Sometimespeopleaddtowhattheysayevenwhentheydon’ttalk.Gesturesarethe“silentlanguage”ofeveryculture.Wepointafingerormoveanotherpartofthebodytoshowwhatwewanttosay．Itisimportanttoknowthebodylanguageofeverycountryorwemaybemisunderstood.
IntheUnitedStates，peoplegreeteachotherwithahandshakeinaformalintroduction．Thehandshakemustbefirm．Ifthehandshakeisweak，itisasignofweaknessorunfriendliness．Friendsmayplaceahandontheother'sarmorshoulder．Somepeople，usuallywomen，greetafriendwithahug（拥抱）．
SpaceisimportanttoAmericans．Whentwopeopletalktoeachother，theyusuallystandabouttwoandahalffeetawayandatanangle，sotheyarenotfacingeachotherdirectly．Americansgetuncomfortablewhenapersonstandstooclose．Theywillmovebacktohavetheirspace．IfAmericanstouchanotherpersonbyaccident，theysay“Pardonme”or“Excuseme”．
Americansliketolookattheotherpersonintheeyeswhentheyaretalking．Ifyoudon'tdoso，itmeansyouarebored，hidingsomething，orarenotinterested．Butwhenyoustareatsomeone，itisnotpolite．
ForAmericans，thumbs-upmeansyes，verygood，orwelldone．Thumbs-downmeanstheopposite．Tocallawaiter，raiseonehandtoheadlevelorabove．Toshowyouwantthecheck，makeamovementwithyourhandsasifyouaresigningapieceofpaper．Itisallrighttopointatthingsbutnotatpeoplewiththehandandindexfinger（食指）．Americansshaketheirindexfingeratchildrenwhentheyscoldthemandpatthemontheheadwhentheyadmirethem．
Learningaculture'sbodylanguageissometimesconfusing（使糊涂的）．Ifyoudon'tknowwhattodo，thesafestthingtodoistosmile．
1.Fromthefirstparagraphwecanlearnthat________．
A．gesturesdon'tmeananythingwhiletalking |
B．gesturescanhelpustoexpressourselves |
C．wecanlearnalanguagewellwithoutbodylanguage |
D．onlyAmericanpeoplecanusegestures |