High-context cultures such as France, Japan, Spain, Saudi

Arabia, China and South Korea often use silence or (2) signals

To communicate.

Shaking hands is often the most common form of (3) people,

But even this can create problems. In Japan, people bow to each other.

In England, people shake hands firmly while in Italy and France people

Shake hands all the time but not as firmly as the English.

People from ≪low-context≫ cultures tend to (4) into other peoples

eyes, but in ≪high-context≫ cultures such as China and Japan, this

Can be interpreted as aggressive behaviour.

One thing that the British and the Americans do share when meeting

Each other, however, is the desire to break the ice by making a joke.

Cultures and peoples vary so much, though, that it is impossible to

Please all of the people all of the time. The best thing you can do under

These confusing circumstances is to be polite to (5) you meet.

A B C D

As well soon so such

Loud sound hand mime

Offending salute greeting compliments

Look watch see observe

Everyone anyone none nobody

3 Comment on the following issues.

Exercise creates stronger, happier, and smarter people. Dwell upon:

• whether you agree or disagree with that statement;

• what you can do to make your lifestyle healthier.

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VARIANT 30

1 Read the text and mark () the following statements «True» or «False».

Once upon a time there lived a young man and his wife. They lived

Poorly but happily as they loved and respected each other greatly. One

Day, the wife, who was beautiful and had very long hair, asked him to

Buy her a comb for her hair to grow well and to be well-groomed.

The man felt very sorry but he had to say no. He explained that he

Did not even have enough money to fix the strap of his watch he had

Just broken.

The wife did not insist on her request.

The man went to work and passed by a watch shop, sold his damaged

Watch at a low price and went to buy a comb for his wife.

He came home in the evening with the comb in his hand ready to

Give it to his wife.

He was surprised when he saw his wife with a very short haircut.

She had sold her hair and was holding a new watch band.

They looked at each other and tears flowed from their eyes, not for

The nobility of their actions, but for the sincerity of their love.

True False

The man and his wife were old and unhappy.

They didn’t have much money.

The wife had a short haircut.

The wife wanted her hair to grow longer and

Look neat.

The man couldn’t afford to buy a comb.

The man had broken his watch.

The man went to a watch shop to buy a new

Watchstrap.

The man earned some money and bought

A comb for his wife.

The wife sold her hair in order to make

A present for her husband.

They cried as they were sorry about their

Poverty.

Variant 30

2 Complete the text with the words from the box.

Daily up behaviour destroys far

Keep back eggs until hatched

Have you ever observed the (1) of birds in the face of

Trouble?

For days and days they make their nest, sometimes gathering materials

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