【正文】 sual y god to stand too cl ose to som eone of a hi gher rank. Standi ng at a li ttl e di stance wi th open hands wi l show that I am wil ing to li sten. Wi th so many cul tural di fferences betwen people, i t is great to have som e simi larities in body l anguage. We can ofen be wrong about each other, so it i s an am azi ng thing that we understand each others as wel l as we do! TH E OPEN H AN DA UNICERSAL SIGN When m eti ng peopl e at the airport, m ost peopl e sm il e and shake hands with people they m eet. We know that smil e is usual y a si gn that people feel fri endly and hapy, but what i f we don’t know who the new person is? What if we are not i ntroduced by a fri end? What if we are m eeting a stranger in a unfamil iar place? Som etim es peopl e are dangerous and hum ans have to find ways to protect them selves. We have to m ake sure we can trust people we don’t know, and we have to show that we are not dangerous. Showing our hands means that we are not arm ed. In m any cul tures today, the Western custom of shaki ng hands is used. We use our right hand, which i s usual y strong than the l eft one. If we are usi ng our hand thi s way, i n cannot be hol di ng a knife or a gun. It shows that we trust the other person, and that the other person can trust us. Not al l cul tures use the handshake, and people i n m any Asian cul tures do not al ways touch another person. The tradi ti onal greeti ng i n Chi na was to cover the l eft hand wi th the right and bow. Japanese peopl e m ight cover one hand wi th other and, dependi ng on whom they are greti ng, bow sl ightl y or quite low. In India ,H indu people joi n their hands i n front of thei r faces and bow thei r heads. A Muslim wil touch hi s heart, m outh and forehead to show respect. Even young peopl e in the West now give each other the “high five”, when they sl ap each other’s hands hi gh i n the ai r. They are al l keepi ng their hands busy. In alm ost al l cul tures, to sm il e and show an open ri ght hand m eans, “Wel e, you are safe wi th m e.” Uni t 5 Theme parks – fun and m or t ha f un Whi ch theme park woul d you l i ke to vi si t? There are vari ous kinds of them e parks, with a different park for alm ost everything: food, cul ture, sci ence, cartoons, movies or hi story. Som e parks are famous for havi ng the bi ggest or l ongest rol er coasters, others for showi ng the fam ous si ghts and sounds of a cul ture. Whi chever and whatever you l ike, there i s them e park for you! The them e park you are probably most famil iar with is Di sneyl and. It can be found in several parts of the worl d. It wil bring you i nto a m agical worl d and m ake your dreams e true, whether travel ing through space, vi si ti ng a pi rate shi p or m eti ng your favori te fai ry tale or Di sney cartoon character. As you wander around tha fantasy am usem ent park, you m ay see Snow Whi te or Mi ckey Mouse i n a parade or on the street. O f course Di sneyl and also has m any exci ti ng ri des, from gi ant swingi ng shi ps to terri fyi ng freefal drops. With al these atracti ons, no wonder tourise is i ncreasing wherever there i s a Di sney l and. If you want to have fun and m ore than fun, e to Di sneyland! Dol ywood, i n the beauti ful Smoky Mountains i n the southeastern USA, i s one of the most unique theme parks in the world. Dol lywod shows and cel ebrates Ameri ca’s traditional southeastern cul ture. Although Dolywood has rides, the park’s mai n atracti on is its cul ture. Famous country music groups perform there al year i n indoor and outdoor theatres. People e from al over America to see carpenters and other craftsmen make wood, glas and iron objects in the ol dfashioned way. Bisit the candy shop to try the same ki nd of candy that American southerners made 150 years ago, or take a ri de on the onl y steamengine train stil working i n the southeast USA. You can even see beautiful bald eagl es i n the world’s l argest bal d eagle preserve. And for those who like rides, Dol ywood has one of the best old woden i t is di ficul t for them to get top prices on the markets.” Many peopl e in Engl and beli eved thi s story. They rang the BBC to fi nd out hoe to grow thei r own nodl e tree. They were told to “pl ace a piece of noodl e in a ti n of tom ato sauce and hope for the best. ” Thi s m ay seem very sil y, but in the 1950s very few Bri ti sh peopl e travel ed aboard for their holi days and even fewer of them ate noodl es. So it seemed posibl e to im agi ne that noodl es grew on tree l i ke appl es, pears and nuts. Peopl e al so trusted the Panoram a programm e for i ts careful research and seri ous i nform ation. So they were shocked to find the next day that they had al bel i eved an April Fool’s joke. Even today the report of the noodl e harvest i s rem em bered as one of the best April Fool’s jokes ever! Uni t 4 Comm unicat ion: No Probl em ? Yesterday, another student and I, representing our university’s student asoci ation, went to the Capi tal Internati onal Ai rport to meet thi s year’s i nternati onal students. They were ing to study at Beijing Uni versi ty. We shoul d take them fi rst to their dormi tori es and then to the student cantee. After an hour of wai ti ng for their fli ght to arive, I saw several young peopl e enter the waiti ng area l oking around curi ously. I stood for a mi nute watchi ng them and then went to greet them . The fi rst person to arive was Tony Garcia from Col um bi a, closel y fol owed by Jul i a Smi th from Bri tai n. After I met them and then i ntroduced them to each other, I was very surpri sed. Tony aproached Juli a, touched her shoulder and kissed her on the cheek! She steped back appeari ng surprised and put up her hands, as if i n defence. I guessed that there was probably a m ajor mi sunderstandi ng. Then Aki ra Nagata from Japan cam e i n smil ing, together wi th Gee Cook from Canada. As they were i ntroduced, Gee reach