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湖南省长沙市雅礼中学2024届炎德英才联考英语模拟试卷二(音频暂未更新)
The first way we learn to communicate is through body language—our facial expressions, our gestures and, when we're older, our postures. Even after we figure out how to speak, this non-verbal communication still exerts(施加) a powerful and often unconscious influence over our interactions, people's first impressions of us and even our impressions of ourselves. .
Change how you feel
To de-stress: Forcing a smile can make running easier and tough tasks less stressful. One 2012 experiment found that a grin makes holding your hand in ice water more bearable.
To feel more confident:. Striking this so-called power pose shortly before an interview or athletic contest can be particularly powerful for women, who tend to sit and stand in a way that takes up less space.
To persevere:. In a 2008 study, students who sat with their arms crossed kept working on an impossible problem nearly twice as long as those with their arms at their sides.
Change how others feel
: Studies show that holding someone's gaze may help people think you're trustworthy and intelligent. According to body language expert Carol Kinsey Goman, it can also make people think you're a good listener.
To foster connections: Mirroring the facial expressions and gestures of the person you're talking to can help them feel more comfortable. One 2011 experiment found this is an effective sales skill.
To engage or disengage: If you want to let someone know you're listening, sit facing them with your full body, knees and shoulders pointed at them..
A. To come across as sincere
B. But if you want to spread tension, angle your body slightly away—facing full-on is confrontational(对抗性的) when things get heated
C. Here's how to use body language to everyone's benefit
D. Making your index finger(食指) and middle finger crossed can help you gather strength
E. To inform people
F. Standing like Wonder Woman—legs apart, hands on hips, chest up—may make you feel more powerful
G. Crossing your arms across your chest can help you persist in solving a problem
At times, some teenagers love their idols (偶像) blindly and try to copy the hair or clothing style of the stars. This reflects their lack of (缺乏) self-confidence. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}The key to standing out is to build your body confidence. That's really necessary for teenagers.
{#blank#}2{#/blank#}It's about accepting and being kind to yourself. Research has shown that feeling good about your body can make you do much better in working and learning. But you don't need to fix on the outside of your body. After all, the look is only a small part. An expert on development of teenagers named Jade said, "{#blank#}3{#/blank#}If you spend much time on the so-called ‘perfect look', you will have less time to do something more meaningful."
To improve body confidence, Jade gives the teenagers some advice.
● Don't talk anything bad about yourself or others.
● Focus on the things you do well in. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}
● People like you for many reasons. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}And always tell yourself you are becoming better.
● Learn more knowledge to make you open-minded and believe in yourself.
A. What is body confidence? B. Write down the reasons you hear. C. The cost of achieving "perfect look" is high. D. They can help to bring out the best in yourself. E. Actually, everyone can be different from others. |
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