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1、AcomparativestudyofChineseandAmericanBodyLanguageAbout1,000,000yearsago,whenchildrenaskedforfoodfromtheirmother,thehunterskilledthepreystogether,evenatthatearlytime,theyouthtaughttheirfellowshowtosetfire—allthesethingswereaccomplishedunderthecircumstanceswithoutanyverb
2、alcommunicationatall.Someexpertisebelievethatnon-verbalcommunicationappearedjustbetween160,000to350,000yearsago,whichmeanshumanbeingscouldjustusegesturestocommunicatewitheachotherinthousandsofyears.Butonepointwecanmakesurethatbodylanguageisusefulindeed.Thefamousanthrop
3、ologist,nonverbalcommunicationresearcherRayBirdwhistellestimatesthatlessthan30%ofcommunicationbetweentwoindividualswithinthesamecultureisverbalinnature.Whileover70%ofcommunicationtakesplacenonverbally.Thisprovesthesignificanceofnonverbalcommunication.Shakespearesaidtha
4、t“There’smeaninginsilenceandlanguageingestures”[1].Thefactthatformulatebodylanguageincludefacialexpressions,themethodsofcontrollingyourhandsandbody,actionsandyourhabitsaswell,eventoneandintonation.Brosnahansaidthat,“Handgestureisthecoreofkinetics.”Wesaidsobecausetherea
5、reavarietyofdelicateandvividhandgestures.Sincetheancienttimeofwesterncountries,oneopenshispalmtoshowhonesty,sincerity,loyaltyandobedience,sopeopleoftenusethisgesturewhentheyswear.Since3,000yearsagoinChina,Chinesehavebeenusing“holdfistsalute”astheirmeetingetiquettetosho
6、wmodestyandrespecttoothers.1.TheimportantmeaningoflearningbodylanguageWhat’sthebodylanguage?Ithasthedefinitionsinbothnarrowandbroadsenses.Inthenarrowsense,bodylanguageincludesbodymovementandfacialexpression,whichcansendmessages.Astothebroadone,itincludesgesture,posture
7、,facialexpression,timbreofthespeaker,distancebetweenspeakerandlistener,andclothesofthespeaker.[10]Inthesocialinteraction,whenweconversewithothers,wecommunicatebymuchmorethanwords.Byourexpressions,gesturesandotherbodymovements,weconveymessagestotheotherpeople.Bodylangua
8、geexistsineveryculture,butnotallbodylanguagesmeanthesamethingindifferentcultures.Differentpeopleshavedifferentwaysofm
