3 The British woman,Julia,and probably the Canadian man,George,seemed to prefer to keep more physical distance from others.The Colombian man,Tony,and the Jordanian man,Ahmed,seemed to prefer closer physical distance.
4 Yes.Tony from Colombia and Darlene from France had a similar greeting custom-a kiss.George from Canada and Ahmed from Jordan also had a similar greeting custom-a handshake,but Ahmed shakes hands only with men.
5 This saying means that when we are in a certain place,we should follow the customs of the people who live in that place,not our own customs.
6 Students will give their own answers.
LEARNING ABOUT LANGUAGE
Discovering useful words and expressions
Answers to Exercise 1:
defence,likely,Italy,canteen,represent,dash,approach,association,cheek,flight
Answers to Exercise 2:
approached,Jordan,cheek,curiously,dashed,misunderstood,contrary
Answers to Exercise 3:
crossroads,adult,major,dormitory,greeted,representing,association,spoken,Colombia,curious,flight
Discovering useful structures
Answers to Exercise 1:
Attribute:
representing our university's student association,the waiting area,Tony Garcia's smiling face
Adverbial:
I stood...watching them...
She stepped back appearing surprised...
Then Akira...came in smiling
When Darlene...dashing through the door...
In the same way...using unspoken "language"...
Answer key for Exercise 2:
1 approaching 2 laughing/smiling 3 smiling 4 shaking 5 shaking 6 laughing 7 competing 8 touching
USING LANGUAGE
Reading
Suggested answers to Exercise 1:
Main idea:Body language has many universal gestures.
Points:1 Showing happiness