1 . Body language is quiet and secret and it is the most powerful language of all! It speaks louder than words. According to specialists, our bodies send out more _________ than we realize. In fact, nonverbal communication takes up about 50% of what we really _________. And body language is particularly _________ when we attempt to communicate across cultures. Indeed, what is called body language is so _________ a part of us that it's actually often unnoticed. And misunderstandings occur as a result of it. _________, different societies treat the distance between people differently. Northern Europeans usually do not like having _________ contact (接触) even with friends, and certainly not with _________. People from Latin American countries, _________, touch each other quite a lot. Therefore, it's possible that in _________, it may look like a Latino (拉丁美洲人) is __________ a Norwegian (挪威人) all over the room. The Latino, trying to express friendship, will keep moving closer. The Norwegian, very probably seeing this as pushiness, will keep __________—which the Latino will in return regard as __________.

Clearly, a great deal is going on when people __________. And only a part of it is in the words themselves. And when parties are from different cultures, there's a strong possibility of __________. But whatever the situation, the best __________ is to obey the golden rule: treat others as you would like to be treated.