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Every culture has its own body language, and children absorb its nuances along with the spoken language. A Frenchman talks and moves in French. The way an Englishman crosses his leg is (36) like the way a male American does it. When we communicate with people from other cultures, the body language sometimes helps to make the communication easy and (37) , such as shaking hands is such a (38) gesture that people all over the world know that it is a sign for greeting. But sometimes the body language can cause certain (39) since people of different cultures often have different forms of behavior for sending the same message or have different interpretations towards the same body (40) . Nodding one’s head is generally (41) to show agreement "Yes", but to Nepalese, Sri Lankans, some Indians and some Eskimos, it means not "yes", but "no". When a student in conversation with a professor holds the older man’s eyes a little longer than as usual, it can be a sign of respect and affection; it can be a (42) challenge to the professor’s authority; or it can be something else (43) .
(44) , we need not only know (45) . In other words, if we want to communicate with people of other cultures more successfully, we need not only be able to use the verbal language appropriately, but also be able to use (46) .

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