北師大版高中英語(yǔ)模塊7--Unit19 lessons3-2

[00:01.95]Unfortunately though,body language [00:04.11]can just as easily be misunderstood [00:06.68]and the wrong message can be sent. [00:08.78]Take,for example, [00:09.91]the experience of a first-time British visitor [00:12.60]to Greece.At the end of a meal, [00:14.89]the visitor had drunk four cups of coffee [00:17.46]before he realized [00:18.68]that he had confused his host. [00:21.53]The visitor had thought his host was asking [00:23.90]if he had drunk enough coffee [00:26.00]and he kept nodding his head up [00:27.45]and down to mean."Yes-I've had enough coffee". [00:31.55]However,in Greece,this gesture means "no", [00:35.30]so the host had thought that the visitor [00:37.21]wanted to drink more. [00:38.76]Unknowingly,the visitor had used his body [00:41.51]language to communicate the wrong message. [00:44.57]Not knowing what a particular gesture [00:46.37]means indifferent countries or cultures [00:48.58]can be confusing. [00:50.68]People do not realize how much significance [00:53.07]a gesture can have until it is misunderstood. [00:57.03]To non-Germans,and American tourist [00:59.59]at a German hotel giving an "OK" sign by [01:02.66]making a circle with his index finger [01:04.57]and thumb is "saying" everything is fine. [01:07.50]However,for Germans that particular gesture [01:10.38]can cause offence [01:11.93]and is certainly not appropriate. [01:14.14]Over the years,scientists [01:15.74]have studied hundreds of gestures [01:17.78]that have different meanings [01:19.36]in different cultures. [01:19.36]

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