跨文化交际英语教程课后答案.docx

跨文化交际英语教程课后答案
跨文化交际英语教程课后答案
ture and nonverbal communication
reading i
an overview of nonverbal c跨文化交际英语教程课后答案
跨文化交际英语教程课后答案
ture and nonverbal communication
reading i
an overview of nonverbal communication
comprehension questions
1. can you speak each of the following sentences in different ways to mean differently?
1) she is my best friend.
2) you?ve done really good job.
3) come here, please.
4) that?s all right.
speaking the same sentence with the stress on different words may mean different things. for instance, if the stress falls on “she” in the first sente nce, it means it is she, not you or somebody else, that is my best friend. but if the stress falls on “my”, it implies that she is my, not your or somebody?s best friend.
2. speakers of british english use loudness only when they are angry, speakers of indian english use it to get the floor, a chance to speak. so when an indian speaker is trying to get the floor, what would the british speaker think of the indian and what would the british behave in response?
the british speaker may think that the indian gets angry with him or behaves rudely towards him, so he may complain about the indian?s rudeness or even return his r