6.5 Body Language -Facial Expressions数字时代的商务英语写作.pdf

Nonverbal Communication 6.5BodyLanguage:FacialExpressions Hi,everyone.Welcomebacktoour course. Now let’s talk about another category of nonverbal communication: body language. There are different understandings and different classifications concerning body language. In this lecture, we use body language to refer to various forms of nonverbal communication through physical behaviors,just as the name implies. We will cover five aspects of body language: facial expressions, posture, gestures, eye contact and touch. Let’s first deal with facial expressions.Facial expressionsplay a big rolein expressingaperson’semotion.Whenwearetalkingwith someone, we will look at his or her face to see the response.A look on one’s face will tell us a lot about the person’s emotional state, whether he is happy, sad, frustrated or angry.And we will thereby continue our talk or change the subject.When we talk online, for example on Wechat,weuse a lot of emoji, right? Why? Because we want to convey to others our feelings or emotions at the moment. And it is convenient. You can use it alone without sayinganything.Thisuseofemoji isintentional,whileinreallife our facial expressions can be conscious or unconscious, or mostly unconscious. Compared with what we say, our facial expressions may revealourtruefeelings. I wonder if you have watched the American TV series Lie to Me. Thisshow isbasedonPaulEkman’swork andresearch.PaulEkman isan American psychologist, a pioneer in the study of facial expressions and emotionsandan expert in deception detection. According to him, combinations of eyes, eyebrows, lips and cheek movements help form different moods of an individual.For example, for surprise, eyebrows areraised.Eyes are wide open and mouth is open and relaxed. There are seven universal emotions based primarily on facial expressions.Canyou identifythem fromthesepictures? Yes, they are happiness, surprise, contempt, sadness, fear,