2024年3月24日发(作者：谷歌浏览器迅雷插件)

Cultural Awareness〔文化意识〕

Did you know that body language accounts for over 90% of a conversation？

That’s why communicating face-to-face is always better than a telephone

conversation-especially if you are trying to sell something！

Your body language will give others a general impression of you and it will

also show your emotions〔情绪〕.It’s very difficult to make your body lie. It’s easy

to tell the difference between a genuine〔真诚的〕smile of pleasure and a false smile.

So if you understand body language codes〔密码〕,it is usually possible to know

what someone really means, whatever they may be saying with words.

Although much of body language is universal, a lot is also cultural .Culture

codes vary from one country to another and they can lead to misunderstandings.

Even simple gestures may have a completely different meaning in other parts of

the world. For instance, the circle sign made with three raised fingers means Ok in

Unites States. But this sign is not universal. In Brazil, Greece and Germany it is rude

gesture and in Japan it means “money〞!

In many Asian cultures, it is inappropriate(不恰当的) for men and women to

touch in public. Therefore, display of affection(喜欢，爱慕)such as holding hands or

kissing are not acceptable. In some parts of Asian, however，it is common for

people of the same sex to hold hands as a sign of friendship.

Greetings vary according to the country and the sex of the people involved. In

the west, it is appropriate to shake hands when you meet someone for the first

time and both men and women can initiate a hand shake. In Indonesia, for

example, a man will not offer a handshake to an Indonesian woman unless they are

in a business situation.

If you want to avoid making embarrassing mistakes when you travel to other

countries, you should find out about their basic cultural codes before you leave. If

you do this, you are less likely to offend people.

Cultural Awareness〔文化意识〕

你知道肢体语言占交谈的90%以上吗？那就是为什么面对面的交谈总是比 交谈要

好的原因——尤其是当你尽力出售东西时！

肢体语言会给别人留下对你的总体印象，也会显示出你的情绪。让你的身体扯谎很难。

但区分真诚的快乐微笑和假笑很容易。所以，假设你懂得肢体语言密码的话，通常有可能

理解一个人真正想说的是什么，无论他们可能说出什么样的话。

翻译：刘欣馨

虽然大多数肢体语言具有普遍性，但很多也具有文化性。文化密码各国不同，甚至会

导致误解。即使简单的手势，在世界的其他地方可能有完全不同的含义。例如三根举起的

手指加上一个圆圈组成的手势在美国是OK的意思，但这个手势不是通用的。在巴西,希腊

和德国，这是粗鲁的手势，在日本这是“钱〞的意思。

在许多亚洲文化中，男性和女性在公共场合互相接触是不恰当的。因此，表示爱慕，

比方，握手或亲吻都是不可承受的。然而，在亚洲的一些地方，人们普遍与同性握手以表

示友谊。

翻译：徐子晴

问候因国家不同及问候的人性别不同而不同。在西方,在你初次和某人见面时握手是适

宜的,男性和女性都可以握手。在印尼, 例如, 假设不是谈生意时，男士不会主动同女士握

手。

假设你想防止到其他国家旅行时犯一些为难的错误，你应该在分开前弄清楚这些国家

的根本文化密码。假设你这样做,你就不太可能冒犯别人了。

翻译：葛鑫