People use different ways to communicate. We communicate with each other not only through 1 but through body language. Because body language is so2 , you have to know what yours is saying and what other people's is saying. Here are some 3 of body language and its meanings in North America
If you drop down heavily and your head is down, this could 4that you are sad or not happy. If you sit with a smiling face and look 5 , you are expressing friendliness.
A smile is a way of expressing friendliness and interest. But people 6smile just to be polite.
Friendliness and interest are expressed when a person's eyes. 7yours especially when you're the one who's talking. A person who doesn't8 you is expressing that he is not interested or is shy.
Hand gestures can mean a person is interested in the conversation. But 9 movements, like hitting a pencil lightly against something again and again, often mean the person is nervous or not patient. 10 someone who points at you while talking with you—that person might be angry at you or feel better than you.
Once, a man travelled on a train. He felt hungry and got off at a station to look for food. He bought the food in a short time but the train had gone away. It was getting dark and he decided to find a place to spend the night. So he went to the nearby hotels to look for a room but found none.
At last he reached a small house. He asked permission for staying in it for a night. The host agreed happily. The host served him food and gave him a room to sleep in. But the host did not ask for anything in return.
When it was seven at night, the man heard a knock at the door. He saw someone well-dressed enter the house and ask the host to pay his debts (债务). The man came to know that the host was in need of money. The next morning, he put a box in the room and left.
When the host found the box, he saw a note saying, "You helped me but did not expect anything from me. Yesterday I heard the talk and knew your problem. This is what you need."
When Ruby, a seven-month-old elephant from Thailand, came the Phoenix Zoo in 1974, she was the only elephant at the zoo. Her roommates were some chickens and a goat.
Ruby was very bored. She had no elephants around her. She was given food and everything she needed, she had nothing to do, When the workers at the zoo saw Ruby scratching(刮) the ground A stick, they had an idea. They gave her a paint brush and some paint. With just a little bit of help from her trainer, Ruby became a (paint) of her own style. She produced many paintings. Her (expensive) painting was sold for $25, 000.
Elephants have the brains to learn how (paint). But just like people, not all of have the interest or talent(天赋) to turn it into a "career". Ruby was one of the few who did.
Ruby (die) in 1998, at the age of 25—very young for an elephant.
There are very few elephant (art) left in North America. In Asia, there are programs trying to develop elephant artists. Money got from the (sell) of their art goes towards protecting wild(野生的) elephants.
