【正文】 ”. The gesture with words to reach an effect that silence is the best way. Chen Yuan said: “The most important municational tool used by human beings is of course language。 In 1980, the study of body language has been as a new discipline. The subjects of zoology, psychology, sociology, anthropology, crosscultural munication study also promote the study of this subject. And many linguists have been researching body language more deeply [9].The writer think that body language is a term for munication using body movements or gestures instead of, or in addition to, sounds, verbal language or other munication. It forms part of the category of paralanguage, which describes all forms of human munication that are not verbal language. This includes the most subtle of movements that many people are not aware of, including winking and slight movement of the eyebrows. In addition body language can also incorporate the use of facial expressions. The reason leads to body language differences—cultural differences The reason lead to body language differences is cultural differences. It is known to all that culture differs from country to country. Then what is culture? How does it influence the body language? The article elaborates the question as following. According to the experts, culture is learned, shared, pelling, interrelated set of symbols whose meaning provides a set of orientations for members of a society. These orientations, taken together, provide solutions to problems that all societies must solve if they are to remain viable. Besides, Culture determines how people view others and themselves, they behave, and how they perceive the world around them. Another definition is that culture is a set of learned core values, beliefs, standards, knowledge, morals, laws, and behaviors shared by individuals and societies that determines how an individual acts, feels, and views oneself and others (Mitchell, 2000)[13].Then how does culture influence the body language? Firstly, culture is a grouplevel phenomenon. Culture itself is a phenomenon that can only be observed once it is shared by the vast majority of the individuals belonging to a certain group. For example, the ethnic Han culture is shared by the Han nationality. The westerners do not belong to the culture of Han nationality [4].There is no culture observed by one signal person. People from the same culture have a set of fixed rules and regulations which is agreed unanimously. T he group will gradually develop a series of body language that is shared by all the members. For example, the westerners will hug each other when they greet someone while the Chinese people will shake hands. These body languages are agreed by their fellows from the same culture.Secondly, culture is a unique set of attributes that subsumes every area of social life. This implies that different cultures have different values and customs. The people of a culture follow the rules and behave in accordance with their culture. As body language is culturebound, people from the same culture share the same body languages. We know that cultural differences result in the body language differences. Thus culture is very important in understanding human behavior and hence can’t be ignored when conducting international business. The function of body languageBody language not only plements verbal information, but also repeats, regulates, contradicts, substitutes and contradicts verbal information. These contents of every word that people said were paratively firm。s culture values and social customs 19Conclusion 21Reference 22Acknowledgement 24 IntroductionAll the human beings on the earth, despite differences in their文化差異 肢體語言 本文將首先討論肢體語言的涵義，并重點對肢體語言在商務(wù)交際中的作用進行研究探討，并對中西文化中的肢體語言（包括面部表情，手勢，眼神交流，身體接觸，姿勢）進行對比研究，進而尋找方法避免商務(wù)活動中的誤解。商務(wù)場合更為正式并且要求掌握更多的肢體語言知識。然而，由于地域，種族，文化習(xí)俗的差異，不同文化的肢體語言有許多差異,熟練的掌握肢體語言在跨文化交際中十分必要，尤其在商務(wù)場合中。本科生畢業(yè)論文設(shè)計題目 商務(wù)活動中的肢體語言 作者姓名 指導(dǎo)教師 所在學(xué)院 外國語學(xué)院 專業(yè)（系） 商務(wù)英語 Body language in Intercultural Business Communication摘 要肢體語言是非語言交際的重要組成部分并和文化緊密聯(lián)系在一起。我們必須承認世界各國的肢體語言與語言一樣，也有相似之處。商務(wù)溝通是一種正式的溝通方式，一般包括會議，面試，集體討論，工作報告，演講等。由于肢體語言在商務(wù)交際中發(fā)揮重要作用,為了在跨文化交際中能夠成功地進行交流，我們應(yīng)該了解不同文化的肢體語言。關(guān)鍵詞：跨文化交際肢體語言功能肢體語言差異AbstractBody language is an important part of nonverbal munication and it is connected with culture. We should realize that body language, like verbal munication, has many similarities all over the world. However, body language from different cultures has many differences because of different regions, races and cultural customs. Having a good knowledge of body language is necessary in intercultural munication. What’s more in business munication, which is more plicated, body language plays a more important role. Generally, business munication is a formal means of munication, like: meetings, interviews, group discussion, presentation, speeches etc. It’s much formal and requires more knowledge about body language. As body language plays an important part in business munication. In order to make successful exchange in crosscultural munication, we should know the body language from different cultures. We will first discuss what is body language and then we will focus on the study of the functions of body language in intercultural munication and a parative study of body language between Chinese and western countries in terms of facial expression, Gestures, eye contact, physical contact and posture and then find ways to avoid misunderstandings in business munication.Key Words: intercultural munication, cultural differences, body language, function of body language, differences of body language Table of Contents Introduction 1Chapter I A brief introduction of body language and its fuction 3 The conception of body language 3 The reason lead to body language diffe