B4U4communication：noproblem课文翻译练习

1、2015-2016学年第1 学期玉环实验学校自编练习年级：高二学科：英语章节： Unit 4 reading翻译编制日期_ 2015 /10/10完成所需时间：40mins使用日期：编写人：李玉妹审核人：终审：2015/10/10班级： _ 学号： _ 姓名： _Yesterday, another student and I,representingouruniversitys studentassociation,went to theCapital International Airportto meetthis years international students.They wer

2、ecoming to study at Beijing University.We wouldtakethemfirsttotheirdormitoriesand then to the student canteen.After half an hour ofwaiting for theirflightto arrive,I saw several young people enter the waiting area lookingaroundcuriously .I stood for a minute watching them andthen went to greet them.

3、The first person to arrive was Tony Garcia from Colombia,closelyfollowedbyJuliaSmithfromBritain.AfterImetthem and then introduced them to each other,I was verysurprised.Tony approached Julia,touchedher shoulderand kissedheron the cheek!Shestepped backappearing surprisedand putup her hands,as ifin de

4、fence.Iguessed thattherewas probablya major misunderstanding.Then Akira Nagatafrom Japan came in smiling,togetherwith George Cook fromCanada.As they were introduced,Georgereached his hand out to the Japanese student.Justatthatmoment, however,Akirabowed so his nose touched Georges moving hand.They bo

5、th apologized - another cultural mistake!Ahmed Aziz, another international student, was from Jordan.When we met yesterday,he moved very close to me as Iintroducedmyself.Imovedbackabit,but he came closertoask a questionandthenshook my hand.When Darlene Coulon from France camedashing through the door,

6、sherecognizedTony Garcias smiling face.They shookhandsandthenkissedeachothertwiceoneachcheek,sincethatisthe Frenchcustomwhenadultsmeetpeopletheyknow.Ahmed Aziz., on the contrary,simply nodded at the girls.Men from Middle Eastern and other Muslim countrieswilloften stand quite close to other men to t

7、alkbut willusually not touch women.AsIget toknow more internationalfriends,Ilearnmore aboutthisculturalbodylanguage.Notall culturesgreeteach otherthesame way,norare theycomfortableinthesamewaywithtouchingordistancebetweenpeople.Inthesamewaythatpeoplecommunicatewithspokenlanguage,theyalsoexpresstheir

8、feelingsusingunspokenlanguagethrough physical distance, actions or posture.Englishpeople,forexample,donotusuallystandveryclosetoothersor touchstrangersas soon as theymeet.However,peoplefromplaceslikeSpain,ItalyorSouthAmericancountries approachotherscloselyand are more likely to touch them.Most peopl

9、e aroundtheworldnowgreeteachotherbyshakinghands,but some cultures use other greetings as well,suchas the Japanese, who prefer to bow.Theseactionsarenot good orbad,butaresimplyways in which cultures have developed.I have seen,however,that cultural customs for body language are very general- not all members of a culture behave in the same way.Ingeneral,tho