【正文】 s smi li ng face. They shook hand and then ki sed each other twi ce on each cheek, si nce that i s the France custom when adul ts m eet peopl e they know. Ahm ed Azi z, on the contrary, sim pl y nodded at the gi rl s. Men from Mi。s smi li ng face. They shook hand and then ki sed each other twi ce on each cheek, si nce that i s the France custom when adul ts m eet peopl e they know. Ahm ed Azi z, on the contrary, sim pl y nodded at the gi rl s. Men from Mi ddl e Eastern and other Musli m countri es wi l often stand quite cl ose to other men to tal k but wi l usual l y not touch wom en. As I get to know m ore i nternati onal fri ends, I l earn m ore about thi s cul tural “body l anguage”. Not al cul tures greet each other the sam e way, nor are they fortabl e i n the sam e way wi th touchi ng or di stance between peopl e. In the sam e way that peopl e m unicate wi th spoken language, they al so express thei r feel i ngs usi ng unspoken “l(fā) anguage” through physi cal di stance, acti ons or posture. Engl i sh peopl e, for exam pl e, do not usual l y stand very cl ose to others or touch strangers as soon as they m eet. However, peopl e from pl aces l i ke Spain, Ital y or South Am eri can countri es approach others cl osel y and are m ore l i kel y to touch them. Most peopl e around the world now greet each other by shaki ng hands, but som e cul tures use other greeti ngs as wel , such as the Japanese, who prefer to bow. These acti ons are not good or bad, but are sim ply ways in whi ch cul tures have devel oped. I have sen, however, that cultural custom s for body l anguage are very general not al m em bers of a cul ture behave i n the same way. In general, though, studyi ng i nternati onal custom s can certai nl y hel p avoi d di ffi culti es in today’s worl d cul tural crossroads! Showi ng our feli ngs Body l anguage is one of the m ost powerful s of m uni cati on, often even m ore powerful than spoken l anguage. Peopl e around the worl d show al l knds of feel i ngs, wi shes and atti tudes that they m ight never speak al oud. It i s possi bl e to “read” others around us, even i f they do not i ntend for us to catch thei r unspoken muni cati on. O f course, body l anguage can be m i sread, but m any gestures and acti ons are uni versal. The m ost uni versal faci al expressi on i s, of course, the smil e – it ’s function i s to show happi nes and to peopl e at ease. It does not al ways m eans that we are truly hapy, however. Sm il es around the worl d can be fal se, hidi ng other feel ings l i ke anger, fear or worry. There are unhappy smi l es, such as when som eone “l(fā) oses face” and smi l es to hi de i t. H owever, the general purpose of smi li ng i s to show good feli ngs. From the tim e we are babi e, we show unhappi ness or anger by frowni ng. In m ost places around the worl d, frowning and turni ng one’s back to som eone show anger. Maki ng a fist and shaki ng it al om ost means that som eone i s angry and threateni ng another person. There are m any ways around the worl d to show agrem ent, but nodding the head up and down s for agreem ent al m ost worl dwi de. Most peopl e al so understand that shaki ng the head from si de to si de m eans di sagreem ent or refusal. H ow about showi ng that I am bored? Loki ng away from peopl e or yawni ng wi l , in m ost cases, make m e appear to be uni nterested. H owever, i f I turn toward and l ook at som eone or som ethi ng, people from almost every culture wi l think that I am interested. If I rol l my eyes and turn my head away, I most l ikel y do not bel ieve what I am heari ng or do not l ike it. Being respectful to people is subjecti ve, besed on each culture, but in general it i s probably not a good idea to give a hug to a boss or teacher. In almost every culture, it i s not usual y good to stand too close to som eone of a hi gher rank. Standing at a li ttl e di stance wi th open hands wi l show that I am wi l ing to li sten. With so many cultural 行 政 人 事 部 工 作 手 冊(cè) 東莞市德信物業(yè)服務(wù)有限公司 二 00 三年四月 that i t m akes you bel i eve that i t i s one of the best m eal s he has ever tasted! Charl i e Chapl i n wrote, di rected and produced the fi lm s the stared i n. In 1972 he was given a speci al O scar for hi s outstandi ng work i n film s. H e l ived i n Engl and and the USA but spend hi s l ast years i n Swi tzerl and, where he was buri ed in 1977. H e i s loved and rem em bered as a great actor who coul d i nspire peopl e wi th great confi dence. AN APRI L FOOL’ S JOKE: THE NOODLE HARVEST April Fool’s day, or April 1st, i s known i n m any countri es as a day for pl ayi ng jokes on others. It i s usual y a ti m e when chil dren make fun of each other, but sometim es other peopl e can get caught i n the fun too. O ne of the m ost fam ous jokes i n Engl and took pl ace on Bri ti sh tel evi si on i n 1957. It was a Monday night when there were al ways m any seri ous programm es on the tel evi si on. O ne of them was cal l ed Panoram a, thi s show explored probl em s and progress al over the worl d, so nobody was surpri sed when i t began wi th a report on the excel ent noodl e harvest i n the south Swi tzerland. The programm e m enti oned two reasons for the good crop: an unusual l y warm wi nter and the di sapearance of the i nsect that attacked the noodl e crop every year. The reporter showed many noodl e trees wi th the farmers pul i ng noodl es off them and putti ng them i nto baskets. The peopl e watchi ng were tol d that they m ay not have heard of noodl es from thi s part of the worl d because noodl es were grown as part of sm al l fam il y businesses. The program m e m akers m akers real i zed that peopl e mi ght wonder why noodl es were al ways the sam e si ze so that they expl ai ned that “it was the resul t of m any years’ pati ent research wi th the tree to produce noodl es of exactl y the sam e l en