Body language is a collection of gestures, postures, facial expressions, eye contact, etc. It is the 1 quiet, secret, powerful language of all! It speaks 2 than words. According to specialists, our bodies send out more messages 3 we realize. In fact, nonverbal communication takes up about 50% of what we really mean. Body language is particularly important when we communicate 4 cultures. Confusion and embarrassment often occur as a result of misunderstanding each other ’ s body language. For example, different cultures treat the distance between people differently. Northern Europeans usually do not like having bodily contact even with friends, certainly not with 5 . People from Latin American countries, 6 , touch each other quite a lot.Therefore, it might be 7 to find a Latino ( 拉丁美洲人 ) follows a Norwegian ( 挪威人 ) all over the room in a conversation. The Latino, trying to express friendship, will keep moving 8 . The Norwegian, very 9 seeing this as pushiness ( 咄咄逼人 ), will keep backing away, which the Latino will regard as coldness. This may 10 from the fact that they have totally different opinions about personal distance.