51. The best title for the passage is _____.

   A. Diligence Makes a Success               B. Cleverness Makes a Success

   C. A Boy’s Early life                                   D. A Boy’s Early Education

C

   “You don’t listen!” says your friend.

   When you answer, “But I do. I can repeat every word you just said!” It doesn’t seem to be good enough.

   “No,” she says, “you don’t listen.”

   What’s wrong? Scientists tell us that words give us only 35 percent of what we mean. The rest? Body language. In other words, you may hear the words but not the “tune”.

   Body language. You know about the hitchhiker’s thumb. That sign is clear. But what is the sign for a pretty girl? An Arab strokes his beard (捋胡须). An Italian pulls on one of his ear lobes (耳垂). An Englishman looks slowly away.

   Body language, if you look for it, is all over the place.

   When two people like each other, they show it. They hold their bodies straighter. Eyes are bright. Skin may be pinker. And each preens. The girl works with her hair. The boy combs his hair, straightens his tie ? or his shirt ? and pulls up his socks.

   When you are looking at the other person, you show interest. When you fail to make eye contact, you give the impression that the other person is of no importance.

   Words are only part of talking. The rest takes in body movements, dress, eye contact, and, of course, the tone of the voice. Recently I went to a meeting of some teachers. Two teachers were arguing. What the lady was saying was polite enough. Her voice, though, gave her away. It kept getting higher and angrier by the minute. She was saying ? in words ? that there were two sides to the matter. But what she was really saying ? with her tone of voice ? was “I hate you!” When the man told her that she was showing anger by her voice ? and her whole body ? she did not agree. She was not aware of her real feelings. But her body language told the story.    315w

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