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Nonverbal (不用语言的) elements form a major part of any communication interchange. Some people would say it’s the most important par
Nonverbal (不用语言的) elements form a major part of any communication interchange. Some people would say it’s the most important par
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2011-05-17
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Nonverbal (不用语言的) elements form a major part of any communication interchange. Some people would say it’s the most important part. According to one study, words convey only 7 percent of a person’s message. Intonation and voice quality communicate 38 percent, and nonverbal cues transmit a whopping 55 percent. That means people pick up more from nonverbal communication than from the words a person says. When studying about a foreign culture, then, it just makes sense to pay attention to how people use nonverbal cues.
Gestures comprise a major form of nonverbal communication. In contrast to sign language, used by deaf people to communicate elaborate messages, gestures function as visual icons which represent a single idea. But often these gestures are embarrassingly culture bound. For example, when the Maoris of New Zealand stick out their tongue at someone, it is a sign of respect. When American schoolchildren make the same gesture, it means just the opposite. Also, Americans often indicate "OK" with their thumb and forefinger touching to form a circle. The same gesture means "money" to the Japanese, "zero" to the French and a vulgarity to Brazilians. For that reason, people in a foreign culture must use gestures with caution.
Another cultural aspect of nonverbal communication is one that you might not think about: space. Every person perceives himself to have a sort of invisible shield surrounding his physical body. When someone comes too close, he feels uncomfortable. When he bumps into someone, he feels obligated to apologize. But the size of a person’s "comfort zone" varies, depending on his cultural or ethnic origin. For example, in causal conversation, many Americans stand about four feet a-part. In other words, they like to keep each other "at arm’s length". People in Latin or Arab cultures, in contrast, stand very close to each other, and touch each other often. If someone from one of those cultures stands too close to an American while in conversation, the American may feel uncomfortable and back away.
In the last sentence of the first paragraph, "make sense" means _____.
选项
A、understand
B、is sensible
C、is understood
D、is reasonable and practical
答案
D
解析
词义推断题。文章第一段注意讲述nonverbal communication在交流中的重要性, 结尾处水到渠成得出结论:既然非言语交流比言语交流还重要, 那么自然我们要多加注意这些非言语交流中传达出的信息了。make sense:有道理, 合理。
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