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Different nations may use different body languages. So learning about body languages can help us make few (1)
.
Several young Englishmen told me about their (2)
experiences. They are volunteer teachers. They said it was impossible for them to (3)
all the local people there.
Mike taught in a small village in Guangxi, China. On a hot afternoon, he went into a store and asked, "Do you have cold drinks?" The saleswoman said (4)
. She just smiled and (5)
. Mike asked her again. Still, the saleswoman said nothing. When he had a (6)
with his students about this experience later, his students said the saleswoman had answered him for certain: She smiled and nodded which (7)
, "YES".
Jack remembered his experience in Bulgaria, an European country. One day, he went to a restaurant that was (8)
for beef. He asked the waiter, "Do you have beef?" The waiter nodded. Jack waited quietly for a (9)
. But the waiter didn't bring beef. Later, he learned that nodding meant "NO" there.
Tom had a similar experience in India. Tom asked his students to agree (10)
disagree with his opinion. They nodded. Tom thought they agreed with him. Later he knew nodding meant "DISAGREE" there.