Positive body language supports your points, helps you convey ideas more clearly, and avoids sending mixed messages.
Here are some basic postures that you can adopt to show self-confidence and openness.
Body Language for a Good First Impression
Have an open posture. Be relaxed but don’t slouch (耷拉)! Sit or stand upright and place your hands by your sides.
Use a firm handshake. But don’t get carried away! You don’t want it to become awkward, aggressive, or painful for the other person.
Maintain good eye contact. Try to hold the other person’s gaze for a few seconds at a time. This will show them that you’re sincere and engaged.
Avoid touching your face. If you do while answering questions, it can be seen as a sign of dishonesty.
Body Language Examples for Effective Public Speaking
Positive body language can help you to engage people, mask any presentation nerves (紧张), and show confidence when you speak in public. Here are a few tips to help you do this:
Have a positive posture. Sit or stand upright, with your shoulders back and your arms unfolded by your sides or in front of you.
Keep your head up. Your head should be upright and level. Leaning too far forward or backward can make you look aggressive or arrogant (傲慢).
Practice and perfect your posture. Stand in a relaxed manner, with your weight evenly distributed. Keep one foot slightly in front of the other to help hold your posture.
Use open hand gestures. Spread your hands apart, in front of you, with your palms facing slightly toward your audience. This indicates a willingness to communicate and share ideas.
1. What body language can be regarded to be dishonest?| A．Having an open posture. | B．Using a firm handshake. |
| C．Maintaining good eye contact. | D．Touching the face. |
| A．Wear. | B．Hide. | C．Prevent. | D．Show. |
| A．Sit with arms folded by the sides | B．Lean the head forward. |
| C．Stand in an easy manner. | D．Spread your arms apart. |
| A．What Is Positive Body Language | B．How to Read Body Language |
| C．The Body Language of a Bored Audience | D．Body Language Analysis—Expressing Positivity |
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【推荐1】Laughter is part of the universal human vocabulary. All members of the human species understand it. Unlike English or French or Swahili, we don’t have to learn to speak it. We re born with the capacity to laugh.
Very little is known about the specific brain mechanisms responsible for laughter. Contrary to folk wisdom, most laughter is not about humor; it is about relationships. To find out when and why people laugh, I went with several assistants to local malls and recorded what happened just before people laughed. Over a 10-year period, we studied over 2,000 cases of naturally occurring laughter.
We found that most laughter does not necessarily follow jokes. People may laugh after a variety of statements, such as, “Here comes Mary,” “How did you do on the test?” or “Do you have a rubber band?” These certainly aren’t jokes.
We believe laughter evolved from the panting (喘气的) behavior of our ancient ancestors. Today, if we tickle (使发痒) chimps, they don’t laugh. But, instead, they produce a panting sound. That’s the sound of ape laughter, and it’s the root of human laughter.
Apes laugh in the kinds of situations that lead to human laughter, like games that involve chasing. Other animals produce sounds during play, but they are so different from laughter. Rats, for example, produce high sounds during play and when tickled, but these are very different in sound from human laughter.
Laughter is often positive, but it can be negative too. There’s a difference between “laughing with” and “laughing at”. People who laugh at others may be trying to drive them out of the group.
No one has actually counted how much people of different ages laugh, but young children probably laugh the most. At ages 5 and 6 we probably laugh more than at any other times. Adults laugh less than children, probably because they play less.
Work now underway will tell us more about the brain mechanisms behind laughter, how it has evolved, and why we’re so susceptible to tickling.
1. What was the purpose of the decade’s research?| A．To prove that people laugh because of humour. |
| B．To find out the real reason for people s laughter. |
| C．To research people s different reaction on jokes. |
| D．To record conversations among shoppers in malls. |
| A．People who play more tend to laugh more. |
| B．Apes produce high sounds when tickled. |
| C．Scientists know the brain mechanisms responsible for laughter well. |
| D．The situations in which apes laugh are very different from those in which humans laugh. |
| A．Sensitive. | B．Flexible. |
| C．Addictive. | D．Reliable. |
| A．The Impact of Laughter |
| B．The Meaning of Laughter |
| C．A Big Mystery: Why Do We Laugh? |
| D．Laughter: The Most Beautiful Words |
【推荐2】Although we may not realize it when we talk with others we make ourselves understood not only by words. We send messages to the people around us also by expressions and body movements. We call it “body language”, which is a kind of communication, nonverbal communication. A smile and handshake show welcome, waving one’s hand is to say “goodbye”, nodding the head means agreement.
As culture influences communication, the way people in different countries communicate is different too. For example, Arab men often greet by kissing on both cheeks. In Japan men greet by bowing.
All above show that it is important to know the meaning of gestures and movements in foreign country. Foreigners should follow these customs and learn their culture.
| A．Smile can help get through difficult situations. |
| B．In the USA, people shake hands to show “their greeting”. |
| C．These gestures seem to have the same meanings everywhere. |
| D．Making too many gestures in communication is not polite. |
| E．The gesture of putting a hand on a person’s neck is different for Chinese and Americans. |
| F．So we can communicate with them in a correct way, both by words and by body language. |
| G．Because of the influence of special culture, some body languages should attract our attention. |
【推荐3】Non-verbal Communication
When you are in another country, it is important to know the language, but it is equally important to know how to communicate non-verbally (不用语言地). Before saying anything, people communicate non-verbally or by making gestures. According to an investigation (调查), only 30 to 35 percent of our communication is verbal. When people don’t know the language, the most common way to communicate is through gestures. However, many gestures have different meanings, or no meaning at all, in different parts of the world.
In the United States, for example, nodding your head up and down means “yes”. In some parts of Greece and Turkey, however, this motion can mean “no”. In Southeast Asia, nodding your head is a polite way of saying “I’ve heard you”.
In ancient Rome, when the emperor wanted to spare someone’s life, he would put his thumb up. Today in the United States, when someone puts his/her thumb up, it means “Everything is all right.” However, in Sardinia and Greece, the gesture is insulting and should not be used there.
In the United States, raising your clasped (握紧的) hand above your head means “I’m the champion” or “I’m the winner”. It is the sign prizefighters make when they win a fight. When a leading Russian statesman (政治家) made this gesture after a White House meeting, Americans misunderstood and thought he meant he was a winner. In Russia, however, it is a sign of friendship.
There are other non-verbal signals that you should be aware of when you go to another country, such as the distance to maintain between speakers. Americans stand closer to each other than English people. English people don’t like touching somebody or being touched. Now in America, touch is important. Friends touch each other on the arm, for example. They often put an arm around a friend when they say “Hello” or “Goodbye”.
1. It is very important to know how to communicate non-verbally when you are in another country because ________.| A．most people speak different languages |
| B．much of our communication is non-verbal on many occasions |
| C．people usually make gestures before saying anything |
| D．it’s easy to learn how to express oneself through gestures |
| A．he meant Russia was the winner | B．he was insulting America |
| C．he wanted to show friendship to America | D．he in fact meant nothing at all |
| A．not to touch them | B．to stand close to them |
| C．to put an arm around them | D．not to show your feelings |
【推荐1】I started the latest round of the NutriFit programme weeks ago. We took about 45 minutes to go through participants’ health records, previous diets, expectations, and levels of willingness to change to tailor the programme to meet each individual’s needs.
I was shocked by one thing. When it came to weight-loss goals, I usually asked, “When was the last time you were happy with your body?” The reply usually related to pre-wedding, pre-kids, pre-college — the usual suspects. However this time, almost everyone said, “Of course, I wasn’t happy with it then, but I am happy with it now!”
It made me stop to think. For most of us, no matter how much we don’t really like the body shape, there will possibly be a point in the future when we would kill for the body we currently have. I don’t mean to upset anyone who is improving their body shape right now. But maybe we need to stop and smell the roses. We should be happy with and grateful for our bodies exactly as they are.
That’s why NutriFit has changed into something much more holistic(全面的). Now we have every shape and size taking part, but the goals are so much bigger: disease prevention, more energy, better immunity, well-balanced hormones(激素)... The list goes on.
In my opinion, the key rule of a successful nutrition programme is to be based on real food. If you focus more on balanced diets and less on weight, it will become a mentally healthier process. If you’re going to maintain your new, healthy lifestyle, it needs to be something you actively enjoy — a lifestyle that you want to maintain. If you eat healthily because you want to rather than you have to, life will get 1,000 percent easier.
1. What did the author and his partners do to tailor the programme for individuals?| A．They introduced the programme in detail. |
| B．They examined participants’ physical health condition. |
| C．They got clear about participants’ health history and plans. |
| D．They analyzed and adjusted participants’ dietary structure. |
| A．People’s discontent with their previous life. |
| B．People’s optimism about their current body. |
| C．People’s satisfaction with their former body. |
| D．People’s ambitious goals of losing weight. |
| A．People’s image. |
| B．People’s health. |
| C．People’s weight. |
| D．People’s appearance. |
| A．Weight loss. |
| B．A healthy lifestyle. |
| C．A sound exercise plan. |
| D．Enough nutritious food. |
【推荐2】When talking to babies, humans slow down their speech, raise their pitch (音高) and change the “color” of their voice. This “baby talk”, as people know it, increases the baby’s attention and facilitates language learning. Among animals, mothers often engage in child-directed vocalizations (发声) too, but does this also imply voice changes? A team of scientists that included Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) researchers explored whether child-directed communication in bats resulted in vocalization changes.
They focused on a bat called Saccopteryx bilineata, a common Central and South American species with a remarkable vocal skill. During their first three months of life, as S. bilineata pups (幼崽) start experimenting with their “speech”, female and male adult bats respond to them differently. Through sound recordings of their vocal interactions, the research team found that mother bats “babble” as they interact with pups, which could be interpreted as delightful feedback to pups during vocal practice.
Much like human “baby talk”, the child-directed vocalizations of adult females presented a different “color” and pitch than the calls directed towards other adult bats. Male bats also communicated with the pups, but in a way that seemed to carry the “vocal signature” of their social group. “Pup isolation calls sound more similar to those of males from the same social group than to those of other males,” said Mirjam Knornschild, STRI research associate. “These results suggest that adult male vocalizations may serve as guidance for the development of group signatures in pup calls.”
This is the first time that scientists describe a phenomenon that could resemble “baby talk” among bats, indicating that parent-offspring communication in bats is more complex than previous thought and opening new avenues for further research.
“These results show that social feedback is important during vocal development, not only in humans but also in other vocal-learning species like Saccopteryx bilineata,” said Mirjam. “I believe that bats are a very promising species to investigate key shared features of language, such as the vocal learning ability, and that this study will inspire further studies in the biolinguistics field.”
1. What did the scientists aim to discover through their research?| A．The vocal range of human voices. |
| B．The best way to attract kids’ attention. |
| C．The effects of “baby talk” on vocalization. |
| D．The reason for bats’ gradual voice changes. |
| A．When she does not feel secure. | B．When she is searching for food. |
| C．When she has food to feed her pups. | D．When she is happy to interact with pups. |
| A．They have a higher pitch and changeable “color”. |
| B．They sound more similar to those of their moms. |
| C．They are mainly determined by their adult males. |
| D．They are directed by female bats of the same group. |
| A．Positively. | B．Doubtfully. | C．Cautiously. | D．Critically. |
【推荐3】Vienna is a beautiful old city on the River Danube in the center of Europe. It’s the capital city of Austria and the center of European classical music. In the 18th century a lot of musicians came to study and work in Vienna.
In the Strauss family, there were two composers called Johann Strauss: a father and a son. The father, Johann Strauss the elder, wrote and played music for traditional dances, called the waltz. His dance music made him famous all over Europe. The son, Johann Strauss the younger, was also very successful and popular. He wrote over 150 waltzes. In 1867 he wrote The Blue Danube waltz.
Mozart was another very important composer. He was born in Austria in 1756. Before he was six, he played not only the piano but also the violin. His family took him around Europe and he gave concerts in many cities. He wrote hundreds of wonderful pieces of music. But he became very poor and died in 1791 when he was only 35. Like Johann Strauss, the father and the son, he was a great European musician, and many people still think his music is perfect.
1. What do we know about Vienna from paragraph 1?| A．It’s a beautiful new city. |
| B．It’s on the River Danube. |
| C．It’s in the center of Austria. |
| D．It’s the center of European pop music. |
| A．The dance music. | B．His son. |
| C．The Blue Danube. | D．The concerts. |
| A．He was stupid and lazy. |
| B．He was clever but lazy. |
| C．He was stupid but hard-working. |
| D．He was clever and hard-working. |
| A．News | B．Recreation (娱乐) | C．Ad | D．Sport |
