[00:05.98]Listening Task
[01:21.76]Listening Task
[01:33.31]Look at the different gestures
[01:37.54]and the body language that the people use in the pictures
[01:42.87]as you listen to the tape.
[01:46.53]Listening Task
[03:40.60]Reading Task
[03:50.03]THE OPEN HAND--A UNIVERSAL SIGN
[03:54.89]When you meet people at the airport
[03:58.52]you see that most people smile and shake their hands with people they meet.
[04:04.27]We know that a smile is usually a sign that people feel friendly and happy.
[04:10.75]But what if we don't know who the new person is?
[04:15.48]What if w are not introduced by a friend?
[04:19.84]What fiwe are meeting a stranger in an unfamiliar place?
[04:25.30]Sometimes people are dangerous and humans have to find ways to protect themselves.
[04:32.43]We have to make sure we can trust people we do not know,
[04:37.58]and we have to show that we are not dangerous.
[04:42.33]Showing our hands means that we are not armed.
[04:47.29]In many cultures today,the Western custom of shaking hands is used.
[04:53.85]We use our right hand,which is usually stronger than the left one.
[04:59.73]If we are using our hand this way,
[05:03.86]it cannot be holding a knife or a gun.
[05:08.22]It shows that we trust the other person,and that the other person can trust us.
[05:14.75]Not all cultures use the handshake,
[05:18.88]and people in many Asian cultures do not always touch another person.
[05:24.65]The traditional greeting in China
[05:28.49]was to cover the left hand with the right and bow.
[05:33.66]Japanese people might cover one hand with the other and,
[05:39.83]depending on whom they are greeting,
[05:43.48]bow slightly or quite low.
[05:47.32]In India,Hindu people join their hands in front of their faces and bow their heads:
[05:54.59]Muslims will touch their heart,mouth and forehead to show respect.
[06:01.06]Even young people in the West now give each other the"high five,"
[06:06.52]when they slap each other's hands high in the air.
[06:11.28]They are all keeping their hands busy.
[06:15.12]In almost all cultures,to smile and show an open right hand means,
[06:21.60]"Welcome,you are safe with me." |