Module 3 Body Language and Non-verbal Communication If you say the word “communication”, most people think _______ words and sentences. Although these are very important, we communicate with more than just spoken and ________ (write) words. Indeed, body positions are part of ________ we call “body language”. We see examples of unconscious body language very often, yet there is also “learned” body language, _______ varies from culture to culture. We use “learned” body language when we ________ (introduce) to strangers. Like other animals, we are on guard until we know it is safe _________ (relax). So every culture has developed a formal way to greet strangers _________ (show) them we are not aggressive. ____________ (tradition), Europeans and Americans shake hands. They do this with the right hand — the __________ (strong) hand for most people. If our right hand is busy ___________ (greet) someone, it cannot be holding a weapon. So the gesture is saying, “I trust you. Look, I’m not carrying a ___________ (threat) weapon.” If you shake hands with someone, you show you trust them. We shake hands when we make a deal. It means, “We agree and we trust each other.” __________ (greet) in Asian countries do not involve ________ (touch) the other person, but they always involve the hands. Traditionally in China, when we greet someone, we put the right hand over the left and bow __________ (slight). Muslims give a “salaam”, _________ they touch their heart, mouth and forehead. Hindus join their hands and bow their heads ________ respect. In all of these examples, the hands are busy __________ the greeting and cannot hold a weapon. Even today, when some people have very informal styles of greeting, they still use their hands as a gesture of trust. American ___________ (young) often greet each other with the expression, “Give me five!” One person then holds up his hand, palm outwards and five fingers spread. The other person raises his hand and slaps the other’s open hand above the head in a “high five”. Nowadays, it is quite a common greeting. [Presented by Spring] Body language is __________ (fascinate) for anyone to study. People give _________ much more by their gestures than _________ their words. Look at your friends and family and see if you are a mind reader! Clapping Why do we clap? _______ (show) we like something, of course. But we don’t clap at the end of a television programme or a book, __________ good they are. We clap at the end of a live ____________ (perform), such as a play, or a concert, to say thank you to the _________ (perform). First they give, and then we give. Without us — the audience — the performance _________ (will) not be complete. The custom of clapping has early _________ (begin). In classical Athens, applause meant ___________ (judge) and taking part. Plays were often in __________ (compete) with each other, and _________ (prolong) clapping helped a play to win. The theatre was large — it could hold 14,000 people, half the adult male population of the city, ________ meant that the audience could make a lot of noise. Applause was a sign of being part of the community, and of _________ (equal) between actors and audience. The important thing was ___________ (make) the noise together, to add one’s own small handclap to others. Clapping is social, like laughter: you don’t very often clap or laugh out loud alone. It is like laughter in another way, too: it is ___________ (infection), and spreads very quickly. Clapping at concerts and theatres is a universal habit. But some occasions _________ which people clap change from one country to another. For example, in Britain people clap at wedding, but in Italy they sometimes clap at a funeral.
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