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What does your body language say about you? In certain situations,
your body language could be revealing more about yourself than you would like to let
on.
Your
body provides much information
You probably cross your legs, roll your eyes
and put your hands on your hips many times a day without even noticing. These and other facial expressions and gestures can serve as clues for others to
decipher your thoughts and feelings. Body language
can provide us with much useful information about a person, but can also be
easily misinterpreted. Since body language
varies a great deal from culture to culture, it is foolhardy to assume that a
certain facial expression or gesture means one particular thing.
Avoid
looking around in a conversation
For
example, if you want to be considered warm and friendly in a conversation,
lean in towards the other person, use open, fluid movements and gestures, make
eye contact, relax your posture, use friendly touch and smile. Avoid
fidgeting, a slumped posture and glancing around the room, which can give the
impression that you are cold, impersonal and bored.
Transmitting
a high-status image
Nonverbal behavior can also
transmit power and status. Persons
of high-status often put their hands on their hips, speak louder, use more
expansive gestures and maintain a greater distance between themselves and the
person they are speaking with than do persons of lower status. So, if you
would like to transmit a high-status or a powerful image be sure to keep a rigid
posture, touch others more than they touch you, smile less than others and make
less direct eye contact when others look at you.
Discovering
a liar
One of the most common uses
of body language interpretation is in lie detection. When you think someone
might be lying to you, some common signs are a higher than
normal pitched voice, less eye contact, less enthusiastic gestures,
less nodding and more speech errors. The most tell-tale area of the body
is the feet and legs. But, remember that someone who may exhibit the signs of a liar
is not necessarily one of them!!
Eye
contact: a conversational enhancer
Studies have shown that our pupils dilate when we are
interested in something. But research has also shown that pupil dilation is an indicator of extreme disgust. So you
can't just assume that the person looking at you with dilated pupils is in
love with you. In fact, the very opposite might be true! Eye contact
is also an indicator of emotion. Making good eye contact can enhance any
conversation: it shows sincerity, active interest and approval.
AQUÍ
ESTOY !!! ESTE GLOSARIO BILINGÜE TE VA A AYUDAR... certain:
determinadas; revealing: revelando, mostrando; provides:
provee, entrega; roll:
mover en forma circular; hips: caderas; clues:
pistas, señales; decipher /décifer/: descifrar; thoughts:
pensamientos; feelings: sentimientos; misinterpreted:
malinterpretados; a great deal: mucho; foolhardy:
temerario, desafiante; assume:
asumir, dar por sobreentendido; lean
in:
inclinarse hacia adelante; make
eye contact:
mirar a los ojos; smile: sonrisa; avoid fidgeting:
evita mostrarte inquieto; slumping posture: adoptar una
postura con los hombros caídos; glancing: echar
vistazos, distraerse; nonverbal: sin palabras; behavior:
comportamiento; status: categoría; louder: en voz
alta; greater distance: mayor distancia, más separados; powerful:
fuerte, poderoso; lie detection: detención o
descubrimiento de mentiras; lie/lay/lain/lying:
mentir; liar: mentiroso/a; pitched voice: el tono
(agudo o grave) de la voz; nodding: cabeceo, movimiento
de la cabeza; speech errors: errores de lenguaje; tell-tale:
revelador; enhancer: realzador, mejorador; pupils:
(las) pupilas de los ojos; dilate:
se dilatan; research: (la) investigación; shown:
demostrado; dilation: dilatación; in love with you:
enamorado/a de ti; approval: aprobación.
Activity
96: Este es un ejercicio de LECTO-COMPRENSION sobre el artículo
anterior. Debes COMBINAR el comienzo de las oraciones (primera
columna) con el FINAL (segunda columna). SELECCIONA del menú en
rojo el NUMERO del final con el cual combina cada una de ellas.
Verifica luego las respuestas correctas ...
A
Some
common signs of a liar
are ...
1
this
may allow others to guess your thoughts and feelings.
B
Body
language varies a lot ...
2
can be
easily misunderstood.
C
Research
has demonstrated
that
our pupils ...
3
from
culture to culture.
D
Both
feet and legs is ...
4
higher
pitched voice, less eye contact and more speech errors.
E
You
can't just assume that the woman or man looking at you
...
5
you are
really bored.
F
Sometimes
these body signs ...
6
the
most revealing area of our body.
G
If
you usually cross your legs or put your hands on your hips, ...
7
this
may mean high status and power to others.
H
To
appear warm and friendly ...
8
has
fallen in love.
I
Glancing around the
room
can give the
impression that ...
9
dilate
when we are interested or disgusted.
J
If
you usually touch others more than they touch you, ...
10
you
should lean in, use open gestures and make
eye contact.
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