How do people learn body language？ The same way they learn spoken language－by observing

How do people learn body language？ The same way they learn spoken language-by observing and imitating people around them as they' re growing up. (6)________. Little boys imitate their fathers or a respected uncle or a character on television. In this way. They learn the gender signals appropriate for their sex. Regional. class. and ethnic patterns of body behavior. are also learned in childhood and persist throughout their life.

(7)________. In America, for example. women stand with their thighs together.Many walk with their pelvis (骨盆) tipped slightly forward and their upper arms close to their body. When they sit , they cross their legs at the knee or cross their ankles. American men hold their arms away from their body , often swinging them as they walk. They stand with their legs apart. When they sit, they put their feet on the floor with legs apart and , in some parts of the country, they cross their legs by putting one ankle on the other knee.

Leg behavior. indicates sex , status , and personality. It also indicates whether or not one is at ease or is showing respect or disrespect for the other person. Young Latin American males avoid crossing their legs. In their world of machismo (男子气概), the preferred position for young males when with one another .is to sit on the base of the spine with their leg muscles relaxed and their feet wide apart. Their respect position is like our military equivalent: spine straight , heels and ankles together-almost identical to that displayed by properly brought up young women in New England in the early part of this century.

The way we walk , similarly , indicates status , respect , mood , and ethnic or cultural affiliation. To white Americans , some French middle-class males walk in a way that is both humorous and suspect. There is a bounce and looseness to the French walk , as though the parts of the body were somehow unrelated. (8)________.

6. Choose the best supporting example.

A. No one becomes an instant expert on people' s behaviors by watching them at parties.

B. American males lean back and prop their legs up on the nearest object.

C. Little girls imitate their mothers or an older female.

7. Choose the best topic sentence for this paragraph.

A. Body language is not something that is independent of the person.

B. Non-verbal communication systems are interwoven into the fabric of the personality.

C. Such patterns of masculine and feminine body behavior. vary from one culture to another.

8. Choose the best statement to conclude the paragraph.

A. All over the world , people walk in their own characteristic ways.

B. The idea that people communicate volumes by their posture and walk is not new.

C. People have long been aware of the idea that it is essential to walk properly.