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    Your action can speak louder than your words. It is important to know another language and how to communicate without words when you are in another country. Before saying anything, people communicate with each other by using gestures. However, many gestures have different meanings, or no meaning at all, in different parts of the world.

    In the United States, nodding your head up and down means "yes", while in some parts of Greece and Turkey, it means "no". In the southeast of Asia, it is a polite way of saying "I heard you".

    Today in the USA, when someone puts his thumb up, it means "Everything is all right." However, in Greece it is bad manners to do so. Also putting your clasped hands up above your head means "I am the winner." It is the sign which players often make. In Russia it is the sign of friendship.

    In the USA, holding your hand up with the thumb and index finger in a circle, and the other three straight means "Everything is OK." In France, it means "You are worth nothing."

    It is also important to make eye communication. If you look down when talking to an American, he or she may feel that you are shy, or you are trying to hide something.

    Besides these, you should also know there are some topics that can not be talked about, such as age, weight and marriage. You can talk about the weather, work, sports, food, where one lives and news of the day.

    1. (1) What does the sentence "Your action can speak louder than your words" in paragraph 1 mean?
      A . What you do is better than what you say. B . You try your best to be polite. C . You are better understood by your gestures than through your words. D . What you say is better than what you do.
    2. (2) You'd better not put the thumb up in _____.
      A . Greece. B . the USA. C . England.  D . China.
    3. (3) Which of the following is TRUE?
      A . Putting your clasped hands up above the head means friendship in Greece. B . You can express "You are worth nothing" by putting your thumb up in France. C . Making eye communication is not important in a talk. D . Weather, sports, food and work are the topics that can be talked.

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