Body language is the quiet, secret and most powerful language of all! It speaks 1 than words. According to specialists, our bodies send out more 2 than we realize. In fact, non-verbal communication takes up about 50% of what we really3. And body language is particularly 4 when we attempt to communicate across cultures. Indeed, what is called body language is so 5 a part of us that it's actually often unnoticed. And misunderstandings occur as a result of it. 6, different societies treat the 7 between people differently. Northern Europeans usually do not like having 8 contact even with friends, and certainly not with 9. People from Latin American countries 10, touch each other quite a lot. Therefore, it's possible that in 11, it may look like a Latino is 12 a Norwegian all over the room. The Latino, trying to express friendship, will keep moving13. The Norwegian, very probably seeing this as pushiness, will keep 14—which the Latino will in return regard as 15.
Clearly, a great deal is going on when people 16. And only a part of it is in the words themselves. And when parties are from 17 cultures, there's a strong possibility of18. But whatever the situation, the best 19 is to obey the Golden Rule: treat others as you would like to be 20.
