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C. moving several times the hand whose thumb touches one’s own cheek
D. moving several times a closed hand with an outstretched thumb pointing to the direction in which one tends to travel
9.
“
Chewing one’s finger nails
”
signifies ______. (
)
A. emotional stress
B. argument
C. impatience
D. frustration
10.
“
Wagging one’s forefinger
”
is used to ______.(
)
A. show one’s angry or frustration
B. warn others not to do something
C. show one’s defiance and contempt
D. express one’s impatience
III. Each of the following statements has an underlined space. Fill in each underlined space with a proper expression (12%).
1. ______ is the study of facial expressions, touch, time, gestures, smile, eye behavior and so on.
2. Some English gestures mirror the English alphabet, such as the OK gesture and the ______ gesture.
3. The British English equivalent for
“
quartet
”
is ______.
4. The American English equivalent for
“
cheque
”
is ______.
5. The English speaking population view frequent use of ______ as bad.
6. The
“
______
”
English refers to those basic English items that appear in most or all varieties of English.
7.
“
Industrial action
”
is a euphemism for ______.
8.
“
Slums
”
or
“
ghettos
”
where the poor and the colored races live may be referred to as ______.
9. ______ is an equivalent for
“
ugly
”
.
10. ______ refers to a day specially looked forward to when something remarkable and usually pleasurable will happen.
11. ______ is a lie which does not harm and is merely more convenient or polite than telling the truth.
12. ______ refers to a cruel, greedy, money grabbing person who will go to no ends to gain wealth.
IV. Answer the following questions briefly. (12%)
1. A girl may smile to a male stranger. What different interpretation for this phenomenon can you find in both English and Chinese culture?
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