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Verbalskillsinanotherculturecangenerallybemasteredifonestudieshardenough.Butnonverbalskillsaremuchmoredifficulttolearn.Nonverbalbehaviorsmainlyincludeeyecontact,facialexpression,posture,gestures,andtheuseoftime,space,andterritory.Themessagessentbybodylanguageandthewaywearrangetimeandspacehavealwaysbeenopentointerpretation.Whenculturesdiffer,itbecomesverydifficulttounderstandnonverbalbehaviors.

Inwesternculture,forexample,peopleperceivesilenceasanegativetrait(品质).Itsuggestsrejection,unhappiness,depression,regret,embarrassment,orignorance.However,theJapaneseproverbsays,"Thosewhoknowdonotspeak;thosewhospeaksdonotknow."Silenceisequatedwithwisdom.

Gesturescanalsocreatedifferentreactionsindifferentculturesandthusonemustbecarefulinusingandinterpretingthem.Insomesocietiesitisextremelybadpointingone'sfingerasingivingdirections.Otherhandgesturescanalsocausetrouble.The"thumbsup"symbolmaybeusedtoindicateapprovalinmanycountries,butinIranandGhanaitisavulgar(粗俗的)gesture.

Asbusinesspeopleincreasinglyinteractwiththeirwiththeircounterpartsfromothercultures,theywillbecomemoreawareofthesedifferences.Somebehaviorsareeasytowarnagainst,suchastouchingpeoplefromtheMiddleEastwiththelefthand.Howerer,learingallofthemisimpossible,andsuchlistsaremerelythetipoftheculturaliceberg.

26.Non-verbalbehaviorsdon'tinclude_________.

A)postureB)facialexpressionsC)makinganaddressD)theuseofspace

27.Differencesin________willleadtodifferencesincommunications

A)culturesB)languagesC)verbalskillsD)habits

28.TheJapaneseagreethatsilenceisassociatedwith________.

A)goodmannerB)unhappinessC)depressionD)littleknowledge

29.Itcannotbeinferredfromthepassagethat________

A)differentculturehavedifferentinterpretationsofsimilargestures

B)itisgoodforthebusinesspeopletoknowofthedifferentmeaningsofsimilargestures

C)westernculturesaredistinctivelydifferentfromorientalculture