It’snaturaltogreetfriendswithasmileandawave.___【小题1】____Butwhathappensifyourfaceandbodysendmixedmessages?Wouldsomeonebemorelikelytobelievethelookonyourfaceorthewayyouholdyourbody?
Scientistshaverecentlytackledthesequestions.Theyfoundthatwhenapersonislookingatyourfaceshemightnotbelievewhatsheseesofyourbodylanguagedoesn’tmatchthefeelingthatyourfaceshows.___【小题2】____Previouslytheyhadfoundthatthetoneofaperson’svoicecanbemoreimportantthanthewordsthatarespoken.Forexamplemostpeopletendnottobelieveapersonwhosaysinaflatvoice“I’msoexcited.”
Whenitcametoemotionsconveyedbyfacialexpressionsandbodylanguagemostscientistssuspectedthatthefacewasmoreimportant.TotestifthiswastruepsychologistsfromtheNetherlandsandBostonshowedpeopleanumberofpicturesofisolated(孤立的)facesandisolatedbodies(withfacesblurredout(模糊的))thatshowedangerorfear.【小题3】____
Anangryfacehadloweyebrowsandtightlips.Ascaredfacehadhigheyebrowandaslightlyopenmouth.【小题4】___Ascaredbodyhadarmsforwardandshoulderssquareasifreadytodefend.
Theseresultstoldtheresearchersthatmixedsignalscanconfusepeople.Evenwhenpeoplepayattentiontothefacebodylanguagesubtly(微妙地)influenceswhichemotiontheyread.
___【小题5】____Andifyouwanttobeunderstoodithelpstoavoidsendingmixedmessages.
F.Soyourbodylanguageisimportantfortellingpeoplehowyoufeel.
G.Anangrybodyhadarmsbackandshouldersatanangleasifreadytofight.