Jimmy is a delivery man in England. He goes to a neighborhood twice a week. 【小题1】 8-year-old Mary is one of his friends.

Mary loves her friend very much. Every time she sees Jimmy, the little girl gives him a very warm welcome. However, Jimmy has trouble communicating with Mary because he is deaf. 【小题2】 For example, the girl drew Jimmy a picture, and he happily showed it on his car.

Recently, Mary wanted to give her friend a big surprise. She decided to learn sign language. 【小题3】 When Jimmy saw the signs, he was touched and replied, “Good morning. Have a good day!”

Mary’s mom, Amy, caught their friendly interaction (互动) on video and shared it online.

【小题4】 He also hoped the video would inspire more people to learn sign language, put smiles on more faces and bring more people together. 【小题5】 They said that they would try to learn sign language in order to understand deaf people well.

A smile has many kinds of power. 【小题1】 A reporter has talked with some old people with a long life. He finds that most of them are cheerful, kind and happy.

People say the smile is the most beautiful language (语言) in the world. It is also a personal card. 【小题2】 It can bring warmth to people and make them happy. When you meet somebody, smiling always means being friendly. Nobody will refuse to talk with a person with a smile on his face.

【小题3】 One of the important reasons is that he smiles a lot. When he talked about his successful experience, he said, “When I give other people a kind mile, they will return a kind smile to me. 【小题4】”

As the old saying goes, “Life is like a mirror (镜子). 【小题5】” Keep smiling in life, and it will help you become a happy and healthy person.

We talked with June Galloway about her book Get off on the Right Foot: Don’t Let the Wrong Gesture Ruin (毁坏) Your Day.

English is the world’s international language. But in your book, non-verbal (不用语言的) communication is paid more attention to.      ▲     

June: Well, gestures (手势) and other body language can have different meanings in different places. Something that you think is friendly or polite could be considered to be very impolite in another culture. I’ve described many of these customs and cultural differences, so my readers won’t have a bad start when they meet people from places where the culture is different from their own.

Can greeting someone the wrong way really lead to misunderstanding (误解)?

June: In some places, yes. The heavy handshake that a North American expects may seem quite impolite in other places. And a light handshake―which is usual in some countries—may seem unfriendly to a North American.

What other gestures can cause misunderstanding?

June: Take the gesture for “come here” for example. In North America, people gesture with the palm (掌心) up. Well, in southern Europe, that gesture means “goodbye”. And in many Asian countries, the palm-up gesture is thought rude. Instead, people there gesture with the palm down.

Surely, there must be some gestures used everywhere, right? What about the thumb-up (翘拇指) gesture for “great”?

June: Sorry. That’s very rude in Australia and the Middle East. That is why it important to know about body language and cultural differences.

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