductiononbodylanguageWhat’sthebodylanguage?Ithasthedefinitionsinbothnarrowandbroadsenses.Inthenarrowsense,bodylanguageincludesbodymovementandfacialexpression,whichcansendmessages.Astothebroadone,itincludesgesture,posture,facialexpression,timbreofthespe
7、aker,distancebetweenspeakerandlistener,andclothesofthespeaker(胡文仲1988.10.).Inthesocialinteraction,whenweconversewithothers,wecommunicatebymuchmorethanwords.Byourexpressions,gesturesandotherbodymovements,weconveymessagestotheotherpeople.Bodylanguageexistsineveryculture,but
8、notallbodylanguagesmeanthesamethingindifferentcultures.Differentpeopleshavedifferentwaysofmaking
