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People often show their feelings by the body positions they adopt. These can contradict what you are saying, especially when you are trying to disguise the way you feel. For example, a very common defensive position, assumed when people feel threatened in some way, is to put your arm or arms across your body. This is a way of shielding yourself from a threatening situation. This shielding action can be disguised as adjusting one s cuif or watchstrap. Leaning back in your chair especially with your arms folded is not only defensive, it ' s also a way of showing your disapproval, of a need to distance yourself from the rest of the company.
A position which betrays an aggressive attitude is to avoid looking directly at the person you are speaking to. On the other hand, approval and desire to cooperate are shown by copying the position of the person you are speaking to. This shows that you agree or are willing to agree with someone. The position of one ' s feet also often shows the direction of people ' s thoughts. For example, feet or a foot pointing towards the door can indicate that a person wishes to leave the room. The direction in which your foot points can also show which of the people in the room you feel most sympathetic towards, even when you are not speaking directly to that person.
68. Body positions are used to show _________.
[A] people's intentions
[B] people's feelings
[C] what people said
[D] what people assumed
69. To put your arms across your body is to show _________.
[ A J a threatening position
[ B ] that you are angry
[ C ] that you are defending yourself
[D] that you are indifferent to what had happened
70. To copy the position of the person you are talking to is to show
[ A ] your disapprove of him[B] that you admire him very much
[C] that you agree with him and want to cooperate with him
[D] that you are willing to follow after him
71. "To avoid looking directly at the person you are speaking to" indicates you _________
[A] are very shy and timid
[B] don't like to talk to that person
[ C ] are willing to be inferior to that person
[D] are aggressive and impolite to that person
